God-tracking is remaining hopeful in spite of hopeless prospects

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30 May 2014 

 

Dear God-tracker

 

God-tracking is remaining hopeful in spite of hopeless prospects

Halford E. Luccock in his book Unfinished Business  tells the story: “One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded, as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be flooded, all improvements and repairs in the whole town were stopped. What was the use of painting a house if it were to be covered with water in six months? Why repair anything when the whole village was to be wiped out? So, week by week, the whole town became more and more bedraggled, more gone to seed, more woebegone. Then he added by way of explanation: ‘Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present.’”

Hopelessness has a horrible habit of becoming increasingly hopeless the more we harp on it. Many people are prone to a mood of hopelessness. When they look at the glass they see it as half empty and always expect the worst possible outcome to adverse circumstances. When difficulties come along - as they will in life - a hopeless attitude steps back in despair and takes its eyes off of the providence of Christ and focusses rather on the need. Sadly, a hopeless outlook will never enjoy the fruit of God’s character building in our lives, because hopelessness does not rejoice in challenge. Hopelessness throws its hands in the air and gives up when things get tough. The scriptures tell us that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And Christ’s hope will never disappoint us, because God loves us enough to take us through calamity and into his wonderful plans for our future, by his Holy Spirit.

 

Whatever emptiness you think your future may hold; whatever difficulty you’re facing today or whatever loss you’ve endured in the past, I say to you never, never give up only look up! God’s word has endured for millennia and you hold that word right there in your hands. The Bible is crammed with God’s promises to you. Listen: God shall provide all your needs; the Lord is your Shepherd through the valley of the shadow of death; when you walk through the waters you shall not drown and when you walk through the fire you shall not burn; by his wounds you are healed; he has removed your sins from you as far as east is from west; God knows the plans he has to give you a hope and a future. And all of God’s promises are yes in Christ. So, if you are “in Christ” then you are in the same place as God’s promises! Don’t allow hopelessness to bring your future into disrepair; live every day in the hope of God’s newness and blessings. He who promised is faithful and he will do it!

 

God-tracking is remaining hopeful in spite of hopeless prospects.

 

Happy tracking

 

Dudley

 

It’s all in the Book…

Romans 5:1-11

Philippians 4:19

Psalm 23

1 Pet 2:24

Ps 103:12

Jeremiah 29:11

2 Corinthians 1:20

 

 

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Verse of the Week

 

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

 

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes

“We can walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength... waiting for the endless good which God is always giving as fast as He can get us to take it in.” --- George Macdonald   

 

 

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Lord, you are my hope for tomorrow

”Dear Lord, I’m sorry for my negative outlook on life. I choose today to change from a pessimist to an optimist. I reject this mood of hopelessness and turn to you for overflowing hope for my future. You are my God and my Lord. You are my provider and my companion. Today I hand my future over to you and claim, by your word, that you will meet all of my needs according to your glory in Christ. Lord, you are my hope for tomorrow. Amen.”

 

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Unless otherwise indicated all scripture references in this publication are taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

 

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God-tracking is nurturing in the vision he has given you, despite seeming failures

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23 May 2014   

Dear God-tracker 

God-tracking is nurturing in the vision he has given YOU, despite seeming failures 

I have a lovely white orchid plant growing in a pot on my bathroom windowsill. It is a very rewarding site and fills the room with cheer. At the moment it’s boasting 33 blossoms but it’s not always been this prolific. When I bought the plant it had four or five flowers in bloom but after they died off it stood dormant for a very long time. I faithfully watered its roots and moistened its leaves but to no avail. But then one winter I began to notice little buds appearing between its leaves. These buds grew and grew until two longs stems produced the display I’m now enjoying so much. I must admit that there were times that I thought I should just get rid of the orchid but, thankfully, I persevered in my nurture until I was rewarded for my faithfulness. 

Another story is told of young William Wilberforce who was most discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his 10 year battle against the slave trade in England. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible to read. As he did a small piece of paper dropped out. It was a letter written by his friend John Wesley shortly before his death. Wilberforce read it again: "Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God, and in the power of His might."  

Two accounts of endurance (though I’ll admit the latter is a little more honourable than the first). However, in both the cases above it was the nurture of a vision that produced the fruit. If I had given up watering my favourite flower then it would have died off and never produced the reward it now gives. If Wilberforce had given up plying parliament to abolish slavery then we’d be living in a very different world today. Faithful endurance continues to water the vision and watches as God produces the fruit, as only he alone can do. 

God-tracking is nurturing in the vision he has given you, despite seeming failures

Happy tracking 

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book…

Hebrews 10:19-23

Romans 5:1-5

James 1:2-7

Colossians 3:23-24  

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Verse of the Week 

Hebrews 10:36

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes

“Trust God for great things; with your five loaves and two fishes, he will show you a way to feed thousands.”  --- Horace Bushnell

 

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Help me to continue watering this vision by your inspiration

”Dear Lord, I’m weary of working at this vision you’ve given me. It seems that I see no fruit to my labour. And yet I realises that I need to continue to work at it with all my might as unto you. Help me to see beyond these seeming failures to the success that you’ve promised. Help me to continue watering this vision by your inspiration, as I would a flower without blossoms, until I see the reward you bring. I realise that it may take a long time to bloom, O Lord, but I choose to be faithful at what you have called me to do. Jesus, you are my very great reward. Amen.” 

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Unless otherwise indicated all scripture references in this publication are taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. 

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God-tracking is running with a clear God inspired target in mind

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16 May 2014   

Dear God-tracker 

God-tracking is running with a clear God inspired target in mind 

This devotional is based on the concept of tracking the plans and purposes of God for our lives. The Bible says that God knows the plans he has for us; plans for our prosperity, hope and a good future. The reality of that statement is, however, is it is indeed, God who knows his plans for us but we don’t; not until we seek and track them, that is. God-tracking then is a concept that encourages us to acknowledge God in every aspect of life and then to trust him to lead our life’s track according to his plans for us. Thus remaining in his perfect will. However, this process takes perspective and preparation. It requires hearing from God and then setting out on the path that he has planned for us with clear goals, set by him. 

I went for a jog the other day. I’m not a long distance runner but I do enjoy jogging. Before I set out I did a few stretches and warm ups and charged my water bottle with a mix of water and fruit juice. I planned to run along the canal towpath near my home to a certain point, then exit back to the road and return home. It was a lovely day and I was enjoying my trot along the canal. I use the time on the road to think and pray, as I jog. This day I was so deep in thought that I unwittingly ran right past my planned exit from the towpath. The next exit took me about a mile further from home. However, it was only when I came to that exit that I realised my mistake. I was most discouraged. Suddenly my legs felt like lead poles swinging painfully from tired old hips. By the time I returned home I was exhausted! You see, I had run further than I’d planned. In my mind I had set my goal so when I overran my target I had no more reserves to call upon. 

Running your God-track is a bit like that. It calls for perspective and preparation. As we plod this track of life we often discover how God changes situations from time to time. We humans don’t take favourably to change and will kick against it at all costs. However, change is inevitable. When God realigns your goals you need to realign your perspective and your preparation to the new target that he sets you. Through pray and by his word the Holy Spirit will prepare you for your new course in life with new clear goals. A prime biblical example for this thought is seen in how Paul followed the leading of the Holy Spirit during his mission trips. Sadly, though, it often happens that as we plod this track of life we reach our God set gaols but, when we do, we’re either not looking in the right direction or we simply ignore God’s inspired changes and miss the exit to the next track that he has planned for us. Unfortunately, when this happens, not only does our ineptitude in tracking God’s plans affect other people but it exhausts us to the point of burnout. When God says change we need to change. When God says run we need to run and when God says stop and rest a while we need to stop and rest. 

God-tracking is running with a clear God inspired target in mind.

Happy tracking 

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book…

Jeremiah 29:11-13

Proverbs 3:5-6

1 Corinthians 9:24

Acts 16:6-10 

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Verse of the Week 

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes

“A defined vision gives us both a reason to run and something worth running after… any vision is only as effective as the cause to which it is attached.” --- Brian Houston

 

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Help me to walk in perspective and preparation along my life’s track by acknowledging you in every minute detail of my life

”Dear Lord, I’m really exhausted. I feel as though I have overrun the target you set before me, for this part of my life. I’m sorry if I missed your leading to change. Help me now to find the point of exit you have planned for me so that I can move on into your new and wonderful plans for my life. On the other hand, help me to not preempt any changes in your plans for my life by quitting just because things get tough. Help me to walk in perspective and preparation along my life’s track by acknowledging you in every minute detail of my life and by keeping my eyes on Jesus. Thank you for your plans for my life. Help me to be a God Tracker. Amen.” 

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God-tracking is faithfully waiting for the “even better” that God has for you through life's changes

Dear God-tracker

 

God-tracking is faithfully waiting for the “even better” that God has for you through LIFE’S changes

 

Author of The God Chasers, Tommy Tenney once said, “What you think is being taken away could actually be being cleared away so that something even better can be delivered.” This thought can tend to the controversial. Some say that God never retracts his blessings whiles others say that God inflicts us with suffering to refine us. I would go with neither argument. I believe it’s a combination of both: God sometimes allows calamity or change to strip us of things which, in our finite knowledge, we deem worthy or beneficial, only to bless us abundantly with new opportunities and new rewards, which far outstrip our expectations. A prime biblical example of this is the story of Job. Job appeared to be stripped of all he held dear in life - seemingly by the Lord (though we know it was Satan who actually inflicted Job’s suffering).  Job suffered dreadfully but in all of his affliction he never blamed God for the evil that he endured. On the contrary he implied that God had the divine right to give and to take away. Nevertheless, Job praised God. And then at the end of the book we read, “The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first.” The fact remains that Job was twice as prosperous after his trials than before.

 

For several years I had the wonderful privilege of broadcasting God’s word via radio to tens of thousands of folk in South Africa. I worked for two Christian radio stations and was gaining in popularity. I remember walking through a shopping centre one day and noticing people point at me and hearing them say, “That’s Dudley Anderson from the radio.” But then, just as I was apparently becoming successful in my work, the Lord in his wisdom, called my family and me to leave it all behind and move to Britain. So I gave up the opportunity of reaching thousands and the fame that went with it to follow God’s leading. It appeared that the Lord was stripping me of radio broadcasting opportunity. We obediently moved to the UK and after a year of seeking and walking by faith God opened a new opportunity for me to get back into radio. I was thrilled, but not as thrilled as I would later realise when I discovered that I was broadcasting not to thousands or tens of thousands of people but to millions! What I thought God was taking away from me was actually being cleared away so that something even better could be delivered.

 

How about you? Are you going through change today? As you seek to track the plans of God for your life – and remember, he knows his plans for you, you don’t – simply continue to acknowledge God in all you do and trust that he will make your paths straight. When he seems to take what you deem worthy from you know that he will replace it with something even better and even more prosperous. All the Lord calls for is obedience and submission to his holy plan for your life. Remember that Jesus is already on the other side of the wall that separates your today from your tomorrow, making provision for your way ahead. Walk in faith for however long it may take for you to realise God’s plans through your changes and then stand firm in faith, laying a hold of your “even better”.

 

God-tracking is faithfully waiting for the “even better” that God has for you through lifes’ changes.

 

Never take your eyes off of Jesus.

Dudley 

It’s all in the Book…

Job 1:20-22

Job 42:10-17

Ephesians 3:20-21

 

 

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Verse of the Week

 

Matthew 6:10

…your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

 

 

Quote of the Week

A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes

”We cannot sincerely pray ‘Thy Kingdom come’ until we have prayed ‘My Kingdom go’.”  --- Tommy Tenny

 

 

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Help me to be strong through change and to look forward to the bright new blessings you have stored up for my tomorrow

”Dear Lord, I know your word says that you know the plans you have for me. The difficult thing is, I don’t know your plans for my life; not until you reveal them to me, that is. But nevertheless, today I put my faith in your plans for my future as I continue to acknowledge you in all my ways. Lord, I submit to your hand on my life and I trust you to work things out according to your purposes. Help me to endure change and to walk in faith that you will produce even better things for me for the future. Help me to be strong through change and to look forward to the bright new blessings you have stored up for my tomorrow. I live for your glory. Amen.”

 

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trACker is a service of godtracker.co.uk. Please consider helping towards expenses in delivering this service to you HERE or by visiting http://godtracker.co.uk/

 

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