Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Building A Future

The future for each of us may seem to be unknown. Yet to some degree it can be both known and created by us. If we are willing to set our hearts on serving the Living God, then we can a more certain future through faith and trust in Him. We can know that He will be with us and guide us in His way. What we say and do develops into the future we have to live. In the scripture, it seems that the saying was always before the doing. In Genesis 28 we see that Jacob vowed a vow (mad a promise) to God out loud, saying what he would do if God blessed him. Then God did bless him. Moses, in delivering the Israelites, always spoke before he acted. In Deuteronomy 30 Moses talks about the blessings God wants to give us for doing the commandments of God. He says the power to do it is in our mouth, again indicating that the speaking comes before the doing. Paul quotes Moses in Romans 10:8 when he tells us that our salvation comes by speaking the truth of confession from our heart. Again, the speaking creates the possibility of the ability to act a new future. If we will read the scriptures, pray to and worship God, and speak the good things of the bible over us and our family and friends, with faith and trust in God, we build a future that lines up with what God’s desire for us, and He will bless it.

Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt you as the Most High God. Thank You for all You do to help us through life. Please help us to learn to follow You. Please help us to know the right from the wrong, and to choose the right. Please keep us and guard us, and watch over our families and friends. In Jesus name. Amen.