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Friday, 11 July 2025

The Flavour of Faith

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“Therefore, make sure your conversation is seasoned with the conscious presence of the Holy Spirit every time you find yourself in a position of conflict or are called upon to share your faith in this world.”

Colossians 4:6
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

I remember my first attempt at cooking a curry. Before I go any further, one thing you need to understand is that I’m no cook! Yet, with the council and direction of my talented wife, I once boldly attempted to cook up a dish fit for the Raj of India. The ingredients: sunflower oil, beef braising steak, onions, chopped tomatoes, garlic cloves, chillies, fresh root ginger, cumin, turmeric, garam masala, natural yoghurt and a handful of freshly chopped coriander. I dare say, it turned out quite okay.

I fully understand that not everyone who reads this may be a lover of Indian cuisine. However, I’m sure you’ll agree that most of the ingredients listed above would make for a very fragrant and seasoned dish. Garlic, chillies, cumin, coriander and the other herbs and spices all have strong flavours and can certainly influence the dish to produce its distinctive curry flavour. However, if I were to remove these distinct ingredients, I’d be left with sunflower oil, beef braising steak, onions and chopped tomatoes. If I cooked only these components, my splendid curry would end up nothing more than an average stew.

As we track the highways and byways of the Christian life, we often find ourselves in situations that test the flavour of our faith. The scripture tells us to make the most of every opportunity by allowing our interaction with the world to be seasoned as with salt. We are the salt of the earth, which means that we essence the world around us with the flavour of Christ. In our own strength, we would find it impossible to reveal God’s grace and power to the world, but when we allow our witness to be seasoned with the power of God’s Spirit, we become salt and light in a decaying and dark world.

Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would give us the words we need to speak when we’re put on the spot. Therefore, make sure your conversation is seasoned with the conscious presence of the Holy Spirit every time you find yourself in a position of conflict or are called upon to share your faith in this world. Only his power and grace will turn your humdrum stew into a fragrant curry.

God-tracking is a life seasoned by the presence of his Holy Spirit.

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Colossians 4:5-6
Matthew 5:13-16
Mark 13:10-11
John 16:13-15

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I surrender my conversations and interactions to you and seek your words when I’m called upon to share my faith.

“Heavenly Father, I realise that it is only the fellowship and presence of your Holy Spirit in my life that will produce the seasoning I need to be your witness or be able to face conflict. You, O Holy Spirit, are the salt of my being. Help me to rest in your inspiration and instruction as I interact with those around me. Your power is the source of my strength. Your grace is the source of my ability. I surrender my conversations and interactions to you and seek your words when I’m called upon to share my faith. You, O Lord, are the essence that gives my life fragrance. Amen.”

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Friday, 4 July 2025

Praise Him in the Hallway

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“It will soon become clear which door to pass through as the Lord directs you through his word and Spirit. And while you’re waiting for God to open that door, praise him in the hallway!”

Psalm 27:14
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

“And while you’re waiting for God to open that door, praise him in the hallway!” I read the Facebook posting on my timeline and smiled. I immediately remembered what the scriptures say in Revelation. John the Apostle was given messages to the 7 churches of Asia Minor. He was told to write to the church of Philadelphia that what Christ opens no one can shut and what he shuts no one can open. Then he went on to say that God had placed before the Philadelphians an open door.

If we acknowledge God in all our ways and seek him in faith, then he will lead us according to the plans he has for our lives. In the process of tracking the course that the Lord lays before us, we often encounter so-called, “doors” of opportunity. In other words, we face various options to appropriate various opportunities that present themselves to us as open or closed doors. Sometimes these doors are way open and all we need to do is walk on in.

Sometimes, however, you may find yourself in a large palatial hallway with several doors (or opportunities) before you, all closed. It is here that you need to pause before grabbing the first available door handle on your own initiative to thrust the door open and wait. When God bolts the door, don't try to get in through the window. The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. You need to wait on God and wait for God to orchestrate your circumstances to fall in line with his plans before you can walk through any doorway. It will soon become clear which door to pass through as the Lord directs you through his word and Spirit. And while you’re waiting for God to open that door, praise him in the hallway!

God-tracking is praising God while waiting for that door to open.

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Revelation 3:7-8

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“I give my future to you and choose to praise you here in the hallway, as I wait for you to open the next door in my life.”

“My Lord, thank you for the many doors you have opened to me in my life. Thank you for all your blessings and opportunities. Yet today, I face several new opportunities that present themselves to me. I do acknowledge you in all my ways, O Lord, so help me to hear your voice and follow your bidding in making the most of the right opportunity, with wisdom. I give my future to you and choose to praise you here in the hallway, as I wait for you to open the next door in my life. Praise God! Amen.”

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Keep Moving

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“If you find yourself at a standstill today then join me in taking the next exit from that backed-up highway you find yourself on and put your foot down to keep moving on your life’s journey.”

Luke 9:62
Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

Some time back Karen and I decided to take a short break. We made plans to spend four days in a national park a short distance from our home. We set out early so that we could stop off at places of interest along the way but no sooner had we encountered the motorway than we found ourselves in bumper-to-bumper traffic! The M6 motorway in the British West Midlands can be like a car park at the best of times, and this day was no exception. In fact at one time, we stopped for so long that the drivers around me turned off their car’s engines. We’d come to a total standstill. You see, in order to make our journey on holiday, we needed to keep moving.

You know, so many of us set off on the road to God’s purposes with gusto but soon run out of steam and end up marooned along life’s highway. Take the young woman who surrendered her life to Jesus at the Billy Graham campaign, for example. She’d heard the gospel and put her faith in Jesus under the passion of the moment in the big top, but as soon as she hit the streets of the big city she drifted to a total spiritual standstill. And what about the middle-aged man who had heard the prompting of the Holy Spirit to lay his career down in order go into the pastorate. Sadly, he had wasted so much time thinking about it that he’d come to total a dead stop in his faith-walk. You see, in order to make your journey along God’s life track you need to keep moving.

Perhaps you find yourself at a spiritual standstill today. It could be that you were once passionate about serving Christ but the flame of zeal that set you ablaze has flickered and all but died out. Maybe you heard the call of God on your life several years back but the weeds of doubt and fear have grown up and are now choking the life out of God’s promises to you. Or it could be that, like so many of us, you have simply become complacent in your faith walk and found that you’re gaining no new ground. If you find yourself at a standstill today then join me in taking the next exit from that backed-up highway you find yourself on and put your foot down to keep moving on your life’s journey.

God-tracking is to keep moving with God on your journey of life.

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Matthew 13:1-23
Jeremiah 20:9
Luke 9:57-62

“Dear God, I realise today that I have been procrastinating in my Christian walk. I know I’ve heard your call on my life but I’ve wasted too much time thinking about it instead of stepping out in faith to keep moving on the journey you have set before me. I’m sorry Lord. Today I re-commit my life to you and passionately seek to take your route for my future. I praise you for your love and your grace; grace that saves me and grace that equips me. I want to get going and keep moving on this journey you have set before me. I love you Lord. Amen.”

Friday, 13 June 2025

Great Exploits with a Servant Heart

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“These servants of the Lord did not sit on their laurels and become rotting relics. These early disciples followed their Lord’s command and did great exploits for their King as servants of all.”

Daniel 11:32
…but the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.

The great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his marvellous violin to Genoa – the city of his birth – but only on condition that the instrument never be played again. It was an unfortunate condition, for it is a peculiarity of wood that if it is used and handled, it shows little wear. As soon as it is discarded, it can become infested and begin to decay. The exquisite violin became worm-eaten in its beautiful case, valueless except as a relic. The rotting instrument is a reminder that a life withdrawn from all service to others loses its meaning.

Jesus reminds us that if we desire to be great in the kingdom of God, we need to be prepared to be servants. A servant is someone who expresses submission and duty to serve another person, to his credit and wellbeing. Jesus is our Lord and we are his servants. In Christ, we serve one another as a duty of our service of him. As much as we love our Lord, we love those whom he places on our track of life, to serve.

When we examine the lives of those to whom Jesus gave the instruction to be servants, we note that they all progressed to become great people of influence whose lives and service still impact our lives today. In their humble service, they carried out great exploits. Jesus did say, “He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.” These servants of the Lord did not sit on their laurels and become rotting relics. These early disciples followed their Lord’s command and did great exploits for their King as servants of all.

God-tracking is performing great exploits with a servant heart.

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Mark 9:33-37
Matthew 23:11-12
Matthew 20:28

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“I know, in you, I will do great exploits for my King with heart of a servant.”

“Dear Lord Jesus, thank you that you came to be a servant of God and give your life for me. Dear Lord, forgive me for any pride or arrogance in my heart. I choose now to humble myself before you and my fellow man, to be a servant of all. I know, in you, I will do great exploits for my King with heart of a servant. Amen.”

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Friday, 6 June 2025

Cast Your Bread Upon the Water

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“Serve the Lord at work, at home and in church. He is your exceeding great reward. Cast your bread upon the waters in faith that you will find it again after many days.”

Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Do you ever feel like you’re slogging away at life with seemingly no return? Get up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, eat dinner, go to bed, get up in the morning… It’s like you’re casting your bread upon the water never to see it again. Or will you?

That expression comes from the Bible. We read it in the book of Ecclesiastes, which is a book about the seeming futility of life. It was penned by King Solomon, the son of King David. Solomon asked God for wisdom and was blessed to become the wealthiest king in Israel’s history. Yet he wrote, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?” However, Solomon also wrote, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” To finish quoting that expression above, the scripture says, “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.”

God has not called you to be more than you are, he has called you to be all that you are. And we are all called to all the world. Whatever you do in life – at work, in your relationships, in your pastimes – do it with all your might, as unto Jesus. We are told that all we do in life needs to be done in the name of Jesus. In the Lord, our labour is never in vain.

So go for it! Give it your all, even when it feels like you’re slogging away the old sausage machine, churning out sausage after sausage with no return. Do it for Jesus, at work, at home and in church. He is your exceeding great reward. Cast your bread upon the waters in faith that you will find it again after many days.

God-tracking is working for Jesus.

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
Ecclesiastes 11
Matthew 28:19-20
Colossians 3:17
1 Corinthians 15:58
Genesis 15:1 (KJV)

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“Help me to see a return for my toil but even if I don’t, help me to do it with all my might.”

“My God, I get so fatigued doing the same old after the same old, every day. Sometimes I feel like I’m making no ground; like I’m slogging away without return. But I know now that all I do in life – especially my work – is to be done for you and in the name of Jesus. So, I change my thinking and choose to dedicate my work and my relationships to you. I do it for you, Lord. I know in you my labour is never in vain. Help me to see a return for my toil but even if I don’t, help me to do it with all my might. Amen.”

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