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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, November 23, 2020
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Trying to Understand God Bible Verse:John 14:8-17 (NIV) "“Philip said to Jesus, Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.” “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.” " Message:
Do you believe in God? I imagine anyone reading this will answer “yes”, but we know that it can be a difficult thing at times, because it is impossible for the human mind to grasp Him. We are accustomed to relying on our senses and our logic to decide what is true and false, but God cannot be known in that way.
We do know that both logic and our senses are fallible. David Copperfield can convince you that a building has disappeared. We constantly fall for sales pitches of some sort and equally often reject truth. At one time, people could not grasp that the world was round. And just try to understand Einstein's theory of relativity, or quantum mechanics.
We cannot even agree whether the earth is getting warmer because of air pollution or not, which would seem to be well within the grasp of modern science. Scientists, who are smarter than I am, say that global warming is happening and that it is cause by manmade pollution. Other scientists, who are also smarter than I am, say that it is just normal climate fluctuation. Someone is wrong about it, but the point is, even whoever is wrong knows more than I do!
God is a lot harder to understand than quantum mechanics or climate change. The possibility that we can grasp Him intellectually, given the limitations of logic and our senses, is zero.
Here, when Philip asks Christ to show him the Father, he is saying that he will make a decision based on his sense of sight. Certainly, David Copperfield could have obliged Philip and shown him something convincing. But Christ refuses. Christ is standing right in front of him and will not indulge Philip's naiveté with a magic act.
Instead, Christ tells Philip to follow His commandments. If he does so, Christ will send another Advocate to abide with him. That is, the Holy Spirit will come to dwell in Philip, and Philip will know of His existence, even though the Spirit cannot be seen or known by the world. And this is the answer we must either accept or reject. Learn and follow Christ's teachings and you will know of God's existence, because he will dwell within you and you will know Him.
Meditation : Prayer : As I travel through the rest of my day, may the God of hope fill me with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit I may abound in hope.........Amen |
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