Life Changing Times?
We are hearing often these days how our lives will change because of the coronavirus. A sampling of these changes include: social distancing will change how people interact; shaking hands and hugging will be done less; businesses will change how they provide services; the demand for fuel will change because of how people will travel; working remotely will become more common; and people will become more cognizant of where their food comes from and how it is prepared.
It’s easy to focus on the changes that affect our routines. But these changes to our daily lives are temporal. We mustn’t lose sight of the one who can change our eternal lives. In Daniel 2:20-22 (ESV) he gave glory to God, saying “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.”
The one who changes times and seasons came and gave his life on a cross that we might be changed forever. We are told “Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed (1 Cor 15:51-52 ESV).” The Covid19 changed our daily lives quickly. But a much quicker change will come for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Let’s be sure to remember that during this season
Scars
April 29, 2020 by admin • Devotionals • 0 Comments
There is an old story about a boy who was having problems controlling his temper and cursing. His father advised him to drive a nail in a fence every time he lost his temper or cursed. The first day he tried it he put dozens of nails in the fence. Over the next several weeks of patiently driving nails in the fence he slowly reduced the number of nails daily and eventually got to zero. After going several days without having to drive any nails in the fence, he went to his father, and happily told him he had not cursed, had not lost his temper, and had not driven any nails into the fence for several days. His father then told him to go pull all the nails out of the fence in which he had driven the nails. It was a huge task because he had to remove several hundred nails. After he completed the job his father pointed out that although all the nails were gone, in every place he had previously driven a nail there was now a scar in the wood.
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