Sunday, August 8, 2021
Facing Forward…
Genesis 19:26---But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Never
turn back. Never look back over your shoulder in yearning for what was in the
past. Build now for a great tomorrow. Perhaps you have little with which you
can build. However, for God's glory, you must use the little you have now to
build a little for a great tomorrow. One of the worst mistakes in the world is
to think what little you have has no significance to God. One of the worst
mistakes in the world is to think your little mustard seed is not big enough to
produce anything relevant or important to God. No matter what your
circumstances might be, face forward with hope, anticipation, and desire to
grow. No one can know enough. No one can grow enough. In this light, no one's
mustard seed is too small. Too many people live like tomorrow is going to be
the end of everything. For a Christian, even in the last moments of life,
tomorrow is the beginning of everything instead of the end of everything. Every
Christian has a great future. Our great future is visible to us only when we
face the future. Our great future is possible only when we live today like we
have a great future tomorrow.
Saturday, August 7, 2021
When Facing Change
Ecclesiastes 3:1---“To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
It appears as we grow older we get so set in our ways of doing things that we don't accept change very well. Most of the time we don't accept change because we are so focused on ourselves. "It's all about me, me, me! When the truth of the matter is we are so focused on what we want that we can't see the VISION for the future generations to hear from God. We must face the facts and realities of life. Times change. Things change. People change. Circumstances change. Few things last forever here on earth. All human beings come to an end. When our life ends, our pain, our hurt, our disappointment, and our sorrow also ends. However, no matter how much things change in our world when times in our life are at their worst, we can always take charge of our life enough to go to God amidst the changes and the chaos the changes bring. In God, we find rest from the turmoil and strife caused by the changes in life. God is a shelter from the storms of life if we will only go to Him and trust in Him. In truth, trusting in God may not change your circumstances on the outside of your life. However, trusting and having hope in God changes everything on the inside of your life. Many of the things on the outside we cannot change, but the inside is God's territory or kingdom. He will rule on the inside of your life if you give Him a chance and if you learn to keep out of His way. We don't want to be the one to hinder the moving of God's work, "CATCH THE VISION" so people won't perish.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Executing The Same Successful Efforts
When you are successful, keep repeating your successful efforts. As extraordinary as it seems, many people behave as if they cannot stand success. Many people do not repeat successful efforts. Instead of repeating successful efforts, many people want to continually try out new approaches rather than repeating successful efforts. There is a problem with trying out new approaches when a successful approach is already in place. Common sense should dictate we should always keep doing what is already successful. However, common sense does not always rule.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Entertaining Strangers
Hebrews 13:2---Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Things
are not always what they seem. People are not always who or what they appear to
be. Look at this verse from a common-sense perspective. If God was going to
send an angel into the world to do a special work…would God use an angel with
wings and feathers or would God send an angel in the form of an ordinary
person? To keep down undue attention, God would use the form of an ordinary
person as an angelic disguise. From this verse, people you pass on the street,
the person you stand in line with at the store, maybe even the stranger you sit
next to in church, could be an angel. However, this verse is not about angels
but about how we treat strangers. For many reasons, people we do not personally
know need our care, concern, love, and attention. Strangers and others need to
be enriched by us.
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