The Daily Scroll - Blessings For Obedience

 “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you  high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and  overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and  blessed shall you be in the field.” (DEUTERONOMY 28)

Read and study the blessings found in the Bible at DEUTERONOMY chapter 34.

All we have to do is obey God and He’ll do the rest. 

The Daily Scroll - Get Ready For Me

 Chuck was a twelve year old boy who faithfully attended church with his family. He learned about the rapture of the church and the second coming of Christ during his growing up years. Chuck loved to spend time in the alter praying and seeking God for His Will in his life. 

One night, after a particularly intense prayer service, he had an intense dream. As he walked down the sidewalk on the way to school, he turned the corner and to his left was the start of a huge mural. It appeared to be hands, palms out, on each side of someone. That someone wasn’t painted yet. Just the hands. When he awoke the dream stuck with him all day as he pondered it’s me@ning. 

The next night he had another similar dream. This time, there were feet. Still no body. This went on for several nights. The next night a body appeared with the hands and feet, cloth in a white robe with a golden sash. It was as bright a# the sun. Nd finally on the final night the face of Jesus appeared and the dream was complete. 

The next day he went with his pastor and dad to the homeless side of town to witness and do missionary work. He had never been here before yet it was vaguely familiar. He and his group turned left and to his surprise, his dream came to life. There was a graffiti painting of Jesus standing with His palms out. Written underneath it said, “Get Ready For Me”

The dreams, come to life, created a fire in Chuck and he spoke to as many people as he could. We all should share His message, Get Ready For Me.”

The Daily Scroll - A Promise Worth Receiving

 After a lifetime of reading, studying, and teaching the Bible, I’m still amazed at the promises of God. There are so many promises that it can become easy to take them for granted. Certain promises such as the ones concerning our salvation are probably the most important, and the ones that we hold most dear. But there are so many other promises that make our lives rich, promises that are fulfilling and give us hope. 

Becoming a senior citizen causes one to think about our future in a different way than it does when we were young because after all, we have less time to fulfill our hopes and dreams. When you are young, you have forever. Or so it seems. But here’s another promise…

"For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). 

God has already allotted for you all the time which you need. And He’ll be with you all the way!

The Bible says, “You shall be careful therefore to do as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and did that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.“ (Deuteronomy 5:32-33) 

The Daily Scroll - Will We?

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

God’s promise is true, but look what we must do. Humble ourself, pray, seek the face of God, and turn from our wicked ways. Will we do it?

The Daily Scroll - Buried or Planted?

 The cares of life so easily encompass us. Life can become like a tidal wave of challenges that lifts us up and pushes us away from where we want to be. We can come to the place where our enthusiasm for our  faith wanes and we ask ourselves, “Am I just burried here?”

“I want to do more, but all my dreams of service to the Lord seem unattainable, nay impossible. Are they just dreams, burried here with me?”  

Take the lowly acorn for instance, wedged and burried underground. If it could, it might say the same thing. But what the acorn doesn’t know is that it’s not burried, it’s planted. Therefore there’s an expectation of growth. There’s an expectation that one day the tiny acorn will become a mighty oak, and it’s leaves will provide shade for those who are weary of the sun, and its branches, a home for those who need a place to build their nest. 

No my friend, you’re not burried, you’re planted with an expectation of growth. Cheer up! It will happen. God has a plan and you’re a part of it. The Bible teaches us, 

“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God” (ESV) (Psalm 92:12-13)

Give yourself some time and you’ll see yourself burst through from the ground when you least expect it.

The Daily Scroll - I Am The Lord Thy God

 Wake up world! Those who are the called of the Lord wake up! I was watching television and saw a “man on the street” interview of various people. He was asking political questions. Some people walked right on by without responding, while others stood and gave lengthy opinions. Watching it made me wonder, what would it be like if Jesus walked out amongst the crowd with a microphone and asked questions of passersby?

What if he asks, “Who is your God?” I suspect some people would quickly walk by and ignore him without responding, while others might stop and try to answer his question about their God. Various gods may be mentioned, but the Christians would have a more personal story, a testimony of how God helped them in one situation or another. 

Then there’s the young man who would pause, look Jesus in the eyes and fall to his knees with head bowed. I can see Lord Jesus gently put his hand under the young man’s chin and gently lift it until their eyes meet. Their surroundings seemingly disappear as Lord Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?”

With trembling lips the young man says, “You are Jesus, the Son of the living God.” The glow of the Holy Spirit shines from around the countenance of Jesus as He replies. “Man has not revealed this to you my son, but only God our Father.  Hide this truth deep in your heart.” And then He was gone!

I have to ask myself if I would recognize Jesus? Would you? Are we close enough to Him? Or is He just a character in a book? I ask myself and so should we all, because He is coming soon.  Not as a nan on the street interviewer with a microphone, but in the clouds with the last trump sounding and the shout of the Archangel.

Jesus asked this question of Peter as recorded in the Bible. 

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.”

The Daily Scroll - Uncertain Certanity

 In a world where evil is called good and good is called evil and standards of truth are seemingly dissolved, truth is optional, so how do we stand? How do we get our bearings? Where is our firm foundation? The only firm foundation that I have found is in the word of God, the Bible. God’s word never changes, he never changes, and it brings about the truth that I may not know about tomorrow, but I know who holds tomorrow. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

As I said, God‘s word never changes and he never changes. Ira Stamphill penned these words in 1950 in his song that says, 

Many things about tomorrow, I don’t seem to understand;

But I know who holds tomorrow, And I know who holds my hand.

The Bible tells us in Malachi 3:6, “I am the Lord, I change not.” 

Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus is the same “yesterday, today, and forever.” 

Hebrews 7:24 says, “But He [Jesus], because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

Now friends, in this world of uncertainty, we may still stand on the foundation of the certainty, of the Word of God.

Song, I know who holds tomorrow, by Ira Stamphill, American songwriter.

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