In His Word 2-4-19
Did you ever get a word from
God and not know what to do with it?
You know some one comes to
church tells you God said blah blah blah
and you stand there thinking… “What can I do with that?”
Joseph got a word from God,
in the form of a couple of dreams. He went out and told his brothers all about
it; and look what happened! They got him thrown in a hole, sold as a slave, and
eventually thrown into a dungeon. The good news here is that Joseph ended up
being Pharaoh’s right hand man eventually; also, his dreams actually came true
when his family came to ask him for help not knowing it was him!
Sometimes when we get a
word from God it is for now, other times it is for the future.
Peter was told that he
would deny that he even knew Jesus and he did not believe it.
Yet, just as Jesus told him
he did. Jesus still forgave Peter but Peter felt such sorrow for the Lord knew
and had told him and he could do nothing to stop himself.
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this
night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’
“But after I have been raised, I will go
before you to Galilee.” Peter said to
Him, “Even if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be.”
Jesus said to
him, “Assuredly, I say to you
that today, even this night,
before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
But he spoke
more vehemently, “If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And
they all said likewise. Mark 24:27-31
One thing we can learn from both of these men is not to be
prideful in what God says to us. We need to humble ourselves in the sight of
the Lord and allow Him to do the boasting of us, not ourselves. If God has a
thing for us to do, and I believe He has a call for each of us, then we need to
just walk in it and not take up the plans ourselves but allow Him to do the
work through us.
Unless the Lord builds the house, they
labor in vain who build it;
unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep. Psalm 127:1-2
unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep. Psalm 127:1-2
Paul had the right attitude
when he wrote;
For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even
worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church. But whatever
I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not
without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet
it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. So it makes
no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same
message you have already believed.1 Corinthians 15:9-11
He gave God the glory, and
that is what we should do whether we are doing good or just getting blessed we
need to give God the attention for the Word of God He gives us to speak. For it
is all the same story we share, though we go about it in different ways.
What ever God does in our
lives we should share it with others just be careful how we say it. We need to
be slow to speak and quick to listen.
Hear what He says in His
Word, our Bibles, but think on it before we speak it out so that we will say
the right thing.
Dear Heavenly Father, help
us to understand the words you have given us to read and to share with others. Help
us to say the right things that will reach hearts and minds for You, that You
would be glorified through us. In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested Reading : 1
Corinthians 14:1-40, 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 and Mark 14:1-72