Sometimes we think "well I blew it!" We realize we made a bad choice and it probably wasn't God's perfect will for our lives. In the Old Testament story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, Jacob in looking for a wife didn't consult God, but chose what looked good in his own eyes and got himself into a mess. He ended up with two squabbling women that I am sure made his life miserable and working for 14 years because he was deceived. We reap what we sow, so we may have to go through some miserable times because of our bad choices.
Later Jacob was blessed by God, and his son Judah by Leah was in the lineage of Jesus.
So God's purpose was still fulfilled in Jacob's life. God worked His purpose for Jacob's even in the midst of the mess Jacob had created by his bad choices.
In our Wednesday night Bible Study, Pastor larry applied this to marriages and relationships. If we just continue to trust God, even though we have made a mess of things, God can bring us through and bless us.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
All we have to know is that God loves us and He holds our future. Knowing that we can step out into His unfailing promises Trusting Him "ONE DAY AT A TIME."
In Numbers 13:1 God told the Israelites to take 12 spies and go into the Land, but this was only after they insisted on having it their way, which was to spy out the land instead of taking God at His Word. As a result they were afraid and they saw all the giants and they looked at themselves as grasshoppers. Instead of seeing how big their God was they saw the greatness of what they were facing.
Isn't that what we do sometimes? We look through human eyes instead of the eyes of the Spirit. God says "Just trust Me,"but the enemy shows us his view of what is ahead and we say there is no way I am going to be able to conquer this. We give in and forfeit all the plans the Lord has for us. A whole generation of people died in the wilderness and never fulfilled the great and wonderful plan God had for their lives.
Yes there may be suffering involved, but God has promised He would never leave nor forsake us. His Amazing grace will get us through times we could never imagine, when we trust Him to fulfill His perfect plan and purpose for our lives.
I remember in 1999 when God called me into ministry. I guess if I had known what was ahead in preparing me for the fulfillment of that call and His purpose for my life, I would have said, "No Way." By His grace I endured things I never thought I would be able to endure. But His wonderful amazing grace brought me through.
The eyes of the enemy may be spying out your future for you today. He is showing you all the giants and the difficult things that lie ahead. God said in Isaiah 40:22, "They are like grasshoppers to Him." Choose instead to look through the eyes of the Spirit, saying "God has given me a purpose, hope and a future, and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Jermiah 29:11, Phillipians 4:13 (these are His promises).
"Shout Grace! Grace! to that mountain and He will remove it!!! Not by power not by might, but by My Spirit says the Lord will this mountain be removed." Zechariah 4:6 It is His Grace that brings us through the hard times.
Caleb even after he had seen the giants said, "Our God is well and able to take the Land." Be like Caleb and Joshua who were ready to step into the Promised Land trusting the Lord and His love for them and the promise for their future. They chose to step in and take it "ONE DAY AT A TIME" trusting the Lord each step of the way.
In Numbers 13:1 God told the Israelites to take 12 spies and go into the Land, but this was only after they insisted on having it their way, which was to spy out the land instead of taking God at His Word. As a result they were afraid and they saw all the giants and they looked at themselves as grasshoppers. Instead of seeing how big their God was they saw the greatness of what they were facing.
Isn't that what we do sometimes? We look through human eyes instead of the eyes of the Spirit. God says "Just trust Me,"but the enemy shows us his view of what is ahead and we say there is no way I am going to be able to conquer this. We give in and forfeit all the plans the Lord has for us. A whole generation of people died in the wilderness and never fulfilled the great and wonderful plan God had for their lives.
Yes there may be suffering involved, but God has promised He would never leave nor forsake us. His Amazing grace will get us through times we could never imagine, when we trust Him to fulfill His perfect plan and purpose for our lives.
I remember in 1999 when God called me into ministry. I guess if I had known what was ahead in preparing me for the fulfillment of that call and His purpose for my life, I would have said, "No Way." By His grace I endured things I never thought I would be able to endure. But His wonderful amazing grace brought me through.
The eyes of the enemy may be spying out your future for you today. He is showing you all the giants and the difficult things that lie ahead. God said in Isaiah 40:22, "They are like grasshoppers to Him." Choose instead to look through the eyes of the Spirit, saying "God has given me a purpose, hope and a future, and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Jermiah 29:11, Phillipians 4:13 (these are His promises).
"Shout Grace! Grace! to that mountain and He will remove it!!! Not by power not by might, but by My Spirit says the Lord will this mountain be removed." Zechariah 4:6 It is His Grace that brings us through the hard times.
Caleb even after he had seen the giants said, "Our God is well and able to take the Land." Be like Caleb and Joshua who were ready to step into the Promised Land trusting the Lord and His love for them and the promise for their future. They chose to step in and take it "ONE DAY AT A TIME" trusting the Lord each step of the way.
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