The Living God

 

  The living God

        Dan. 6:20

How many times we find this expression in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of! We know it is written the living God; but in our daily life there is scarcely anything we practically so much lose sight of as the fact that God is the LIVING GOD; that He is now whatever He was three or four thousand years since; that He has the same sovereign power, the same saving love toward those who love and serve Him as ever He had, and that He will do for them now what He did for others two, three, four thousand years ago, simply because He is the living God, the unchanging One. Oh, how therefore we should confide in Him, and in our darkest moments never lose sight of the fact that He is still and ever will be the LIVING GOD.

                                            George Mueller

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

Just as Daniel was saved in the Lione's den so shall we survive in the lion's den of life. Is it not the world that persecutes Christians and tries to destroy them? Our lives depend on the hand of our savior to deliver us from such a fate. Is He not the "Living God? Yes! He is.

May the good Lord Bless and Keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

The Bells

 

  Thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron

                                                Exod. 28:2

Have we no garments of blue, and purple, and beautiful suggestiveness? We have garments of praise; we are clothed with the Lord Jesus. And have we no ornaments? The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is, in the sight of God, of great price. And have we no golden bells? We have the golden bells of holy actions. Our words are bells, our actions are bells, our purposes are bells. Wherever we move, our motion is thus understood to be a motion towards holy places, holy deeds, holy character.

                                                Joseph Parker

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

The sound of bells accompanies our every movement as we move toward the presence of our Lord. Those around us take note of the actions of our movement. They are drawn to those who are like Christ but are unaware of the sound of the bells until they themselves are adorned with the bells.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Seeing is believing?

 

  Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed

                                                                                                                                        John 20:29

The seen are shadows: the substance is found in the unseen.… No doubt, in Christ, the foundation of our faith is unseen; but so is that of yonder tower that lifts its tall erect form among the waves over which it throws a saving light. It appears to rest on the rolling billows; but, beneath these, invisible and immovable, lies the solid rock on which it stands secure: and when the hurricane roars above, and breakers roar below, I could go calmly to sleep in that lone sea tower. Founded on a rock, and safer than the proudest palace that stands on the sandy, surf-beaten shore, it cannot be moved. Still less the Rock of Ages! Who trusts in that is fit for death, prepared for judgment, ready for the last day’s sounding trumpet, since, “The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants, and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.”

                                                                                                Guthrie

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

 It is not required to see something to know it exists. There are many things that we know exist in our world even though they are beyond our ability to see them. Why is it that some even doubt the existence of things we can see, touch, hear and even smell? If you are still enough in spirit and quiet enough in mind to allow our spirit to touch God, you will find that He is always there guiding and speaking to you through the promised Holy Spirit. Read John 20:29. If you believe Christ was resurrected from the dead, and celebrate Easter, then you also believe even though you have not seen Him physically. 

May the good Lord bless you and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

To Be

 

  Where art thou?

        Gen. 3:9

Art thou hiding thyself away from Him who would send thee forth to do His own blessed work in His own way? Oh, let me say to thee this morning, “The Lord hath need of thee.” It may seem to be only a little thing He has for you to do, but it is an important one. He has “need of thee.” Turn not thy back upon Him; put not thyself out of the way of being employed by Him; do not begin by laying down laws for thyself as to what thou wilt do and what thou wilt not do; but cry out from the very depth of thy heart, “Here am I! Send me.”

                                            W. Hay Aitken

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

It is not enough to just be present in this world for God is not just present in this world. Jesus did not come into this world to just be present but to show us the love of the father for His creation. We cannot earn the Love of our father in heaven because His love is present eternally. In His grace His love is given for all who accept it without any need to earn it. He is our guide through the love we accept from Him. Living in His love transforms us into images of our creator. We become living images of Christ. We live in the love of Christ as active imagers of God.