trACker number488
The e-Devotional
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Dear God-tracker
God-tracking
is nurturing in the vision he has given YOU, despite seeming failures
I have a lovely white orchid plant growing in a pot on my bathroom
windowsill. It is a very rewarding site and fills the room with cheer. At the
moment it’s boasting 33 blossoms but it’s not always been this prolific. When I
bought the plant it had four or five flowers in bloom but after they died off
it stood dormant for a very long time. I faithfully watered its roots and
moistened its leaves but to no avail. But then one winter I began to notice
little buds appearing between its leaves. These buds grew and grew until two
longs stems produced the display I’m now enjoying so much. I must admit that
there were times that I thought I should just get rid of the orchid but,
thankfully, I persevered in my nurture until I was rewarded for my
faithfulness.
Another story is told of young William Wilberforce who was most
discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his 10 year
battle against the slave trade in England. Tired and frustrated, he opened his
Bible to read. As he did a small piece of paper dropped out. It was a letter
written by his friend John Wesley shortly before his death. Wilberforce read it
again: "Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn
out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be
against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of
well-doing. Go on in the name of God, and in the power of His
might."
Two accounts of endurance (though I’ll admit the latter is a little more
honourable than the first). However, in both the cases above it was the nurture
of a vision that produced the fruit. If I had given up watering my favourite
flower then it would have died off and never produced the reward it now gives.
If Wilberforce had given up plying parliament to abolish slavery then we’d be
living in a very different world today. Faithful endurance continues to water
the vision and watches as God produces the fruit, as only he alone can do.
God-tracking is nurturing in the
vision he has given you, despite seeming failures
Happy tracking
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…
Hebrews 10:19-23
Romans 5:1-5
James 1:2-7
Colossians 3:23-24
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Verse of the Week
Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes
“Trust God for
great things; with your five loaves and two fishes, he will show you a way to
feed thousands.” --- Horace Bushnell
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your
Eyes on Jesus!
Help me to continue watering this vision
by your inspiration
”Dear
Lord, I’m weary of working at this vision you’ve given me. It seems that I see
no fruit to my labour. And yet I realises that I need to continue to work at it
with all my might as unto you. Help me to see beyond these seeming failures to
the success that you’ve promised. Help me to continue watering this vision by
your inspiration, as I would a flower without blossoms, until I see the reward
you bring. I realise that it may take a long time to bloom, O Lord, but I choose
to be faithful at what you have called me to do. Jesus, you are my very great
reward. Amen.”
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