April 11, 2013

1 Corinthians 10:22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

I think the one thing God hates more than anything else is when people will try to promote an idol into His position. How can we expect to take something we have made and promote it into the position of the God who has made us?

For us to be able to do that would mean that we think that we are in some way stronger or better than He is.

When we turn round to our parents and tell them that we are better than they are they have mixed feelings for us: despair that we should come to that point, disappointment that we should not respect them, and much more. How do you think God should feel?

April 10, 2013

Job 38:28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Just as it is God that gives us the rain and the early morning dew, so God is the one who will shower other blessings on us when it is time to do so.

We cannot control the rain or any other season; we rely fully on God to deliver on time and is the required amount. When rain falls we can try to save it in dams and other reservoirs, but that rain is still dependent on God and nothing else.

Let us then rely more on God for His blessings and His advice because He has shown us how exacting His control on weather can be, but for good and bad…

April 9, 2013

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

What would you do if you quite literally had all the time in the world? No matter how long you think the world has been here or how long it took to make, God has always been around.

We find it hard to imagine having time to do absolutely everything we ever wanted to do because we are limited by time and we don’t know anything else; but God has no such limits because He made them for us!

Don’t worry that we are limited by time, just remember to include God in everything you do because He can always help.

April 8, 2013

Isaiah 1:16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

Have you ever tried to wash yourself after you have got into a big mess? It’s not always easy to wash off stuff that is designed to stain or to be permanent and if we have to be clean for an interview or work, then we may feel very dirty…

Sin is like that in our lives. It makes us feel very dirty; because we are. And when we try to clean ourselves we find that we get into more of a mess…

Christ can cleanse us totally if we come to Him and ask Him to. But first we need to come to Him…