Daily Bread_November 19, 2014

Title: Do You Have a Friend Who Has Never Failed You?

Text:

Acts 1:6-8 (ESV)
⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" ⁷ He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Observation:

Yesterday, I shared my story; I wrote about how I got started on the Christian journey of walking with the Lord; of being a Christ follower.

Today, I woke up, and read the passage that I selected for the text for today's meditation. This passage was what I needed today. I asked the question, "Lord, what are you saying to me today in my situation?" He said, "Get up and let's talk about it".

This is the portion of the text that grips me and thrills me.

Acts 1:8 (ESV)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Whatever I need on my journey, God will supply. Whatever He wants me to do, God will provide the power to do it. In my 65 years of walking with the Lord He has never failed to keep this promise.

Philippians 4:19 (ESV)
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

When you don't know what to do, I have found that the best thing that I can do is to ask the Lord a question like the one Paul asked; God will tell you what to do next.

Acts 9:6 (HCSB)
"But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

Prayer:

Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful that I have a God who knows my name, and who delights in spending time alone with me. O how sweet it is to be in the presence of God, to look into His face, and to hear His sweet voice. You can have the world; but for me, just give me Jesus.

Father God, I have started with Jesus, and I'll go with Him all the way; I'm on my way to heaven, and I'm so glad. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
  He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
  And thus He bound me to Him.
And round my heart still closely twine
  Those ties which naught can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine,
  Forever and forever.

Source: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/288

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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
⁴ But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
⁸ Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

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