“Do What You Can”

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 in Faith Focus |

Those of you who know me know that every week I hope get a blog out to you. Why? Because I want to encourage people in their faith. I want them to grow in Christ. I want them to put their trust in Him. I want them to praise Him and live for Him. This is my goal every week, but sometimes things don’t work out. This is one of those times, as I find myself with insufficient time to write, and a mind that is a bit fried from my work at the prison. Still, even when we can’t do the bigger things, we can do the things that can take less time. A quick phone call. A supportive conversation. A helping hand. A smile. The sharing of a verse. A quick prayer. For me, this means that for the next few weeks I will be sending out some encouraging words from some otherwriters. By God’s grace, the next time I will send you one of my blogs will be on Saturday, 1/4/19.

 

Please enjoy the devotionals I will send, like the this one from Pastor Alistair Begg:

 

Abundance in God

But there the Lord in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams.

 Isaiah 33:21

“Broad rivers and streams” produce fertility and abundance in the land. Places near broad rivers are remarkable for the variety of their plants and their plentiful harvests. God is all this to His Church. Having God she has abundance. What can she ask for that He will not give her? What need can she mention that He will not supply?

“On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food.”1

Do you want the bread of life? It drops like manna from the sky. Do you want refreshing streams? The rock follows you, and that Rock is Christ.

If you still have any need, it is your own fault; if you are deprived, you are not deprived in Him, but in yourself. “Broad rivers and streams” also point to business.

Our glorious Lord is to us a place of heavenly merchandise. Through our Redeemer we have business with the past; the wealth of Calvary, the treasures of the covenant, the riches of the ancient days of election, the stores of eternity-all come to us down the broad stream of our gracious Lord.

We have business, too, with the future. What ships, laden to the water’s edge, come to us from heaven! What visions we have of a new heaven and a new earth!

Through our glorious Lord we have business with angels-communion with the bright spirits washed in blood, who sing before the throne. Better still, we have fellowship with the Infinite One. “Broad rivers and streams” are specially intended to set forth the idea of security.

Rivers were often a defense. Beloved, what a defense God is to His Church! The devil cannot cross this broad river of God. How he wishes he could turn the current, but do not fear, for God abides unchangeably the same.

Satan may annoy, but he cannot destroy us; no galley with oars shall invade our river, neither will a majestic ship pass through.

1) Isaiah 25:6

 

May God bless you in a special way this Christmas, and may 2020 find you even more committed to Jesus Christ.

 

In Christ’s love,

 

Rob

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