In so many of the Biblical accounts we read, there never seems to be anyone in a rush. Is it possible that our rushing is a result of wanting to please people? We don’t want to let them down, or we want to appear to be ‘successful’? Jesus took time to stop and talk to the woman at the well, and a city became transformed. Paul and Silas took time to sit and speak with some women and from that conversation, Lydia was saved, along with all her household. In prison, even when they were in pain, Paul and Silas took time to stop and worship God. The prison was shaken, God showed up, and the jailer and his whole family got saved.
I wonder how much more we would see God ‘show up’ if started laying aside our schedules our agendas and all our rushing; in our day to day lives; in our church services; in all our ‘doing’, and just stopped and allowed ourselves to just ‘be’ in that moment. Its in our ‘being’ available for God that lives are changed. Otherwise we run the risk of rushing through life and missing all the God moments. Imagine standing before God when we get to heaven and have Him say, “Look at what you missed…” or… “Look at all the lives you touched…”. That’s the opinion that will matter most…
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After fasting 40 days in the wilderness, the devil came to tempt Jesus. He lost because of the spoken Word. Jesus didn’t fight with logic or reasoning, or clever words, He only fought with the Word of God - and He Won.
A basketball in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends on whose hands it's in. A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Mark McGwire's hands is worth about $19 million. It depends on whose hands it's in. A tennis racket is useless in my hands. A tennis racket in Venus Williams' hands is a Championship Winning racket. It depends on whose hands it's in. A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal. A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea. It depends on whose hands it's in. A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy. A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon. It depends on whose hands it's in. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands. It depends on whose hands it's in. Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse. Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world. It depends on whose hands it's in. As you see now, it depends on whose hands it's in. So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationship in God's hands because... It depends on whose hands it's in. - AUTHOR UNKNOWN Never underestimate the power of God’s Word spoken out by you. His word is alive and powerful (Heb 4:12)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, "A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." In the same way, we may see a lump of clay on the potter's wheel as just that - a lump of clay, but the potter doesn’t see that. He is the creator of a masterpiece, so when he looks at the clay, he sees it for what it is in his mind - an unfinished pot.
As I'm writing this, I feel to encourage someone today that you are not a dirty old lump of clay. You are an unfinished pot - a masterpiece in the hands of a gracious, loving and very creative Father, and since He is the creator, what He sees is all that matters. You exist for His purpose, so let Him continue to do the work in you for He is not finished with you yet. |
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