Glory Seed Devotional 02/21/2014

[LostSheep]

Amen Gary

[Crusty Christian]

A Planting of Faith Seeds for the Glory of the LORD
God the Determiner and Definer…

Have you seen one of the automobile commercials where it starts out with a SUV driving up a mountain then in the next scene the vehicle is sitting at the top and the camera pans the horizon? I love mountain scenery and when I see pictures or videos of them they are always breathtaking. But the commercial itself isn’t being honest because neither SUV’s nor any other vehicle can climb to the top of mountains shown in the commercials.

If you want to climb a mountain vehicles can only take you so far, at some point mountain climbing becomes a relationship between the climber and the mountain. I remember shortly after my bypass surgery while still in ICU one of the attending doctors came into my room and reassured me that everything went as planned and then he told me the outcome now was between me and God.

All the gifts and talents of people, all the technology, all the products produced out of technology, all the institutions of higher learning have been, are, and will always have limitations. That was the message God gave to Isaiah and that’s the message Isaiah left for us. “And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’ Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.” (Isaiah 6:9–10, NLT)

In every situation we face in this life and the next it will be our relationship with God that will determine the outcome. Not only will God determine the outcome but he will also define the outcome.

Believe it! Experience it!
Grace and PEACE!
Gary

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“The farmer plants seed by taking God’s word to others… And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word…” (Mark 4:14, 20, NLT)

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