Good Thursday morning! The clouds have blown away and the temperature is back to a normal range. How good does it feel to have the sun shine in the morning after several days of clouds? Writers and ministers have used the allegory of cloudy days and sunshine as compared to our trials since...well, dern near forever! The comparison is so appropriate that you might wonder if God didn't create cloudy days for just that purpose. We cannot know God's entire purpose and many of his methods are quite beyond our comprehension; to paraphrase the Bible a bit. Even the times we see God act plainly for our benefit, we probably don't see all that will come of His action. Probably? Make that definitely; we cannot see to the end of time, if there is an end somewhere, as God does. Every action of God's has exactly the effect He desires and those effects may continue way past the memory of you and I. Don't think so? Read the words of Jesus in the Bible, and notice how His words still affect us about 2,000 years later. Read the stories of David and notice how we can learn from them 3,000 years later.
A secular person might say that David's own actions and words are what we are affected by. But look at who David gave credit for his own actions and life. David gave God the glory, and we should too. There is no pride in giving God the glory for our talents. Pride comes when we stand up and say "I am great". Doesn't it just seem wrong when you try to say that? I had trouble writing the phrase. "I am great" jars with the humility given to us by the Holy Spirit. The phrase might even make you shudder physically. Say, "I love Jesus!", saying that makes everything seem right again. :-) Hallelujah!
Shine in the love of Jesus today!
Bucky
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