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Friday, 13 December 2024

Captain, My Captain

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“God showed himself as God Almighty to Abraham yet as I AM to Moses. Abraham knew God as a the mighty supreme Being while Moses discovered God as personal Adonai.”

John 6:35
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”

Abraham was one of the first Bible characters recorded to hear from God. He was brought up as a polytheist pagan. He had no relationship or understanding of the Lord God until God appeared to him. God had a plan to raise Abraham up as the father of the Hebrews. The Hebrews came to believe in only one true God, the Lord Almighty. And that is how God revealed himself to Abraham. God challenged Abraham’s polytheistic worldview by revealing that he is the One and only Almighty God – El Shaddai. The name El Shaddai describes God as universal creator, highly exalted and supreme to all other gods and creatures. Abraham knew God as an omnipotent impersonal yet benevolent deity.

Moses came along many centuries later. He was also raised in a polytheistic environment yet, because his parents were Hebrews, he understood who El Shaddai was. One day, while he was exiled to the wilderness because of a crime against Egyptian law, Moses had an encounter with El Shaddai. However, when Moses enquires of God what his name is (remember, he was raised polytheistic) the Lord answers, “I AM WHO I AM.” Directly translated, this name refers to YHWH or Yahweh. This is the most sovereign and personal name for God, yet, as implied by the expression, I AM WHO I AM, the name Yahweh reveals God as a personal, caring deity.

God showed himself as God Almighty to Abraham yet as I AM to Moses. Abraham knew God as the mighty supreme Being while Moses discovered God as personal Adonai. (The name Adonia is related to the name Yahweh. Adonia means Lord, my lord, like captain my captain.) Jesus used the name I AM when referring to himself. For instance, he said, “I am the bread of life.” The Lord El Shaddai revealed himself to Moses as a deity he could personally call his God.

El Shaddai reveals himself to you and me as a deity we could personally call our Lord and God through Jesus – Captain, my captain. Today you can call him your personal Lord and Saviour. Today, you can come to him and never go hungry; if you believe in him, you shall never thirst.

God-tracking is a personal relationship with Yahweh.

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Genesis 17:1-2 (CJB)
Exodus 3:13-15
Exodus 6:2-3
John 6:32-35
John 14:6

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I accept and acknowledge Jesus as my personal Lord and Saviour.”

“Dear God Almighty, thank you for revealing yourself as I AM through Jesus. Jesus said I AM the way, the truth and the life. Today, O Lord, I choose to follow the way of Jesus; I choose the truth and the life that he offers. I accept and acknowledge Jesus as my personal Lord and Saviour. Thank you, Yahweh, for calling me to intimately walk with you as Moses did. Amen.”

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Friday, 6 December 2024

Choose Life

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“Helping people to die prematurely denies them the opportunity to hear the message of abundant life and the promise of eternal life.”

John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.

Euthanasia, or assisted dying, is now legal in many countries and still under constant debate in those where it is not yet legalised. Assisted dying is no more than aided suicide. Suicide is one of the most dreadful dilemmas in our society. We do all we can to assist people to not take their own lives, why are we now intent on passing laws to assist people to take their own lives? It makes no sense.

Life is not just a privilege, it is sacred. It is written, “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you, life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose life.” God is the source of all life. He created your life in the womb and he will sustain your life until the tomb. Scripture makes it clear that God commands us not to kill. Suicide, as with assisted dying, is nothing more than taking a human life, for whatever apparently justifiable reason.

I understand that it is a tremendous tragedy watching a loved one suffer from a terminal diagnosis. But, as Christian believers, we know that God is the author of life. Only he has the prerogative to end life. Helping people to die prematurely denies them the hope of healing, medically or miraculously. Helping people to die prematurely denies them the opportunity to hear the message of abundant life and the promise of eternal life.

Jesus is the giver of life. He said that the thief comes to kill but that he came to give abundant life. Abundant life is the promise of life eternal. God loved the world so much that he sent his only begotten so that whoever believes in him will have eternal life. However, in my book, life only after death is only partial life, not abundant life. Abundant eternal life starts now. Your abundant life began the moment you invited Jesus to be your Lord and surrendered your life to him. He is your life; he is your hope and he is your healing. With God, nothing is impossible. So, let’s hold onto life and not pre-empt the will of God by assisting suicide.

God-tracking is choosing life.

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Deuteronomy 30:19
Exodus 20:13 (KJV)
John 3:16
Luke 1:37

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“In you, we hope. Today we choose life.”

“Dear God, I pray for all those dear people today who face a terminal diagnosis. I pray for hope and healing. You are the Lord who heals. Our lives are in your hands. I pray that your peace and hope will rest upon those whose loved ones are suffering today. I pray that your word and truth will prevail in their lives and that they will trust you will all their hearts and lean not on their own understanding. In you, we hope. Today we choose life. Amen.”

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Friday, 29 November 2024

He Acknowledges You

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“God acknowledges you in your troubles. In his foreknowledge, he has predestined you, not only unto eternal life through Jesus but unto a secure and prosperous future in the here and now.”

Exodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.

Scripture calls us to acknowledge God in all our ways and trust him to direct our life’s track. That is a wonderful promise. Acknowledging God requires that we present our needs, our plans, our ambitions and our relationships to the Lord in prayer, confessing that he, as our guide, will direct the outcome of our life choices. Then we boldly tell the world that our loving God will lead us and keep us on the right track. In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path because he is knowledgeable of your entire life.

The sons of Jacob had settled in Egypt under the oversight and protection of their brother Joseph. However, when Joseph died and the king of Egypt changed, the people of God groaned under the bondage of slavery. They were slaves to the Egyptians for centuries but God saw their plight. He remembered his covenant with Abraham, and God acknowledged them. Years later, under the leadership of Moses, he delivered his loved ones from slavery and led them to a land flowing with milk and honey.

God acknowledged his people in their troubles. God acknowledges you, in your troubles. We read that those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son. The Lord has foreknowledge of your life, something you don’t possess. In his foreknowledge, he has predestined you, not only unto eternal life through Jesus but unto a secure and prosperous future in the here and now. Jesus came to give you abundant life. And your abundant life starts now!

Your God has acknowledged you so continue to acknowledge him in all your ways.

God-tracking is continuing to acknowledge God.

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Proverbs 3:5-6
Exodus 2:23-25
Romans 8:29

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I acknowledge in my career, in my relationships, in my church life, in my pastimes and every other area of life.”

“O Lord my God, thank you so much that you acknowledge me. Thank you that you know my future – I believe you are already in my tomorrow! Therefore, I make a conscious choice to acknowledge you in all my ways. I acknowledge you in my career, in my relationships, in my church life, in my pastimes and every other area of life. I confess that you are my guide and help. Help me to rest in that knowledge as I continue to acknowledge you in all my ways. Amen.”

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Friday, 22 November 2024

Glorious in its Dying

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“As you surrender to the autumn, like an oak tree glorious in its dying, so you will yield pleasing fruit in the new season. Whatever you do will prosper.

Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Squealing children run through the bright autumnal fall beneath the regal oak as it sighs upon their heads magnificent orange, red and yellow. Arms outstretched, the tree resigns to its destiny to be as though dead for the next five months. It’s been a good summer. Birds have nested and their young have fledged. The sun has streamed upon its majesty in the glow of green but now the tree is dying to its former brilliance and yet, somehow glorious in its dying. Beneath the soil it survives and strengthens. Slowly with every passing day of winter its ancient roots take hold, bravely extending deeper and deeper into the earth so that at the next season of green, it will be more secure to boldly reach from glory to glory.

We read in Scripture, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me,” and “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness.” Like that oak tree that appears to die when the autumn comes, so we appear to die when we surrender to Christ. We all have that old sinful nature to crucify in the promise that we will live in Christ. In Christ we become new creations; old things pass away and all things become new.

Sometimes God requires that we lay down our dreams or aspirations. Sometimes it’s for our good that we need to surrender ambitions before we can know God’s fresh new life. Scripture makes it clear, the former things have come to pass and God is declaring things new. As you surrender to the autumn, like an oak tree glorious in its dying, so you will soon yield pleasing fruit in the new season. Whatever you do will prosper.

God-tracking is dying to self.

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Galatians 2:20
1 Peter 2:24
Isaiah 42:9

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“As I die to the old self, I know, in you, I am glorious in my dying.”

“Dear Lord, forgive me for holding onto old ambitions. I know now that these have come to pass and that you have new things in store for me. I choose to let go of past dreams, ideals and aspirations – I crucify the old life – that I may flourish as a tree planted by streams of water. As I die to the old self, I know, in you, I am glorious in my dying. Amen.”

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