The Devotional - A Look at the Book #607

The Devotional - A Look at the Book #607

by Jesse Abel

What Papa “J” has to say! #28

I like the word “potential” it can be associated with most anything that has positive or negative power. Sort of like the force that moves a pendulum too and fro or the spark that can set a forest afire. Also potential is a good definition of exercising faith. Hebrews 11:1

The Devotional

Later after work I swung by the girl’s home, she lived with her sister in a mobile home. Much of the twine had been removed but for the tightly bound up twine in the axles and chain sprockets. Knowing this would be the case I had a case knife from work and I began cutting away at the twine. Both sisters were home; Laura the cyclist introduced me to her sister Emma who worked in a drug store nearby. Both were single and the topic of their discussion with me was finding the right man. I worked for about an hour and freed up the bike, Laura was very pleased. For her the bicycle was therapy to keep her going and she explained that in the summer time it was not so bad, but when the winter comes it was hard for her to move. As the weeks went by we finally found a church to settle into so on our first Sunday; who do I see speeding up the walkway on their bikes! Laura and Emma; here I thought I was just being a good Samaritan and all along, it was God who was making provision for Laura that day. Then I knew I was His messenger in a moment of reacting in obedience to faith. Hebrews 13:1-6

ECCLESIASTES 4

Ecclesiastes 5:1-5 – I am at awe! Have you ever been rash with your mouth or hurriedly blurted out anything to God in prayer. Well, yes I have; but more in view here is the positional communication we have with our Father. He is in heaven and we are on earth so I believe that Solomon is referring to our corrupt outpourings of many words. A Proverbs 10:19 and 30:5-6.

One of the easiest ways for us to stumble in a promise is to say to someone. “I’ll pray for you and then when you do pray to the LORD; you fail to remember your promise. The person is not offended, in fact; they believe you’ve prayed. Also God is not a finger tapper in this… if He were I am sure His fingers would be worn down. But God does keep an account. Mathew 25:34-46

Ecclesiastes 5:6-7 All day long we make decisions under the sun, our horizontal position with the people around us is to be found within the boundaries of justice first and righteousness second. We often get this backwards and it does not please God. Here is why! Why hold someone to a standard of righteousness before justice has cleared the way? Do you see what I mean? If I stand justified with God and man in all possible ways, then righteousness has a clear path to walk on. Acts 24:16.