GOLDEN WORDS
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you
all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
(John 14:26 NIV)
Test your teachers," said Jesus; the teachers who come from God are those who clear
the way to Jesus Christ, and keep it clear. We are estimated in God's sight as workers by
whether or not we clear the way for people to see Jesus.
Oswald Chambers
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
May 22
"...Our lives are like water that is poured out on the ground..." 2 Samuel
14:14 TLB.
In the healing Word of our Savior, the word water has different connotations. In the grand
book of Isaiah, we find the comforting waters that transform our grief into blossoms in
God's garden: "Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the
desert...The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and
blossom." Isaiah 35:6,1. The Lamb Himself will lead us to springs of living water
(Revelation 7:17). Surely apprehension and anguish make a parched land.
Eventually we all find ourselves in a wilderness where our water is poured out on the
ground but, blessed promise: "...I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness,
and speak kindly to her." Hosea 2:14. Occasionally God allures us to the place of
desolation and loneliness so He can speak to us in His quiet and require us to understand
what we have done to ourselves and to confide what He would like to do for us.
God does not drive us, for He has given us the gift of choice, but He pleads with us to
abandon harmful associations and habits. He prays for us (yes, He prays for us!) to
immerse ourselves in His living waters that make us fresh and refreshing once again. There
in the seeming barrenness of the wilderness He gives us vineyards and hope and a new song
(Hosea 2:15).
Perhaps there is another idea in 2 Samuel 14:14 for us: we need to leave behind the spilt
waters of our life, that which we perceive to be our failures. We can never gather the
tears from the dust of our dreams; God has already gathered them in His bottle (Psalm
56:8). We can waste valuable time crying over the spilled liquids of our life and lose the
solace for our parched minds and hearts.
Pat Nordman ©
Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions |
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"Behold, thou art fair, my Beloved." - Song of Solomon 1:16
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The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God's method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter. These trials are for the testing and strengthening of your faith--they are waves that wash you further upon the rock--they are winds which waft your ship the more swiftly towards the desired haven. |
Is it not unspeakably delightful to view the Saviour in all his offices, and to perceive him matchless in each?--to shift the kaleidoscope, as it were, and to find fresh combinations of peerless graces? In the manger and in eternity, on the cross and on his throne, in the garden and in his kingdom, among thieves or in the midst of cherubim, he is everywhere "altogether lovely." |
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Current Bible Question ?
What was the name of the queen whose blood was sprinkled on horses?
Previous question and Answer:
Abram was brought out of what land?
Ur of the Chaldees (Genesis 15:7).
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..and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
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