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Under The Surface

June 7, 2010 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given June 7, 2010

My wife and I are spending a few days at the beach in Isle of Palms South Carolina with our two youngest boys and it’s been a good time to get away and reflect on life. As I sat on the balcony this morning doing my devotion and spending some time with the Lord, I looked out over the ocean and was amazed once again at the beauty and simplicity of it. Rolling ripples in the water, consistant color, and the peaceful sound. Then I suddenly realized that, under the surface, there is a whole other world. In this world there are billions of life forms from microscopic to gigantic, awesome beauty, daily living and dying, all God’s creation…and it’s hidden from my sight. But God knows they’re there and He takes care of them just as He does me.

It reminds me that God is in control. It also reminds me that I should have nothing to worry about in this creation because my God made me and He loves me. “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:26. And slso that He has given us dominion over all these other creatures because we are made in God’s likeness: “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Genesis 1:26. There’s always more to the picture than we can see and God’s plan for His creation is awesome. “Under the surface” God is working and He knows what He is doing. Trust Him today to take care of your needs and do some good for those around you whether it be fish or people.

All Things Are New

March 18, 2010 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given February 28, 2010

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV).

I love the spring time of the year. I also love gardening and long to get out in God’s creation and work the land just as soon as the weather will allow. In early March, the crocuses are already poking their heads above the soil in my part of Virginia and, finally, the snow is melting.

I have learned over many springs and summers that there are spiritual lessons to be learned in the garden. You can walk through the garden or your yard this time of year and see new life beginning to spring up everywhere. It’s all in God’s plan for His creation to go through the cycles of the seasons. We go through seasons in our lives as well; birth and newness, life and fruitfulness, dying out, then hibernation and rest, until the process starts all over again. It’s God’s plan. However, our lives do not necessarily follow the same pattern nature does; we may stay in a season for a long time or a short time. But each season has its purpose and God WILL bring us to the next one when the time is right. I’ve found that if I’m in a time of dying out or a time of rest, I just need to, “fret not”, as Jesus would say, learn from Him during this time and look to the future. Besides, even when there’s six inches of snow on the ground, all things are becoming new.

Little Praise Guy

March 5, 2010 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given February 15, 2009

Do you remember how, when you were a kid, you would lay on your back in the yard, look up at the clouds, and “see” objects? “Look, there’s an elephant, and over there, that looks like Mickey Mouse.” “How about that one? It looks like a train.” Did you do that too? Oh, what good times; enjoying God’s creation on a warm summer day. Maybe I’ll try that tomorrow…

We can see God in His creation if we look and He will remind us of things in the strangest places. Take my upstairs bathroom for instance. The floor covering has a marble-like pattern in it and one day I noticed what looked like a bear claw. I had an oval-shaped foot with toes and curved claws sticking from each. I thought, “How cool!” I began looking for other things. Then, over to the right and up a little, there it was. The image you see here; an oval body, round head, stick arms raised up, and, don’t you know, a circle around the head like a halo! It looked to me like a little guy with his arms raised praising God! I call him my little praise guy. Do you see him?

I see God in a lot of places and He shows me things about everywhere I go: “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” Psalms 139:8. It doesn’t take much to see God in the Spring of the year when His creation comes to life again. But if we look, I think we can see Him about anywhere. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13. Try it right now or tomorrow or whenever. Comment back with what you see. Be blessed!

Something Great!

April 10, 2009 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given October 28, 2008

Think about this – The God who said, “Let there be light.” (Genesis 1:3), created Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:27), parted the Red Sea, (Exodus 14:21), help up the sun for 24 hours (Joshua 10:13), raised the dead (John 11:44), and turned water into wine (John 2:9) obviously does things on a grand scale. We can think of many other super things that God did in the Bible so it’s clear to me that He doesn’t settle for mediocrity. Would you agree?

Now, if you’re saved, God is working on you! Do you think He’ll relax His standards just because it’s you? I don’t think so. He said, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,” Jeremiah 1:5. “and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” Ephesians 2:6 , and, “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2. God wants to do grand, wonderful, unbelievable things with His creation – us. And the only limitation in what God is wanting to do in you and me is you and me. We are the holdup.

Today, ask Him to keep working and let Him have His way in you.

Under The Surface

All Things Are New

Little Praise Guy

Something Great!

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