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What is time?

2/28/2017

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It seems to fundamental to us, but not so much for the Lord. 1500 years before Peter told us that to God one day was like a 1,000 years, and vice-versa, the Israelites watched this truth illustrated in a remarkable way.
In one night, God made an almond stick sprout, bud, blossom, and give ripe almonds!
We often fret about how slow or how fast things are moving. In doing so, we waste the most important aspect of time for us--the right now. It is better to focus on doing moment by moment what we are supposed to do. God can put life into slow motion or have it scream past us whenever He wants. He can bring our productivity to a crawl or give us so much fruit we can't keep track of it.
Our main responsibility is to properly manage the sliver of time we have right NOW.
(Numbers 17:8 and 2 Peter 3:8)
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Wisdom is...

2/20/2017

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Priceless.
  • The book of Proverbs, especially the first part of it, is full of encouragement and instruction about it. However, today's wisdom does not guarantee tomorrow's wisdom. Solomon is the classic and ironic example.
  • We live by the grace of God. The more we understand and believe this, the safer our spiritual future is. (Pro 3:13, Eph 2:8)
  • If you want some excellent reading on the subject, I recommend chapter 10 of Knowing God, by J.I. Packer.
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Best is always ahead!

2/8/2017

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No matter what you are facing today, or what will come to you tomorrow, the very best is still ahead -- that is, if you are a follower of Jesus. This truth is designed to help us establish a higher-than-earthly perspective on our current situation. This requires faith, the faith Habakkuk so eloquently wrote about (2:4). In one of the most fantastic chapters of the Bible, Paul makes this statement to all who are joint-heirs with Christ, "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." (Romans 8:18)
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Who is in charge?

2/7/2017

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Often it seems like men are. But Acts 13:29 ("when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down...") describes life as it really is, from the ultimate perspective. People think and act with freedom of choice, but God makes sure His will is carried out. Is that hard to understand? So is almost everything that is around us! We have not been given the ability to fathom many of life's mysteries, but we have been gifted with the privilege of knowing and enjoying God on a fantastic level. The Bible is the door and path to the most marvelous relationship ever imagined by the human heart.
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An Invisible Bottom Line

2/2/2017

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God told Habakkuk that the righteous lives by faith (2:4). Paul later said, "We walk by faith, not by sight". This does not mean that we don't open our eyes or that we ignore what we see. That would be foolish. But it does mean that our bottom line is invisible. We act, moment by moment, based on an unseen reality, like Elisha showed his servant in 2 Kings 6:8.
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