Love one another
Author: newlifenarrabri
Quote for the Day
Knowledge is essential for effective leadership. The better you know people, the better you can lead them. You can’t ‘grow’ them if you don’t ‘know’ them. Dave Earley
Don’t worry
Reflection on Isaiah 28
Scripture
The Lord of Heavens Armies is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.
Observation
Samaria is the pride of its people, but the Lord will send a mighty army that will smash it to the ground.
One day, Israel will obey the Lord. But now it is ruled by drunks. Even the priests and prophets stagger with wine.
Jerusalem will also be judged. The Lord will place a true cornerstone in Jerusalem. The Lord will send an army against Jerusalem like a flood that comes morning after morning.
A farmer knows when to plough and when to reap. He knows how to thresh each kind of grain. It is the Lord who gives the farmer great wisdom.
Application
Successful farmers need great wisdom. They have to be able to read the seasons to try to predict what the next few months will look like. Will it be too dry for the crop or too wet? Do I grow a summer crop or wait and plant a winter crop?
The Lord gives farmers great wisdom. The successful farmers receive this wisdom and work with it.
Folly is to ignore the wisdom of God for the wisdom of men.
We live in an age where people have abandoned God’s wisdom and now pursue every folly. We can’t define what a woman is any more. People defy biology to assert the more than two genders. We think we can control the weather by installing solar panels.
We must return to the Lord and receive His wisdom. Only then will our life make sense.
Prayer
Lord, please help me to walk in your wisdom every day. Amen.
Light Of The World
Today’s Bike Ride
A stiff N. breeze presages a hot day in Narrabri and made riding a little harder. Nice ride to the end of Haire Drive. #cycling #Narrabri #Biketooter
Quote for the Day
The fourth habit of the highly effective small group leader: Contact group members regularly. Dave Earley
He hears us
Reflection on Isaiah 27
Scripture
In that day, the Lord will take his terrible swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
Observation
The Lord will kill Leviathan, the sea dragon. The Lord will watch over His vineyard so that no one can harm it. He will burn up any thorns that grow up in the vineyard.
The time is coming when Israel will take root and fill the whole earth with fruit.
The Lord exiled Israel to call her to account. He did this to purge her wickedness. All the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
Then the Lord will gather his scattered people together, and they will return to the land.
Application
Leviathan, the dragon of the sea, represents the forces of evil that oppose God’s order. it may symbolise political powers such as Babylon, Israel’s great enemy. It may also represent spiritual powers such as satan that seek to destroy human beings and separate us from God.
Often we can feel overwhelmed buy the evil in the world, whether it is nations oppressing people or terrorism, or just our own personal struggles. The good news is that in the end, God will destroy every evil thing. He will cast satan and all of his followers into a great pit forever.
The Lord has provided salvation for those who love Him. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid the price for all of our sins, the things that separate us from God.
Prayer
Thank you Lord for the knowledge that you have defeated every evil force in the world. There will be a time when you will welcome me into your heavenly realm where there is no sin or death or00 mourning. Amen.
Cast all your anxiety on Him
