More Barns

This devotional is for those out there who believe they have much when in essence they have nothing.  The reality is you only have what you can take with you to the other side of death.

Luke 12:17

And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

‘More barns’ is a common malady that affects way too many individuals. If life is about barns and not God, there is a major disappointment coming. Jesus came to save us from the barn virus. He holds in His hands the only cure.

Think about it.

Gary

Strength

This verse is about taking an unshakable faith into old age. Caleb is 85 and as fit as a fiddle both physically and spiritually. He is ready to take on a new challenge based on the promises of God.

Joshua 14:11

As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in.

No, sometimes the demands are too much for you alone, but when God is placed into the equation, the solution becomes doable.

Go get ‘em.

Gary

Stand

Ninety years old and still standing on the promises of God, that’s Sarah. I certainly appreciate the elderly with a strong faith.

Hebrews 11:11 

 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

No, most ninety-year-olds would pass on giving childbirth. There are a multitude of promises in Scripture, however, just for you. Go mining for them.

Gary

Press On

Life is a challenge for everyone and total effort for some. We need to examine why our Creator placed us here and what direction He has given to sustain us in our present environment.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

Paul faced rejection, imprisonments and physical and spiritual hurdles. However he finished his race with real grace and purpose. The lesson left to us is, “we can do it also.”

Gary

Awake

When I was going through school, my mother was the alarm clock and motivation to wake up and get going. Hard to awaken when you are in a deep sleep. However, that can also be true spiritually.

Romans 13:11

 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed..

It is time to wake up to the fact that believers are on a journey home and we can see the porch light from here.

Think about it.

Gary

Prepare

Life should be made up of short term responsibilities and long term goals. In the following verse of Scripture, Paul was facing winter and was dependent on others to help him be prepared for this certain event. 

2 Timothy 4:21

Do your utmost to come before winter.

Others are dependent on us to help make the future doable. That is our word for today, “others”.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Opposition

The Syrians were wrong about the power of God exerted on behalf of the Lord’s people in opposing situations. He is not just there when things are going well but also when things are falling apart.

1 Kings 20:28 

Then a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Don’t let the enemy disturb you because you are in a down time. There is no difference in His presence whether life is pleasant or difficult. Look to Him and not the opposition.

The challenging times are the opportunities to prove God is a reality.

Gary