Posted on July 8, 2009 at 5:31am.
What do you think of when you first wake-up in the morning? I suspect it varies for most of us depending on the events going on in our lives. I was struck recently by a prayer I read in the little book The Valley of Vision simply entitled “Morning”. It begins - “Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day…Let me this day know thee as thou art, love thee supremely, serve thee wholly, and admire thee fully.” It got my mind to thinking about what the author of Lamentations says when he talks about God’s compassion and mercies being new every morning. The thought of seeing each day as a gift and that God will supply everything I need JUST FOR THAT DAY. Lord I hope and pray that my first thoughts will be more like that.
Posted on July 7, 2009 at 5:54am.
I sometimes get the feeling that my faith is more fragile than I would hope. Even after many years of believing in Jesus as the way, the truth and the life I still find myself doubting. I don’t doubt in him as my savior and I don’t doubt in my sins being forgiven. My doubts rest in the way life unfolds - I wonder if God is really in control? If he is (there is no evidence he has left the throne) then how could he let life unfold the way it does? I don’t believe it is wrong to question, I just never want to give up.
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 8:20am.
A friend showed me a recent article in Sports Illustrated that talked about the tragic death of Ed Thomas, a high school football coach. He was gunned down by a former player. Thomas was a solid believer and the town in Iowa has been trying to make sense of his death. This was the phrase that caught my attention - “the poeple in Parkersburg are having a hard time wrapping their faith around what God has wrought…”
Faith runs head long into life and sometimes the collision is frightening. Maybe there are things in your life that make it hard for you to wrap your faith around what God is doing - I know that I have been there and am there even now.
Posted on July 2, 2009 at 8:36am.
I wonder what it was like for Moses going back to Egypt? He had grown-up in the home of the Pharaoh and had been given all the wealth, education and power of that culture. Now he was heading back to disrupt the culture in obedience to God. God had heard the cries of his people and he was going to deliver them. Moses was about to stand against the culture of Egypt. What does it look like for you and me to obey God? Would I be willing to stand against culture for the sake of the Gospel?
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 8:12am.
I don’t know, call me crazy but if a bush caught on fire, wasn’t consumed and a voice spoke to me - that would be enough. That is how God comes to Moses after years of silence. He tells Moses to go back and lead the Children of Israel out from captivity. Moses isn’t so sure and so he balks. “God what will I tell them?” God response is to say “I am sent you.” It is enough that it is God, his character, his being who goes with us. Is he enough?
