This Week With Jesus

Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. The dictionary meaning of trust is "believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of something or someone" As far as God goes my definition of trust is "Implicit and all consuming faith in being led by God". This means that trust in God, leads to non dependence on anything else. Dependence on friends, relatives, money, house and just about anything other than God is completely and totally annihilated from our minds and lives. Our mind totally and truly stay on God and God alone . With this background let us ask ourselves - do we really trust God? For if we don't trust God but ourselves and our abilities or friends, then we don't believe. And if we don't believe, then reading His word, His promises and His prayer really have no meaning. Now can we honestly apply the above verse to ourselves and say -  "You will keep me in perfect peace, becaus...

There is a fine line between our  religion and our work life and many of us do not know the difference. We tend to either completely  separate the two or let one completely dominate the other, relegating it to the background. Two dimensions, independent of each other - the spiritual and the physical.  To get a Biblical insight into this lets read  2 Samuel 5:12 -  "  And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake". This verse caught my eye today, because of the word "perceived" which means to become aware or conscious of (something) or come to realize or understand something. David understood very well that his kingship was from God, not his own achievement.  David also realized that God was merciful because of the Israelites, who were His people. So David was placed by God, as King, with the objective of leading, protecting and serving God's people....

 "...what do you have that you did not receive? ...."  1 Corinthians 4:7 How do you possess your possessions? By opening our hands. Sounds funny am sure, but think about this: when we are to receive we open our hands, but as soon as we have received, we close them. This does not mean we are not grateful to God. We definitely are. But in my opinion, gratitude for blessings received for God is more than mere lip service. I like this four step approach.  A. Thank God - praise him and glorify Him publicly and privately, which means we acknowledge that God is the provider of that blessing. In continuation of the opening verse, The apostle Paul asked the rhetorical question,  "...Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? " the implications being that we think we have achieved out of our own efforts and not from God. And that is exactly what we have to stop. B. Share - we need to keep that hand open and look forward...

Passion over pain : A Mothers Legacy. Have you ever thought what is passion? Although not the generally accepted context, I think Psalm 39:3 describes passions so vividly - "I felt a fire burning inside, and the more I thought, the more it burned, until at last I said: 4 “Please, Lord, show me my future" As we can see, the passion to do Gods will is of prime importance in whatever we have been chosen to do by God. Today, think of the passion of a mother. She performs the role of a caretaker, chef, housekeeper, guard, adviser, saver, driver, nurse, governess, primary health care giver, discipline creator, relationship advisor, Bible teacher, moral guide, and on and on and on. If we had to hire someone for all these roles, think of what it would cost; think if someone had to do all of this or even part of this, how tired that person will be. But more than that think of one single human being doing all these things- driven on by passion and fulfilment of a God given purp...