If I listen to the Lord every day, then every day He does some teaching with me. That is how we get understanding.
Today's was interesting to me personally, and He is a personal God which we find out when we do actually listen to Him.
I just got a new grand child yesterday, a son. I have a granddaughter from by daughter, and now I also have a grandson from my son. And so it was the when I sat down and talked back and forth with the Lord He began by giving me a teaching, that He asked me to pass on, about the "great cloud of witnesses"
Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Now in the past He had talk to me about how is blessed Abram by giving him children, and even a promised son. That is how God bless Abram by making Him Abraham. Abram means ' the father is exalted', where as Abraham means the 'father of many nations'. And so it was the God blessed Abram with children, even in his old age.
Now I knew that because the Lord had pointed that out to me. I also knew about the fact that we have a cloud of witnesses watching over us in heaven. It turns out they know what we are doing, That can be kind of embarrassing if we really understand it, right?
However this morning the Lord added to it, by simply pointing out that one day I was going to be part of that great cloud of witnesses. And it turns out that is one of the main reason He blesses us with kids, even grand kids!!!
I don't know why I this never occurred to me before? We just don't think out of the box all that well, I guess, which is another reason we need to listen to Him everyday!!!
The things is that with my son, I had him play some sports, like basketball and soccer. And I loved watching him play, like so many parents do. I was a soccer dad. And my son was good at those sports, partly because I would go and play with him to help him be better at them. Now my son is a college soccer coach himself, and so I also get to go to the college games and root his team on. My son is a great blessing to me, and now his son will be a blessing to me also, because if I am alive I will root him and his team on also. AND THE THING IS - I AM GOING TO BE ALIVE - which is simply what the Lord pointed out to me today!! The Lord knows how I am, and knows that whatever my son and grandson choose to do, I will always be there to root them on, because I know Jesus - God's salvation!!
So what about those people today who say they don't want kids because it just costs the money, or because they want sex/ marriage with the same sex?
The Lord Himself gave them the choice to choose!! They could choose right or wrong, good or evil, and the Lord Himself put that out there to choose with our freewill. But how wrong are those decisions. What have we done to our children, when we don't put them in touch with the Lord who is our teacher?
I have a brother and two sisters. And they had children. My brother even now has a grand child also, which He loves playing with because that daughter of his still lives with them and works. So he babysits regularly, and being retired, he loves it. It is a big part of his life.
Yet I also I have a sister who two children don't seem to want to know men. I was talking to her and she had a talk with one of her children who told her that it was not her choice. That is right. It is not the mom's choice, but we know that God can influence people if they do listen to Him. He can make a difference even now for them, if only they would seek Him and listen to Him.
And it is for reason like that, that it is a pleasure to do the work of God like He asks, and come here to preach the Word of God, meaning we people all need to listen to Him!!
Are those missing out on their blessing, really listening to Him? Some do and some don't, but our society is becoming more like Sodom, with the trans ideas, and those ideas that children are the burden and not the blessing. If they listen, do we not have a promise of eternal life, so a promise of a family we can root for forever?
Today's was interesting to me personally, and He is a personal God which we find out when we do actually listen to Him.
I just got a new grand child yesterday, a son. I have a granddaughter from by daughter, and now I also have a grandson from my son. And so it was the when I sat down and talked back and forth with the Lord He began by giving me a teaching, that He asked me to pass on, about the "great cloud of witnesses"
Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Now in the past He had talk to me about how is blessed Abram by giving him children, and even a promised son. That is how God bless Abram by making Him Abraham. Abram means ' the father is exalted', where as Abraham means the 'father of many nations'. And so it was the God blessed Abram with children, even in his old age.
Now I knew that because the Lord had pointed that out to me. I also knew about the fact that we have a cloud of witnesses watching over us in heaven. It turns out they know what we are doing, That can be kind of embarrassing if we really understand it, right?
However this morning the Lord added to it, by simply pointing out that one day I was going to be part of that great cloud of witnesses. And it turns out that is one of the main reason He blesses us with kids, even grand kids!!!
I don't know why I this never occurred to me before? We just don't think out of the box all that well, I guess, which is another reason we need to listen to Him everyday!!!
The things is that with my son, I had him play some sports, like basketball and soccer. And I loved watching him play, like so many parents do. I was a soccer dad. And my son was good at those sports, partly because I would go and play with him to help him be better at them. Now my son is a college soccer coach himself, and so I also get to go to the college games and root his team on. My son is a great blessing to me, and now his son will be a blessing to me also, because if I am alive I will root him and his team on also. AND THE THING IS - I AM GOING TO BE ALIVE - which is simply what the Lord pointed out to me today!! The Lord knows how I am, and knows that whatever my son and grandson choose to do, I will always be there to root them on, because I know Jesus - God's salvation!!
So what about those people today who say they don't want kids because it just costs the money, or because they want sex/ marriage with the same sex?
The Lord Himself gave them the choice to choose!! They could choose right or wrong, good or evil, and the Lord Himself put that out there to choose with our freewill. But how wrong are those decisions. What have we done to our children, when we don't put them in touch with the Lord who is our teacher?
I have a brother and two sisters. And they had children. My brother even now has a grand child also, which He loves playing with because that daughter of his still lives with them and works. So he babysits regularly, and being retired, he loves it. It is a big part of his life.
Yet I also I have a sister who two children don't seem to want to know men. I was talking to her and she had a talk with one of her children who told her that it was not her choice. That is right. It is not the mom's choice, but we know that God can influence people if they do listen to Him. He can make a difference even now for them, if only they would seek Him and listen to Him.
And it is for reason like that, that it is a pleasure to do the work of God like He asks, and come here to preach the Word of God, meaning we people all need to listen to Him!!
Are those missing out on their blessing, really listening to Him? Some do and some don't, but our society is becoming more like Sodom, with the trans ideas, and those ideas that children are the burden and not the blessing. If they listen, do we not have a promise of eternal life, so a promise of a family we can root for forever?