When we magnify people, we diminish ourselves.
When we magnify God, He is magnified.
And so are we! Father God magnifies us in return, saying, “You are my child, in whom I delight.”
“And as Christ himself is seen for who he really is, who you really are will also be revealed, for you are now one with him in his glory!” (Colossians 3:4)
A special identity indeed!
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‘My child, that is good. But this is better.’ Says Dad
We make our plans, but God establishes our steps because
He knows us so well and wants the best for us.
He is a good and perfect Father God.
So, don’t put up with the ‘good’ when you can
have the ‘best’ with a little bit of fathering.
A Prayer
Thank you that…
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.”
Help me today to relate to you as my Father in heaven
And so enter into all you have for me in your perfect love.
Amen!
Quote from Psalm 139:1
Comparing ourselves to others will steal our unique identity.
By this behaviour, common to all, the shadow of idolatry
darkens God’s revelation-light from our lives.
This leaves us barren of knowing who we really are
and what our true purpose on earth is.
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”
He is also your revelation-light today!
Word Links
Jonah 2:8
John 10:10
John 8:12
Living on the edge,
On the road less travelled,
God’s Presence is the sweetest thing.
He upholds me,
Gives me strength,
And keeps me from falling.
I find rock beneath my feet,
Where none is usually found.
Supplies along the way,
And gifts wrapped just for me.
It’s a personal thing.
Treasures without end….
From the known to the unknown,
We stand at the Frontier.
Pioneers on the threshold of a new landscape,
Invited in by God’s Holy Presence.
‘Leave behind the old and come into the new.
Fear not the unknown for I am with you,
To lead and guide you into what I already know,
And have indeed prepared for you.’
For the best is yet to come!
The battles are already won.
Everything’s possible to the Highest Level,
Where Victory sits enthroned.
And His name is Jesus.
A Christian’s business tends to be little different from any other in the world around it. Yet it is meant to reflect heaven to earth, not be a reproduction of it!
We act as if we are apart of the earth, when in fact we’ve been saved from it in order to impact it from our new home – heaven.
We are actually just temporary residents; as such we hover over it rather than be enslaved by it. We are to be significant in it whilst not being consumed by it. We are change-agents on earth, not agents-changed-by-earth!
Refs: Ephesians 2:6, Hebrews 11:15-16
Allow your day to unfold like the pages of a book.
Trusting in God to lead you safely through.
Remaining centred in His love and peace.
You’ll gently bless all you meet.
If we don’t fill our lives with what God has given us,
someone else will fill it for us.
We are born into a world already made, its’ boundaries already in place. Some rare individuals bring freshness, but for most it’s walk the walk and talk the talk; success measured against the system.
People tend to rise and fall by these earthly systems that, by and large, govern our lives, including formal education and work.
I was having a conversation with a teacher, longing but failing to impact his work environment with the presence of God. Suddenly he stopped me in mid-sentence and elatedly declared, ‘I left Jesus at the school gate!’ It was a eureka moment.
If we are passionate about bringing God’s kingdom into our everyday working lives it is our spiritual ID in-Christ that provides our start point, not our system’s ID.
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