November 29, 2018

DJ

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

Lacking wisdom does not mean lacking knowledge. We can have all the knowledge we need to know things and work correctly, but unless we know how to apply that knowledge in the best possible way, we can’t say we have wisdom.

God is more than willing to share the wisdom we need to work effectively with Him each and every day. He is more than willing to give us what we need to become effective servants.

He is not shy about giving away this wisdom either – so long as we are willing to seek it!

November 28, 2018

DJ

Psalm 119:125 I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.

When we are willing to listen to God, we are going to be able to learn from Him. It is the first step toward being able to do the will of God!

God is not going to ask you to go and break all the rules just to do something you feel you cannot do – He knows what you are capable of, what you are good at and what is profitable for all concerned.

Being able to listen to God allows us to get to know that will of His one step at a time!

November 27, 2018

DJ

Psalm 116:16 Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.

It is not just because God created us that we should be counted as His, never mind His servants.

It is because of what Christ has done for us by giving His life for us and then rising from the dead to defeat the curse upon mankind that we should be counted as His.

He has broken us free from the debt we owe due to our issues and our sins. He has broken us free from eternal death and has given us eternal life – as long as we do choose to take it!

November 26, 2018

DJ

Romans 8:12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

As described in the first few verses of this chapter, we do have an obligation to do what is right. But not always according to how the world sees things.

Christ has separated us from the world and given us a new spiritual life which we are free to accept and live with – giving us freedom from this world.

The world is, by biblical definition, corrupt. Why then should we be forced to live by the corrupt rules and not God’s rules?

Our laws were based on biblical standards and we should not have a problem with most of them – but mankind has corrupted those laws. They are of the world and no longer of God!