God’s favor is on the righteous, but the wicked are continually fearful of what may befall them…for deep inside, they know what they do is wrong. The requests of the righteous are fulfilled…the anguish of the wicked is also paid back.
Month: October 2014
Galatians 5:6 ” The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”
All the Spiritual notches you have in your gun mean nothing to God… if the people around you don’t have any idea that you’re a Christian. All the Bible reading and Scripture memorization mean nothing… if you never put His Words into action. The only thing that truly matters is actively showing your faith to others through Christ-like love.
Proverbs 15: 3 ” The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.”
As Job lamented in Chapter 10, verse 4, “We see as only a mortal can see.” We shudder when we see horrific acts of violence played out across the world by evil people…We wonder out-loud how God can be turning a blind eye to all these atrocities. But God is not apathetically watching from afar as the wicked spread calamity and pain…rather, God is executing His judgment on all – the wicked and the good. And all will be called into account.
Psalm 143: 8 ” Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.”
We have all uttered the prayer, ” Show me the way Lord!”, in times of confusion, chaos, and disorder. But this simple request far reaches those panic-filled times of our lives. Asking the Lord to guide us through our daily journey is just part of our continuing relationship with Him, and should be on our lips and in our minds constantly.
Jonah 1:17 ” But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.”
God assigned and appointed that big fish for a specific task…to gulp Jonah down and carry him around in its belly until Jonah changed his mind about the people of Nineveh. There are three interesting theories concerning this fish. Did God pick a fish already in existence to carry out His plan for Jonah? Or did He instantly create that fish the moment He needed it? Or was that fish created way beforehand for the sole purpose of swallowing Jonah at some point in the future? Any way you think about it, God’s creativity is boundless…His imagination endless.
I Peter 5:6 ” Humble yourselves therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.”
We all have “Seasons” of our lives when God uses us in special ways. But it’s during those off periods that it’s difficult to remain unassuming and humble. Those decisive points in time the Lord elevates us to greatness are few and far between…most of the time we’re down in the trenches, laboring away in preparation for the next “Season” to come.
Luke 6: 27-28 ” But I tell you who hear Me; love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
It’s so very easy to love your brothers and hate your enemies, but Jesus is asking us to go beyond what the world does. He’s commanding us to not only be kind to our enemies, but to actively seek them out to do good. And when we do this, two things happen…our hearts are changed, and so is theirs.
Standing on the edge of greatness……..
Today, you are positioned by God…on the very brink of something awesome He has placed in your heart. Are you ready? Are you prepared? Don’t allow the devil to steal this God-ordained moment from you. Greater is He that is in you, than he that is the world. Stand your ground, resist the fear that may be rising up inside, and watch the Lord work.
Philippians 2:3 ” Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
This verse totally contradicts our basic human nature. We love to be first and ahead of everyone else…and always looking out for Number One, not others. But this verse follows the acronym -JOY- your focus should be on Jesus first, others second, and yourself last.
Acts 20: 28-30 ” Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.”
Satan is a liar and the author of lies, and he will always resort back to his mode of operation. He will take the truth and twist it…warp and corrupt it ever so slightly – so that the casual listener will hear nothing alarming. He will pervert the truth of the Gospel just enough as to make it more about man than God…more about selfish ambition than selfless giving…more about human pride than quiet humility.
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