Category Archives: Promises

Sep24

DAY 266 (2014)

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Yup. Even a dead battery can be a tool for God to use.

Yup. Even a dead battery can be a tool for God to use.

Remember yesterday’s post? I talked about speed bumps and potholes on the journey. Yesterday’s thought was all about how God many times uses those moments to start something “new”. Today let’s just say (instead a pothole)  a giant meteorite fell from the sky and caused a crater in my day. I don’t know if I mentioned it in previous posts, but today I had a job interview. It was scheduled for 12:15. I had been feeling iffy about the job, since they called me. Mostly because when I asked the recruiter about the job, she couldn’t give me any info at all. Isn’t the the job of a RECRUITER, to know the job you’re recruiting for?  Maybe I am the only one that thinks that way. However, I had previously made a promise to God, to walk through any door He opened. The fact that they called and wanted an interview, to me said, “OPEN DOOR”, so despite my apprehension I decided to walk through. So this morning I got up, had my devotion.  Had breakfast. Then took my time getting ready. I printed out a couple extra copies of my resume. I always arrive anywhere at least fifteen minutes early, so I decided to leave at 11:45 (the job is really close to where I live). I walked out to my car, put the key in the ignition and heard this… CLACK, CLACK, CLACK. ???? She worked just fine yesterday. I didn’t leave any lights on or doors open. Maybe it’s just a fluke, so I try again… CLACK, CLACK, CLACK. Nope it’s really is NOT going to start. I did’t know what to do at first, normally my first call is to my boyfriend, but uhmmm, he’s in FLORIDA. I get out of the car and think to myself, “Why Lord?”I call the roadside assistance from my insurance they come out and jump start the car, and I immediately drive it to SEARS auto. Two hundred and six dollars later, my car is working. Now I’d like to say I know why God allowed this. But genuinely I don’t know why, YET (He never leaves me in the dark for long). But I am assured that I will. Yes, paying 206 dollars for anything when you don’t have an income coming in leaves you feeling a little… However, while I don’t know why it happened I know that God has not forsaken me, and that He has a plan and a purpose. That same promise I made to walk through any door He opened, I also promised that I would let Him shut whatever door He chose to shut. Today He shut a door.  As for the two hundred and six dollars? God will provide. He has NEVER failed me.

“Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that'” (James 4″14-15).

Lesson: Those who see God’s hand in EVERYTHING, find it easy to leave EVERYTHING in God’s hands. Leave it in His hands, they’re big enough.

Sep24

Random (hopefully inspired) Thought

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I have hidden Thy word in my heart. (Picture by Lisa R)

I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Judges 11. “So she said to him, ‘My father, if you have given your word to the Lord, do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon.’  Then she said to her father, ‘Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I” (Verses 36-37). Be careful of your words. Don’t make idle promises to God. I am sure at the time Jephthah wasn’t thinking that his vow was idle. I am sure the intentions of his heart were good. “Lord id you do this, then I’ll do this…” We do it now as well, the barter. The price Jephthah paid for his idle words? His one and ONLY child. Some may be thinking God spared Issac why not this child? There is a difference, God asked Abraham to sacrifice Issac to test Abraham’s heart. Jephthah vowed to give the first thing that came out of his house after battle to God as a burnt offering, IF God would help them defeat the enemy.  God did what he asked. He made the vow, without ever thinking about what it would mean. Don’t idly vow to God, just to get what you want. God held Jephthah to his vow, He will do the same with us. So think and pray before you speak. God holds us to our word. 

 

Sep10

Random (hopefully inspired) Thought

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I have hidden Thy word in my heart. (Picture by Lisa R)

I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Joshua 21. “The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands. Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns. So the Lord gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hands. Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled” (Verses 41-45). Have you ever read something or heard something, then thought to yourself… “Ahhhh, just what I needed”? Reading these verses today, refreshed my soul and renewed my spirit within me. This right here is the beauty of God. His ability to say just what we need to hear, when we need to hear it. The trick to hearing? Being prepared to listen. God is always speaking, always communicating. However, we, His creation are not always listening. In fact we are almost NEVER listening. We are too busy listening to the negatives things of the world instead of listening for the positive things of God. Too busy trying to fit in, instead of becoming what WE are meant to be. This morning I am reminded that GOD KEEPS His PROMISES. ALL of them. Not one will be left unfulfilled. MY SOUL. AT. EASE.