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God is a “gardener” who is interested in producing good fruit. As the pinnacle of His creation, He is working in us to produce those fruits in our lives that will please Him. The physical analogy of the natural world as God’s garden, and the growth from seed to mature fruit-bearing plant helps us understand the spiritual reality. As Thoreau said, “Convince me that you have a seed there, and I will expect wonders.” God is also expecting wonders.
The secular world doesn’t offer a vision of anything more than, “Eat, drink, and be merry.” But God offers an amazing vision of the future. The lessons of Ecclesiastes, and the stories of Shebna and Hilkiah, and the apostle Paul teach us about the need for a transcendental view of the future. Will we embrace the vision that motivated Abraham and all of God’s faithful servants? More
We all have important choices and decisions to make. So how do we find the wisdom to make good decisions? How do we avoid making foolish mistakes, because we lack understanding? The scriptures tell us that God is the stability of our times and the source of the knowledge we need to make wise choices. So how do we access this knowledge? Consider the example of Ahithophel and Absalom, Hushai, and David.
Do we have a full awareness of God’s grace, favour, and joy? Do we have a calm delight in God, His godly joy? How can we experience this kind of joy in the midst of a world full of personal and societal challenges that threaten to overwhelm us at times? Let the scriptures reveal the source of true joy.
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We have all met people who insist that their group is the only group God is using, or that you need to know the special name that God wants people to use, or that you are not pleasing God unless you follow them and the calendar they have calculated. But what does God say about these ideas? Jeff Patton explains Paul’s commentary on these types of “religious devotions” and the sectarian dangers inherent in them. How would you answer people who in their sincere desire to please God are caught up in this form of presumptuousness?
Hebrews 12:1-2
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
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