Monday... We haven't see anything yet!

Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT), "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?"

Monday... We haven't see anything yet!

I am in my seventies and I have seen God work in so many ways. I really have. I love looking back and remembering and Moses seems to be doing the same thing here in Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT). He writes in his old age, "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?" And of course the answer is no. Yes he had gone through so much but there was more to come.

Now he had seen the burning bush, he had seen all of the plagues in Egypt and then the crossing of the Red Sea on dry ground. But he also saw the 40 years of disobedience by the Children of Israel and their wandering through the wilderness for 40 years but he knew that something great was about to happen. Yes, they had just won two battles on this side of the Jordan River and he went up to Pisgah Peak and looked over the land in every direction visualizing what was about to happen. He had just seen two parts of the promise land conquered but there was more to come.

Of course, I don't know what you have gone and are going through in your life. I don't know about your relationship with God but I do know God and how he has worked in my life. He truly is an amazing God but I also know that he is not done doing what he can and will do in my life. I love the first part of 24, and I believe it, "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant." And I also know the answer to the last part, "Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?" The answer is no.

At 77 and about to be 78, I know that I haven't seen everything yet. Looking back is great and I thank the Lord for yesterday but the best is yet to come. I haven't seen anything yet. That's why getting up each morning is exciting. Yes, he has taken care of the battle of yesterday but today is a new day. I can live with great anticipation and expectation.

Of course at my age, heaven is getting closer but I also believe that my life here isn't over but if it is, I haven't seen anything yet. Now you may not be at my time in life. Moses was able to look over the Jordan at what was ahead but he also knew that he wasn't going to be able to see it up close. Joshua was given the task to lead the people over the Jordan. Yes, they had taken care of two of the kingdoms on this side and some of the tribes had their rewards but there was more to come.

Yes, no matter what we are going through, God is not done. There are more battles ahead. Verse 24 in the Good News Translation says, "Sovereign Lord, I know that you have shown me only the beginning of the great and wonderful things you are going to do. There is no god in heaven and earth who can do mighty things that you have done!" Yes, we by fatih can know this to be true. Yes, we can know it. And yes, we haven't seen anything yet! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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