trACker number475
The e-Devotional helping
to keep you on-track
Dear God-tracker
God-tracking
is fulfilling your dreams by God’s grace, despite disappointment
Colin
grew up in a very sheltered home environment. He attended Sunday School every
Sunday where he heard many wonderful stories about God. He loved these stories
and firmly believed in the God of the Bible. At the tender age of 10 young
Colin gave his heart to Jesus, was baptised by the age of 14 and baptised in
the Holy Spirit by 16. Like any boy of his age, Colin had great dreams of grandeur,
but sadly he was never given the opportunity to explore his dreams. He grew up
in a very controlled and restricted environment. He had very few friends and
was seldom allowed out the home. Now, looking back on his early life, Colin was
consumed with anger and bitterness for a childhood wasted. “How could God have
allowed me to grow up so stifled?” he would often think.
Disappointment
can lead to despair and despair can lead to anger and anger to bitterness.
Bitterness consumes the soul and manifests as unforgiveness and vengeance.
However, grace, on the other liberates the soul and gains victory! Jesus took
all the consequences of sin upon himself when he went to the cross. Those
consequences included disappointment, despair, anger, bitterness and
unforgiveness. Didn’t he pray, “Father forgive them they do not know what they are
doing?” Jesus was abused and beaten then mercilessly executed on trumped up
charges, yet he was not consumed with bitterness, even after the resurrection. The
Bible tells us to look to Jesus and take his example in how he looked through
his trial and saw himself victorious on the other side of the cross.
If
Colin had learned earlier in life to look beyond his circumstances and see
himself as God saw him then he would have grown into the man of influence and
wonder he dreamed of becoming. In the process of seeking to track God’s plans
for his life, if he had acknowledged that his Lord and God was already on the
other side of his trials, then he would not have been so consumed with
bitterness. And if Colin had walked in forgiveness grown from grace then he
would have realised that God’s grace was sufficient to guide him toward those
dreams of grandeur.
God-tracking is fulfilling
your dreams by God’s grace, despite disappointment
Every blessing
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…
Luke 23:32-35
Hebrews 12:2-3
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
V\o/W
Verse of the Week
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
May our Lord Jesus
Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us
and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage
your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s
Fave Quotes
“I am not what I
ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still,
I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.”
--- John
Newton
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your
Eyes on Jesus!
Lord, it’s
only by your grace that I am what I am and by your grace that I will be what
you plan for me to be
Pray:
“Dear Lord, I want to ask you for forgiveness for
holding a grudge in my life. Lord, I’m sorry for any bitterness and
unforgiveness. I choose to forgive and let go of all grievances that I hold
against people who have offended me in the past. I let it all go and choose to show
grace to those who have hurt me. Thank you for your grace to me in dealing with
my past and to looking to the future.
Lord, it’s only by your grace that I am what I am and by your grace that I will
be what you plan for me to be. Your grace is enough. Amen. ”
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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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