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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, February 21, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Hairs on Your Head Are Numbered Bible Verse:Matthew 10:28-33 (ESV) "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." Message:
The lesson on fear is a corollary to Christ’s frequent admonitions that, for example, one cannot serve both God and mammon. He urges us to choose to serve God, because although the forces of this world can kill our body, it is only a temporary power; God rules eternity. There is something worse than death: Hell.
The next verse seems not to follow logically; there is no transition. What do sparrows have to do with choosing between God and mammon? It answers a question that has not been asked, something like, “I am willing to fear and love God, but there are countless millions of people on earth. Does He even know I exist? Why should God pay any attention to me?”
God’s knowledge is so enormous that we cannot comprehend it. His mind is unlike ours and what we would call his “knowledge” consists of every atom in the universe. His knowledge is co-extensive with his creation.
About ten or fifteen years ago, a certain form of speculative science fiction was popular, where the author would postulate that reality is a computer program and we live inside of it. (Two good examples would be the movies The Thirteenth Floor and The Matrix, but there were quite a few others.)
While these are fictional, they unwittingly try to analogize something real, God’s knowledge. For if a computer simulation exists, every detail of the virtual existence has to reside in the computer’s “memory”. If God were a computer, every sparrow that falls and every hair on every head would have to be on a hard drive. It isn’t a perfect analogy, but it might help us understand how God can know every tiny detail about our lives.
We were made in God’s image, and He loves us. We are the most important thing in God’s universe; so He not only knows everything about us, but we can be assured that He is paying attention to us. While it is mind-boggling that He could pay full attention to each of seven billion people, remember, the universe has a hundred billion galaxies each containing a hundred billion stars. Our minds are not built to handle, cannot really even conceive of something of such jaw-dropping magnitude. God’s “size” is beyond our ability to grasp.
On top of that, Christ reassures us that He will acknowledge us to the Father. “We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1) Even if God the Father did decide to ignore us, or forgot about us — which isn’t going to happen — Jesus has our backs.
Meditation : Prayer : All through this day, O Lord, by the power of your quickening Spirit, let me touch the lives of others for good, whether through the word I speak, the prayer I speak, or the life I live.......Amen |
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