Confidence Granted

I was struck today by a verse in Proverbs 10: 24. It reads,"What the wicked fears will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted." The phrase, "will be granted," is what impressed me today. We serve a God Who is good. We are not at the mercy of impersonal forces of nature or random principles that dictate life. We are those who are all, whether we acknowledge it or not,under the hand of the Almighty. So as a believer in Christ, we can know that all righteous desires are from God, and He in deep compassion will grant, allow, permit, give, the righteous fulfillment of righteous desires. This is what John the Apostle wrote in his epistle, 1 John 5:14-15, "This is the the confidence we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him." So the key to abundant life is to have desires and affections that are in accordance with Gods desires and affections. We gain those by prayer, His word, fellowship with His Holy Spirit as we commune with Him, alone and with other believers. This is not an impersonal karma, getting good for doing good things, or bad for bad things. This is the gracious blessings from a gracious God Who desires His people to glorify Him on the earth, by means of fulfilled, purposeful lives that point others to salvation in Christ. Have confidence then, your answer is on the way, to the glory of God and of Christ Jesus.

A Heart To Serve God

In 1 Chronicles 28 David is admonishing his son Solomon to get ready to build a temple for the worship of God. As he does so the foundational instruction is to, "know the God of your father, serving Him with a whole heart and willing mind." I was struck by the total engagement of David's words. Not only is Solomon to serve God with a whole heart, but a willing mind too. Our heart, our mind, our will, our emotion, our entire being is to be engaged as we serve the God or our fathers. Perhaps today, at the beginning of a new week, all the weeks work is in front of you and you're just not feeling up to it. There is a place of power for service, in the presence of God Himself. Draw near in faith by prayer and be reminded of how great our God is, and how faithful He is to our success and desires to serve Him. Solomon was being prepared for a huge task, and needed to engage his whole being to seek and obey God. You and I as believers in Christ are privileged to do the same, and more because His Holy Spirit dwells in us. We are serving for a far greater purpose than building a house of brick and mortar for worship. We serve to build a spiritual temple made of living stones, the souls of men and women from all over the world, until Christ returns for His own. So, stay with it brother and sister, God is able to make all grace abound until the final work is done and we enter into the fullness of rest in the glorious habitations above.

Beginnings

This afternoon is the first entry into this new blog. I started this so that my own insights and gleanings from the Bible may find their way into the hearts and minds of as many as possible. I firmly believe that whoever happens to find this sight does so at the leading of God's Spirit, they wont find it by accident. I welcome all comments favorable or not, as long as they are civil in tone without rude or base language. I don't pretend to be a theologian or to have every answer, I'm learning also, but I do want to share what I have learned over many years of my Christian experience and study. I'm also very much a rookie when it comes to building a website or a public site. I will add on to it as I go to make it as attractive and God honoring as I can. I trust The Lord will bless this effort, and the readers He make bring into this domain.
Blessings!