The Devotional – A Look at the Book #650

by Jesse Abel

Meditate on this!

The Holy Bible clearly states that all people will die; I have not met one person who has or can make this statement false, but I have met One Person who has died and who is risen again. Read the question He asked Martha in John 11:26, then prayerfully answer the question as Martha does in John 11:27. For context read John 11:17-27.

One time in a snow storm I was attempting to make it to work. The vehicle was new with less than fifty miles on it, as I exited off the interstate I noticed two cars against the guard rails with the drivers outside waving their hands and arms franticly. Tapping the brakes I noticed that the vehicle had no traction and did the very same thing those two men did, I tried to push the brake pedal through the floor board. Of course this only made things worse. Shooting up a prayer; “LORD… we just bought this car, LORD make those men move out of my pathway… LORD help! About that time there was traction and the car shot to the left avoiding the crash and into a few inches of soft snow. It all happened so fast, the men in the pathway did not move and surely I would have hit them. Now many would attribute this to some natural cause, like a clear area on the pavement, but why didn’t the other vehicles find this area as well, I was right in line with their paths. I would much rather give God the glory and praise Him for answering my plea for help. Does God say for naught? Call unto Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, that you do not know” Jeremiah 29:12 or 33:3 No God means what He says to us, but it does require faith to believe Him and please Him. Hebrews 11:1-7.

James

James 1:19-20 – James is writing to the dispersed tribes of Israel; his brethren. As he did not understand at the time that his epistle would end up as a preserved canon of the Living Word of God, we should not be critical or ignore the epistle for the truth contained in it. Being swift to hear is a constant problem among peoples of all nationalities. No one listens and why is this? “I know! I know!” this is not the definition of being swift to hear, but it is a fool hearty expression of being swift to remain ignorant.

Another critical problem of mankind of all cultures is the over powering effects of people who have a condition of the lips, I call… “Motor mouth”, before you finish your first sentence, you hear the all too familiar sound of ignition. Then there you are suffering through the “S” curves and the red lights of “no need to go there”. These are people who are not good stewards with the details of life, since their detail is based on their narrow minded view of life and not the Word of God even if they use the Word to prove their point.

Left unchecked, this type of individual will always give way to wrath; wrath is different than anger that does not lead to sin. Wrath and rage never takes into account the conditions that cause anger to develop; wrath and rage do not comprehend conditions. The truth is wrath and rage do not comprehend anything other than to express ones emotional revolt to circumstances; circumstances that would normally produce the righteousness of God in the trials of life. Qualities of character are not evaluated by emotional reactions to the details of life. These characteristics are developed by faith in the exceedingly great and precious promises of God, which is not a motor mouth event, but a grace/faith event. 2 Peter 1:2-11.