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www.truthworks.com 25 Jan 06 devotion archive |
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People Be Ready I tell you the Truth, Hello friends! It’s been a while, but I’m back. And there’s good reason that I’m back, but you’ll have to read on to find out why! Luke 12: Speaking in another parable, Jesus stresses to His disciples an important principle - be ready because the master will return unexpectedly. Of course, if you’re like me, this isn’t really news. We’ve been taught since children’s church that Christ is coming back and we need to be ready. However, I believe that being ready means more than just accepting the gift of salvation. It’s more than just having your ticket punched for heaven. Being ready means being active, being caught in the act of service, being readily prepared to serve. When we accept the salvation of Christ, God never intends for us to sit back and enjoy the ride. While there is no means to work for our salvation, there is a command to work out our salvation (Philippians 2:12). And there is a profound reason why we’re to be ready for service. God has an awesome desire to use me and you for His service, which means, there are people out there who depend upon us to receive what God has for them. 41Peter asked,
"Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?" When we’re obedient, God uses us to feed His children. And it’s because of this very scripture that I’m writing to you today. To be honest, I’ve been praying for sometime about whether or not I should continue this ministry. After all, I’ve been writing devotions for ten years and I have so many other things going on right now that are so time consuming. When I first began to write, I had one child, who was only two years old. Now my kids are eight and twelve (and busy!) I’ve prayed (and tried to convince God) about moving on in other directions. A few days ago, I was praying about this matter with great urgency. You see, my yearly contract for my email distribution service is up this month. I should add that the service isn’t free. So, if the devotions were going to stop, now was the time. Within five minutes of that prayer I sat down to study my Sunday school lesson. And there was the answer in verse 42, “give them their food allowance at the proper time.” Well, I believe the proper time is now. So Truth Works will press on until He instructs me otherwise. I encourage you to also consider your service. Are you ready to serve, ready to be used, ready to feed at the proper time? I hope so. If not, perhaps it’s time to get on track and seek God’s will. Again, it’s great to be back. I appreciate your prayers! Your Servant,
Prayer Requests (and Praises!) If you have a prayer request and would like to see it here, please drop me an email so we can share with others. Pray that God will show you how to be ready and prepared for what He desires to use you for. - Randy Please reply if you have prayer requests, comments or simply need an open ear. I always enjoy hearing from you. <*))))))< <*))))))< <*))))))< <*))))))< <*))))))< <*))))))< Copyright © 2006 Truth Works Publishing. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise specified, all scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE,
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