Psa 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, O LORD, and teach me your paths. (5) Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you.
THINK BIG
Deu 10:21 He is your glory. He is your God, who did for you these spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds you saw with your own eyes.
A few years a group salesmen went to a Regional Sales Convention n Chicago.
They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for the Friday night's dinner. In their rush to board the plane - with tickets and briefcases - one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere!
Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding. ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple-stand had been overturned. He told his buddies to go on without him, waved goodbye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight.
Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were scattered all over the terminal floor. He was glad he did! The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised. These he set aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his walled and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?
"She nodded through her tears. He continued, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too much."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister..." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.
She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride, and wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"
Do people mistake you for Jesus?
That's our destiny, is it not?
To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would.
Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church.
It's actually living the Word ---THINKING BIG---as life unfolds day to day!!
Lord Father in heaven, please make us aware and experience Your power that You used to raise Jesus from the dead. This power is available to us, to be used, to rely on, to grow by in Spirit. Thank you Lord, that we can have faith in the risen Jesus Christ, knowing thereby that we DO have eternal life. Amen
1Co15:19-20 If we have set our hopes on Christ in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people. (20) But at this moment Christ stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Professional Inspirations #13: The claims of life, every day
Psa 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, O LORD, and teach me your paths. (5) Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you.
THE CLAIMS OF LIFE TODAY, EVERY DAY
Rom 8:37 The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.
Fil Anderson writes in his book: Running on Empty;
"For most of my life, I have been overwhelmed by the distractions of busyness, noise and hurry. Now I know GOD did not design my life to run on empty"
Fil also imagines himself being an airplane leaving the airport. Everyone is awed at this beautiful and fast airplane. No one however actually knows that there is a serious fault with the engine and that the airplane will crash a few hours later.
Are you a person that is is looked up to, admired by all, but deep deep inside you are tired and exhausted? Just ready to collapse?
Are you gauged by your capacity to go, go, go, go.....?.
One of the qualities to grow spiritually is to seek quietness.
To seek quietness is to to seek an intimate relationship.
To have a quality relationship with your spouse, sons, daughters and friends etc. needs attention and time!
To have a quality relationship with GOD, needs attention and time!
Elijah was at one time afraid that his life might be taken and fled to save himself. He was instructed to appear before GOD on a mountain;
(1Ki 19:10) He answered, "LORD God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to take my life."
(1Ki 19:11) God said, "Go out and stand in front of the LORD on the mountain." As the LORD was passing by, a fierce wind tore mountains and shattered rocks ahead of the LORD. But the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD wasn't in the earthquake.
(1Ki 19:12) After the earthquake there was a fire. But the LORD wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice.
(1Ki 19:13) When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then the voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Life is compared to the wind, earthquakes and fire
They are symbols of our life today, we chase through our days program, shopping, children, travelling, work, church etc. etc. These are all symbols of wind, earthquakes and fire....but still.....
GOD patiently wait for our attention in the calmness / quietness after all the rush i.e. After the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire. But the LORD wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice.
What to do?
Take time to spend in His presence, seek him diligently and be blessed!!!!
Psa 42:5 Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
THE CLAIMS OF LIFE TODAY, EVERY DAY
Rom 8:37 The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.
Fil Anderson writes in his book: Running on Empty;
"For most of my life, I have been overwhelmed by the distractions of busyness, noise and hurry. Now I know GOD did not design my life to run on empty"
Fil also imagines himself being an airplane leaving the airport. Everyone is awed at this beautiful and fast airplane. No one however actually knows that there is a serious fault with the engine and that the airplane will crash a few hours later.
Are you a person that is is looked up to, admired by all, but deep deep inside you are tired and exhausted? Just ready to collapse?
Are you gauged by your capacity to go, go, go, go.....?.
One of the qualities to grow spiritually is to seek quietness.
To seek quietness is to to seek an intimate relationship.
To have a quality relationship with your spouse, sons, daughters and friends etc. needs attention and time!
To have a quality relationship with GOD, needs attention and time!
Elijah was at one time afraid that his life might be taken and fled to save himself. He was instructed to appear before GOD on a mountain;
(1Ki 19:10) He answered, "LORD God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to take my life."
(1Ki 19:11) God said, "Go out and stand in front of the LORD on the mountain." As the LORD was passing by, a fierce wind tore mountains and shattered rocks ahead of the LORD. But the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD wasn't in the earthquake.
(1Ki 19:12) After the earthquake there was a fire. But the LORD wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice.
(1Ki 19:13) When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then the voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Life is compared to the wind, earthquakes and fire
They are symbols of our life today, we chase through our days program, shopping, children, travelling, work, church etc. etc. These are all symbols of wind, earthquakes and fire....but still.....
GOD patiently wait for our attention in the calmness / quietness after all the rush i.e. After the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire. But the LORD wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice.
What to do?
Take time to spend in His presence, seek him diligently and be blessed!!!!
Psa 42:5 Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
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