A
reminder for today
All
the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever
he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down
or show him respect. (Esther 3:2)
How are you my dear friend and how have you been? How was
your weekend and did you survive Monday? It is always interesting how a Monday can
start with so many issues all at once and how we can so quickly be pulled into
this stream and before we know it we are much further down than we thought. I love
Mondays, they always have so many surprises and I am often amazed at God’s hand
in helping me through all these surprises. I always believe that these issues
in life are there to humble me and to remind me that I am reliant on God and
that nothing I do comes from me but it all comes from God who graciously
blesses me with my abilities and all my talents.
It is in making me humble that I often realise if we
submit to issues and allow problems to get the better of us we submit to their
power over us. Mordecai refused to bow down and show respect to Haman for he
was a Jew and God was the only one he bowed down to. This is so important for
is in our journey towards a life of change. We should not submit and bow down
to anything other than our Lord. Nothing should take God’s place in our lives
and nothing should come between us.
My dear friend, let us face this day with all that awaits
us giving glory to God by not allowing anything to bring us down but to stand
and fight. The Lord is our strength and with Him we are able to overcome
anything.
Just
as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is
with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each
other. In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things
well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much
faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If
you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be
encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership
ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing
kindness to others, do it gladly. (Romans 12:4-8)
Come my dear friend and let us honour God with our
talents and with everything that we do. Do not let the challenges force us to
submit, but let us force our challenges to submit to us. Whatever we do today,
let us do it well and gladly for our Lord for He will rescue us and set us
free.
Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus
Cheers
