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Today: You see what you believe
Passage: John 11
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” (John 11, NIV)-emphasis added
When a person chooses to believe in God for something, they will see God’s glory
Those who believe will be a minority and those who disbelieve will be the majority!
When Moses sent the twelve to spy the promised land, ten of them told, “we can’t get it”. Those ten could not get it, whereas the two others did get it
When we believe God for a miracle, we should not look at the majority. We need to hear from God and believe. What God thinks/says is more important that what anybody else thinks or says
When Jesus did the miracle of bringing Lazarus back to life, there was at least one person who believed, it was going to happen: Jesus
That is what God needs; at least one person
The time we are living in is a very critical one. Every day, we see and hear more “hopeless” news than hopeful ones; more accidents and unbelievable crimes..even from kids in high school
I remember reading about two separate incidents-one when a high school boy killed his teacher in the class room and another, where a boy killed his class mate
These particular incidents I read did not happen in the US, but they happened in the East, and these are kids who leave in their homes, with both parents. Media (movie, TV, Internet…) plays a big part in most crimes like this
As much as possible, we better watch what our children see/involve
Parents also need to be careful for themselves. If we watch things on the Internet that which we don’t want our children to watch, there is a certain “spirit” associated with the bad stuff on the Internet. When a person watches the bad stuff, they bring that “spirit” and its effects into the individual and the home. Many don’t know that. We cannot just blame the kids
The remedy is to keep ourselves clean and then “watch” and pray
Pray with faith, even when it is “stinking”. Jesus can raise it up from “death”
If we reported a matter to Jesus, He must be working on that
Have another blessed day!
BG
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for speaking to me. In a time like this, I need to be much careful and prayerful, and need to keep myself clean, and then work the same thing for my family, forsaking some “pleasures”. So help me God. Amen
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” (prov 29:10, KJV)