Sometimes, God’s instructions may seem illogical and foolish, making no sense financially, relationally, or emotionally..
But, God wants you to take a risk and obey Him – you can either stay in the shallow end where it’s safe and get nothing or go into the deep water where the big fish are..
– The Lord instructs you to “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you”..
– “Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”..
– The Lord commands you to “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven”…
– And He says “Let all that you do be done with love”..
Once you obey, God will take care of the rest..
Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the LORD will be joyful.. (Proverbs 16:20)
“…Jesus said to Peter, “Now row out to deep water to cast your nets and you will have a great catch. “Master,” Peter replied, “we’ve just come back from fishing all night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you insist, we’ll go out again and let down our nets because of Your Word.” When they pulled up their nets, they were shocked to see a huge catch of fish, and their nets were ready to burst!”…..”(Luke 5:4-6)
January 21
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good