REAPING WITH JOY

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“If we selfishly hang onto our resources we will indeed, lose them. What we surrender to God, he multiplies back to us, pressed down, shaken together and running over.”

Psalm 126:5
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

Two quotes from my collection of quotes for you today: “I have tried to keep things in my hands and lost them all, but what I have given into God's hands I still possess,” Martin Luther. And “If you give what you do not need, it isn't giving,” Mother Teresa.

My wife and I visited Israel a few years back. Near the end of our time there we visited a farm near the Dead Sea in the Negev desert. Water is a treasured commodity in this part of the world. Our guide said, “This part of Israel is very arid. Every year we sow our crops in the hope of reaping a harvest. If it doesn’t rain, we are fortunate today to have irrigation. In ancient times they had no irrigation. They would sow very valuable seed, which could feed their families for months, into the dry earth. It was hard to throw away good food. So, they would sow in tears and hope to reap with shouts of joy. God was always faithful.”

Sometimes I feel a little like that when I give my well-earned cash toward God’s work or to a needy cause. It’s hard to give away good money when you know you have needs of your own. Yet, as Christian believers, when we give, we give to God. God does not need our money but money is needed for God’s work. I love what Martin Luther said about giving. If we selfishly hang onto our resources we will indeed, lose them. What we surrender to God, he multiplies back to us, pressed down, shaken together and running over.

God-tracking is sowing in tears to reap with joy

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Luke 6:38
Malachi 3:10
Philippians 4:10-19
2 Corinthians 9:6-11

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Thank you, dear Father, for your faithfulness to me. Help me be faithful in my giving.

“Dear Lord, I praise you that YOU are my source of living. You have always met my needs in life. I trust you to continue meeting my needs according to your riches in glory. Today, I want to make a firm recommitment to sow into your kingdom. I don’t have much to give but I know that if a give cheerfully with a pure heart you will reward my giving. You who promised, are faithful. Thank you, dear Father, for your faithfulness to me. Help me be faithful in my giving. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS BEING A FAITHFUL AND A CHEERFUL GIVER

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Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

“God has promised to meet all our needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus. If you know Jesus as Lord, then you are in Christ Jesus. If you are in Christ Jesus, you are found in the same place as the riches of God!”

Tracking God’s will requires faithfulness in every aspect of life, not withstanding, giving. Historically, the Church has been accused of money-grabbing. This is a shame. Indeed, there were times in Church history where the institution of the Church (protestant and catholic) has demanded money from its adherents. That too, is a shame. However, God’s word makes it plain that giving is fundamental to Christian living. Afterall, God gave Jesus and Jesus gave his life. Therefore, as God-trackers, I believe we need to be faithful in our giving toward the furtherance of God’s kingdom. Jesus promised, “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” And he who promised is faithful.

By the grace of God, since receiving our first pay cheques, Karen and I have tithed. At times it was tough… very tough! I remember when I was studying for the ministry and had no regular income. I was 30 at the time with 2 small children to care for. Between us, Karen and I had 9 part-time jobs. Our income was low, but we believed it was still necessary to tithe. God was faithful to his promise to meet all our needs.

One Sunday evening, back in South Africa during my days at Bible school, I was at church leading worship while Karen and the kids were at home. My son Ryan, about 5 at the time, loved performing gymnastic feats. That evening he ran into his bedroom and somersaulted onto his bed. His feet promptly crashed through a large window. Thankfully, the curtains were closed so he did not hurt himself. “Ryan, what have you done!” came the cry from his mom. “It’ll take 200 rand to fix that window!” A few minutes later Karen heard Ryan and his sister, Kerryn praying, “Dear Lord, sorry Ry broke the window. Please give mom R200 to fix it.”

After church, while I was packing away my guitar, someone handed me an envelope. “Thanks,” I muttered and promptly popped it into my pocket. When I arrived home and Karen told me what had happened, I remembered envelope in my pocket. Opening it I found ten R20 notes. He who promised was faithful.

God has called us to be cheerful givers. God has promised that if we sow bountifully we will also reap bountifully. You see, God has promised to meet all our needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus. If you know Jesus as Lord, then you are in Christ Jesus. If you are in Christ Jesus, you are found in the same place as the riches of God! So, be faithful in your giving as you seek to track his will for your life.

God-tracking is being a faithful and a cheerful giver.

READ ALL ABOUT IT

Luke 6:38

Hebrews 10:23

2 Corinthians 9:6-9

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

I commit my life and calling to you. Help me to track your will, every day.

“O Lord, thank you so much for your faithful blessings and provision in my life. Thank you that you meet all my needs according to your abundance in Jesus. Thank you that, as you help me to be faithful in my giving, you are faithful in pouring out your blessings into my lap, pressed down, shaken together and running over. Today I choose to be faithful and cheerful in my giving as I trust you to be faithful to your promises to meet my needs. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS DEVELOPING GODLY CHARACTER THOUGH TRIALS

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15 July 2016
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God-tracking Through the Year - year two
By Dudley Anderson

The second in the series of 52 weekly readings to help keep you on track with the plans of God.

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GOD-TRACKING IS DEVELOPING GODLY CHARACTER THOUGH TRIALS

James 1:2-4
2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[b] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Let’s face it, tracking God’s plans can often become confusing when we experience difficulty or loss in life. If I am acknowledging God in everything I do and sense his call on my life then surely things will always work out well for me? Surely I won’t suffer difficulties like the next guy? After all, I’m a King’s kid! Or will they?

Job was an average guy like you or me except he was a very holy man. You could say that Job was a God Tracker. He acknowledged the Lord in all he did and strove to live a good life. In fact, the Bible describes Job as a man who feared God and shunned evil. He was married with a many children and was very well off. Though he was a good man, it pleased God to set Job the trial of his life. We read in the Bible book of his name how God allowed Satan to inflict Job with all manner of loss and difficulty. He lost his children; he lost his wealth and almost lost his own life to a dreaded skin disorder. Never-the-less, we read that, through it all, Job never “cursed God”. In other words, he never questioned God’s judgement or God’s sovereignty in his life. At the end of the story God speaks to Job and reminds him, in no uncertain terms, that he is God and Job is not! God reveals his sovereign right over the life and purposes of man, and his right to produce endurance, faith and character through trails in the lives of those he calls. But with hope: at the end of the book of Job we read, “The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first.”

There is one difference between Job and you as a Christian, however. That difference is, Jesus! In Job we discover a man standing before God by his own righteousness. But as a Christian I stand before God by Christ’s righteousness, not my own. Because Christ had not yet come, Job was un-redeemed before God and a sinner in heart, like the rest of fallen mankind. Eventually Job admits, “Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.” He then later adds, “Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” You see, Job was only good by his own standards but we, as redeemed by the blood of Jesus, are made good by Christ’s standards. The difference implies that Job was still under the curse of sin and death, while, in Christ, we are set free from the law of sin and death by the law of the Spirit of life.

As a God Tracker through Christ therefore, Job’s experience helps us to view our trials in a new light. God loved Job and God loves you. God restored Job after his trials and God will restore you after your trials, if you keep your eyes on Jesus. Through Christ, you can face every difficulty, every loss and every trial. Unlike Job, your victory is not found in your own credentials but in the credentials of Jesus Christ. Never-the-less, you can be sure you will still suffer the devil’s attacks through trials and tribulations. You may think this is unfair, the trials you suffer are not because God is testing your righteousness (as he did with Job) but because God is developing your character.

God-tracking is developing godly character through trials

Be strong in the Lord.

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Job
Romans 8:1-4
Romans 5:3-5

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I rest in your grace and power and not my own abilities, to get me through these problems

Pray
“Dear God, I realise now why I’m suffering these difficulties in life. I have prayed for your deliverance and continue to believe that you will bring me through this time. You are my only hope! However, I realise that these trials are for my good. The develop the character and tenacity I need to face further trials in life. I stand before you, O God, not by my own credentials but by those of Jesus. You caused Jesus to endure the trial of the cross so I can be made righteous by your grace; not my good works. Therefore, I rest in your grace and power and not my own abilities, to get me through these problems. Thank you Lord for my deliverance. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS PRAISING GOD IN THE FACE OF EVERY DILEMMA

Dudley Anderson

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19 February 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS PRAISING GOD IN THE FACE OF EVERY DILEMMA

Psalm 146:1-2
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

In his book, Prison to Praise, Merlin Carothers shares about how he ended up in prison for a crime he’d committed and how he found Jesus as Lord and Saviour behind bars. It was there that he discovered the power of praise. That is, he discovered that praising God for a need was even more powerful than simply praying to God for that need. He teaches that praising God in advance for the answers to prayers raises the levels of faith in the person praying. Praise anticipates what God can do. Carothers writes, “I have come to believe that the prayer of praise is the highest form of communication with God, and one that always releases a great deal of power into our lives.”

 

I have discovered that, like worship, praise is prayer. When we praise God we are actually praying. Praise proclaims the power and presence of God right into a situation. Praising God moves you from today, where your need is prevalent, into tomorrow, where your need is met. Praising God does not plead a case; praising God anticipates case closed! Praising God raises your levels of faith as you seek God, and faith pleases God who rewards the seeker. Praise is expectant of answers to prayers made in the morning. We are told to have no anxiety about anything but to let our requests be made to God with thanksgiving: thanking God that we have the privilege to pray; thanking God that he has the power to meet our needs and thanking God that he has already done it!

 

I have also found praise to be a powerful weapon in my battle against temptation. The devil levels temptation and trials against us to cause us to lose faith and fall away from God. But, God’s Word exhorts us to rejoice in tribulation. Listen: “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.” Praising God takes us into the realm of joy. I have found that it is impossible to praise God and sin at the same time. Therefore, when I am tempted I will begin praising God for his presence and his goodness and his strength.

 

Whatever you’re going through today; whatever you’re facing tomorrow begin praising God now! Open your mouth and declare his goodness and his holiness. Confess that he is great and greatly to be praised. Begin singing praise songs to your Lord and proclaiming his glory right into your situation. Instead of praying for your needs, praise for your needs and you will be amazed at how God will release a great deal of power into your life.

 

God-tracking is praising God in the face of every dilemma

 

God bless you

 

Dudley

 

Read all about it!Hebrews 11:6
Psalm 5:1-3 (NIV)
Philippians 4:4-7
James 1:2-4

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

 

As I praise you I believe that you release a great deal of power into my life

 

Pray
 “Dear God, I praise you that you are omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Thank you that already know all about my needs and worries and have the power to meet them. Thank you that you are already on the other side of this wall I face, preparing my way and meeting my needs. Today – here and now – I submit to your will and your purposes. I give my life to serve you and seek your plans. I praise you for your goodness, your power and your presence in my life. I will bless you and praise you with all that is within me. Thank you that your good presence and strength are here with me, even as I face every trial and temptation. As I praise you I believe that you release a great deal of power into my life. For yours is the Kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.”

 

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