My thoughts and my life

A reminder for today The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9) How was your weekend, my friend? I am 5 days away from my competition and my diet is tough at the moment. When I am hungry I get cranky so I had a grumpy weekend. It is amazing how the enemy seek out our weakness and exploits it. It takes seconds for us to respond to the lies of the enemy, but several minutes to hear the voice of the Lord and just relax, because He’s got it all under control. We must learn to let go and leave it to Him.  This passage in 2 Peter we read about the return of the Lord. Now Peter reminds us here in verse 9 that the Lord is definitely not relaxed concerning His return, but He is giving us time to return to Him and turn away from our old way of life so that all may be saved. Many of us are ready for His return, but so many a...

A reminder for today Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Mark 13:31) Who is this amazing God that we worship? How do we know Him and how do we look at Him? Here are a few ideas I read that I would like to share with you. Jesus is recognized as both Yahweh and Elohim in the prophecy in Isaiah 40:3: “Prepare the way of the Lord [ Yahweh ]; make straight in the desert a highway for our God [ Elohim ].” This verse was written in reference to John the Baptist preparing for the coming of Christ (as confirmed in John 1:23) and represents one of the strongest affirmations of Christ’s deity in the Old Testament. In Isaiah 9:6, we likewise read a prophecy of Christ with a singular variant ( El ) of Elohim : “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God [ El ], Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Jesus is Theos . The New Testament Greek word for God, Theos , is the corresponding parallel to the Old Testament Hebrew term Elohi...

A reminder for today Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:15) There is one constant we can be certain of and that is that life is full of challenges. Yesterday our company announced that they will not pay bonusses this year due to our poor performance. Now in our case this is quite a blow, because both me and my wife works at the same company and this year was a year with a number of unexpected expenses that created a nice debt that we now sit with. It meant we had to cancel our holiday for December which I looked forward too.  Now, immediately the enemy seizes the moment and despair creeps in. Fear gets a nice hold, because what of the debt that will now only increase due to interest. What do you do when you look at this and you cannot see now you will ever get out of this.  I got up this morning still a little edgy and uncertain of what to do. Then the Lord came in this morning and He decide t...