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462 Seeing It Before It Is (Part 2)

I can remember when my doctor, at 16, told me that “I probably would not have children.”  Looking at it today, it makes me laugh.  Five of them with two that we miscarried and all of them incredible testimonies to the God of the universe.

God decides the path of our lives.

He alone.

And He does it in a way that blesses us to the core of our being.

But we must have faith.

As far as a title, I guess I will call this “Seeing It Before It Is Part 2”.

The spring has humbled me in many ways.  There are new challenges and new disappointments.  There are new misunderstandings and new mountains to climb.

The hills and valleys of life can be very discouraging.

But I again reach back to Faith.

Hebrews 1 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 

And this is just it.  We must be sure of what we hope for … and sometimes hope is so removed that we can’t even get half way to faith.  And so the word for today is to:  Be SURE of what you hope for.  It is to be sure of it until Jesus removes it from your dashboard and tells you to go for something else.

This is a simple word but an important one.

David knew this in his prayers and times with God.  His prayer in Psalm 18 is one that I say repeatedly.  It is hope for the day.

Psalm 18 1 I love you, O LORD , my strength.  

2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.  He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  3 I call to the LORD , who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

Go forward in hope.  Go forward in faith.  Go forward with Jesus.  And be sure of what you hope for “it” until He moves you on to something else.    

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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459 You Belong To Something Bigger

As I watched college basketball last night, I saw a commercial that convicted me.  Mike Krzyzewski said:

“You Belong To Something Bigger”

How prophetic.

I think that is the theme today.  “You Belong To Something Bigger”

We are sometimes trapped in a rat race that never ends.

We strive to complete our daily tasks and make our daily wage.

We chase after a security that will never come.

We desire to be immortal only to discover that we are brittle and broken.

Take a minute today and rest in the fact that “You Belong To Something Bigger”.  You belong to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.  

This Jesus, the Jesus who carried His own cross to the hill on Calvary, He did it for you.

This Jesus, the Jesus who forgave the broken, He did it for you.

This Jesus, the Jesus who challenged the privileged in front of the broken, He did it for you.

And it was this Jesus who gave us these words:  “In this world, you will have trouble.  But take heart … I have overcome the world.”

Not long after this, He was betrayed, abandoned, brought before a mockery of a trial, beaten, sentenced, and executed as His clothes were gambled over by two Roman soldiers.  It was hardly the “overcome the world” that we wanted to see.  But it was the only thing that could possibly save us.

And He made it possible … So that we could Belong To Something Bigger.

As you read this verse today:

Revelation 19 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Remember:  this was written by John after an ugly exile to Patmos.  It wasn’t the ending that he wanted for his life.

But he belonged to something bigger.

Bow before the Father today.

Commit your life to Him.

Let go of your thoughts and your theories and your vision for the way that you think life ought to be … and begin to press into what it truly is … a broken world that could never be right on its own accord, with people who could never be right on their own accord, ruled over by a God who made it right on His own accord.

Thank God that …

You Belong To Something Bigger

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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