ANOTHER LAP

            Exercise and eating right is hard but it sure does make you feel better.

1 Timothy 4:8, For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

            So, for the past 5 months my wife and I have been going to the walking track almost everyday together. For the first couple of months we walked for a mile and then we took on another. Forty-five minutes of each day is invested in our lives to drop a few pounds, get my blood pressure down, and hopefully live longer. By the grace of God, two of those three goals have been obtained. Let’s just say, I’m going to have to buy some new pants pretty soon. 😊

            However, if that’s all we ever did and we never invested into our spiritual walk with the Lord, it would all be in vain. You see, while losing weight and getting that blood pressure down is important to living a healthier life, it does not guarantee a longer life. Our lives are in the hands of our Saviour. Our days have been numbered. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. You may be physically fit. Your blood pressure my be perfect. You may have just left the doctors office. However, if it is your time to go, I hope you’re ready to meet Jesus. Are you ready—spiritually? If not, take another lap through the Word of God!

LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD SERVANTS

            When a man turns to God desiring to serve Him, God directs his attention to the world and its need. -Brunner

Ezekiel 22:30, And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

            When I used to run my own business, I often needed a bucket. I would go to the garage and search for one. I’d go to our building looking for one. Eventually I would find one but most of the time they all had something in common, they had holes in them! So, I would either grab a roll of duct tape or a tube of caulking and the fixing of the bucket began. Before I knew it, I would be filling it up with whatever.

            Friend, the Lord is searching for a few good servants. You don’t have to be perfect, educated, or sinless. None of us are fully educated for the work God has called us to do. None of us are qualified to do the work. But all of us that are gloriously saved by the grace of God has the potential to be a good servant. All we need to do is make ourselves available to what God’s Will is for our lives. Will you yield to His will?

CLEAR VISION

            Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. --Peter Marshall

Romans 12:1-2, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

            Foggy mornings always remind me of a conversation I had with my son several years ago. We were riding to school one morning and out of the blue he said, “Dad, that fog is like sin, it clouds our way.” I was like, who are you and what did you do with my four-year old son.

            But the more I grow in the Lord and think back on that conversation, He is right on target! Sin will cloud our thought life in such a way that we will not even comprehend what we are doing. We will make wrong turns. We will go deeper and deeper into darkness. We will get caught up in the sins of this world and get lost in the midst of it all.

            Christian friend, get as close to the Light as you can and stay right there! When you do, you will have clear vision for every chapter of your life!

GOOD HEALTH

The greatest way to have good health is to stay in the Word of God.

Psalm 67:1, God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

            So, the older I get the more I have been going to the doctor’s office. My eyes aren’t what they use to be. My knees ache from years crawling on them. Plantar Fasciitis kicks in every once in a while. I have had more xrays in the past 3 years than I have in the past thirty. I am thankful we have the technology and medical know how to address all of my physical health needs!

            What if there was something to address all of our spiritual health needs that, in turn, would address many of our mental and physical health needs? Something that would address worry, fear, bitterness, anger, hatred, anxiety, love, marriage, and the list goes on and on? Friend, there is something that will help every aspect of our life! It’s the Word of God! The Word of God addresses all of those issues and more. The key to getting good health is much like following the directions on the bottle of medicine; you have to read the Word of God and do what it says! “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,” James 1:22