Self-reliance consults no one and blazes forward with little or no regard for God. Wealth boosts our willingness to engage in such risky living.
Tag: belief
We fail to recall how the job we hold is an answer to prayer, the roof over our head, the car we drive, the spouse we come home to. We forget about the healing we’ve prayed for, the wayward child who’s found God again, the doctor’s report that came back benign, the happenstance meeting that was truly divine appointment. How many times we do our love ones get back safe, despite deer and storms and drunk drivers? God answers prayers but we suffer soul amnesia.
“Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow, where nettles grew, myrtle will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of His love and power.” (Isaiah 55:13 NLT) We’ve been taking about growth…
God is not slow in keeping His promise, we are slow in letting His promise keep us. The the journey slows down, it is grace so we can catch up to where God longs for us to live: unafraid, totally devoted, excited about the future with Him.
It’s not by happenstance that two terribly guilty souls hung beside Jesus that Friday morning – it’s an illustrated sermon in black and white and blood.
Our hope is still in Christ’s return and His ability to redeem all things.
“Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the King of Ai, his people and his land.” (Joshua 8:1 NIV)…
God specifically asks us to direct the energies of our entire heart toward Him.