8th May 2024.
(Psa.139:13-24).
To this day I can still hear my mother telling me to go and clean up my room. As a teenager that was easy. Simply put things in the cupboard or hide things under the bed hoping that she wouldn’t look at either.
This reminds me of what many of us do with our lives. We clean up the outside of our lives hoping that no one will look into the “closet” where we have hidden our sins by rationalisation and excuses and by blaming others for our own faults.
The problem is that while looking good on the outside, we remain well aware of the mess on the inside. The psalmist really encourages us to submit to the cleaning inspection of God: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting”(vv.23-24). Let’s invite Him to inspect and cleanse every corner of our lives. Reflect then on this SLM:-
“We can own up to our wrongs— because we can’t hide them from God anyway.”
…Pastor Ross.
6th May 2024.
(Gen 12:1-10;13:1).
My GPS at times takes me on a mysterious detour.
That got me to thinking about the detours in life. We may seem to be travelling on a smooth pathway. Then, for some reason, God redirects us into an unfamiliar area. Perhaps it is an illness, some crises or an unexpected change occurs. We don’t understand what God is doing.
Abraham faced a mysterious detour when God told him, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s house” in Gen 12:1. Surely Abraham must have wondered why God was routing him to the Negev desert. But he trusted God and His good purposes.
A GPS may make mistakes, but we can trust our unfailing God. See Psalm 22:4. He will guide us through all our mysterious detours and lead us where He wants us to go. Reflect on this SLM:-
“We don’t need to see the way when we stay close to the One who does.”
…Pastor Ross.
