Our journey in life is one test after another. During this purification process, we’ll go through the fire more than once…but its within that refining that our essential character and integrity is determined. Without that testing, we would never become the people we are today.
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Mark 10:45 ” For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
You can pick them out if you watch carefully…they quietly work in the background…unassuming, never self-promoting or proud. They are those very special people with a true servants heart. You’ll usually find them busy in the kitchen, or in the back room working away, oblivious to the pomp and ceremony up front. These precious saints are the Lord’s hands and feet here on Earth…they serve with affection, devotion, and model His love for us all.
Isaiah 42: 8 ” I am the Lord; that is My name! I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols.”
There is absolutely no one like the Lord. His majesty and splendor cannot be duplicated by anyone or thing in the universe…but we try to place things in front of Him all the time. Things like pride and selfishness, or material wealth and fame we make our idols rather than bowing down to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. But make no mistake, the Lord will not be mocked, nor will He ever yield His glory to another. (Isaiah 48:11)
I Peter 1:8 ” Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy…”
The personal relationship we have with Jesus cannot be summed up in mere words. We don’t have the vocabulary to somehow articulate the exuberance our soul feels when pondering His love for us, and our love for Him. It’s at those times, we want to leap for joy with happiness and gratitude for what He’s done in our life.
II Corinthians 5:21 ” He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Our Savior’s obedience to His Father wasn’t out of sympathy for us. Jesus became a sin offering that we might have a right standing with God, not because He felt sorry for our wretched human race. No, Jesus knew the only way we could come to the Father was by Him going to the Cross… for nothing we could do would ever make us acceptable to God…only Jesus death.
Micah 2:13 ” One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out.”
This verse references Jesus the Messiah – the one whose death on the cross opened our way to God. Jesus goes before us making a way when there seems to be none. For not only did He kick wide open the gate for us, He is the Way.
And with jubilant shouts, we too can burst through the gate that has kept us from God.
II Timothy 2:9 ” But God’s Word is not chained.”
God’s Word – His omnipotent voice, and divine revelation, is not bound by time, place or person. His Word is alive, powerful, and effective in all situations, and at all times. God’s Word knows no boundaries…is unfettered by man’s thinking…it has no end.
John 16:33 ” I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Only Jesus could use the Hebrew word for “take heart” with total certainty and confidence. Only He could assure us that sin and death were conquered once for all. For that Hebrew word for “take heart” literally means to celebrate! Jesus says to us, “Yes, you will have hardships in your life, but celebrate, for I am victorious over all.”
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.
Mark 13: 31 ” Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.”
This earth has a shelf life…the entire universe as we know it will end someday. But God and His Word will never cease to be in existence. God’s Word is alive and eternal. His Word is ever fresh, ever bringing new revelation and insight each time it’s read. God’s Word will last forever.
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