153/213
He said to me, ‘I will make you fertile and increase the number of your descendants so that you will become a community of people. I will give this land to your descendants as a permanent possession.’
Gen 48:4
For the last few days, I've been working long and hard to shut down one place of business and set up another smaller one. I've been purging as I went, meaning when I ran across something I haven't used in a long time, I would get rid of it, especially if it's usefulness was questionable. What impresses me most, other than the strength God gives to do what seems impossible, is how something valuable one day can become trash the next.
When something breaks, most of us tend to think we have to buy something to replace it, just to be reminded later that new things break too. This morning I couldn't locate my eyeglasses and without them I'd would not be able to see the computer screen, much less write anything. Fortunately, I found an old pair in my trash from yesterday, placed a band-aid over the nose guard and away I go. But who cares, as long as I can do my work? No one will see me and I'm sure I'll find my regular pair later and throw these away when I buy a new pair. Question: Which pair of glasses is most valuable to me this morning, the old patched and scratched pair I'm wearing, or the newer pair I can't find?
Pray it
Thanks for reminding me that in Your eyes, old, worn and torn doesn't mean useless.
Resources
When
we focus on Jesus instead of the world, we tend to see things the way
he does. (2001)
Repentance
precedes salvation rather than accompany it. (2003)
Jesus'
regard for the worth of his disciples is well documented:153
fish and no torn net. (2004)
Who'll make
decisions for you when, after this life you lose the ability to make decisions? (2005)
The less we pray, the less we know God of his power. (2006)
Simply hearing something is not accepting it. (2007)
A person will never rise above the level of those he hangs around. (2008)
We can't serve God and never be moved. (2009)
1. One-minute
Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating
and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight
on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived
from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003),
Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's
Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights
Reserved.
Copyright ©2010 James
R. Green, Webservant - Prayertower Ministries
All Rights Reserved
