Today's Soul Food —March 26
 

 

GOLDEN WORDS



A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 15:1 KJV


Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Proverbs 15:1  NASB


Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Proverbs 15:1 NIV

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The Greek word for wrath means unrighteous fits of rage, passionate outbursts of anger and hostile feelings.... Man's wrath can be righteous or unrighteous.... There is a righteous wrath, but it is not a fit of anger. ... Someone has well said, "Righteous indignation is usually one part righteous and none parts indignation."

Billy Graham, The Holy Spirit

 

Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


March 26

"Do everything without complaining or arguing." Philippians 2:14.

"The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." Arabic Proverb. "Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints." William Osler.

It's a long step from complainant to complaisance. The physician Dr. Edward Trudeau had tuberculosis and his approach was, "I have found that the great word is Acquiescence." Sophisticated folks have a hard time acquiescing to anything, much less everything.

Disraeli, when Prime Minister of England, was known to have an excellent memory. Someone asked him one day how he managed to remember all those names and faces. "When I meet a man whose name I cannot remember, I give myself two minutes; then if it is a hopeless case, I always say: `And how is the old complaint'?" And asking some people, "How are you?" can ruin our day. Disraeli is also quoted as having said, "Never complain and never explain." Selfjustification fans just as many fires as do criticisms and grievances.

A strap hanger is one who has a complaint of longstanding. The word strap has many definitions. Among many meanings, the noun means belt and the verb means beat. So we can wind up belting ourselves and beating others with complaints. If the complaint is longstanding, we then shoulder the heavy epithet of strap hanger. Proverbs 25:17 wisely teaches, "Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house too much of you, and he will hate you." This is especially true if we go there with nothing but grievances. We'd best get a grip on our gripes.

"But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer." Mark 14:61. Oh, how tempting it is to argue our case! "Do everything without complaining or arguing." Imagine, everything! We question God and man and we miss God's help by doing so. If we can view our problems in God's light and life, we can go on, no matter what the provocation.

Pat Nordman ©

 


Today's Bible Question ?



 What weather phenomenon did the Lord use to defeat the Amorites when Joshua and his men were fighting them?

Previous question and Answer:

Who said: "Here am I, send me."

Answer: The prophet Isaiah in accepting his commission. I Kings 21:20

 

 

Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

Spurgeon's Morning for March 26

Spurgeon's Evening for March 26

 

"When he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

-  Mark 8:38 
 

"Jesus said unto them, If ye seek me, let these go their way."

-  John 18:8

If we have been partakers with Jesus in his shame, we shall be sharers with him in the lustre which shall surround him when he appears again in glory.

Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in his hour of trial, towards the sheep of his hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns himself to the enemy, but he interposes a word of power to set his disciples free.


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March 26 Joshua 9:1 - 10:43

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TV Commercials


A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God. Here are some of the results:

God is like BAYER ASPIRIN - - He works miracles.

God is like a FORD - - He's got a better idea.

God is like COKE - - He's the real thing.

God is like HALLMARK CARDS - - He cares enough to send His very best.

God is like GENERAL ELECTRIC - - He brings good things to life.

God is like SEARS - - He has everything.

God is like ALKA-SELTZER - - Try him - you'll like Him.

God is like SCOTCH TAPE - - You can't see him, but you know He's
there.

God is like DELTA - - He's ready when you are.

God is like ALLSTATE - - You're in good hands with Him.

God is like VO-5 Hair Spray - -He holds through all kinds of weather.

God is like DIAL SOAP - -Aren't you glad you have Him. Don't you wish everybody did.

God is like the U.S. POST OFFICE - -Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.

and God is like TIDE - - He gets the stains out that others leave Behind.

 

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Today's  Devotion
 

He Hid It Again

 

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy, went and sold all he had and bought that field" 

Mt 13:44


If removed from the familiarity of this passage, we might ask "why?" Why didn't the man just add the treasure to his riches? Why does he re-hide it, and then incur cost to himself in order to have the treasure WITH the field? The treasure itself, isn't the complete joy apparently, although it could well have been. He wants to re-hide the treasure, playing a seeming game of delight for Himself...to bring the field along with the treasure back to Himself. Then, the field itself has a glory within it. The man loves that field out of mere choice, knowing the debt will be his for that choice. There is wonder behind this analogy.

He hid it again so He, our God, could buy the field with the treasure. We are that field! And the treasure has been hid in us! Including us in the picture, He could redeem US. He knew the dirt and type of soil that field were. It had nothing in common with a precious treasure. But he will "sell all he has," His own Son, to purchase it.

He hid that treasure only to find it again, perhaps years down the road, in us. This was a harder way for Him. Somehow through the working of time and the outworking of that treasure in the field, it would be worth more to Him than had the treasure set alone on a stand. He must have loved that field. He must love you and me.

He wants the Kingdom IN US, AND US! He sells all He has for this. The Heartbeat is being heard again..."For God so loved the world..."

© Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion

 
Why didn't the man just add the treasure to his riches? Why does he re-hide it, and then incur cost to himself in order to have the treasure WITH the field?  

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