November 7, 2015

Psalm 106:15 And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

When the Israelites were wandering through the desert they longed for meat because they were living on mana and missed the luxuries from their lives in Egypt.

But it is not always the luxuries and trimming as should be looking for in our lives; God gives us what we need and for that we should be grateful.

Always wanting more can be good if we are focused on giving God the glory, but when you focus back on your own wants and desires you are blocking God’s will out of your life.

It seems so easy to say words like these, but difficult to carry them out…

November 6, 2015

Psalm 78:29 So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.

I love verses like this which tell of how God will supply our desires; but they always get talked about out of context!

Yes God can do anything and He is willing to do so much for us despite us being self-centred. But what we end up getting may not actually be to our benefit!

Our wants and desires can take us away from the will of God before we realise it because our self-will blinds us from God’s will.

Be concerned about what you want and what you ask for. Be concerned about what God wills in your life.

November 5, 2015

2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

When you are in the middle of a drought one of the most frustrating things is to see clouds appear which end up without rain. Another frustrating thing is to dig boreholes or wells and not find water.

Have you tried cloud-watching before? Most pictures you see only last for a few minutes or even seconds before they are taken away.

Don’t be fooled into following people who are like those clouds which never bring rain or those which last a few seconds.

God will give them what they deserve when the time comes; stay firm in your relationship with Christ.

November 4, 2015

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.

I’m sure we have all seen films, clips or even live action of people walking into walls, glass, doors or lampposts. Each one because they did not see where they were going.

If we have our eyes open and are attentive to our surroundings, most of the time we will not fall into ditches and such.

We have to keep our eyes open to the spiritual ditches and pitfalls in our lives and not just the physical ones.

God wants to keep us safe and if we cannot keep our eyes on the pitfalls, then we need Him to guide us continually so we can be safe.