My Calling

God’s Discipline Proves His Love
Since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion, the originator, and the perfecter, of our faith. Instead of the joy await...ing him, he endured the cross; disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of how people hurt themselves by opposing him, and you won’t become weary and give up. After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

Have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline. Don’t give up when he corrects you. The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.” Hebrews 12:1-6 NLT

Seek His Face

"My heart says of You, "Seek His face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek."~Psalm 27:8...God lives where He is acknowledged. I seek your face Lord, with all I am and ever will be!

Do you know God?

DO YOU KNOW GOD?

Job 36 (NLT)

36 Elihu continued speaking:
2 “Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. 
For I have not finished defending God!
3 I will present profound arguments
for the righteousness of my Creator.
4 I am telling you nothing but the truth,
for I am a man of great knowledge.

5 “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
6 He does not let the wicked live
but gives justice to the afflicted.
7 He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
8 If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,
9 he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
10 He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.

11 “If they listen and obey God,
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
12 But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will be killed by the sword[a]
and die from lack of understanding.
13 For the godless are full of resentment.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
14 They die when they are young,
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
15 But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.

God The Supreme Designer

God is the sole and supreme designer. He planned the time when, and the way how, each of us should be brought to Him. He did not leave the number of His saved ones to chance. He did not leave His choice of persons to accident. Not until the hour comes for the one to be ordained shall he be placed in any other position than that which God, after the counsel of his own will, has ordained.

For meditation: Man has no idea what he is doing himself, but he is very good at questioning what God does (Luke 23:34-39). C.S.

God's Plan

We rest our souls on Christ. The older you get, the more you know your faith in Christ means you never need to be afraid. God's purpose does not change. God is worthy of our confidence. We can rest upon Him for the future. We've been in strange and peculiar situations, but we were never where we couldn't find God. We believe when death’s dark night shall come, we shall fear no evil, for the same God will be with us



Do You Believe?

I insist it is your obligation, if you believe in God, simply because he is God, to serve him and obey him. Not because it is for your advantage, it may be, I believe it is, but I demand you follow God, if you believe him to be God.

If you do not think he is God; if you really think that the devil is God, then follow him and his pretended godhead, and be consistent.

But if God is God, if he made you, I demand you serve him. If he puts the breath in your nostrils, I demand you obey him. If God is really worthy of worship, if really think so, I demand that you either follow him, or else deny that he is God at all.

If you say Christ’s gospel is the only gospel, if you believe in the divinity of the gospel, then test your trust in Christ. I demand you follow the gospel, not because it will be to your advantage, but because the gospel is divine.

If you say you are a child of God, if you are a believer, and think and believe that service of God is best, not because of the advantage you get by being holy; but that the Lord is God; and if he is God, it is your business to serve him. If his gospel is true, and you believe it is true, it is your duty to carry it out.

Charles Spurgeon

To Live Is Christ

Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you. Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.... Then Jesus told him, You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me. John 20:21-23, 29

John 21:25 Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.

Heaven

Faith in Christ is the qualification for a place in heaven; work for Christ is the qualification for rewards in heaven in addition to a place in heaven (Matthew 10:40-42).

In The Morning

In the morning, come up and present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. Exodus 34:2. Dear Father, we are coming to meet with You. Nothing on the common, everyday plain of life will keep us away from your holy heights! Blessed is the day when the morning is sanctified, set apart to God! Successful is the day when the first victory is won in prayer! Holy is the day when the dawn finds us on the mountaintop with God! Give God the first blossom of the day. Never make Him wait until the petals have faded.