- “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
GENESIS 23-24
11Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh. 3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, 4but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
6“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said. 7“The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspringa I will give this land’—he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.” 9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.(24:1-9)5The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”
MATTHEW 8
5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
JOURNAL
God is intimately involved in our lives. He exists in our thoughts, in our world and is fully engaged in our relationships and interactions. From Abraham's servant to Jesus' interaction with the Centurion. God is involved, God is alive and present.
It is in this that I can take confidence that I too have relationship with God. He is in my thoughts, he is in my interactions, he is in my world, every moment of every day. Seeking him for direction and then dedicating my life in service to him is the greatest and best thing I can ever do with my life. I realize also the importance of tending to and caring for all the blessings in my life. For all the things he as given me and that I have responsibility to care for and nurture. That includes not just the physical possessions of house, cars, clothes, but also my health, job, relationships, family. I am to show that I can care for all of it and care for it well before he ever is going to give me more.
7“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
God is intimately involved in our lives. He exists in our thoughts, in our world and is fully engaged in our relationships and interactions. From Abraham's servant to Jesus' interaction with the Centurion. God is involved, God is alive and present.
It is in this that I can take confidence that I too have relationship with God. He is in my thoughts, he is in my interactions, he is in my world, every moment of every day. Seeking him for direction and then dedicating my life in service to him is the greatest and best thing I can ever do with my life. I realize also the importance of tending to and caring for all the blessings in my life. For all the things he as given me and that I have responsibility to care for and nurture. That includes not just the physical possessions of house, cars, clothes, but also my health, job, relationships, family. I am to show that I can care for all of it and care for it well before he ever is going to give me more.
It is in this that I can take confidence that I too have relationship with God. He is in my thoughts, he is in my interactions, he is in my world, every moment of every day. Seeking him for direction and then dedicating my life in service to him is the greatest and best thing I can ever do with my life. I realize also the importance of tending to and caring for all the blessings in my life. For all the things he as given me and that I have responsibility to care for and nurture. That includes not just the physical possessions of house, cars, clothes, but also my health, job, relationships, family. I am to show that I can care for all of it and care for it well before he ever is going to give me more.
7“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
JOSHUA 1:7-9
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