Saturday, February 15, 2014

Being On Track

It is our custom on Saturday morning for me to get up and make pancakes for the family. It started with my daughter getting up early to watch cartoons and my wife sleeping in and I wanted to make a surprise. Now it has become this fun thing we all look forward to for Saturday morning. Today we are having chocolate chip pancakes – yum! This story is really not about pancakes, however.

This story is about finding the good, and repetively doing it. In this case, it is pancakes and family fellowship. But there is more to the story. This morning I became frustrated trying to find the right cooking utensils. Probably none of the readers here have had this experience, but I actually started banging the utensils around to try to find what I needed. Finally my wife came down and rescued me from myself. And she had some songs and scriptures to share with me that God had shared with her. The songs were, “Not By Might” and “Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart”. The scripture was in Ephesians.

Ephesians:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

We are called to repeat the good things of God. Like the sabbath rest, times of love with friends and family, and seeking Him daily. It is important that we do not do the works of darkness but rather call them out for what they are. Even when they are done by us.

Even if we cannot find our kitchen utensils…

Prayer
Father, we exalt You as the most High God. Please help us to do those things You would have us do. Please help us to be Your light to the world, to our family, and to our friends. Forgive us when we mess that up. Please send abundantly today the healing, the deliverance, and the provision we need. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.