Humble Truth

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“In every skirmish you face, be sure to humble your heart before God and subscribe to the truth.”

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1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

A story is told of a terrible conflict that arose between two men in a small village. Unable to resolve their disagreement, the men decided to visit the wise elder who lived in the hills. The first man carefully recounted his story to the sage, to which the old man replied, “You are absolutely right.” The next day, the second man made his way up the hills to sit at the elder’s feet. He told his side of the story with much passion, to which the old man replied, “You are absolutely right.” After he left, the elder’s wife scolded her husband, “Those two men told you two conflicting stories, yet you told them both that they were absolutely right. That's impossible. How can they both be absolutely right?" The sage turned to his dear old wife and said, "You're absolutely right."

You may smile, yet in every conflict, there are always two sides of the story. For each person, his side of the story is always absolutely right. Yet this is indeed impossible. For the most part, conflict is so often based on two central criteria: pride and perception. So often in a disagreement, one man may perceive the situation to be true while the other may perceive it to be false. Then pride settles in and claims, “I’m absolutely right and you’re absolutely wrong!” resulting in conflict and confrontation. However, in every conflict, there can always be only one absolutely right scenario—the truth!

Jesus said, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." He also said that he is the Truth. In the book of Ephesians, we are told to put on the whole armour of God, part of which is the belt of truth, which is buckled around our waists. Only the truth will resolve a conflict, because the truth is always absolutely right and the truth will out! The truth never needs to be defended. The truth only needs to be born testimony of. The truth will set the heart of conflict free, but only if that heart is not being strangled by arrogant pride. The proud will fall while God will exalt the humble.

Therefore, in every skirmish you face, be sure to humble your heart before God (since God knows the truth) and subscribe to the truth. If you are in the wrong, then humbly apologise and correct your opinion. If you are walking in truth, then humbly receive an apology. The Lord watches over the truth because he is the Truth. So, be still and don’t fret when evil seems to prevail. God will vindicate the truth, always!

God-tracking is resolving conflict in humble truth.

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John 8:31-36
John 14:6
Ephesians 6:10-18
Proverbs 16:18
James 4:10
Psalm 37:7

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Above all, help me to not be prejudiced toward my opponent and to walk in love.”

“Sovereign Lord, I admit that I am facing conflict today. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees when I’m in a fray, but I pray that you will reveal the truth to me. Please forgive me for my pride. I humbly submit to you and to the truth. If I’m wrong, then help me change my opinion. But if I’m right, dear Lord, then help me to simply witness to the truth in all humility. Above all, help me to walk in love. Whatever happens, O Lord, I pray that you will resolve this conflict. Amen.”

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Fly Straight and True

 GodTracker 995

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“God’s purpose for you is unique. No one else can fulfil the plan he has for you. So, wait patiently for him to drive you straight and true.”

Ephesians 1:11
In him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.

This devotional is called GodTracker. This title describes the primary purpose of every Christian
believer: tracking the plans and purposes of God. Scripture makes it plain; God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us. Yet, God’s ways are not our ways and our ways are not God’s ways.

A Scotchman was demonstrating the new game of golf to President Ulysses Grant. He carefully placed the ball on the tee and took a mighty swing. The club hit the turf and scattered dirt all over the President's beard and clothes, while the ball placidly sat on the tee. Again and again, the Scotchman swung, and again he missed. The President waited patiently through six tries and then quietly said, "There seems to be a fair amount of exercise in the game, but I fail to see the purpose of the ball.”

We smile but the truth is, the ball had a purpose. Its purpose was to fly straight and true to the green to be putted into the cup. Unfortunately, the demonstrator of this new game failed to connect with the ball. Chaos ensued. However, the ball remained patiently on the tee waiting to be hit.

God has a plan for you according to the counsel of his will. Sometimes, his will for you may seem to take a long time to materialise. Sometimes, chaos may ensue around you as you wait for him to direct your path to victory. God’s purpose for you is unique. No one else can fulfil the plan he has for you. So, wait patiently for him to drive you straight and true, in his time. Author Frank Peretti said, “'God has created us in his image and put each of us here on earth for specific purposes. That means every human being has intrinsic value, preciousness, meaning and dignity.”

God-tracking is waiting for him to drive us straight and true.

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Jeremiah 29:11
Isaiah 55:8-9
Isaiah 40:31

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Forgive me for my impatience and help me to wait on you despite the chaos that’s going on around me.”

“Dear Lord, I know you have a plan to use me here at home, at work and in my church. Your purposes are according to the counsel of your will for my life. And yet, O Lord, I often find myself sitting quietly on the tee, waiting to be driven straight and true. Forgive me for my impatience and help me to wait patiently for you despite the chaos that’s going on around me. Dear Lord, open your way – your opportunities – for me to follow the plans you know you have for me. Amen.”

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Remember His Goodness

 GodTracker 962

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“Expel those doubts and remind yourself of the miracles and the good things he has done for you. He can turn your mourning into dancing and your darkest night into day.”

Deuteronomy 10:21
He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

I’d toddled off to the kitchen to make a steaming beverage for my family. In the lounge were Karen, my wife, Ryan and Amy, my son and daughter-in-law, and their children Ruben, Grace and Zac. As I waited for the kettle to boil, I was thinking about life. “Lord,” I prayed quietly, “I know you’re a miracle-working God yet I’ve not seen any healings.” Like the next guy, I have often prayed for healing and I know God heals but at that moment I had forgotten the goodness of the God I serve and I was absorbed by my doubts. Turning my back on the kettle I grumbled, “Lord, I wish I could just see a miracle.”

Just then, my 11-year-old grandson, Ruben popped his head out the lounge door and looked at me. He then withdrew back into the lounge without uttering a word. Instantly the Holy Spirit reminded me of an awesome healing miracle that my eyes had seen.

When Ruben was a mere 3 weeks old he was rushed to hospital with suspected sepsis. Sepsis is extremely dangerous for a small infant. Karen and I hurried to the hospital to be with Amy and Ryan and to pray for little Ruben. Ruben was fitting uncontrollably. Then the unimaginable happened, he stopped breathing. Medics rushed to his side to resuscitate him. After he was resuscitated, they made plans to transfer Ruben to an intensive care unit in a specialised children’s hospital. We continued to pray and trust God for a miracle. There he was, his small form, infiltrated by a respirator and myriad monitoring machines.

Twenty-four hours later, Karen and I visited him again. To our amazement, the cables and tubes had been removed. “He’s on the mend,” said the ICU sister. “I have never seen such a quick turnaround in all my working life,” she added. Ruben was healed… miraculously!

Ruben said nothing to me that day when he looked at me from the lounge. I believe the Holy Spirit used him to simply pry me from my moping doubts and remind me that he is my God who has done great and awesome things for me, which my eyes have seen.

We serve a miracle-working God. There is nothing too difficult for the Lord. Expel those doubts and remind yourself of the miracles and the good things he has done for you. He can turn your mourning into dancing and your darkest night into day.

God-tracking is remembering the things he has done.

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Psalm 42:4
Psalm 145:5-7
James 1:17
1 Peter 2:24

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Praise you my God who has done great and awesome things for me, which my eyes have seen.”

“Dear Lord, I’m sorry for my doubts and my short memory. I remember the good things you have done for me and I celebrate all the miracles I have experienced. Praise you my God who has done great and awesome things for me, which my eyes have seen. Nothing is too hard for you. I rejoice in your goodness and love. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

GOD-TRACKING IS USING WORDS WISELY

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“May we fill our hearts with God’s Word to ensure that, that which ensues from our lips is true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.”

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me! Did you ever blurt that old saying out as a kid when someone insulted you or called you a name? I did. The truth is, I can still remember some of those incidences. Words did hurt me.

My late father-in-law, Neil Bellamy, told a story of the effect that words can have on our thinking. In his day, he was the senior manager of a large drawing office in a mining company in Johannesburg, South Africa. One day he was discussing with a colleague about the power of words and how a simple suggestion could have a great effect on the hearer. “I’ll show you what I mean,” said Neil. He promptly walked across the drawing office to an unsuspecting draftsman, hard at work at his board. “Dave,” he said, “are you feeling okay?”

“Why?” replied Dave.  “I feel fine.”

“You sure? You look really peaky. I think you should sit down for a moment. Can I get you a glass of water?”

For the next half hour Neil continued to make suggestions to Dave that he might be feeling a little off-colour until Dave finally agreed and asked if he could take the rest of the day off. My dear dad-in-law needed to apologise profusely. “I’m really sorry, Dave,” you look fine. I was just trying to prove a point.”

The word, “words” appears 518 times in the English Standard Version of the Bible, while the word, “word” appears 1,182 times. The Scriptures are full of words about words. For instance, wisdom is personified in Proverbs 8, implying that we who desire to seek and track God’s purposes, should agree with wisdom and speak as she speaks: “All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.” In Proverbs 18 we read that life and death are in the power of the tongue.

James expounds the danger of tongue when, by the Holy Spirit, he says, “It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”

As we desire to seek and track the plans and purposes of God for our lives, let us be willing to bridle our tongues. May we fill our hearts with God’s Word to ensure that, that which ensues from our lips is true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.

God-tracking is using words wisely

READ ALL ABOUT ITProverbs 8:1-11
Proverbs 18:21
James 3:2-12
Luke 6:45
Philippians 4:8
Psalm 141:3

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lip, I pray

 “O LORD, forgive me for all the times I have used my tongue to hurt, insult or curse others. I confess wrong use of words, to you. I realise that it is by confession that I am saved – Lord help me to only confess what is true, noble and praise worthy. I also, reject and renounce all negative and destructive words that have been spoken over me. You are Lord of my life; my life is in you. Therefore, I trust your Word over me, as your son/daughter. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lip, I pray. Amen.”

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GodTracker 627
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12 May 2017

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS A 3-PART MISSION: TO INTERACT, IMPACT AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE TO BE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST

John 20:31
…but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Interact, impact and influence people to be true followers of Jesus Christ. This has been my mission statement for many years. Jesus practiced this process when he walked on earth. He interacted with and impacted the crowds through miracles and healings and he influenced them by his parables and teaching until they became his followers. Granted, at the end of his earthly life, everyone turned away from him, but only to open the way for his greatest impact of all – the cross. The impact of the cross has influenced billions of people, though the ages, to be his true followers.

Jesus had his own mission statement, which lines up well with this. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,” he said, quoting from the prophet Isaiah, “because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.” Several times, Jesus sent out his followers with the same commission. For instance, on one occasion he sent out his 12 closest disciples with this directive: “And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.”

God-tacking involves being influenced to follow Christ. God-tracking involves following his example and instructions. You and I, as trackers of the will of God, are commissioned to go into all the world and influence people to be disciples of Jesus. But how can we influence them unless we make an impact on their lives? And how can we impact them unless we interact with them in the first place. Today I encourage us to interact, impact and influence our friends, our family and our colleagues to be true followers of Jesus Christ, by proclaiming liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind; by setting at liberty those who are oppressed; by proclaiming the year of the Lord's favour.

God-tracking is a 3-part mission: to interact, impact and influence people to be true followers of Jesus Christ

Blessings

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT ITMatthew 10:5-7Luke 4:16-22Matthew 28:19

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Today I make a conscious choice to begin interacting with people by sharing the good news of the Kingdom Gospel wherever I can

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“Dear God, thank you that you sent people into my life to interact with me and make an impact on my life, so that I would be influenced to become a true follower of Jesus. Thank you for the many opportunities that exist for me to do the same in the lives of people around me. Help me to be bold in praying for the sick and proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favour in their lives. Today I make a conscious choice to begin interacting with people by sharing the good news of the Kingdom Gospel wherever I can. Amen.”

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