Friday, 18 October 2024

Fresh Vision

 

GodTracker 965
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“Acknowledge God in all you do and he will give you fresh opportunities. Make the most of these new opportunities with wisdom.”

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
Where there is no vision, the people perish.

I opened the bread box yesterday afternoon with great ambition to make myself a big soft succulent
sandwich for lunch. Inside was a loaf of bread. Taking it out I gave it a gentle  squeeze. To my dismay, it was firm, not soft. The bread had gotten stale. My longing for a luscious lunch was dashed. Reluctantly, I toddled off to the corner shop to buy a new fresh loaf of bread.

Fresh vision is crucial to effective productivity. When one starts out on a new adventure to make an impact on the world, he may embark on his voyage with gusto, having a clear vision for his work or ministry. However, soon, as with a pleasing loaf of bread, this vision may become stale.

For a believer, vision and purpose are directed by the Lord. Scripture makes it clear that God has plans for his children. God’s purposes are deliberate and intentional. We can be sure that, if we are following the plans of God, he will vitalise our vision with his purpose. Therefore, we need to follow his guidance unreservedly with fresh vision as God drops it into our hearts.

Perhaps your vision has become stale. Without fresh vision, you will fail. Be encouraged to seek the Lord daily for inspiration and motivation. Acknowledge God in all you do and he will give you fresh opportunities. Make the most of these new opportunities with wisdom.

Be ready. God has a fresh plan for you.

God-tracking is following fresh vision.

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Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Ephesians 1:11
Proverbs 16:3
Colossians 4:5 (NASB)

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I commit my work to you and pray for fresh vision, O Lord.”

“Dear Lord, I have been doing this work for ages. I know I am following your directive in this effort. However, I feel my vision has become stale. I commit my work to you and pray for fresh vision, O Lord. Help me to make the most of every new opportunity with energy and purpose. Dear Lord, I seek your will and plan for my life. 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.

Friday, 11 October 2024

His Ends are Your New Start

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“As I face the disappointments life throws at me, if I trust the Lord, I know that his ends will be realised in my life.”

Psalm 3:3
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head. 

Mark was thrilled when he heard he had been selected for promotion. He worked for a stable company with great prospects for growth. He was in middle management and this promotion would have elevated him to a position of responsibility where he would have led a department, making a greater contribution to productivity. However, a week before his promotion was due, he was informed that a colleague had persuaded senior management that he was the man for the job and not Mark. Mark lost his promotion. Disappointed, he became withdrawn and bitter.

Disappointment can demoralise and depress the best of us. Great expectations dashed can leave one deflated and dejected. Opposition to progress can so easily cloud our vision and thwart our personal growth. But thank God, his thoughts are not our thoughts and his ways are higher than our ways. If I acknowledge him in every decision, every plan and every hope I have, he will direct my future according to his higher ways. Therefore, as I face the disappointments life throws at me and trust the Lord, I know that his ends will be realised in my life. His ends are the start of blessing and success. And in the end, vengeance is his.

God-tracking is trusting his higher ends.

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Psalm 3
Isaiah 55:9
Proverbs 3:6
Proverbs 16:3-4 (NIV)
Romans 12:19

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I choose now to let go of the hurt and trust your hand to bring about your ends in my life.”

“Dear Lord, it feels like I have been disappointed too many times in my life. Other people have always gotten ahead of me and left me lonely and dejected. Yet, I know that you know the plans you have for me – pans for my success and a great future. So, I pray, O Lord, forgive me for wallowing in self-pity and bitterness. I choose now to let go of the hurt and trust your hand to bring about your ends in my life. And I know your ends are a great beginning 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.

Friday, 4 October 2024

His Presence for Your Purpose

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“God has a plan for your life. His plan is for your good and for you to touch and change the lives of many for the good, for good. Rest in his rock and know his covering hand.”

Exodus 33:22
I will put you in the cleft of the rock and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.

I sat staring at the microphone in my radio studio. I had just closed the mic after a short chat about a
Bible verse when I was unexpectedly overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of my task. I worked for an international radio ministry that reached millions of people by radio on FM and shortwave. I produced a 2-hour music magazine show that was aired daily from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. One word from me on the radio could change a life for good. Suddenly I saw millions of lives packed in that that small black AKG radio microphone. I could relate to how Moses must have felt when God called him to lead a million people across a desert to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Moses said to the Lord, “You say to me, ‘Bring up this people. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’” Moses was an outcast. He had killed an Egyptian and was exiled to live in the desert. Here, the Lord of heaven and earth appeared to him and called him to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to the land promised to their father, Abraham. Old Moses lacked self-confidence. He had a stutter and was shy of people. Yet, God had a plan for him. One word from Moses would change, not just one life, but the world.

Obediently Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. Yet he was still unsure of the sheer responsibility he had. It was at Sinai that God gave Moses the 10 commandments that impact lives still today. Moses’ greatest task was to bring us the Law of the Lord. Perhaps it was on the mountain he felt as I felt in my studio that day; insecure and overwhelmed by the task. It was then that Moses was whelmed by the presence of the Lord as God hid him in the cleft of a rock and covered him with his hand. As the next song in my playlist rang out over the airwaves, I was encouraged by the knowledge that his grace and presence were my power to touch the lives of many.

God has a plan for your life. His plan is for your good and for you to touch and change the lives of many for the good, for good. Rest in his rock and know his covering hand.

God-tracking is fulfilling your purpose in the presence of God.

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Exodus 3
Exodus 33

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Hide me in the cleft of a rock and cover me with your hand so that I may fulfill this task by the power of your presence and grace.”

“O Lord, sometimes I feel so overcome by the tasks you give me. Sometimes I feel that there must be other people who could do a better job than me. But then I remember that, just as Moses felt insecure and unqualified to fulfill his task, yet you came through for him, you are the source of my skill, energy and confidence. Hide me in the cleft of a rock and cover me with your hand so that I may fulfill this task by the power of your presence and grace. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
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.

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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.

Friday, 27 September 2024

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.