13 February 2015
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God-tracking
Through the Year – year one
By Dudley Anderson
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Dear God-tracker
Cheryl had
recently been promoted to finance manager of a large leisure company with
several hundred people on the payroll. Her salary was proportionately high,
given her position within the company. Married with three young children,
Cheryl was the primary breadwinner in her family. As a Christian, she knew well
the importance of acknowledging God in all her ways, however, as her
responsibilities grew along with her income, Cheryl gradually took her eyes off
of her Master and slowly drifted away from God’s goals for her life. Sadly, she
no longer gave him the praise for her success but claimed all the credit
herself.
Not long after she
had received her promotion Cheryl and her husband began to suffer marital strife.
Her long hours away from home coupled with the fact that, somehow, their
combined income was not meeting the growing needs of their family, were causing
conflict. Eventually Cheryl took the children and went to live with her mother.
Seemingly free of the financial drain of her spouse, Cheryl hoped her finances
would level off. But they didn’t. She continued to earn well but it seemed as
though she never had sufficient income to meet her needs. She felt as though
she earned her wages only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
The people of
Jerusalem were once in the same predicament. They had returned to their
homeland after Babylonian captivity and received the command to build God’s
temple. They started out with gusto but, sadly, took their eyes off of the goal
of God’s purposes and began to feast on the fat of the land, to their own
credit. So God sent his man, Haggai with a stern word to correct the folly of his people and
call them back to the job at hand – to build the temple to his praise.
Have you ever
been in a similar situation? I have. Perhaps you’ve had a good job and earned a
reasonable wage but still seemed to come up short at the end of every month.
You work; you earn only to put your wages in a holey purse. Let me conclude Cheryl’s
story: She finally realised that she’d neglected to honour God in her work, her
finance management and her family. She returned to her husband – for better or for
worse – and gave God the credit for her responsibilities. Then Cheryl committed
herself to implement the most prominent change of all. She began tithing and
giving freely to those in need. Her faithful Lord and God honoured her turn-around
by mending that holey purse!
Every blessing
Dudley
It’s all in the Book…Haggai 1:1-11Proverbs 3:1-11Matthew 6:1-4 & 19-21 & 25-34
V\o/W
Verse of the Week
1 Samuel 2:30(b)
Those
who honour me I will honour, but those who despise me will be disdained.
Quote of the WeekSample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes
“Where
your feet are set dictates what God has given you” --- Kingsley Armstrong
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
Lord I choose to live for your glory. Please
mend the holes in my purse
“Dear
Lord, I am sorry for taking my eyes off of your goals for my life and I am sorry
for taking the credit for your doing. I return to acknowledging you in all my
ways and trust you to direct my outcome. I commit my financial management to
you and choose to honour you with the first fruits of my labour. I commit my
family to you and ask that you will restore my relationships. Lord I choose to
live for your glory. Please mend the holes in my purse. Amen.”
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GodTracker and trACker 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.
GodTracker and trACker 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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