"Your purpose till you die is to reveal a new attitude toward suffering and a new agenda in prayer that flows out of your new purpose in life that makes sense only if you claim your new hope of resurrection." God sent His angel in Acts 5:19-20 for one purpose: to stand in the temple and tell the full message of new life and to live it out. "You are not alive in this world in order to experience Me or to enjoy the blessings of a comfortable life." 66 LL
As we walked the streets of Capernaum, Jesus' home, the "black words" came alive today---we have the "red words" Jesus spoke written in our Bibles. But to picture the leper up on the hill listening to the Sermon on the Mount as we sailed in a boat on the noble Sea of Galilee is having the black words come alive. You see, that leper is me listening to a similar sermon delivered this day. I need the healing Hand of the Master and don't know what He will do yet. But this I know, like the leper, my heart is drawn to the Heart of God, no matter what.
In Acts 18:2, the Master spoke to Paul in a nearby village where I sit this day. The Master said: "Keep it up, and don't let anyone intimidate or silence you. No matter what happens, I'm with you and no one is going to be able to hurt you. You have no idea how many people I have on my side in this city." ... "Did you take God into your mind only, or did you also embrace him with your heart? Did he get inside you?" Acts 19:2.
"Every truth and encouragement that could have made a difference to you, you got." Now go live out that radical trust.
Acts 20:28 - "Now it's up to you. Be on your toes—both for yourselves and your congregation of sheep. The Holy Spirit has put you in charge of these people—God's people they are—to guard and protect them. God himself thought they were worth dying for. Vicious wolves are going to show up and rip into this flock, men from your very own ranks twisting words so as to seduce disciples into following them instead of Jesus. So stay awake and keep up your guard. Then, Acts 20:36 Paul went down on his knees, all of them kneeling with him, and prayed. And then a river of tears.
I woke up early this morning praying for your healing, Bev. God has such a wonderful plan for your life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, hopes, and fears.
ReplyDeleteKnow you are loved and greatly blessed by our Master Jesus on this day.
You are blessing me with all of your posts this week. You are posting here, on FB and then your blog...each one today was different. I sense something going on in you..something even better than has been happening...you are making your trip very "alive" for me....praying for you to sleep, sound, beautiful sleep...
ReplyDeleteActs 16:31 - "Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you'll live as you were meant to live—and everyone in your house included!" My prayer this morning is for trust not in circumstances, not in His blessings, but in the Master Himself. May we each live as we were meant to live including everyone in our families. And to His glory, let us pray for the grace to accomplish this.
ReplyDeleteActs 17:30 - God overlooks it as long as you don't know any better—but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he's calling for a radical life-change.” Ready for radical life change here in Texas. Not sure what all that entails, but it scares me half to death knowing it won’t be easy. But is anything worthwhile? It scares me more to miss it.