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

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

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 ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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