My Journey 9/10 - 9/11/2010

God's insight to me:

Two great devotionals by A. B. Simpson. When I read this first devotional, I was thinking of how my life has changed since I gave to control to Jesus and the leading of the Holy Spirit. The words of A. B. Simpson back then ring true today and why wouldn't they? Christ is the same today as He was back in Mr. Simpson's time. Jesus will never change. Once He is in control of your life you always want to do all in His wonderful name. He is God, in control, if we let Him.

God Is In Control

God is in control,
this you may not know.
God is always there,
many are just not aware.

God will never leave,
this you must believe.
God will see you through
because of His love for you.

God can heal the heart,
once you let Him start.
God can make you new,
see it’s all up to you.

Yes, God is in control,
if you will just let Him grab hold.
God is waiting on you,
to see what you will do.

E. P. Shagott
9/10/2010

Now this second devotional inspired this poem. See, no matter where we are, or what we are doing He is with us. Yep, even if we falter and fall into one of life's traps, He is there to get us back on track. Now if and when this might happen just ask Him to forgive you, and He will, then continue on your journey with Him. What a glorious journey it is. Praise God.

He Is With Us

He is with us day by day,
as we walk along life’s paths.
He will guide our feet so we won’t fall,
and slow us down when we proceed too fast.

He is with us through the storms,
that in our lives are so many.
Reassuring us with His presence,
like a rainbow sent from Heaven.

He is with us when we fail,
because we try things on our own.
He knows our every weakness,
and without Him we are so alone.

He is with us because of His love,
a love that is steadfast and true.
See, He will not leave us or forsake us,
for it is written in His Word to me and you.

E. P. Shagott
9/11/2010


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9/10

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth
a devotional by A. B. Simpson

"Wherefore, receive ye one another as Christ also received us, to the glory of God" (Rom. xv. 7).

This is a sublime principle, and it will give sublimity to life. It is stated elsewhere in similar language, "Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."

This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men. "What would Jesus do?" is a simple question which will settle every difficulty, and always settle it on the side of love.

But we cannot answer this question rightly without having Jesus Himself in our hearts. We cannot act Christ. This is too grave a matter for acting. We must have Christ, and simply be natural and true to the life within us, and that life will act itself out.

Oh, how easy it is to love every one, and see nothing but loveliness when our heart is filled with Christ, and how every difficulty melts away and every one we meet seems clothed with the Spirit within us when we are filled with the Holy Ghost!

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9/11

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth
a devotional by A. B. Simpson

"Lo, I am with you all the days, even unto the end of the age" (Matt. xxviii. 20).

It is "all the days," not "always." He comes to you each day with a new blessing. Every morning, day by day, He walks with us, with a love that never tires and a blessing that never grows old.

And He is with us "all the days"; it is a ceaseless abiding. There is no day so dark, so commonplace, so uninteresting, but you find Him there. Often, no doubt, He is unrecognized, as He was on the way to Emmaus, until you realize how your heart has been warmed, your love stirred, your Bible so strangely vivified, and every promise seems to speak to you with heavenly reality and power.

It is the Lord! God grant that His living presence may be made more real to us all henceforth, and whether we have the consciousness and evidence, as they had a few glorious times in those forty days, or whether we go forth into the coming days, as they did most of their days, to walk by simple faith and in simple duty, let us know at least that the fact is true forevermore, THAT HE IS WITH US, a Presence all unseen, but real, and ready if we needed Him any moment to manifest Himself for our relief.