Dreams. [Proverbs 13v12 ]

Here is a thought for today, [Dont live in your dreams live within your means], so many of us make the mistake of letting our dreams take over us, and this can get us into all sorts of trouble.This is a lesson I have had to learn, I am not saying one should not have dreams, in fact we should have, the whole of history has been changed by people who have had dreams.Dont let anyone rob you of your dream, pray about it, work towards it, have faith in God to fulfill it. If it is of God it will happen, it may take time , but Gods timing is perfect. I suppose the dream in my thought for the day, is in relation to acting in a way that is not helpful, we dream of material things we get into debt, we need to be wise in all aspects of our lives.[ Father in your mercy help us to follow are dreams, and help us, to be responsible in our desire for our dreams to be fulfilled, in Jesus name we ask this. Amen.]

Giants [1 Samuel 17]

David and Goliath, what a story, you can read about it in 1 Samuel 17, it is such an inspiration, a great big giant, a young lad, two extremes. Consider a number of things, the giant was covered in armour, he even had a guy in front of him carrying a shield, he was taken no chances, he must have thought he had covered all his bets. Then we have dear David, a young lad no armour , just a sling and five stones, ah ,he had more than that, he had the Lord with him, this was his security, strength, and confidence.The nature of life will always present difficulties, some of those difficulties, are like giants, everything appears to be in their favour, they appear indestructible, and they will let you know it, listen the Lord is with you, just as sure as He was with David, have confidence in your God , He will not fail you. [ God of David your servant, we lift up the eyes of our faith to you, believing that in the name of Jesus, we can be more than a conqueror, Amen. ]

There is a purpose. [Romans 8 v28]

Think of Job, a man who suddenly experienced one blow after the other, he was a godly man, the things that happened to him , were real, and severe. To be a follower of Christ does not mean you will not suffer, in various ways, it is the nature of life. God permits suffering to come into His childrens lives,that is a fact,but that suffering is under His control, and has a purpose, read 1Peter1v 6-7, here Peter tells us a number of things about suffering, [1] Trials will show that our faith is genuine. [2] Trials purify, there is a lot of dross in our lives. [3 ]The preciousness of our faith. [4] God will honour our faithfullness. [Father I dont always understand the trials that you permit to come into our lives, but I believe that You love us , help us to hold on to this truth, in Jesus name. Amen]

A short break

Just to say I will be on a short break to York , I will recommence my blog on Monday

Bitterness. [John 3 v16 ]

Another thought on Joseph , his brothers treated him abominable, he may have been unwise in telling his dream to them, but you never get the impression he,meant them any harm . He also was a tell tail tit, , and lastly he was his fathers favourite son, this I feel more all the other things, caused , bitterness, it still causes bitterness in families today. So you have all these things, but did it warrant such hatred , of course not, were they justified in wanting to kill him?, no.Hatred and bitterness helps no one, and is very destructive, consider these words , God loves the world, He really does, even though the world , deneys Him ,hates Him, and rejects Him, the world continually spits in Gods face, and of course, their ultimate hatred was manifested in the murder of Jesus, His Son. [Father God help us to be like You, to love the unlovely, to forgive the unforgivable, help us in the name and for the sake of Jesus, Amen.]

No never alone.[ Romans 8 v35-39 ]

I like to continue to think on Joseph, that favoured son of Jacob, a lot of very difficult things happened to him, what would you think if a lot of difficult things were happening to you?. It is an important question, you may feel resentment, hard done by, and ask the question, why?, you may think I did not sign up for this, mybe those who lead you to Christ did not show you the small print.I read this in 1 Samuel 6 v2. that Israel felt that the Lord had abandoned them. because of certain difficulties they were having,let us return to Joseph. He had just been sold as a slave by his brothers, taken away from his loving father,to Egypt, were he would be sold to a man called Potipher,none of this was fair, he did not deserve this, but we read these very important words, in Genesis 39v2, The Lord was with Joseph, in other words He had not abandoned him, remember this day, no matter what you are going through , the Lord has not abandoned you, for He has said He will never leave you nor forsake you, you can bet on it. [Thank you Jesus that you are with us, irrespective of circumstances, or feelings, Amen.]

Joseph. [ Romans 8v 28. a.v.]

My wife and I , went to see the show, Joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat, it was very entertaining, most of the audience appeared to really enjoy it .The person playing Joseph , was the young man who won a TV contest, and of course the young girls, really liked him. As I watched the show, I was reminded that Joseph was a real person , we can read about in the book of Genesis, it is trully one of the most wonderful stories in the Bible. A young man who was hated and rejected by his brothers,to such a point were they wanted to kill him, do read the story for yourself, it will bless you. The one point I would leave with you about the life of Joseph, is this,in all he went through, the hatred of his brothers, his slavery ,being accused and imprisioned unjustly, God was with him, and caused all things to work together for his good.[Father help me to trust you, when things are difficult, when people are unkind, when I experience even injustice, to hold unto the truth that all things are working together for my good, in Jesus name I ask this , Amen.]