Some Things to Think About Part 2

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Some Things to Think About (Part 2)
Now that I am off my soapbox from yesterday, here is the rest of the list of things to think about as you take spiritual inventory. They are adapted from Anne Graham Lotz’s book, Expecting to See Jesus (Zondervan):

Hypocrisy: Are you pretending to be more spiritual than you are? Are you pretending to be anything that you are not?

Pride: Are you impressed with your own reputation and accomplishments? Are you offended and resentful when someone else receives attention? When sitting in church, instead of preparing your heart for worship, are you wondering if people have noticed your appearance?

Neglect of family: What have you truly sacrificed for their spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being? Nothing? Very little?

Neglect of God’s family: Who has fallen into sin or disgrace within your church? What have you done to reach out to that person in love? Or is there someone in your church family who has lost a job or is in some physical or practical need, and you have said glibly,”I’m praying for you,” yet have done nothing to help? And then did you quickly forget, and didn’t pray?!

Envy: Who seems more gifted and fruitful and recognizable than you? Have you felt jealous?

Critical Spirit: When have you found fault with someone because he or she doesn’t measure up to your standards?

Slander: When have you told the truth about someone, with the intention of causing others to think less of him or her?

Lying: When have you either made a statement or implied something that was contrary to the unvarnished truth?

Cheating: When have you not done to others what you would have them do to you?

Robbing God: When have you exercised your gifts or spent your time, money, or energy on things that had a selfish goal, without asking God first?

The list goes on … unforgivenes … self-indulgence … anger … jealousy … gossip … worry … doubt … immorality  of any kind whether visual, mental, virtual, or actual …!!!!

Wow! That is some list. I know that I have had to prayerfully think through the list to take inventory of my life. How about you? Is the Spirit of God tapping you today? If so, listen and then purpose in your heart to make it right. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Matthew 1; Psalm 78; Proverbs 23
Compass Pointers: Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don’t ‘feel called’ to the mission field. We don’t need a call; we need a kick in the pants. We must begin thinking in terms of ‘going out’, and stop our weeping because ‘they won’t come in’. Who wants to step into an igloo? The tombs themselves are not colder than the churches. May God send us forth.  Jim Elliot
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: Prayer is not conquering God’s reluctance, but taking hold of God’s willingness. Phillips Brooks

I Can’t Believe What I Heard

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I Can’t Believe I Heard What I Heard
I was going to do a follow-up email to yesterday’s teaching from Anne Graham Lotz, but I am too fired up about something to just let this one go.
One of my pet peeves about blogging, Facebook, Twitter, is that many people use these platforms as a means to vent and tear down ministries and people. Some feel it is their responsibility to scrutinize every jot and tittle, and hear me – we need folks that will help to keep us from drifting off course. Sometimes I wish that these well-meaning folks would be balanced and blog and journal about people who are doing and saying the right things rather than to use their audience as a bully pulpit.
I have tried to not use the Freedom Fighter platform to express my personal views on politics and my personal “hobby horses.”  But this one I can’t let go.
Some of you have read the remarks that Pat Robertson made last week suggesting that a spouse who has a spouse with Alzheimer’s is free to divorce that individual because this disease really is like a death. I have to confess – I almost came unglued.

Where in the world did he come up with this teaching from the Word of God? Before I put something in print, I did write to the folks at CBN to make sure that this was really what was said and not just some individual who thought they heard something he said and running with it.

CBN did confirm that this is what Pat Robertson believes! Maybe I am more sensitive to this issue because I live in a community that is filled with senior citizens. These folks are my friends, my prayer partners, my supporters. I have watched countless numbers of these precious saints who have lovingly supporter their loved one and honored their marriage vows that say “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” They have followed through on their commitment that said “till death do us part!”
If I follow through Pat’s line of thinking, does this now give a spouse who has a mate living out life in a nursing home, who may be clinically brain dead and in a coma, the freedom to divorce that mate?
I would love for Pat to meet Dr. Robertson McQuilken, one of my heroes of the faith, who stepped down from his role as the President of Columbia Bible College, now Columbia International University. He lovingly cared for his wife, Muriel, for 25 years. Check out her obituary: A Promise Kept.
Me thinks it would be the right thing for Mr. Robertson to correct his statement on national TV and make this right. I don’t see that happening, but I pray that he will.
For those of you who have family members who are struggling with Alzheimer’s, know this: I applaud you, support you and will pray for you. May God give you the strength and grace to finish well. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: John 1:1-14; Psalm 77; Proverbs 22
Compass Pointers: The open door does not necessarily mean the easy pathway. G. Campbell Morgan 
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: The purpose of prayer is not to get man’s will done in heaven, but to get God’s will done on earth. Warren Wiersbe

Some Things to Think About

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Some Things to Think About
Every so often  read something that grabs my heart and says, “take a look at this!” You sorta go on auto-pilot and then the Spirit of God grabs your attention through an author that makes you think.
This happened recently reading a book by Anne Graham Lotz, Expecting to See Jesus. In the chapter, Rend Your Heart, Anne suggests that we look at some of the areas of our life that could be holding us back from being all that God wants us to be. I will share with you today, and eight more tomorrow:
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Neglect of Bible reading: How many days have you gone without opening your Bible? How many days have you read it yet you can’t remember what you have read?Ingratitude: For what blessing, or answered prayer, have you neglected to thank God?
Unbelief: What promise has God given that you doubt will be fulfilled? Are you doubting that He is willing to forgive any or all of your sin?

Prayerlessness: How often are your prayers just spiritual “chatter” – offered without fervent or focused faith? And remember, daydreaming or fantasizing is not prayer.

Unconcern for the lost: Who do you know who have never received Christ as Savior? When have you shared the gospel with that person? Never?

Ignorance of the lost: Did you skip church when a missionary was scheduled to speak because you thought he or she would be boring? Can you even name one missionary who is on your prayer list?
(Adapted from Expecting to See Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz and published by Zondervan)

Think through the list. Anything that you need to adjust? Taking inventory is hard, but necessary. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Luke 1; Psalm 76; Proverbs 21
Compass Pointers: “Hope is nothing else than the expectation of those things which faith has believed to have been truly promised by God.  Thus, faith believes God to be true, hope awaits the time when His truth shall be manifested; faith believes that He is our Father, hope anticipates that He will ever show Himself to be a Father toward us;  faith believes that eternal life has been given to us, hope anticipates that it will some time be revealed;  faith is the foundation upon which hope rests,  hope nourishes and sustains faith….hope strengthens faith, that it may not waver in God’s promises or begin to doubt concerning their truth.” John Calvin 
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: Do with your hearts as you do with your watches, wind them up every morning by prayer, and at night examine whether your hearts have gone true all that day. Thomas Watson

The Battle and the Blessing

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THE BATTLE AND THE BLESSING
“And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the Most High God, the Possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich. …” (Genesis 14:22-23)

            Here is a very valuable and instructive lesson from the life of Abram.  It is an account of his encounter with two kings — one from Sodom and another from Salem, the ancient name for Jerusalem.  One was a king of unrighteousness and ruler over a wicked city, the other a king of “righteousness” from the city of “peace.”  It occurred subsequent to Abram’s return from a major victory and reminds us of the opposing calls of allegiance that come from the enemy of our souls and from the One who loves and cares for us.
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            Returning from battle, Abram and his troops were approached by the King of Sodom.  But before this wicked king could cut a “deal,” Abram was met by Melchizedek, a mysterious man who stepped in with bread and wine to refresh Abram and his troops from the recent conflict. Blessing him, Melchizedek reminded Abram of the true reason for his victory—God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth, and everything in between.  The blessing reaffirmed in Abram his resolve to stay wholly committed to the Lord at this critical juncture in his life. Prepared in heart, Abram was now able to refuse the alluring offer made by the King of Sodom and thus make his victory truly complete.  
            And so it is with the Lord Jesus, our King and Priest who graciously refreshes us from our battles, reminds us of our commitments at vulnerable times, and readies us for the temptations that may come our way.  Mark Kolchin is Executive Director of Know the Word Ministries, a teaching Elder at Bethany Bible Chapel, and serves of the Board of Trustees of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Malachi 1-4; Psalm 75; Proverbs 20
Compass Pointers: “The person who is not moved….to leave the Law and the confidence in his own righteousness for the Liberty of Christ, has a heart that is harder than stone and iron.  Paul….does not say that works are objectionable, but to build one’s hopes for righteousness on works is disastrous, for that makes Christ good for nothing.  Let us bear this in mind when the devil accuses our conscience.  When that dragon accuses us of having done no good at all…say to him, ‘You trouble me with the remembrance of my past sins; you remind me that I have done no good. But this does not bother me, because if I were to trust in my own good deeds, or despair because I have done no good deeds, Christ would profit me neither way.  I am not going to make Him unprofitable to me’.  This I would do if I should presume to purchase for myself the favor of God…..by my good deeds or if I should despair of my salvation because of my sins.” Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: It is significant that there is no record of the Lord teaching His disciples how to preach; but He took time to teach them how to pray and how not to pray. L. A. T. Van Doore

The Believer’s Obituary Notice

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THE BELIEVER’S OBITUARY NOTICE
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and give Himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
            A comedian said that the first thing he turned to in the morning newspaper was the obituary column.  If he didn’t find his name there, he was good for another day.  In the spiritual realm there are numerous New Testament verses which declare the fact that, in identification with Jesus Christ, the believer has died to sin and self.  His death has been legally applied to us.  In a very real sense, when He hung on the cross and died for my sin, I died with Him.  I no longer have responsibility to live the life of sin and bondage.  Now there is a new life principle within me – “Christ lives in me.”
            Our theme verse provides a spiritual obituary notice which declares that I am dead to the law which condemns me for my sin (v. 19).  Death always changes relationships.  That which controlled my life under sin can no longer control me – I died to it (see Romans 6:3-7).  In order for this to become real in my life, I must reckon myself dead to sin (Romans 6:11).  There are those who feel that they must die to self, and they work at it.  The problem is that they are too late.  The Bible says that they have already died in Jesus Christ.  One Bible teacher thought that it might help if he could rent a coffin and then invite the congregation to file past it.  He planned to place a mirror in it so that as they filed by, they would see themselves in the coffin.
            But the scripture does not leave us as spiritual corpses.  We are declared to be alive in a new relationship – “Christ lives in me.”  His life is imparted when a person is born again, and it is His desire that His life should be lived out through that new believer.  When an appeal is made for a  Christian to act independently of Christ, the issue can be resolved by asking, “Whose life is it, after all?”  “How would Jesus live and act in this situation?”  On the basis of the biblical answers to these questions the response should be to allow His life control – we must yield to Him.
            Our identification in the work of the cross and in the risen life of Christ is not a feeling but realized by faith in the Son of God.  As a result of faith resting on these facts, the child of God can enjoy freedom from the domination of sin.  In yielding to the risen Christ and allowing Him to have full control of the life there is victory. Today’s devotional is from REAL VICTORY FOR REAL LIFE. Dr. William A. Raws was the grandson of the founder of America’s Keswick, and was a beloved Bible teacher, pastor, friend and mentor.
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GPS – God’s Positioning System: Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 74; Proverbs 19
Compass Pointers: For years, maybe, you have tried fruitlessly to exercise control over yourself, and perhaps this is still your experience; but when once you see the truth you will recognize that you are indeed powerless to do anything, but that in setting you aside altogether God has done it all. Such discovery brings human striving and self- effort to an end. Watchman Nee
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer. William Wilberforce

The Glory of the Lord

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The Glory of the Lord
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 Chronicles 7:1
I read this devotional on Saturday morning and thought it would be a good one for this beautiful fall Lord’s Day:
The glory of the Lord is His presence. When God occupies a place, His glory is unmistakably evident! God has high standards for where He will make His presence known. He does not respond to our whims or come on our terms.

Solomon longed for God’s presence to be obvious in the temple that he had painstakingly built for Him. Solomon had spared no expense or effort in building this magnificent temple as a house for the Lord. Yet he understood that constructing a spectacular building was no guarantee that God would choose to inhabit that place.

So Solomon prepared HIMSELF and the people in the hope that God would look down upon them with favor. The priestly choir sang and played instruments in reverent praise to God (2 Chronicles 5:11-14). The priests sacrificed so many animals on the altar that they could not count them (2 Chronicles 5:6). Solomon prayed and when he finished, fire came down from heaven and consumed the offering. The glory of the Lord filled the temple! God’s glory was so overpowering in Solomon’s temple that the priests could not carry on their normal activities (2 Chronicles 7:2).

There is no mistaking when God inhabits a place. God’s glorious presence fills a place, and it is impossible to carry on business as usual!!! The New Testament teaches that OUR LIVES are temples because Christ abides in us (1 Corinthians 3:16). We cannot assume by this that our lives are pleasing to Him like Solomon, we must thoroughly prepare ourselves so that God will choose to reveal His presence in our lives. When He does, there will be now doubt that it is God!
from Experiencing God – The Devotional by Henry Blackaby (Broadman)

As I read this devotional the thought that came to my heart was this – we often come to church expecting God to fill the “temple” with His glory. We are the church – we are His temple – if we want to experience the presence of God in our CORPORATE worship – we need to be sure that He is filling US – His temple with His glory. If we all showed up to church in this way – just think what might happen for HIS GLORY! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Nehemiah 8-10; Psalm 73; Proverbs 18
Compass Pointers: The more we trust, the more reasonable we find it to trust.
George Macdonald
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 10:10; Level 2: John 10:7-18
Anchored to the Rock: Prayer should be fundamental , not supplemental. William J. C. White

A Prayer for Perfectionists

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A Prayer for Perfectionists
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:18-19
From time to time I have shared with some prayers written by Pastor Scotty Smith, who is the senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN. Scotty was personally mentored by a mutal friend, Dr. C. John Miller, founding pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Glenside, PA.
Scotty has a book of “Gospel-centered” prayers that I would highly recommend that you add to your devotional library. It is published by Multnomah, and can be ordered from America’s Keswick (732-350-1187 ext. 21)
I read this prayer yesterday, and it was right on target for me:
Gracious Father, I begin this day with a desire to live much less of a driven life and much more of a called life. In essence, I want to live with less fear and more freedom, less frenzy and more by faith, with fewer obsessions and with much more adoration of You, the God of all peace.

As I get older I just don’t have as much energy to juggle as many balls or spin as many plates as I used to. This is simultaneously a humbling thing and a good thing. For if greater grace comes to the humble, then accepting my limitations is essential for my liberation. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!

It’s not difficult to see that my drivenness and busyness are rooted in fear – the fear of not being enough and having enough, the fear of losing face and losing control, the fear of missing the mark and missing out.

Come, Lord Jesus, come. Your perfect love alone can liberate this poser, performer, perfectionist. Drive out my fears by a greater grasp of your grace. You lived a life of perfect obedience for me as the second Adam, fulfilling everything God requires of me. You died a death of perfect love for me as the Lamb of God, exhausting God’s judgment against my sin. Your resurrection from the dead on the third day is the firstfruits and guarantee that one day I will be as lovely as You and as loving as You, Jesus.

Indeed, one day I will be made more perfect in love, all because of You, Lord Jesus, for perfection can only be found in YOU! I love You because You first loved me and continue to love me. May Your perfect love continue to drive all pernicious fear from my life. I pray in YOUR glorious name. Amen!

I needed to hear that today, guys. I needed to be whacked on the side of the head. This is right where I am – how about you? – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Nehemiah 6-7; Psalm 72; Proverbs 17
Compass Pointers: I have never heard of a sin being committed without knowing full well that I had the seed of it within myself. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1:John 8:12; Level 2: John 8:42-47
Anchored to the Rock: God does nothing but in answer to prayer. John Wesley

Who Wants to Be a Water Boy?

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Who wants to be the Water Boy?

“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” John 13:14-17 (ESV)

I was on the high school wrestling team for a whole…month, I think, if that. During a scrimmage my opponent was going for a figure four take down and pulled my right arm so hard that my forearm was injured. It ended my season as a wrestler but I was permitted to stay on the team as the “Manager”. I got to clean the mats and make sure the rest of the team got towels and cold water during matches. I wanted to be on the team and that was the way that went. They may have given me the title of manager but who were they kidding? I was the water boy pure and simple. But I didn’t want to quit on the team as a whole. They were friends who I didn’t want to let down so I dealt with being the manager slash water boy.

Now let’s fast forward to this present day. The one thing I can’t understand lately is why it has become so hard to be the water boy these days. While I was at Keswick over Labor Day weekend and a good friend of mine, Leonard, and I were having a conversation about being a water boy. He is somewhat older than myself but we seem to fire on the same cylinders on matters concerning the Body of Christ. “It’s so bad that even the folks in our congregations think they are above this” he had said to me. “It’s like they don’t get it anymore” he continued. As the weekend ended, I had a similar conversation with my close Brother in Christ, Mark, about the water boy question and we expanded on it. Check this out…
Most of the secular world looks upon the water boy with demeaning eyes. They are abused by some of the players who think they are the stars of the team. Water boys have to clean up what others just don’t feel like cleaning up. They have to keep the water flowing and refreshing. The girls pass them by after the game to go after the guys who made the big plays and got the winning touchdown. And even in some cases the water boy is subjected to physical abuses for a good laugh at their expense. The water boy may just see a 3-4 blitz formation that covers the passing zones, prevent a touchdown and can lead to an interception but he will not get taken seriously, after all he is just the water boy. Is it in this that some church leaders cannot humble themselves to follow the example of The Water Boy?

Here’s where I am going with this…more and more these days there seems to be an emphasis on the messenger and not The Message. There are some of us in the church who want to be the “one” with that great Gospel message so much that we forget to apply that great Gospel message to our everyday living. Oh we are giving that cold cup of water out to the suffering but it’s not from a servant of the Messiah, it’s from so-n-so from the church of such-n-such and “you should come out and visit our church because we are where it’s at!!” Never once realizing that they are the ones who are totally losing the idea of doing from the agape in the heart of a person who is content in just knowing Jesus Christ. So far gone my brothers that it seems so outta sight and so outta mind.

Jesus gave “The” example of what true leadership really should be all about and that is to be humble enough to be the water boy even if you are the Savior of the world or think you are a star wide receiver. I will admit that I have my times when I fail doing this in my role of headship in the home. That is really where the great Gospel message needs to be applied to our everyday living. I think once we get this very plain simple idea down in our homes we can let it overflow into our church pews and then it can, dare I say this, trickle upwards to the platforms and the pulpits. Yeah I know water is supposed to flow downwards but if a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him but then again just about anything is possible when we are obedient in our role as water boy, huh? – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and a regular Freedom Fighter contributor

GPS – God’s Positioning System: Nehemiah 1-5; Psalm 71; Proverbs 16

Compass Pointers: “What is it that prevents people from coming to that entire surrender that we speak of? It is simply that they do not dare abandon themselves and trust themselves to God. They are not willing to be nothing, to give up their wishes, their will, and their honor to Christ. Will we refuse the salvation that Jesus offers? He gave up His own will. He gave up His own honor. He gave up any confidence in Himself. He lived dependent upon God as a servant whom the father had sent. This is the salvation we need—the Spirit of humility that was in Christ.” The Master’s Indwelling  Andrew Murray

Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1:John 8:12; Level 2: John 8:42-47

Anchored to the Rock: It’s not only to resolve our problems that we should pray, but to share in the strength of God’s friendship. For us, prayer should be not merely an act, but an attitude of life. Billy Graham

In Christ We Have

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In Christ We Have
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 1:3 (NASB)
Sometimes when the roads of life are bumpy and life seems to be out of control, or if your circumstances don’t make sense, we need to remind ourselves  that IN CHRIST WE HAVE …
A love that can never be fathomed;
A life that can never die;
A righteousness than can never be tarnished;
A peace that can never be diminished;
A hope that can never be disappointed;
A glory that can never be clouded;
A light that can never be darkened;
A happiness that can never be enfeebled;
A purity that can never be defiled;
And resources that can never be exhausted.

The presence of Christ is the joy of my life.
The service of Christ is the business of my life.
The will of Christ is the law of my life.
The glory of Christ is the crown of my life.

If you are in the pits today – having a pity party, or if you feel unloved, forsaken or misunderstood – go back and remind yourself of all you have IN CHRIST! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
GPS – God’s Positioning System: Ezra 7-10; Psalm 70; Proverbs 15
Compass Pointers: I have never heard of a sin being committed without knowing full well that I had the seed of it within myself. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1:John 8:12; Level 2: John 8:42-47
Anchored to the Rock: A prayerless Christian should be a non-existent species. Geoff Treasure

Thanksgiving and Victory

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THANKSGIVING AND VICTORY

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

            Have you ever heard a Christian say, “Thank God for everything?”  They work so hard to find some way to be thankful for the problems of life. In trying to be always thankful they ask, “What is God trying to teach?”
            When asked that question I say, “I cannot answer because I am not God.” A better question is, “What can I learn from each experience?” Every experience has many ways of responding, we can learn more than just one lesson. With this question we can mature more quickly.
            It is not for everything but in everything. In the loss of a loved one we can give thanks not for the loss but for God’s unfailing grace. In the darkest storms of life we may not be thankful for the experience but in the experience we can hold more tightly to the hand that is holding ours. In the coldness and emptiness of soul one can still be thankful that it will not last.
            Think of Adam’s first experience with night. God came to Adam to be with him through it. He must have wondered what was happening to the sun as it disappeared below the western horizon. How relieved he must have felt when it rose above the eastern horizon. He must have said, “I hope I never have to go through that again.”
            Or think of the first fall and winter as he watched earth die and return to life in the spring. Did he say, “Wow, I hope I never have to go through that again!” Did he learn that God could be trusted even when his senses failed? Did he learn to thank God for all of the trees from which he could eat or focus on the one tree that was forbidden?
When all things fail
And foes assail,
Give thanks!
When the night
Is bereft of light,
Give thanks!
Not for the pain
You feel again,
Give thanks
But for the God who
Will see you through
For That, Give Thanks!

Rev. George Van Sandt is a frequent contributor for Freedom Fighter and the Keswick devotional, Real Victory for Real Life

GPS – God’s Positioning System: Esther 6-10; Psalm 69:19-36; Proverbs 14
Compass Pointers: A good workman can accept the reward of his labor with assurance, but one who is idle and shiftless cannot look his employer in the face. That is why we must devote ourselves heart and soul to the task of well-doing, for everything comes from the hand of God and He has already warned us, “See the Lord is approaching, with his reward before him, to pay every man as his work deserves.” Clement
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1:John 8:12; Level 2: John 8:42-47
Anchored to the Rock: I want to be begging mercy every hour. William Tiptaft