1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
The God who calls us to our Christian faith is faithful to
fulfill His promises to us. From the
moment that we surrender to His Son, Jesus, as Our Savior, He commences a good
work in us that He promises to finish.
He will be steadfast in His continuous work of sanctification in our
lives.
New government authority, new boss, new co-worker, new
neighbor, new acquaintance, new friend - not a single one is new by
chance. God has placed each of those
that are around us to teach us new things about ourselves. It seems impossible that such a plan could be
put in place for each of us. But our God
is a God of the impossible. He has no
limits to His power and His authority.
He loves us so much that He goes to an extraordinary, nearly
unimaginable, level to insure that we are surrounded by a host of
intercessors. These intercessors in our
lives are placed there for one reason.
God in His mercy and His grace wants to insure that we are properly
prepared to spend eternity with Him.
In the life of the believer, there is no such thing as
chance. Our sovereign God is always in
total control of everything. Do not miss
the flip side of our relationships with our surrounding intercessors. God wants us to join Him in the work that He
is doing in the lives of those around us.
We are simultaneously the other half of all of these relationships in
our lives - the new boss, new co-worker, new neighbor, new acquaintance, new
friend - and again, not a single one is new by chance. God has purposely placed us in each
relationship to be a giver as well as a receiver of His intercessory work in
our lives.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your providence in our
lives. We rejoice in knowing that You
understand our weaknesses and provide intercessory support through those that
You place around us. We pray, Father,
that Your Holy Spirit will alert us to the intercession that You have planned
for us. May we learn to grow through the
circumstances that engulf us from time to time.
May we be gracious and willing receivers of the intercession that You
have placed in our lives. We pray that
in turn You will provide the wisdom that we need to be fruitful intercessors
for others as we engage them in the journey that is life. We ask all these things in the name of Our Most High Intercessor, Jesus Christ.
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