April 16 – Truth Over All Reasoning

“Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.  Isaiah 46:10 (NLT)

We believe the promises we read and discuss here each day to be true.  Yet we encounter resistance when we tell others what the Bible says.  There are many reasons given because even those who believe might actually think they know better than God.  They really don’t understand, and say “A truly loving God would never do such a thing.” Our limited knowledge simply cannot accept concepts of some truths that conflict with our reason. Instead, we decide that if we can’t reason it to be true, we can’t accept it as truth. These actually consider their reasoning to be above God’s Word.  Two promises today tell us otherwise.  First, God promises that only He is in control of everything in the world. We refer to this with the word sovereignty.  The second promise is that whatever God plans will always come to pass without fail.  None can stay His hand or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’ or ‘How can you do that?’  God answers only to Himself and never to our inadequate reasoning.  No one, in anyway, can win an argument with God about His ‘fairness’ or ‘justice’ and force God to change His plan.

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July 28 – Eternity Past, Eternity Future

“For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.” Psalm 48:14 (NASB)

When we look for descriptions of our God to know better what God is like, we find answers in verses like today's verse.  We also find promises because almost every time the Bible describes attributes God and His character, it does so by revealing what He is and what He does for His people.  Sometimes the promises are a blessing and sometimes a warning.  The Psalm we get our promise from today was written by the sons of Korah, decedents of the son of Moses who were singers and song writers during the time of ancient Israel.  This song affirms that our God is eternal and his attributes are eternal.  The promise is that our God from eternity past to eternity future will guide us until we reach our physical and earthly end.  We can be blessed to know if we have believed and trusted in Jesus Christ that we will be a part of God's eternity future after our death because even when we die, we will live with Him.  In the meantime on this earth, God will Guide us, never leave us, never forsake us.  

 

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January 30

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

We are not living our lives by ourselves these days. We need to remember that our God is involved in the events of our lives. This is clear this message which God sent to His people by the prophet Jeremiah. We believe that these words can be applied to God’s involvement in our lives today. He has plans for each of us who are His children today. He is a great God and it is not beyond Him to have a plan for each one of us even though His children number in the millions. And just think how good His plans are. He wants to do what is good for you, something you can always look forward to. Let’s allow Him to carry out His plan for each of us today. 

May 17

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”  Psalm 119:105 (NIV)

We all know that we use lamps when things are dark around us. We need lights on our path when we are walking in the dark of night. At such times we cannot see what is ahead of us without the help of a light or a lamp. Well, that is how life is. We need help to see and to understand what is ahead of us. We need help in making decisions because we do not know the future. Our God does know the future and He has given us help in making our decision in life. That is why we need to spend time in reading our Bibles and that is why we listen to others teaching it. His word becomes a lamp or a light for whatever lies ahead.