II Thessalonians 3:3 “But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil”

When we face times in our lives when the pace and difficulty of each moment is beyond our ability to bear we must throw  ourselves upon the truth that God is always faithful.

He has promised to sustain us today with the indwelling of His presence, the empowerment of His Holy Spirit, and the continual working of His word in our hearts.

Today, turn to Him, trust Him, and talk to Him!

Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

The power of God’s word cannot be denied and must never be ignored.

During the earthly ministry of Christ the WORD was incarnate. In the flesh. It walked and talked in the person of Christ.

Today Jesus is not walking on the earth but has given to us access to His WORD through the Bible.

Many believers live daily with a lack of power and direction, often with an abiding inability to do that which they know they should. While there may be a variety of issues at play in this paralysis,  there is always at least one. The power of God’s word is being ignored or rejected.

Today if you need the power of God (and we all do) then you need the WORD of God.

Read it, study it, memorize it, live it!

Today let us allow the Word of God to have first place in our hearts and in each of our decisions.

II Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

When we experience salvation we receive positional grace and peace. (Eph. 2:8-9; Romans 5:1)

After salvation there is a need and opportunity to grow in both the grace and peace of God.

This happens through the increase in our knowledge of God.  As we fill our minds and hearts with the truth from God’s word, and about God himself, His peace and grace increases.

Today, if you need God’s grace and peace (and we all do), saturate your life with God’s word.  We need to do this by moving from knowing to applying the truths to every area of our lives.  (II Peter 1:3-9).

Remember that grace and peace of God is as accessible as the word of God!

I Corinthians 13:1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing

What you speak, understand or give away (bestow) means nothing if it is not done in love.

Love is not just a good motivation – it is the only motivation that is acceptable to God.

In order to understand the full impact of the truth in verses 1-3 we must understand the definition of love in the following verses.

Love is a choice. While at times it is accompanied by feelings it is not a feeling.

According to I Corinthians 13:4-13 it is a choice to do what is right and best for and in our relationships with others.

Today, in the midst of all our doing and talking, let us love.

Today let us show the world around us the truth of I Corinthians 13 in all that we say and do.

Matthew 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore

unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Jesus was posed a question, from the religious leaders, about whether a person should

or should not pay taxes.

The answer is clear, simple and very helpful.

Our right walk with God should always lead us to a right walk in the world around us.

Today as we seek to walk moment by moment within the center of God’s will, let us stay alert and focus on all of our obligations.

Getting to work on time, doing our homework, cleaning our rooms and yes, paying taxes!

May the Lord find us faithful and others find us responsible within our daily duties of life.

Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

God is the creator of everything that there is.

So today, what do we need?

As we take our burdens to God with great passion, let us also do so with great confidence.

He is able to meet every need, solve every problem and direct every step.

Today, let us pray and live with our confidence in the power of our great God!

I Samuel 14:6

And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

So often we can get consumed with the lack of personnel, resources or ability.

 

Our verse today can help all of us.

Jonathan knew that the Lord was not dependent upon human resources to accomplish a divine task.

 

Success is determined by our commitment to God’s will and dependence upon God’s power.

Today let us not get side-tracked by what we don’t have, and focus on what we do have; God!

 

Let us allow God to do such a work in our lives today that when it is all said and done the only explanation is that God did it!