THE TREASURES OF SNOW

 

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? (JOB 38:22)

 

we rarely get snow & when I came across this scripture I thought of the picture of my grand daughters embracing the snow today, snow is a beautiful thing to behold as a white blanket begins to cover everything around, ( Matt.25:23) tells us that if we are faithful we can enter into the joy of the lord the most beautiful treasure we’ll ever enter into 

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

 

ENLARGE MY TENT

 

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest keep me from evil that it may not grieve me,And God granted him that which he requested

1Chronicles 4:10

 God has so many blessings for us if we’ll just reach out and receive them ,so often it is so easy to become comfortable in our daily walk with the Lord, Luke12 reminds us for unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required

so many miss out on what God has for them because they don’t want to get out of their comfort zone ,serving God is more than worship, more than praising him, more than living  a good life, it’s reaching out to others and giving of yourself,giving to others as giving unto the Lord

 

 

 

ARE WE TOO BUSY?

 

BUSY..cluttered with detail to the point of being distracted

The thief cometh not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy,I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10)

lets look at the words “steal”  “kill” “destroy”

Steal…to take without right or permission

in this chapter Satan is the thief ,when we become so busy, we become tired, which may result in no Bible reading time, no prayer time, the meaning of the word busy does just what it says, distracting us from those things

Kill…..to deprive life, to cause to cease operating

after  a while, a time of no one on one time with the Lord, our faith starts to dwindle and become weak, we no longer hear that small still voice, the enemy starts to kill the desire to read your Bible, go to church, be around other believers, you slowly cease to operate within the spiritual gifts

Destroy…to tear down, destroy, to render uneffective

the enemy's desire is to destroy ones testimony to tear down their reputation, to cause them to become uneffective that is why it is so important to put on the whole amour of God (Eph.6:10-18)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Matthew( 25:1-13) we have the five foolish virgins, no man knows the day nor the hour so we are to be ready when that time comes, the five foolish, were they more foolish than  just too busy?

Luke (14:12-24) is the parable of the great feast,they were all too busy to come with excuses

Luke (10:38-42) we have Mary and Martha, they received Jesus into their house, Martha is busy setting the table & getting things ready while Mary just want to sit at his feet, when Martha ask Jesus to make Mary help her, notice what he tells her, he never says what she’s doing is wrong just that she is busy doing what she’s doing

It’s not wrong to be busy, that’s just everyday life, we just need to learn to balance it,when we put Jesus first everything will balance out, I am a prim example to myself, with seven grand kids ranging from 2 –15 years old,being Associate pastors, Ladies Ministry Director,home life, family it can be way to easy to become too busy & I have been guilty of being too busy and finding myself saying I need my Jesus time!

At the end of John 10, Jesus says he is the one that has come to give us life and that we may have it more abundantly, he wants us to enjoy and embrace our life, our family and more importantly our walk with him, just don’t get so busy you forget where your help comes from.