God in my stormy life

As I was waiting for Jean at the table after breakfast, my eyes fell on Ps.42. In reading vs 5-7, I was encouraged by the truth in vs 8,"But each day the Lord pours out his unfailing love upon me..." This reminds me that faith is in the present tense -now, not yesterday nor tomorrow.

I found a note on my desk I had written earlier...Love is emotion and life style. Jesus said we either love the Father or love the world. I just saw more clearly the outworking of the love of the Father in James ch1.Try reading it in NLT and see the difference in a committed lover of the Father and a Pharisaical Christian. I want to move closer to loving the Father because of His great love to us.

God our Father

With so much unforgiveness around us, I’m reminded of our Father’s work of reconciliation. One clear verse about this is Colossians 1:20b – “…and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.” (NLT)

I’m impressed with the scope of God’s plan of salvation through Christ. Our Father initiated it in reconciling us to Himself by adopting us as His dear children. This makes us joint heirs with Christ and brothers to Jesus because we now have the same Father as Jesus. The Father’s work of reconciliation has tremendous benefits for us. One of them is being at peace with Him:

Romans 5:1 – “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s (Father’s) sight by faith, we have peace with God (Father) because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” (NLT)

I find this wonderful truth in the Lord’s Supper as seen in:

1 Corinthians 11:25 – “…This cup is the new covenant between God and his people – an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.”(NLT) This new covenant between our Father and us is eternal. How blessed we are in this! The new covenant is the result of His marvelous reconciliation of us through Christ.

The more we appreciate God’s reconciliation the more we’ll be able to forgive others totally. Col.3:13b – “…Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” (NLT)

These are good daily reminders for us in walking with God.