[S] Luke 18:34 --
43 Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
[O] Bartimaeus regained his sight by asking Jesus to heal him. Jesus healed many people (and He is still healing many people today by saving them into His Kingdom) and yet this blind man's response is astonishing because he glorified God and because of the way he did this, people recognized the works of God and gave praise go God also. I don't know what type of a praise he gave, but the results were clearly impacting others to praise God along. That must have been amazing to witness.
[A] If God is working in my own life (the answer is yes), then I should praise Him and my praise should be so evident that others watching me praise God should want to join me in praise. I want to praise like Bartimaeus.
[P] Dear Father, thank You for Bartimaeus' story here to energize my praising power. Let my praising not only honor You but rub off of others to praise You as well. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Works From Outside or Life In Me?
[S] 2 Corinthians 4:11-12 --
11For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12So death works in us, but life in you.
[O] I could see the relationship between external influence vs. implicit nature built right into my life. The power of death works externally to influence my life while the life of Jesus manifests in my life implicitly. Verse 12 speaks to this contrast clearly by saying, BUT life IN you. Now the question is which should have a greater impact of my life? The external influences trying to change my implicit way of thinking, or what I'm already born with in my DNA? The answer should be simply what I am born with, however, the external influences seem to bring greater impact at many times. What gives?
[A] Application of what I read and learn from His word needs to strengthen my innate nature of the life of Jesus and not let the external influences. Just like how the salt-water fish are insulated from the saltiness of the water even though they live in it all the time they do not taste salty, I need to insulate myself from the external influences of the world I live in so I an preserve the freshness of Jesus' life.
[P] Dear Father, in the life-stream of this whirlwind, I can easily lose focus of where I'm leading my life or my family toward. Please instruct me in my devotional time with You the bearing I must hold on to. In Jesus' name. Amen.
11For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12So death works in us, but life in you.
[O] I could see the relationship between external influence vs. implicit nature built right into my life. The power of death works externally to influence my life while the life of Jesus manifests in my life implicitly. Verse 12 speaks to this contrast clearly by saying, BUT life IN you. Now the question is which should have a greater impact of my life? The external influences trying to change my implicit way of thinking, or what I'm already born with in my DNA? The answer should be simply what I am born with, however, the external influences seem to bring greater impact at many times. What gives?
[A] Application of what I read and learn from His word needs to strengthen my innate nature of the life of Jesus and not let the external influences. Just like how the salt-water fish are insulated from the saltiness of the water even though they live in it all the time they do not taste salty, I need to insulate myself from the external influences of the world I live in so I an preserve the freshness of Jesus' life.
[P] Dear Father, in the life-stream of this whirlwind, I can easily lose focus of where I'm leading my life or my family toward. Please instruct me in my devotional time with You the bearing I must hold on to. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
What Will People Do When I'm Gone?
[S] 2 Chronicles 24:15b,17-19 --
And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
17But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.
18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; so wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.
19Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen.
[O] Jehoiada left behind a spiritual legacy by being the key influencer to the Israelites to continually worship God. After he went to be with God, the leaders of the Israelite society almost immediately abandoned following God and turned to their own idols. I am touched by Jehoiada's charismatic leadership which sustained the people's perspective towards God and to keep Him at the center of their lives. I hope it wasn't purely based on fear of his power that people followed him and I also hope my life will be used by God to keep people around me focused on God because of my influences on them.
[A] Being an influencer to people around me means disciplines around my own life to do just that first. I need to stay humble toward God and others at all times while fearing God everyday. I need to be thankful in all situations for His grace in my life because it's due to that grace that I can even be the person I'm trying to be.
[P] Dear God, thank You for the wonderful grace in my life. Please continue to humble me so I may stay on my knees as I surrender my life to be one of your influencers for those around me. Please take this life and use it for shining Your light on others. In Jesus' name. Amen.
And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
17But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.
18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; so wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.
19Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen.
[O] Jehoiada left behind a spiritual legacy by being the key influencer to the Israelites to continually worship God. After he went to be with God, the leaders of the Israelite society almost immediately abandoned following God and turned to their own idols. I am touched by Jehoiada's charismatic leadership which sustained the people's perspective towards God and to keep Him at the center of their lives. I hope it wasn't purely based on fear of his power that people followed him and I also hope my life will be used by God to keep people around me focused on God because of my influences on them.
[A] Being an influencer to people around me means disciplines around my own life to do just that first. I need to stay humble toward God and others at all times while fearing God everyday. I need to be thankful in all situations for His grace in my life because it's due to that grace that I can even be the person I'm trying to be.
[P] Dear God, thank You for the wonderful grace in my life. Please continue to humble me so I may stay on my knees as I surrender my life to be one of your influencers for those around me. Please take this life and use it for shining Your light on others. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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