Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 291
August 16, 2016
2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (MSG)
14 And I got it, thank God! In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance.
In many parts of the world people are so hungry for God’s written word, the Bible that they risk death to obtain even a few pages. Yet here in the United States of America the Bible, the bestselling book of all times, is also probably the top book that sits unread.
Why? I’m not sure. Maybe a lack of understanding its power or afraid we will not understand it, or even thinking it is not relevant to today’s world. And yet within the pages are life given words, bondage breaking words and even miracle working words.
Even those who claim to be Christians and attend church, etc, etc, neglect the word of the living God. Life is in the Word. We must know the Bible and ask God for understanding of what we read.
What this tells me is that as a Christian, a child of the creator of the universe, “We are the only Bible some people read!”
Therefore as stated in the scripture at the beginning of this we are to be the expression of God’s Word in this world. We are to be the Bible in Action. We are to let people breathe in the knowledge of Christ as they encounter us.
Wow! What a responsibility. It may seem a daunting task, but it really is not. All we need to do is know the word. Spend time in reading and fellowshipping with the author of the book and we will be so full of the Word that our lives just naturally portray the faithfulness and power of the Word…….the life giving Word.
According to today’s scripture people should know and understand God’s Love and care for them, just because we are around them. We should be so full of the Love and Power of God that the atmosphere of a room or store or building changes just because we walk into it.
Pastor Rick tells us often that we are to be thermostats not thermometers. A thermometer measures the temperature of a room but a thermostat sets the temperature.
We need to set the atmosphere around us. We need to portray so fully the Word of the Living God that people will want to know what we have, and they will find the giver of life: Jesus the Christ…the Son of the Living God.
Is the Bible that powerful? Absolutely!!!
Just two verses: John 3:16 & 17 Is powerful enough to save the entire human race.
John 3:16-17 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Maybe you are one of those who Love Jesus but just cannot seem to get into the Bible. I suggest you start with the Gospel of John: the fourth book in the New Testament. Then before beginning sincerely ask Father God, through the name of Jesus to open your understanding and let you read with your Spiritual eyes wide open. Don’t just do it one time: do it every day and you will see things begin to change.
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Father, in Jesus name I come to you. You gave us the guide book, the book of life. I ask that we would become so infused with your words that we are breaths of life wherever we go. Forgive us when we forget that we walk in victory and we are to be the thermostat. Amen
Don’t wait: begin today to know HIS WORD!
Love, MeMaw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 