It has been said that most accidents happen when people become comfortable with a powerful item they are working with and lower their guards. Familiarity breeds contempt, or at least underestimation.
Do you know that we do the same thing with God? We do this every time we approach the God of the universe, who reigns in majesty and fail to give Him priority in our lives. To remind you of the awesome connection we have with this great God take a moment and dwell on His resume as it is presented by Isaiah:
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
29 He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.
30 Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
31 Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary. (Isaiah 40:28—31)
Father, shake us awake to the realization of the great God we walk with and to the incredible privilege we now have as children of the true & living King.
Posted by Sandra on 09/15 at 02:15 PM in
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“Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.”—Carl Bard
God gives every one of us an incredible gift—the opportunity to start over again. That is the very nature of grace in that we receive that which we do not deserve and the power to do better. We often limit grace to our salvation, but it is also a part of the believer’s everyday life. Grace is the ability to live life in a way that pleases God through the empowerment of His Holy Spirit. Consider some of the words that highlight this ability to make a brand-new ending daily:
“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him” (Lamentations 3:22—24).
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13—14).
Father, thank you for your second, third,… chances. Help us to realize just how great a blessing we receive daily, and then to use them to make brand-new endings to your glory.
Posted by Sandra on 09/15 at 02:08 PM in
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