God Sees Ahead

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Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them–the Lord, who remains faithful forever. (Psalm 146:5-6)

Lately, I have come across a few people who are hurting in many ways.  There are a lot of tough things going on in people’s lives.  One common theme is a desire to see God

come through.  A desire to be victorious!  I think it’s so important to stop for a moment and look at God’s record of faithfulness.  I want to explore how faithful He has been and how faithful He will be.  God has a record of being faithful at least a Gazillion times.  More times than we will ever be able to count.  It’s hard to see His faithfulness at work in our lives at times because we see things from our perspective.  We see things unfinished, full of pain, agony, often bewildered by circumstances, and just frustrated by the lack of control we have.  We need to take our eyes off of the circumstances and put our eyes on the One who is in control!  The One who never steps off the throne, never says He’s too busy, never calls it quits, never says He’s having a bad day, so He can’t help us.  He is always there!  We just have to stop and become available.  Stop and listen!  Stop and allow Him to work!  Stop and get a new perspective on the current situation!  Let’s look at God’s record of faithfulness and compare it to our lives.  Let’s see how He has been faithful!

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Whom Shall I Fear

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The LORD is my light and my salvation–whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)

By God’s Grace

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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours! 1 Corinthians 9:24 (AMP)

Bob was caught up in the spirit where he and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team. The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs.

They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate whose name was Love. Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because Love never fails.

The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love.

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Is it time to press the Reset Button?

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Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

Do you ever wish you could go back in your life and take back a moment?  Maybe you wish you could press the “Reset” button and just start over.  Have you ever wished you could just click your heels together like Dorothy did in the Wizard of Oz and just wake up out of your dream?  Do you look back on life and see places where you could have, should have, or would have done better?  Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is all too often yes.  Many people want to take back a moment.  Many want to press the “Reset” button.  Some just want to click there heels and wake up out of a dream.  Then there are others who live on the coulda, shoulda, woulda philosophy!

There is good and bad news for you!  I’ll give you the bad news first.  Yesterday is gone!  There is nothing you can do about it.  You can’t take back what happened and you can’t change it.  However, the good news is, today is a new day.  And just like the passage above says, “…new every morning…”, so also we should not be living on yesterday’s mistakes.  God has something new for today.  Take what came from yesterday and learn from it, let it mold your character and shape who you will become for tomorrow.

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Jesus Through the Bible

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Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ (John 14:6)