Christian Devotional
By Christian Author Linda Wiggins-Edwards
For God So Loved the World
In today’s times, many people look around and think to themselves “Where is God in all of this?” “How could God let this happen?” “Does God really love the world anymore?” With the devastation that is going on around the globe, these and many other questions are brought to one’s mind. We’ve seen the earthquake & subsequent tsunami in Japan, the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the fighting in Egypt & Libya, the volcanic eruption & tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the 9/11 disaster in NYC, genocide & ethnic cleansing in Darfur & Rwanda. The list goes on & on.
One of the things that we can tend to lose site of, is that God created everything. He created us, He created the earth, and He created everything in and on the earth. Everything belongs to Him and everyone belongs to Him. Whether you believe in Him or not, it doesn’t change the fact that you still belong to Him. This means that He will do what He wants, when He wants, however He wants. He doesn’t need our permission, He doesn’t need our signature of approval, He doesn’t need us to like it, and He doesn’t even need us to understand it. All He needs us to do is to keep our eyes fixed on Him.
Keeping your eyes on God during times of disaster can be extremely difficult for some people, if not completely impossible. For others, it is the only thing that they are able to do, because they know that God is the One, the only One, who is in control of everything. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. All things begin and all things end with God. Even when things look out of control to us, God is in control of everything. It’s difficult to understand sometimes, but when you have your eyes, your heart, your mind and your soul fixed on God, you will understand. All you need to do is just seek Him out.
Look to God for the answers to all of your questions. Ask Him what is going on. Ask Him why things are happening the way they are. Tell Him how you feel. If you’re angry, tell Him you’re angry with Him, if that’s how you really feel. He can handle it. You will not be condemned to hell just for asking God questions or for sharing your true feelings with Him. He knows them all anyway. But when you ask, you must also seek. Seek out what God wants you to know. Allow Him to come into your life and search your heart, to take up residence in your spirit. Ask Him to guide you into His truth, and then give Him the chance to show you how much He really does love you, how much He loves everyone. By seeking God, you’re allowing Him to show you His strength, His power and His glory. You’re allowing Him to transform you. You’re allowing Him the opportunity to make you over into the Christ-like being you were created to be. But you must be willing to seek Him first.
Even though we may still have questions about God’s love for us, He has already given us the answer. He gave us the answer long before we were ever born. He gave us the answer long before the earth was even formed. The answer was sitting at His right hand before the earth came to be, and the answer will still be sitting at His right hand long after the earth has disappeared. How much does God love us? “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16. Life on this earth is only temporary, but everlasting life is forever. Amen.
Written by Linda Wiggins-Edwards
Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.
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Christian Devotional
Christian Devotional
By Christian Author Linda Wiggins-Edwards
"Be Still"
Be still – two very simple, yet extremely profound words. Be still – two words that in and of themselves indicate a lack of motion, inaction, or a time to do nothing. Yet, when we look at these words in a spiritual sense, they indicate anything but inaction. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” To me, this psalm is the most powerful scripture in the Bible. If I could take the entire Bible and read it, understand it, fully discern God’s Word, God’s knowledge, and God’s truth in every word that is written in the Bible, and then had to choose only one scripture that would sum up absolutely everything that is written, I would choose Psalm 46:10. This scripture sums up everything that a Christian needs to understand about God, and it sums up everything a Christian needs to understand about themselves as believers.
Being still means relying completely and solely on God for absolutely everything in your life. Being still means that you allow God to take over your life, to take over your heart, your mind and your soul. It means that you allow God to be the biggest part of your life, and seek Him first in everything that you do. Being still means learning how to allow God to take control, and to always be in control, no matter how much you may want to be in control of things yourself. It means allowing God to work in and through you, so that His will and His purpose for your life may always be accomplished. Being still means understanding that no matter what may happen, God is the one with the perfect knowledge, the perfect plan, and the perfect solution for everything that may happen in our lives. It means allowing Him to do what needs to be done, in order that He may get all the glory. It means allowing God to do whatever, whenever, however. Simply put, being still means allowing God to be God.
Being still is by no means an easy task. It can take an entire lifetime to achieve, and even then, some of us will never fully understand the absolute completeness of the spiritual meaning behind these two simple words, if any of us ever will. Being still in a worldly sense means a lack of action, but it also means a lack of action in a spiritual sense as well, but in an entirely different way. As Christians, to truly understand and be able to accomplish being still, it will require a tremendous amount of work, a tremendous amount, for us as believers. Being still requires faith, trust, humility, love, obedience, thankfulness, patience, quiet, wisdom, understanding, strength, righteousness, perseverance, fearlessness, purity, devotion, dedication, contentment, confidence, reverence, discipline, seeking, listening, joy, peace and hope.
And not one of these things can be obtained, acquired, learned or accomplished without first doing everything we can to become the Christ-like beings that God created us to be. Being still requires a total transformation by God, so that we may have a total dependence on God. Once we are able to do that, and we see the awesome, magnificent, omnipotent power of our Creator, our Heavenly Father, our Lord & Savior, and we see the miraculous things that He is capable of, we will forever exalt His Holy name! All we have to do is learn to be still. Amen.
Written by Linda Wiggins-Edwards
Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.
By Christian Author Linda Wiggins-Edwards
"Be Still"
Be still – two very simple, yet extremely profound words. Be still – two words that in and of themselves indicate a lack of motion, inaction, or a time to do nothing. Yet, when we look at these words in a spiritual sense, they indicate anything but inaction. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” To me, this psalm is the most powerful scripture in the Bible. If I could take the entire Bible and read it, understand it, fully discern God’s Word, God’s knowledge, and God’s truth in every word that is written in the Bible, and then had to choose only one scripture that would sum up absolutely everything that is written, I would choose Psalm 46:10. This scripture sums up everything that a Christian needs to understand about God, and it sums up everything a Christian needs to understand about themselves as believers.
Being still means relying completely and solely on God for absolutely everything in your life. Being still means that you allow God to take over your life, to take over your heart, your mind and your soul. It means that you allow God to be the biggest part of your life, and seek Him first in everything that you do. Being still means learning how to allow God to take control, and to always be in control, no matter how much you may want to be in control of things yourself. It means allowing God to work in and through you, so that His will and His purpose for your life may always be accomplished. Being still means understanding that no matter what may happen, God is the one with the perfect knowledge, the perfect plan, and the perfect solution for everything that may happen in our lives. It means allowing Him to do what needs to be done, in order that He may get all the glory. It means allowing God to do whatever, whenever, however. Simply put, being still means allowing God to be God.
Being still is by no means an easy task. It can take an entire lifetime to achieve, and even then, some of us will never fully understand the absolute completeness of the spiritual meaning behind these two simple words, if any of us ever will. Being still in a worldly sense means a lack of action, but it also means a lack of action in a spiritual sense as well, but in an entirely different way. As Christians, to truly understand and be able to accomplish being still, it will require a tremendous amount of work, a tremendous amount, for us as believers. Being still requires faith, trust, humility, love, obedience, thankfulness, patience, quiet, wisdom, understanding, strength, righteousness, perseverance, fearlessness, purity, devotion, dedication, contentment, confidence, reverence, discipline, seeking, listening, joy, peace and hope.
And not one of these things can be obtained, acquired, learned or accomplished without first doing everything we can to become the Christ-like beings that God created us to be. Being still requires a total transformation by God, so that we may have a total dependence on God. Once we are able to do that, and we see the awesome, magnificent, omnipotent power of our Creator, our Heavenly Father, our Lord & Savior, and we see the miraculous things that He is capable of, we will forever exalt His Holy name! All we have to do is learn to be still. Amen.
Written by Linda Wiggins-Edwards
Copyright 2011. All rights reserved.
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