The Truck Is Here

You may be a person for whom some kind of delivery truck comes to your door every day. Whether it be Prime, UPS, FedEx, Door Dash, or Uber Eats, some deliver comes to your door daily. I am one who hasn’t ordered much online, so I rarely receive deliveries. But it is amazing how much and how varied the delivery possibilities are today compared to the past. It seems like it is possible to receive anything at your door, including a new car.

Matthew 19:25-26 says, “When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, ‘Who then can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'” Through Jesus Christ we can receive salvation. Left to our own efforts, salvation is impossible. There is no limit to the good things that God wants to do in our lives, if we will only believe in Him. We may not receive that new car that we want, but we will receive is even better.

More Power

Technology teaches us that more power is available to us. Most of us get new electronic devices and use them for some time, only to discover that these new devices can do many more things than how we have used them. In the words of Time Allen on the Home Improvement television show, “More Power” is at our finger tips. But where is this more power available to us when we simply want to live.

Luke 17:5-6 says, “The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ and the Lord said, ‘If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.'” According to Jesus, it is not the amount of faith that is important, but rather who or what we place our faith in that gives us power. Let’s place true faith in the One who can and will do good and mighty things for us.

Read the Manual

New tasks are much easier when we first read the instruction manual. Ignoring these manuals and instructions makes the learning and implementing processes much more difficult.

II Peter 1:19-21 says, “And we have the prophetic word more full confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” Let the light of God’s Word and His presence rise in your heart and transform you until He comes again and completes the work in you. Read and know God’s instruction manual for life, the Bible.

Self-Promotion

We are taught that we can get what we want by working hard and promoting ourselves in the proper environment. We are taught that we must speak up for ourselves and about ourselves. Social media feeds into this perspective as so-called influencers will go to great links to promote themselves. God has a better way!

I Peter 5:6-7 says, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” We humble ourselves before God by acknowledging that He is more powerful, capable, knowledgeable, good, and authoritative than we are. Knowing that He truly cares for us prompts us to give our fears, worries, and concerns to Him, knowing that He will give His best to us.

Shouts of Joy

Sometimes, when I am hiking, I will turn around a bend or reach the summit of a hill and suddenly behold a beautiful landscape. The unexpected beauty fills my soul with joy, and I want to tell others about what I have seen.

Psalm 126:2-3 says, “Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.” Celebrate the great things God does for you, but also be sure to celebrate the great things that God does for others as well.