Meditations

When Pilate asked Jesus if He was the king of the Jews, Jesus responded.  “My kingdom is not of this world.  If my kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews …..”   Jesus’ Kingdom is not of this world neither is ours.  The Lord Jesus said, if His kingdom were of this world, then He would have His servants fight for Him.  That is a message for us. Our kingdom is not of this world.   Why then are we being over- zealous over one candidate over another?   Why are some of us broken hearted because our candidate lost the election?   Our kingdom is not of this world.  Those of us who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior belong to Him, and our citizenship is in heaven.    Jesus is the One to whom we owe our allegiance.  Therefore Believers in Christ Jesus should not be looking to politicians to meet our needs.   We have a Savior who pr...

Sometimes when God wants to use us, He has to place us through undesirable situations.  Sometimes He has to break us away from our pride and arrogance, and that breaking process can be very painful for us.  Sometimes God has to bring the reality of our sinful fleshly nature to our attention.   A good example of how one can come to the end of him or herself is in the parable Jesus told of the lost son. In the parable Jesus told about the son who went astray from his father in Luke 15: 11-32.  The lost son came to himself and he realized he had nothing. He had reached bottom.   He was hungry.  He was living in an awful condition.   His father had everything he needed, a warm bed, plenty of food and clothes.  There he was among pigs living in abject poverty and his father was wealthy.  He started to think, to reflect on his life at home in his father’s house.  There was plenty of food at home and here he was starving....

There is   none   who understands ......Romans 3:11 No one understands God.  No one understands life. No one understands the universe.   Many if not all of us at some point in our lives ask the question.  "Why am I here?"  Why do I exist?  No one understands. I am sure all of us at some point in our lives ask ourselves and others, "why me”?  Why is this circumstance happening to me?   Some commit suicide because they do not understand the circumstances in their lives.     Some ask why is there severe poverty in the world.  Others question the cause of weather related disasters.  No one understands.    No one understands the ways of God.  God says in Isaiah 55:8,9:   "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord.   V9:  "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways. and My thoug...

…. there is none   who seeks after God . Romans 3:11 God does the seeking. God seeks after us. This is why Jesus came to this earth over 2,000 years ago. To seek us out, to redeem us back to our God and His Father and to Himself.   When Adam and Eve sinned against God by disobeying His Command, they hid themselves. God came into the garden and called Adam. Genesis chapter 3. God is still calling men, women, boys and girls today to come to Him – to come and have a relationship with Him.  John 3:16 Jesus when He was here on earth said to Zacchaeus in Luke 19:10, "for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost".  The Lord Jesus also said, ….”for I did not come to call the righteous (those who thought they were), but sinners to repentance.” Matthew 9:13     We are all sinners in need of a Savior.  That's why Jesus came.  Our human nature is at war with God. We want to do what we want, when we...