19 December 2014
COMING SOON:
God-tracking Through the Year
By Dudley Anderson
God-tracking Through the Year
By Dudley Anderson
Fifty-two weekly
devotions to keep you
tracking the plans and purposes of God
Dear God-tracker
PLEASE NOTE:
This will be last trACker of 2014. Here's wishing you and your loved ones a very wonderful Christ filled CHRISTmas and blessed 2015
This will be last trACker of 2014. Here's wishing you and your loved ones a very wonderful Christ filled CHRISTmas and blessed 2015
God-tracking is taking a God-given Sabbath
rest. Beware of burnout!
It
was early morning as he sat on the edge of his bed, head in hands and heart
heavy. His workload had increased ten-fold, at least, over the past six months.
Pressure to deliver was mounting and people were placing undue expectations
upon him like never before. It was a good thing that business had improved but,
along with increased production came increased labour. Joe was at the end of
his tether. He’d been working 7 days a week for months and had simply run out
of fuel. He began to sob uncontrollably as hot tears well up in his tired eyes.
Never before had he felt this way. Joe was on the verge of crashing.
On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 52 from
Colombia crashed just 15 miles short of New York's Kennedy International
Airport, killing 73 passengers. Reason: the plane just ran out of fuel. International
regulations require an airliner to carry enough fuel to reach its destination
as well as its assigned alternate, plus enough extra fuel to handle at least 45
minutes of delays. The Avianca pilots had requested a "priority landing”
but should have used the phrase, "emergency landing". Due to heavy
traffic and bad weather conditions, the ill-fated plane was placed on a holding
pattern until it simply ran out of fuel.
Have you ever reached the point that Joe
reached on that formidable morning; overworked, fatigued and burnt out? God has
not created us to work 7 days a week at the expense of family and health. Apart
from the obvious effects of stress on the heart and digestive system, research
reveals that stress can cause, among other diseases, asthma, obesity and Alzheimer's disease. Avianca
Flight 52 crashed because it ran out of fuel. In other words, the plane worked
so hard for so long that it had nothing left in reserve to safely deliver its
precious cargo of souls to their destination.
God has given you a precious cargo, too. You
have a life that he created to honour him and a family who need you to be strong
and secure. Jesus once said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
The Lord God created the universe and then he rested on the Sabbath. God is not
a man that he should require rest (he neither slumbers nor sleeps) but he set us
the example of the Sabbath so that we
might rest. It is not only a sin to not take a Sabbath, it’s foolish! Jesus
also told us to come to him when we’re weary and then he would give us rest. You
see, if we yoke up with Christ then we will be both productive and rested.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
Every blessing
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…
Mark 2:27-28
Psalm 121
Matthew 11:28-30
V\o/W
Verse
of the Week
Hebrews 4:11
Let us,
therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by
following their example of disobedience.
Quote of the Week
Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes
“Depend
on it; God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.” --- Hudson
Taylor
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
“O Lord,
I am tired. I admit that I have been working far too much and far too long
without taking a rest. I’m beginning to see the effects it’s having on my
health and my family’s wellbeing. I’m sorry for not taking a Sabbath rest.
Forgive me for this sin and help me to rearrange my daily routines so that I
can take a Sabbath. Lord, I commit my work to you and acknowledge you in all I
do. May I begin to see your hand of blessing and peace in my life. I come to
Jesus, because I am burdened and weary, and hand over all my duties and
responsibilities over to him. Amen.”
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What is trACker?
GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, OnTrack. Although OnTrack went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, OnTrack. Although OnTrack went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
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