Yesterday

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.” And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.  Matthew 17:4-8 NASB

Jesus offers Himself as the bread of life. Our invitation is to sit - stand - walk with Him each day, to read His words and to live by them. By the breath of God, with the wisdom of Holy Spirit and living words of Jesus within us we live. 

Jesus, we repent for thinking we can find life away from You. Thank You for speaking to us and teaching us. Amen. 

Read the Bible, reread your Bible. The word of God is mesmerizing. It is a beautiful, challenging, powerful, tragic, mysterious, compelling glimpse into what was, what is and what will be. 

In fact While reading the Bible this morning  I couldn’t help but get the sense that God creates with a deep love - The Bible teaches from it’s early pages that it is not oxygen that sustains our life rather it is the very breath of God that is the life animating source coursing through us all.  

My friends God Himself is in us, with us, connected to us. How fantastic! Deep in the soul of humanity we have been pre-programmed to need communion with God, Wow! 

God’s unconditional love is not a game to be won; it’s the home you needed all along. the joy that pulls laughter out of us- The voice that calms the nightmares and storms.

Mark 4:36-40 NASB Leaving the crowd, they *took Jesus along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. And there *arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Jesus - so so full of miraculous events while He walked among us (His creation) - Can you imagine the signs and wonders demonstrating a breathtaking collision of heaven and earth in His actual presence over two thousand years ago! the Kingdom.  And He is still with us - you don’t have to be out of bed long to see His hand creating the biggest or the smallest moments around us - the flowers that bud or healing the scrape from yesterday. 

I find it interesting which events in the Bible we too often put in the “miracle category” and which ones we downplay - skim over -exclude. 

For example, most of us would put Jesus feeding the five thousand in the keep it box right away, but what about the quiet woman at the well? 

John 4:25-26 NIV The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He.”

God shows us this glimpse of history - there is no grand parade event, there is no physical evidence of a wind storm, there is no spectacle, but this woman was completely transformed, from the inside, by her visit with Jesus. 

Everything that had once been touched by shame and regret and guilt was now touched by hope and grace and love. 

Thank You God!

As we live and breathe today, let us not be so stunned by the large problem we might face that we miss the small step of faith. If we are too caught up in searching for the grand spectacle, the big solution, we just might miss a conversation with the King Himself. 

What an idea! While reading the Bible ask Holy Spirit to teach you, learn from Him that all things are of God and all are from God -  because brothers and sisters this Perspective is powerful; Jesus spent so much of His time and energy helping people wake up to a new way of thinking, seeing, and living through God’s perspective!

Jesus takes everyday situations and flips them upside-down and inside-out, with each story causing us to think, rethink, reexamine, and relearn what it means to be God’s children, pieces of His creation. 

As followers of Jesus, we don’t get to know the details of every chapter of His story, but we do know the ending. In light of where we believe this is all going, we’ve got to let that inform the way we view our life right now. Praise Him!

Yes Lord You are Holy holy holy.

Wow, doesn’t that immediately turn your eyes towards Him! Our Saviour? The Risen King, Jesus Christ!