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The Titanic and The Solid Rock…

The Titanic scraped along an iceberg and didn’t sink until hours later. In the beginning, everything was still level and the people continued their activities. They saw the iceberg through the windows, but didn’t think that there was real damage.

They couldn’t see it, but the damage was real, and the water began flooding the chambers. It was mortally wounded. People continued to talk and play cards. The band continued to play as if everything was fine, but there was limited time left.

That’s a picture of life. It appears solid, but it’s mortally wounded. Eventually, it’s going down. If your well-being is based on anything in this life, your well-being is going to sink.

Jesus spoke of a rich man who stored up his treasure, but then his life was required. He put all his treasures in a sinking ship. Beware of growing comfortable in a sinking ship. No matter how much it glitters, it’s still sinking.

Put your treasure where you can’t lose. Jesus is the rock; build your hope on Him, for all other ground is sinking sand. All other ground is the Titanic.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will wait for him.”  Lamentations 3:24

Is your well-being dependent on anything other than Him? Today, place your hope, your well-being, and your peace on nothing less than Jesus, the solid Rock.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

One Believer Under God…

On June 26, 2002, a divided Court of Appeals declared the ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ unconstitutional because of the words ‘under God’. But the Supreme Court held that it wasn’t. God is, however, being removed from American mainstream culture.

But it’s not just about the word ‘God’, it’s about the word ‘under’. Without God, there is no under; the state becomes the final authority, man becomes the measure of all things, there’s nothing above him, and everybody becomes a god.

What separates a true believer from false believers and non-believers is that they live under. They don’t just know about and praise God, they live under God by actually submitting their lives to Him.

Are you truly living under God? When God’s will, plan, and desire isn’t yours, do you put your will, plan, and desire under God? The desire to remove the words ‘under God’ isn’t good, but the real point isn’t the words ‘under God’.

It’s whether God’s people are living under God. If you want ‘under God’ to be in the pledge of allegiance, put ‘under God’ in your own pledge of allegiance to God. Live your life as a true believer, one believer under God.

Now, the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.  2 Corinthians 5:5

Today, truly submit your will to God and allow Him to direct your plans. Live truly as one believer under God!

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always

Ed

The Simple Maxim…

Psalm 37:3 says, “Trust in the Lord and do good.” This perfectly sums up a great theological truth. Without faith, it’s impossible to please God. If you don’t believe, you can’t do well. If you do believe, you have to do good.

Faith without works is dead. Works without faith are empty. Work out your salvation, because it’s God who’s at work with you. Trust, believe, and then act on your faith. Don’t try to do good without believing. Don’t believe and then not apply your faith into action.

Let every work come from faith, and let your faith work. As the hymn says, “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

The key to abundant life is very simple. Believe His Word and then just do it, just truly believe. Then, take that faith into your life, with real faith actions, and see what happens.

Keep it simple. Trust in the Lord and do good. Even more simple: “Trust and obey. For there’s no other way to be happy in Yeshua/Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be joyful.  Proverbs 16:20

Take a word from Scripture today. Believe it, and then act on it.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Path Of The Magi…

The magi were priests of a pagan religion, yet they found Jesus because they were seeking Him.The Jewish leaders of that day, knew about God but didn’t find Him because they weren’t seeking Him, they were heading the wrong way.

It’s not your position or your past that matters – it’s where you’re heading. A sinner who’s heading to God is better off than a saint who’s falling away. So where are you heading?

Paul said, “I discipline my body[…] so that after I’ve preached to others, I won’t be disqualified. ” He also said, “Forgetting what lies behind, I press on.”

He started out every day as if he were a new believer who had as much to know about the Lord then as at the beginning. Have the same attitude.

Seek to know God because we don’t even know the half of God. It’s not who you have been, or even where you are. It’s where your heart is heading. Don’t rest on your laurels. Seek God again as you did at first. It’s a good road, it’s the road of the Magi.

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God.  Jeremiah 24:7

Make it your aim today to seek God with all your heart and draw nearer to Him.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed