The Bible – The Good News Translation
1 Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever
remains under the protection of the Almighty,
2 can say to him, “You are my defender and
protector. You are my God; in you I trust.”
Thoughts:
Friends, from the time I read the first word this morning, I
felt a strong leaning from the Holy Spirit to remind us of the importance of
our witness. In life, you’ve heard after an encounter with an individual, where
someone might refer to the individual as “brash”; “selfish”; “different”; “unique”;
“rude”; “Satan’s angel”; or any other description. Often this reference comes
with “and they remind me of ?????”. Now this is not always bad, because I have
also heard people say “surely that lady that helped me at XYZ Store today is a
Christian, because they were ……”. I believe that our character, including the
way we act and what we say under difficult situations, says volumes compared to
the words that we might express on an evangelistic mission, or witnessing
opportunity. The reason for this is that folk would rather see our faith in
action, rather than hear about a Bible story that seems very fictional to them.
So then, this leads to another important point, does God still work in our
midst today as much as He did in the biblical stories that we read? To answer “No”
to that question is to acknowledge that you believe that God is dead and that
His interaction with His people only took place in biblical times. Friends, I
will be the first to respond that my God is not dead, and that He lives in me, acts
supernaturally through every circumstance in my life, and guides me in to right
decisions daily that are in line with His will for my life. Christians must get
to a stage in their relationship with God that they can say like David did, “You
are my God, and in You I trust”. As we live that truth out, we will express the
fullness it through our decisions, through our actions, through our words, and most
importantly, we will become a bold witness for the One who saved us, guides us,
protects us, and loves us through every circumstance of life. We serve a
living, active God who is just as present in our relationship today as He was
with Moses when all the great miracles were wrought during the exodus of thousands
that followed Moses in route to the Promised Land! We can confidently place our
trust in Him, dear friend!
Prayer:
What an awesome God we serve! Thank You Lord
Jesus for who You are to me today, yes, way more amazing than I could ever
imagine! Please continue to show Your miraculous work in and through me, but
more importantly, please open my eyes so that I might recognize Your awesome
grace, power, guidance and love. We have become a people who find it easy to
say what our parents did for us, or our spouse, or our boss, but yet we ‘clam
up’ when it comes to bragging on all that You do for us each day. Please forgive
us dear Lord. Please give us a fresh boldness to not only recognize Your mighty
hand at work in our lives, but also to freely volunteer praise for every
little, or large, thing that You bless us with. Lord, I want to share Your
gracious love with all those that I come into contact with, because You are so
good to me. Please help me to give credit where it is due, and not attribute it
to chance, good luck, Mother Nature, or any such commonly used ‘power’ today.
You are still God, and God alone. In You I place my trust! Thank You for
accepting this humble servant as Your very own. Bless all those that might
meditate on this devotional and are in need of this word from You. I ask all this
believing, and in Your precious and Holy name, AMEN!
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