Do you think that Moses sat down and figured out the logistics of what God told him to do before he set out from Egypt? I doubt it. He had faith that God would take care of everything. Let us have courage, for we share the very same God!

Psalm 32:8 

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

Psalm 37:23 

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in His way;

Jeremiah 1:7-8 

But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”

Give it some thought and move on.

Gary

“Father, where shall I work today?”
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then He pointed me out a tiny spot,
And said, “Tend that for me.” 

I answered quickly, “Oh, no, not that.
Why, no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done.
Not that little place for me!”

And the word He spoke, it was not stern,
He answered me tenderly,
“Ah, little one, search that heart of thine;
Art thou working for them or me’

Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee.”

The Disciplines of Life by V. Raymond Edman

2 Timothy 2:15 

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

James 4:10 

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

It is not the place or the applause; it is the One who put you there and keeps you there that matters.

Give it some thought.

Gary

There is a relationship which makes life complete. Without that relationship, there is a void, a vacuum in life. Many people, even those who are well-known, can attest to that void.

For example, H.G. Wells, famous historian and philosopher, said at age 61: “I have no peace. All life is at the end of the tether.”

The poet Byron said, “My days are in yellow leaf, the flowers and fruits of life are gone, the worm and the canker, and the grief are mine alone.”

The literary genius Thoreau said, “Most men live lives of quiet desperation.”

Ralph Barton, one of the top cartoonists of the nations, left this note pinned to his pillow before taking his own life: “I have had few difficulties, many friends, great successes; I have gone from wife to wife, from house to house, visited great countries of the world, but I am fed up with inventing devices to fill up twenty-four hours of the day.”

The Bible says: 

John 10:10 

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Hebrews 13:5 

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Give it some thought.

Gary

I was seventeen, racing with Dad’s pickup.  I wasn’t very good at it because I looked back to see my competition and left the road. I hit a tree which shattered while doing substantial damage to the front of the truck. Father wasn’t happy because he and mom were leaving the next day to visit my sister in California. Needless to say, my wings were clipped and I had no wheels for some time.

I’m seventy and still find it a mistake to look back when I’m sailing through life. You guessed it, the Bible has something to say about that error.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear-view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.

Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe.

Give it some thought and don’t look back.

Gary

In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus.

“These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold.”

“Which channel do you want?” asks Linus. Turning away, he looks at his fingers and says, “Why can’t you guys get organized like that?”

Consider the things that can be accomplished for the kingdom of God when believers cooperate with one another.

1 Peter 3:8 

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

Romans 12:16 

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Everyone I know is thirty-five.
Donna in my writing class is thirty-five,
Melissa, the artist, is thirty-five.
Last night when I lay sleeping
Someone slipped in and
Scribbled lines all over my face,
Stuck bags under my eyes,
Packed cellulite on my thighs.
This morning my mother’s hand
Reached to get my toothbrush;
An unfamiliar face
Stared back at me from the vanity;
Someone else’s stomach
Protruded from beneath my belt.

                                                 Penne J. Laubenthal, Ph.D.

Humorous, but here’s something better than that philosophy:

Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Psalms 31:15

My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.

If you can’t beat the effects of time, join it with God’s plan for you.

Give it some thought.

Gary

When the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1519 he was intent on conquest. To assure the devotion of his men, Cortez set fire to his fleet of eleven ships! With no means of retreat, Cortez’s army had only one direction to move, into the Mexican interior. Cortez understood the price of commitment—and he paid it.

I don’t think much of him and the atrocities he committed, but it is interesting how committed some men can be in trying to accomplish a set goal.

Do you have any goals and how committed are you?

Luke 9:62

But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Give it some thought.

Gary