I randomly found this daily devotional and it's amazing how it fits with what we are going through as a church group.... the Lord has a shift for us and we are corporately seeking Him for His answer...
Imagine Christmas morning without wrapping paper! The joy would be short-lived, for much of the excitement is the anticipation of finding out what’s in the package.
Apparently God created us with a “normal” setting that causes us to enjoy the process of discovery, because finding something is often more exciting than having it. That is, after all, why we wrap presents.
Many passages in Scripture allude to this concept. In Proverbs we read of wisdom: “Those who seek me diligently will find me” (8:17). And the prophet Jeremiah wrote of the Lord: “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (29:13).
God could have revealed all truth to all people at the very beginning of time, but He chose to reveal Himself gradually (1 Cor. 2:7-8). Perhaps that’s because we value things more when we have to search and wait for them.
God is not playing a cruel game of hide-and-seek. He is allowing us to enjoy the process of discovering who He is and what He is up to in the universe.
So don’t be discouraged over what you don’t know about God. Be excited about unwrapping all there is yet to discover. — Julie Ackerman Link
More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me. —Hewitt [thats a really old hymn :o)
God’s gift of Himself to us is a present we will always be unwrapping.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
I got a revelation last night during our worship time at The Well. I was reading Revelations 4,5 out loud to those there... in ch 5 there is a call for someone to open the seal, John began to weep and weep because no one was found who was worthy to open the seal! But an elder came and said, ...
"Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
... Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."
When I read the part - And they sang a new song... I realized they were simply singing what they saw! And I realized in that moment that this is the very best way for us to live! Jesus said it first in John 5:19... Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
As I said, this has got to be the best way for us to live!! When we sing, when we pray when we do a good deed... anything and everything we do needs to be because we first have seen our Father do it...
Kingdom Come, Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven :o)
"Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
... Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."
When I read the part - And they sang a new song... I realized they were simply singing what they saw! And I realized in that moment that this is the very best way for us to live! Jesus said it first in John 5:19... Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
As I said, this has got to be the best way for us to live!! When we sing, when we pray when we do a good deed... anything and everything we do needs to be because we first have seen our Father do it...
Kingdom Come, Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven :o)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Shama -[shaw-mah]
I like this Hebrew word... in english it is often translated 'hear' or 'listen'..
but it actually means to hear and obey... so I made up a new english word, it is;
hereobay :o)
"My sheep know My voice"
but it actually means to hear and obey... so I made up a new english word, it is;
hereobay :o)
"My sheep know My voice"
Monday, December 1, 2008
mydesire
"Listen to my words:
"When there are prophets of the LORD among you, I reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the LORD.
"When there are prophets of the LORD among you, I reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the LORD.
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