by Jesse Abel
Meditate on this!
Imagine
having something you’ve enjoyed all of your life, only to find that a
major portion of it has been stolen from birth! Jesus is the only one
who can restore or rebirth that which was taken by the thief. Why? Jesus
is the only One who laid down His life and picked it up again for you…
this is the Abundant Life to us who believe. John 10:7-18
Now
what about yesterday… why was the email late. My answer is: I don’t
know! I did hit the send button at 7:30AM and even watched the necessary
functions and felt assured that all was normal. But as you well know I
resent about 5:30PM. I wanted to say something about the many ways of
manipulating people these days. For example; if you are out to purchase a
vehicle you will be taken advantage of by “honest John’s” dishonest
training. Or, if you plan on making a change from cable to satellite
television, phone or internet services you need to be very careful.
Those who you deal with to acquire changes which you desire for the
better are shrewd; they are trained to exact from you every penny of
what they learn from your mouth. Key phrases used; do
you still have a loan on your trade-in?” Your answer, “no”, the next
question, “Great, how much was your monthly payment when you had the
loan?” The ticket price is not the bottom line, but what you can afford
to pay out on a monthly basis. If you answer the question the
salesperson knows how much you can afford, monthly. On the other side of
the coin; “how much are you currently paying for your internet,
telephone and cable? Again, it is not what the monthly cost should be,
but what you can afford each month to pay. If you tell them they will
offer you a packaged “bundle” that is just a bit cheaper and good only
for twelve months. Proverbs 22:1-7. Good stewardship in all areas of life means that you will not be a slave to worldly greed.
James
James 1:17
– I do not know of anyone who does not wish to receive a gift, even
though someone may play down getting a gift, when one is received you
will see them light up. Now there are different reasons why people shun
the idea of having a gift. We have no time to get into these, but what
we do have time for is that when a gift is received by anyone… it is
most always conceived of as good. Yet in the good; the world around us
produces material gifts that are not perfect since there is with the
gift in many cases a shifting shadow or a variation of mystery.
Does
this carry over into our faith in God? Most certainly it does so faith
is the foundation of things (gifts) hoped for and faith is the
confidence needed (Hebrews 11:1)
when the object is not seen. Worldly gifts are seen with the eye,
touched with the hand and realized by our other avenues of perception.
In other words we see the limits of material gifts. So to take the next
step in the gifts that God provides to each of His children is to
understand that God is not limited.
James 1:18
– For example; by His own will He brought us out of the domain of
darkness and placed us into the Kingdom of Light; the Father of lights
(my little light will shine). By His Word of truth, of which we
responded too when we heard of the good news, (Acts 4:10-12).
There is no variation in the gospel of Jesus Christ; there is only one
message. Jesus Saves, Jesus Saves! Thus we are; along with everyone who
believe… the first fruits! In the Spirit we produce the aroma of fresh
fruit. Ephesians 5:1-2.
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