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

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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