Thoughts for another day

Sept. 24, 2009

Today's verse: Is. 46:9. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

There’s so much God has done in our lives; but do we really acknowledge Him for His work? Do we sit down and reflect and see His hand at work, gradually removing the bottlenecks in our lives? Have we ever tried to find out how things work to our advantage even when all around it seems impossible that it should work that way? But they do work to our advantage and mistakenly, we do not give glory to God…never mind, but raise yourselves up and now look at that Face of Christ looking at you with love and encouraging you.

He alone is God and He declares it in our verse today. In this we know that He alone is God because only He among those revered as God makes this declaration and no other, for all other so called gods are comfortable having any number of gods around for they haven’t any life nor any power in themselves. Their power is the devil, the one who harms our souls. But our God created and owns the universe and He alone is hurt when our reverence goes to someone who isn’t God for He alone is God and there is none like Him. You may not understand this, but just think if your own child were to call someone else, ‘dad’ or ‘mom’, how would you feel?

And our God is awesome. He wants to be enmeshed with our lives thoroughly, not to watch over us constantly, but to just fellowship with us and to guide and guard us. Sometimes we tend to think He is intrusive, but the Spirit of God is never intrusive and moves away very gently but is hurt when we don’t welcome Him. My friend let your heart be open to God today and allow Him room. Then see how your life changes as His peace will come to stay with you and His holiness will spread its cover on you and your family, even as His mercy washes over you.