GOD-TRACKING IS BRAVELY FOLLOWING HIS CALL

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28 April 2017

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS BRAVELY FOLLOWING HIS CALL

Ephesians 5:16-17
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Esther was a very beautiful young woman. She had been selected out of hundreds of thousands of young women from the 127 provinces of Persia to become queen to king Xerxes. Esther was Jewish, a citizen of the covenant people of God. During her time as queen, Haman, one of the king’s officials devised a plan to annihilate the Jews. The queen’s cousin, Mordecai learns of Haman’s plot and beseeches his relative to intercede for her people, saying, “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Although queen Esther lived in the luxury and security of the palace, she rose to the challenge set before her and bravely approached the king, unsummoned. To do so, would normally have meant certain death. However, compelled by a higher obligation, she interceded for her people. Her actions resulted in the king’s favour, and the ancestry of the Messiah was spared.

I thank God for Esther. Had she not so bravely laid her life on the line for God’s purposes, Jesus would never have been born and we would not have know God’s grace through his death and resurrection. Although we do not read the name of God in the Bible book of Esther, we do read that she fasted before approaching the king. Esther was willing to seek the purposes of God and lay her life down to fulfil her calling.

God may not be calling you to literally risk your life for his kingdom purposes but I unequivocally believe that you and I need to be willing to bravely seize every opportunity to advance God’s kingdom. We face opposition to preaching and living the message of Christ on many fronts. It’s time to nail our colours to the mast and bravely state, who knows whether I have not been given an opportunity like this for such a time as this.

God-tracking is bravely following his call

Be filled with the Holy Spirit

Dudley

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Esther

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Help me to wisely make the most of every opportunity, because the days we live in are evil

Pray
“O holy God, you are great and your will is supreme in my life. I humble lay myself down before you to seek your purposes for me. Help me to be brave and willing to go where you send me. Help me to bravely speak your name to my friends and colleagues, telling of your great works in my life. Help me to share the gospel of Jesus and pray for the sick at every opportunity. By your power and Holy Spirit help me to wisely make the most of every opportunity, because the days we live in are evil. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS FACING PERSECUTION IN THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS

Dudley Anderson

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12 February 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS FACING PERSECUTION IN THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS

 

Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things?
If God is for us, who can be against us?

 

“I was reading that Christians and Jews are the most persecuted people in the world,” said Tony as we prepared to pray that morning. “We have so many enemies around the world. Why do you think that is,” he asked? I tried to explain that it is has to do with the fact both Christians and Jews are worshipers of the one true God Almighty, while the world is under the curse of sin where Satan is lord. Ultimately it’s a battle between good and evil. Satan hates God’s people and will do all he can to wipe them from the face of the earth. As followers of Christ, Christians are particularly persecuted, because Satan continually attempts to undermine Christ’s victory over him at Calvary. My friend grunted some response under his breath as we began our prayer time.

 

I knew that Tony was very angry, and rightly so. However, even though Satan is continually attacking God’s people, Jesus has already conquered him by bearing the wages of our sin when he died. At the cross, the Son of God, who was without sin, humbled himself by taking on the punishment of sin. Jesus became sin for us so that, in him, we could become God’s righteousness. This was how God demonstrated his love for the world in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. And so, through the humility of the cross Jesus triumphed over sin, death and Satan, making a public spectacle of the forces of evil. The Bible tells us that if we confess Jesus as Lord and believe he died and rose again, we will be saved from sin, death and Satan. Therefore, in Christ we are more than conquerors!

 

“You’re already a winner, Tony!” I said as we concluded our prayer time. “But your victory is not over flesh and blood but over the forces of evil behind that flesh and blood. The weapons you fight with are not natural weapons like the gun or the sword; the weapons you fight with are divine and mighty! They have great power to tear down spiritual strongholds and to overcome all the power of Satan. Two of those weapons,” I explained, “are prayer and love. Listen to what Jesus said: ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.’ You see, perfect love casts out fear and only love can change your enemy’s heart. So stand strong in prayer and love. Always remember, God is on your side and if God is for you who can be against you?”

 

God-tracking is facing persecution in the victory of the cross

 

God bless you

 

Dudley

 

Read all about it!2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Romans 5:6-11
Colossians 2:13-15
Romans 10:8-10
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
Matthew 5:43-45
1 John 4:18-19

 

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Give me the strength to love those that persecute us and pray for their salvation

Pray
 “Lord Almighty, I get so very angry when I read how Christians are being persecuted around the world. I also get angry at the people in my own life that bully or persecute me! I realise that this is justifiable anger, but you have not called me to fight back against people. Rather, you have called me to fight against the forces of evil behind the evil acts of people. Therefore, I choose to not hate those who persecute us. I choose – by your grace – to love them. I pray for the persecutors of Christians and Jews around the world that you would make your Word plain to them. Convict them of guilt in regard to sin and bring them to repentance. I pray also for the Suffering Church that you would comfort, heal and deliver them from their attackers. Give them strength to stand up under persecution. And Lord, give me the strength to love those that persecute us and pray for their salvation. To the glory of God I pray. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE REALITY OF CHRIST

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18 September 2015 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE REALITY OF CHRIST

I have previously written about shadows and, how, as a child, I used to play games with my shadow. One popular game kids play is shadowboxing. On a bright sunny day I’d stand out in the middle of a field and punch at my shadow until I was exhausted. Shadowboxing is a futile exercise! Every move I’d make, my shadow would mirror. Try as I might, I could never out manoeuvre the dark faceless image of myself projected at 90 degrees from my feet. My dark counterpart was a complete copy of me, bar the reality. It lacked the substance of who I was. Turn out the light and my shadow would vanish.

Thinking about religious festivals and customs, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul writes, “These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance (or reality) belongs to Christ.” Paul was pointing out that the whole of the Old Testament law together with its regulation, rituals and rites was simply a shadow reflecting the true reality of God’s purposes and principles found in Christ. As a Jew, Paul was brought up and educated under the strict regime of the Law of Moses. In his own words, he called himself a, “Hebrew of Hebrews,” but he goes on to say that whatever credit he gained in his religious observances he counted as nothing compare to the reality of knowing Christ. Jesus himself said, “Do you think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” If the Law is the shadow then the real thing is Christ, the one casting that shadow by the light of God.

As you and I seek to find and remain on track with God’s plans for our lives we need to be sure that we keep our eyes on the real thing! Every Old Testament Law and every Old Testament rite is wrapped up in Jesus. Throughout the Old Testament we read of many types of Christ. These are shadows that mimic the exact image and movement of the Messiah, just as a shadow imitates the reality of its actual counterpart. For instance, the spotless lamb sacrificed at every Passover festival during temple times was the type (or shadow) of the antitype (or reality) who is the true sinless Lamb of God (Jesus). And Jesus was sacrificed at Calvary to take the punishment for your and my violation of the Law.

So where does this leave me boxing with my shadow? The more I boxed the more tired I became. The same applies to my attempting to keep the Commandments of God. The more I fight with myself in an attempt to subdue the flesh by my own efforts the more exhausted I will become. Like shadowboxing, it’s a futile exercise. I will never be successful in keeping the Law of God by my own strength. The Bible tells me that, although perfect, the Law was weakened by my sinful nature. But Jesus was not sinful! Therefore, he fulfilled the perfect requirements of the whole Law and bore the consequences of breaking the Law by dying on the cross. Therefore, only in Christ, who is the reality, are we no longer condemned by the Law and are free to live out his righteousness in our flesh by the Spirit.

God-tracking is keeping our eyes on the reality of Christ

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…
Colossians 2:6-23
Philippians 3:3-11
Matthew 5:17
Romans 8:1-11

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Romans 8:5
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

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“Walk with your face toward the Light or you may stumble in your own shadow.” --- Author

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Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

You have set me free from sin; you have set me free from condemnation and written your word upon my heart

Pray
“Dear Father God, thank you so much that Jesus has completed the requirements of the Law of Moses. Than you that, not only was he sinless, he bore the curse of my sin when he died on the cross. Today I praise you for my salvation and thank you that Jesus was the reality and the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets. So, I choose to stop my shadowboxing turned away from that dark image of me to look full in your wonderful light. You have set me free from sin; you have set me free from condemnation and written your word upon my heart. Help me now to live by the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord. Amen.”
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