What if we had just one group, a small group of people to report the news honestly???
We do! GOD!! (He is triune) He brings GOOD NEWS!!!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
The Good Shepherd – Psalm 23
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My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
Psalm 62:5
Come and rest as you are. It’s an invitation from God. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30 (NIV)
When we receive an invitation, be it through mail, email, text or social media, which seems to be the norm in this digital age, we usually react with joy. (Ok admit it, you’ve rolled your eyes at some invitations and didn’t want to go. We have all been there.) However, regardless of your reaction, you’ve made the decision to go and that usually involves some kind of planning, rearranging schedules, time conflicts, maybe a shopping trip for a gift or a new outfit depending on the occasion. We wonder who else will be there, is there a car pool, maybe it involves baking or cooking.
Jesus invites us to come to Him as we are. And to do it daily. We have an open invitation and we don’t need to dress a certain way, we don’t need to cook, shop, or even clean the house, no planning transportation. As a matter of fact He meets us where we are. If we allow Him into our day, into our lives, into the mundane daily activities, He will meet us in the messy, unorganized, chaotic, confused anxious parts of our lives.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28-30
So, let’s look at “Come to Jesus and He meets us”. He asks us to come to Him and He will show up to meet us as we are. Jesus will respect our space. Even though He is always with us – Emmanuel, God with us. It’s part of His character. Like God is love, that’s who He is, being omnipresent is part of His character. He does call out us and He continually knocks at the door of our hearts. But, He won’t enter unless we open the door and let Him in. He then meets us right there. If we open the door to him in our house, in our car, at work, shopping, in the hospital, wherever we are, He is there ready to enter your life, your heart. We don’t have to clean up, dress, up, tidy up, just open the door, say yes to following Him and allow Him into every part of your heart.
“But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge …”
Psalms 73:28 (NIV)
Jesus’ invitation to us, becomes an invitation to Him, to be near to Him, to enter our lives and our hearts no matter the condition and He will give us rest.
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Jeremiah 29:11 ” For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV)
Happy New Year! WOW the year 2020. Sounds so futuristic. Then there’s all the 2020 jokes, 20/20 vision in the new year. LOL The future can be exciting. And it can be scary. Simply because we don’t know what the future holds.
But it doesn’t have to be scary. The Bible tells us “be anxious for nothing.” Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (NIV) You can ask God anything. He already knows what’s on your mind and heart. So why ask, you may be thinking. Because he loves you, he wants to hear from you. Just like you want to hear your spouse, your parents, your friends or those you love to say “I love you.” You know it, but you want to hear it. Jesus is the same way.
Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” (NIV) Sometimes this is easier said than done.
But when you think about it, like verse 27 says, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” Worry isn’t changing anything. It’s just stealing your peace.
We can have confidence in the future. Confident that God knows all, he is omniscient. Psalm 139:1-4 “O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.” Job 28:24 ” for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.” He knows us in the past, Psalm 139:13 “For you created me my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” He knows us in the present ” Matthew 10:30 ” And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” And we shed hair constantly, don’t we? So, he knows at any given time how many hairs on our heads, even the gray ones. And he knows our future, Jeremiah 29:11 “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD…”
“Worry is assuming responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, …” I’m not sure where this quote originated, other than Facebook, but that’s exactly what we are doing when we worry. It’s hard NOT to worry, I’ve been there, but I have also been there in total surrender to God and HE HAS ALWAYS COME THROUGH!!! YAY!! VICTORY! WHo doesn’t want that? Sometimes things turned out totally different than how I planned, but it always turned out for the best. Sometimes I was in a holding pattern and for a reason. Usually to transform me and grow me and time for him to just do his work. Because, 1 Corinthians 2:9 “However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him. (NIV).
Every time a hard situation comes up, try to let go and give it to God. And fill that void of no worry with praise and prayer. Reach out to someone in need and watch those plans he has for you unfold. The future doesn’t have to be scary. Not when you know who holds it. It’s hard, I know, but trust, little by little that trust will grow and VICTORY will be yours!
Happy New Year!
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