Let go .[ Psalm 47v4 ]

I am still working although I am seventy,but recently I reduced my hours to four days,my manager agreed with this,I felt having Friday off would be best, but I ended up with the Monday off. I was a little bit disappointed,but as time went on I sensed God had as usual  made the right choice for me.I had prayed about it as I pray about everything,I am so glad God chooses my way,for to long in my life, I did it my way,but one thing I have learn' ed and am learning,to let God choose,yes let God choose.The hymn writer wrote,/I was not ever thus,nor prayed that Thou shouldst lead me on
                                         I loved to choose and see my path,but now lead Thou me on.
                                          I loved the garish day,and,spite of fears
                                          Pride ruled my will,remember not past years/[J.H. Newman].
A prayer...../Dear  God forgive our foolish proud hearts,and grant us the humility,to lean not upon our own understanding,to trust You totally,in all our choices and decisions,in Jesus name Amen /
                                        

His way is perfect. [Genesis 50 v20]

Do you ever ask the question what if?,what if the thing we fear most,would happen to us?,now the thing is, it may.I do not want to instill fear into your life ,God will save us from much,but He may also cause us to experience many things,that in themselves are painful.That is the reality,we must not have a one sided faith,an imbalanced faith,but a faith that will deal with all eventualities.
Joseph had a dream ,and its meaning was that he would rule over his family [Genesis 37v5ff],but before that happened ,he would suffer much.Likewise David was anointed to be king ,[1 Samuel 16]but he also had to endure much pain before that would happen.Job declared,/for the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me/[3v25],terrible things happened to that dear man,but in those terrible things God was refining him[23 v10].As a child of God we can rest in the fact that nothing can come into  our lives,that will be outside of Gods will,and will not be for our good and His glory.With that in mind,rest in the Lord,and one day we will look back and we will say, as for God his way was perfect.
A prayer...../Dear God help me look with the eye of faith at all my life's circumstances,that I may trust You,in Jesus name Amen /

He is in control. [ Matthew 28 v18]

As one reads the OT prophets who primary spoke to Israel,but they also spoke to the nations of the world,Jonah was sent to minister to Nineveh capital of Assyria.Daniel spoke as regards the nations of this world both future and in his time, CPchapters four and eight.The point that I am making while God primarary interest is in relation to His church,He is working out his purpose in all this world.No nation is excluded from His sovereign purposes,at this time in the United Kingdom Scotland is voting as regards independence. For many this is an unsettleing time,will they or wont they,break away from the Union,people are voting,so that's it we are at the mercy of the ballet box,no as a child of God I believe the result is in Gods hands,in Proverbs 8 v16,we read /By Me kings reign/,we read in Daniel 5v21,/God ruled in the kingdom of men,and that He appointed over it whomsoever He will/. The vote may not go as we like it,but it is in Gods hands,He who is working all things according to His will [Ephesians 1 v 11], He is in control.
A  prayer....../ Almighty God we bow to Your sovereign purposes,in our own lives and in the events of this world, in Jesus name Amen /

Communicating with the dead.[ John 14 v6 ]

I see in a local pub,that they are putting on psychic evenings,this activity is becoming more and more popular,and the thought came to me,that people are more interested in hearing what the dead say,than to hear what the living God has to say.When Israel where about to go into the promised land,they were warned not to copy the sinful practises of those in that land,and one of the practises was consulting with the dead[Leviticus 19v31].If one points this out to modern day psychics they will point out that King Saul went to a medium,consider, that he had banned that practice[1 Samuel 28v3].
Saul paid a price for that,he did something he knew was wrong,and God judged him.Consulting the dead is wrong,Charles Houdini showed it up as a fraudulent action,but most of all Gods word forbids such a practice,the dead as to this world know nothing.Such practises only serve to distance a person from the truth,that our greatest need is to seek the Lord while He can be found,to seek the living God not the dead.As we seek Him He will speak to us,he will reveal Himself to us,in His word by His Spirit the most important thing He will reveal to us is Jesus,the one who came to save us.
A  prayer......./Dear God deliver those who are involved in trying to communicate with the death,and bring them to Jesus Amen/

Until then [ John 14 v1-6]

I have thought often about heaven,what it will be like? we  know,no sin ,no sickness,no separation,will be there ,in other words no discord,complete unity. It will mean being in the very presence of almighty God,He who is holy ,the vail of time will be removed,and for the very first time
we will stand in His awesome presence,it is a breath taking thought.There we will enter the realm of eternity,time will have ceased,we sing ,when we've been there ten thousand years,yea ten billion years,we will have entered that place and that relationship,that will have no ending.There will be rewards what those rewards will be I do not know,and in a sense there is so much that I do not know. Rick Warren writes,/What is it going to be like in eternity with God? Frankly , the capacity of our brains cannot handle the wonder and greatness of heaven,and then he quotes 1 Corinthians 2v9[LB] /No mere man has ever seen,heard or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord/. This is so true ,at this stage in our lives,in the words in a modern song,I can only imagine,what heaven will be like,so until then I walk by faith,until faith will give way to sight,what a day that will be.Child of God rejoice that you are going to heaven,and be grateful and thankful to Him who made it all possible, even Jesus.
A prayer...../ Our Father who art in heaven,we praise You,for saving us,and granting unto us an eternal inheritance, with You in that land that is fairer  than day,
in Jesus name Amen /

The word of God [ Psalm 119 v 97-104]

How do you view Gods word?, the book of Isaiah is a wonderful book,there are those who believe it was written by a number of writers,because they cannot accept that what is called  predictive prophecy .Many of the things Isaiah wrote,had not taken place, the captivity,he writes about Cyrus[45 v1] the king of the Medes and the Persians,who allowed the Jews to return from captivity,these where all future events,that would take place long after Isaiah had died. Of course Isaiah prophesied about the suffering servant,not Israel,but a person who would deal with sin,God granted him a wonderful revelation as to His birth,His divinity  ,and His eternal kingdom,[ 9v 6-7 ].It is in Isaiah we read more than anywhere else of the suffering servant, and His redemptive work on Calvary,in chapter 53, we have a graphic description of His redemptive suffering.This is all predictive prophecy, we must surrender our rational thinking,and humble accept Gods divine revelation.I heard a chap on the radio say how he rejected the Bible for the writings of a particular authors writings,when we do this we are shutting ourselves of from Gods revelation,and the consequences of that. We are asked as Christians to embrace Gods word,predictive prophecy,miracles,Christ the God man,His death and resurrection,
A  prayer...../Dear God we thank You for Your infallible word, in all its fullness,we embrace it wholly by faith,in Jesus name Amen /

Are you scared? [Psalm46 ]

The world can be a very scary place,life is uncertain,the only thing certain we are told is death and taxes,but not so for the child of God. We are in a win,win situation,simply because God is with us,now that does not mean we wont experience difficulties,dangers ,or whatever,but it does mean that God will be with us to work it for our good[Romans8v28] Read Psalm 46 and meditate upon it,David commences,/God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed,consider those words,the earth being removed,and then he says,though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.Though the waters thereof and be troubled,though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.Then in my version it has the word Selah, which means pause and consider,stop and consider what you are reading,moving on v7 reads,/The Lord of hosts is with us,the God of Jacob is our refuge,then again that word Selah pops up,pause and consider those words.We move down to v10. Be still and know that I am God,are you frightened today,be still God is with you,are you lonely today,be still God is with you,are you in danger today ,be still God is with you,the Lord of hosts is with you,the God of Jacob is your refuge.
A  prayer....../Dear God fill our hearts with your peace,help us frail children that we are,to be still and know that Thou art God,and that You will undertake for us no matter how scary things are,we ask this in Jesus name Amen/