This Week With Jesus

"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD" . Psalm 112 ver 7 We are no strangers to bad news. Not one of us. And we are no strangers to fear as well. Fear is the one thing that can undermine our belief and faith in our God. It is well written that fear is the sharpest tool of Satan and which he uses well. When we fear, it is because we see no hope for the future. We depend on man and human power to bail us out.  If we treat the word FEAR as an acronym, the full form will be "False Evidence Appearing Real". Fear is mostly based on an untruth. The best of sales people use a technique called FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, wherein they sow the seeds of fear and doubt to "help" you make up your mind about buying their product.  But as a follower of Christ and God, and with the presence of the Holy Spirit in us, we do not need fear. We need to  Trust in God and wait patiently for Him. Our wisest course is to do as Mos

                                 Predestination” as it is used in the Bible means something different than most of us probably think it means. For starters, it does not mean that God has already decided what our life is to be, every instance or step, and that we really have no choice in the matter and if we don’t, we have rejected God. “Predestination” as used in the Bible refers to the individual talents and skills which God gave us as well as his purpose for us in life. In other words, God has a unique mission for everyone in life and he equips us with all of the necessary talents and skills to accomplish that goal. However, we still have a choice in the matter. Many people choose to be slothful rather than pursuing God's path for them. Many people don’t recognize His will. Therefore, even though God “predestines” us for a certain mission, it does not interfere with one’s free will to accept or reject that mission. This is in fact what the parable of the talents is about. Althoug

  Psalm 14 - Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! It can be tough to wait on the Lord. It is much easier and tempting to find our own solutions for what we need, and then ask God to bless those efforts. Do you think He will? Not a chance!  Waiting on the Lord means we are waiting on His will and His time. Two components, each as important. God knows, in His infinite wisdom, the right time, place and event which we need to address our problems or needs. Then why should we play God in our lives?  We may justify to ourselves that if some action is not taken, a mountain of problems will fall on us. You think God doesn't know? He does, and while we wait on Him, he will give us the strength, grace and interim solutions to get through. We need to have that faith and dependence on ONLY God, not on ourselves, or others.  The Bible is full of countless examples of people who didn't wait on God and took things in their own hands, much to their