• Embed Doc
  • Copy Link
  • Readcast
  • Collections
  • CommentGo Back
Download
 
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 1
The vessel takes its value from the treasure it holds! ‘We have this treasure in clay pots’.God sees your flesh as a worthy vessel!I sold my son’s Isuzu Bakkie for R18 000 recently. When I delivered the vehicle the man paidme with the cash in an old brown envelope. I folded the envelope and stuck it in my pocket.The Khaki pants I wore, I bought at Mr Price for R79.99; they were now suddenly worth R18079.99!! This truth and its fully realised consequence will conquer the world!
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 2
‘And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together! Isaiah 40:5.‘The knowledge of the glory of the Lord shall cover the earth even as the waters cover thesea.’ Habakkuk 2:14. ‘The eye is the lamp of the body! If the eye is focussed the whole bodywill be full of light.’ The revelation of the Incarnation will enlighten your whole body. Matthew6:22.
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 3
In Matthew 16 we read how Simon’s name was changed to Rock (Peter) when he confessedJesus to be the Son of the living God. At the same time he realised his own true origin andidentity beyond his father in the flesh, Jonah, when he discovered the Rock out of which theson of man was hewn. Deut 32:18, Isaiah 51:1, 1Kings 6:7.
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 4
Having contemplated and discussed the implication of such a revelation at length, the Rock(Peter) and his two fisherman-partners, James and John are invited to join Jesus six dayslater on a high mountain. Matthew 17:1-9. Three illiterate fisherman are about to witness thegreatest spectacle! Suddenly on reaching the summit, Jesus is transfigured before them; Hisface shone like the sun and His clothes became dazzling white like light; just then thereappeared before them Moses and Elijah in conversation with Jesus. Six days after Simondiscovers his own new identity in the revelation of the Christ, God reveals man in His image, just like He did on the sixth day in Genesis chapter one, when, for the first time in the historyof the universe, the invisible God showed Himself reflected in a body of flesh and blood. Thefullness of God realised in a human body! Col.2:9,10. Just to prove to Peter that he was rightin seeing that the son of man was indeed the son of God, for a moment He burst through theconfines of flesh, proving that the human body was not an inferior tabernacle to contain God.
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 5
Adam and Eve lost the glory and fell away from that order of life, and became dwarfed anddormant in their inner man. But here in Christ, that same glory is revealed in a human body.Jesus is the full expression in one Person of all the fragments of God’s thought concerningman’s true identity and redemption, as communicated in the law and the prophets. Hebrews1:1,2. This time it is not a reflection of the image and likeness of God in a separate person,but God Himself in the flesh. A new eternal seventh day is about to dawn: the new Sabbath.Man is now invited to join God in His rest. God does not grow weary or tired; His rest is so
 
much more than a special holy day; it is the eternal celebration of perfection, of all that Hesuccessfully accomplished; when the Master Craftsman adds His final touch, themasterpiece reflects it all. ‘We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.’ Eph.2:10. Therest of the Craftsman is a celebration of satisfaction. ‘He rests in His love, and spins aroundin jubilant joy at the thought of you!’ Zeph.3:17.
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 6
The Greek word for love, agape is made up of two words:
ago
, which means to lead as ashepherd leads his sheep, and
 pao
, which means rest! Ps.23. “By the waters of reflectionmy soul remembers who I am.”
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 7
‘Today if you hear my voice, do not harden your hearts.’ Heb.3:13-19, 4:1-11. Now is thefullness of time. Now is an eternal concept, not a time concept. Every moment in the historyof man is God’s now; also every moment in man’s future is God’s now! The moment theindividual embraces His voice, the now of His eternal strategy begins to unfold.
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 8
Redemption is a reality. God cancelled every legal claim against us in His body of flesh whenHe was nailed to the cross. Colossians 2:14,15. He disarmed the claim and dominion of theAccuser over the human body! God’s eternal verdict in man’s favour is beyond dispute and anon-negotiable. ‘We are convinced that one died for all, therefore all have died. From now ontherefore, we no longer consider any man from a human point of view.’ 2 Corinthians5:14,16. Out of all proportion to the effect of Adam’s transgression, is the effect of the freegift of His grace in Christ Jesus. Romans 5:15-19.
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 9
As a Psalmist and worshipper of God, David knew the presence and the plan of God. TheSpirit of prophecy revealed to him the agony of Christ’s suffering on the cross manyhundreds of years before the great historic event: ‘My God, My God why did You forsakeme? Why are You so far away and do You not care to rescue me? Why do You seem to bedeaf to the words of my groaning? I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of  joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast. My strength is dried up like apotsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws. You laid me in the dust of death. Yea, dogsare round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me, they have pierced my hands andfeet, I can count all my bones, they stare and gloat over me, they divide my garments amongthem, and for my raiment they cast lots! We have despised and rejected Him, but He has notdespised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and He has not hid His face from Him, Hehas heard when He cried to Him. The afflicted shall feast and be satisfied. All the ends of theearth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worshipbefore Him. For dominion belongs to the Lord, and He rules over the nations. Yea, to Himshall all the great of the earth bow down. Before Him shall bow down all who go down to thedust. Posterity shall serve Him; men shall tell of the Lord to the next generation, andproclaim His deliverance to a people yet unborn, that He has wrought it. Psalm 22. It is sowonderful to know that Psalm 23 follows Psalm 22! The triumph of the cross is celebrated. ‘I
 
shall not want…even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear noevil!’
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 10
 Seven hundred years before it happens in our history, Isaiah sees the Plan of God, amystery that none of the rulers of darkness understood. Had they insight into the mystery of God, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory, they would have cushioned Him lestHe bruised His foot against a stone!’ 1Corinthians 2:8-10. Because of the law of theIncarnation, everything that happened to Jesus immediately included the human race.Mankind is eternally associated in Christ. Ephesians 1:3,4. The word associate means:occurring together in close union, so as to co-here, in such a way that when any of them isafterwards presented to mind, the others are apt to be brought up in idea. This implies that itis impossible for God to entertain the thought of His son, and at the same time exclude man!In the mind of God, we are associated in Christ on equal terms!
 THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 11
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation!” It is important to understand thatthe ‘if’ is not a conditional word in this context but a conclusion! We are not ‘in Christ’ throughpersonal choice, “of God are you in Christ, whom God made our redemption, our righteousness and our sanctification.” 1 Corinthians 1:30. “All this is from God, who throughChrist reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in ChristGod reconciled the world to Himself not counting their trespasses against them andentrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, Godmaking His appeal through us (to an already reconciled world,) to be reconciled.” 2 Cor 5:14-21. This is why Paul no longer knows anyone from a human point of view, v16, because hesees that in God’s economy when one died for all, His death was mankind’s death. v14.
THOUGHTS FOR LIFE May 12
Sin warped and twisted mankind out of their true pattern. Philippians 2:15. We weredesigned to reflect the perfection of beauty, with no spot or scar of blemish. Eph.1:4. NowHe, who knew no sin was made sin for us so that in Him we might become therighteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21. ‘As many were astonished at Him, Hisappearance was so marred, His body was crushed beyond human resemblance, and Hisform beyond that of the sons of men, so shall He startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of Him; for that which has not been told them they shall see, and that whichthey have not heard they shall understand.’ Isaiah 52:14,15. ‘Who has believed what wehave heard and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up like a root outof dry ground. He had no form or comeliness that we should look at Him; and no beauty thatwe should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows andacquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, andwe esteemed Him not. Surely He has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows; yet weesteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, upon Him was the chastisement thatbrought us peace and by His stripes we are healed!’ Isaiah 53:4,5. ‘He shall see the fruit of the travail of His soul and be satisfied! By His knowledge shall the Righteous one, myservant, make many to be accounted righteous; and He shall bear their iniquities.’ Isaiah
of 00

Leave a Comment

You must be to leave a comment.
Submit
Characters: ...
You must be to leave a comment.
Submit
Characters: ...