Hello and thanks to all who read this blog. It seems God is urging me toward something, and I am not sure what form it is going to take. I need to be more involved in the world around me is what I do know. I want to reach out to my neighbors where I live and our “neighbors” as in the folks living near the church I attend.
And I want to reach out to you, wherever and whoever you are.
This past year has been filled with joy and sadness, wonder and anguish, and God seems to be using it all to carve something out on my heart.
I have recently been listening to some of the things I did on the radio, and I feel compelled to make that information more available at least in two ways. One: I am going to share some excerpts here on “Amos Gideon David.” Two: I am going to compile my manuscripts from the radio messages into a book of brief meditations or lessons and make it available through Lulu.com. Then you may access the information on my storefront as a free download or you may have it printed, bound and sent to your door.
The following is an example from the Monday October 17 broadcast.
Do I really trust God for life?
To live by the words of God, we must trust God for life!
The question that each of us must answer positively in his or her own heart to be able to live by Gods words is this: Do I really trust God for life? On the big screen of my life when the words of God project a different picture than what I have imagined, when his blueprint for living alters my design, which life will I embrace? Do I embrace Gods offer or cling to what I have?
The difference between a living faith and religion is this: Faith submits to a Sovereign God; religion reworks the blueprint. Sometimes even our prayer requests are no more than attempts to manipulate Gods plan for our lives.
Let me give an example. Over two thousand years ago King Nebuchadnezzar swept over the land of Judah. A remnant remained and through Jeremiah had been told to not be afraid but to stay in the land and God would take care of them. God called them to accept their new circumstances, their new lives, and he would provide. In spite of Gods assurance, they came to Jeremiah with this request:
Please listen to our request, and pray to the LORD your God for all of us who are left here. Let the LORD your God tell us where we should go and what we should do (Jeremiah 42:2-3 GW).
Please note two things: The seeming sincerity of their prayer and the irony of their request in that they had already been told where and what. When God said No! to Egypt, they exploded in anger.
Azariah, Johanan, and all the arrogant people said to Jeremiah, You’re lying! The LORD our God didn’t send you to tell us that we must not go to live in Egypt (Jeremiah 43:2 GW).
Their prayer request was merely religious camouflage over their demanding hearts. They could not bring themselves to let go of the lives they had planned and accept the life God offered.
