I really like the concept of this Forum. I have often wondered why it is so little used. I guess people are busy talking about other things. As long as He wills, I thought I would try to use it to journal some quick meditations that God impresses upon my heart each day. I hope at least some of them will be inspiring, thought provoking, encouraging and yes even challenging at times. Some don't have the time to read long devotionals. So I hope these can be used to grab a quick cup of water and sustenance along the way.
Blessings
Brad
9/14/2022
Solitude and Service- We live in an age of doing. Anybody who has ever been called into solitude and silence with God knows this very well. What are you doing? Get involved! Find a church! What do you do for a living? What do you have to say for yourself? Where did you go to school? What are you studying? DONT JUST SIT THERE DO SOMETHING! But consider this.
If there was anyone who ever lived on this earth who had something to do and something to say it was Jesus Christ of Nazareth. But the Father didn't consider it waste for even Him to sit in relative solitude, silence and obscurity for 30 years. The only thing we really know about Him is from the last three years of His life on this earth, and even then He was sent into the desert alone to be tormented by the enemy. And what did the Father say about these 30 years when He finally came up from out of that place? What have you been doing all this time? No! He rather said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." And yet We feign if we are but one day away from our phone!
Service, Simplicity, Ministry- I find it almost humorous that God chose a single seeming madman, yelling repent out by a river in the middle of the desert, living off of honey and insects to prepare the way for the biggest event ever to take place in the history of this world. No marketing campaigns, no slick multi-media shows, no staff meetings, no amps, just John, a man who loved His Lord and knew what he was supposed to do.
Perhaps God, in foreseeing this day in which we live, chose to make John the forerunner choosing the foolish things of this world to shame the wise. If I know God it will not be these lofty things that look high and mighty that will count in these days, it will be His "Johns'' that love Him with all their heart. But I wouldn't look for them in the typical places we might think they would be.
Blessings
Brad
9/14/2022
Solitude and Service- We live in an age of doing. Anybody who has ever been called into solitude and silence with God knows this very well. What are you doing? Get involved! Find a church! What do you do for a living? What do you have to say for yourself? Where did you go to school? What are you studying? DONT JUST SIT THERE DO SOMETHING! But consider this.
If there was anyone who ever lived on this earth who had something to do and something to say it was Jesus Christ of Nazareth. But the Father didn't consider it waste for even Him to sit in relative solitude, silence and obscurity for 30 years. The only thing we really know about Him is from the last three years of His life on this earth, and even then He was sent into the desert alone to be tormented by the enemy. And what did the Father say about these 30 years when He finally came up from out of that place? What have you been doing all this time? No! He rather said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." And yet We feign if we are but one day away from our phone!
Service, Simplicity, Ministry- I find it almost humorous that God chose a single seeming madman, yelling repent out by a river in the middle of the desert, living off of honey and insects to prepare the way for the biggest event ever to take place in the history of this world. No marketing campaigns, no slick multi-media shows, no staff meetings, no amps, just John, a man who loved His Lord and knew what he was supposed to do.
Perhaps God, in foreseeing this day in which we live, chose to make John the forerunner choosing the foolish things of this world to shame the wise. If I know God it will not be these lofty things that look high and mighty that will count in these days, it will be His "Johns'' that love Him with all their heart. But I wouldn't look for them in the typical places we might think they would be.