My Life Is In His Hands

Bishop Walker always says what you stand under is what you understand and it is so true, in reading the Wisdom of Psalms below this came to mind. I hear so many people say what their pastor said, well before you start repeating what he said then you need to know if its true. So many pastors have become consumed with the number of people in attendance than they are with souls that are being saved. Let me ask you, would you keep going to a restaurant where you are not getting service? In short you go hungry and leave hungry because you are not being fed. Well though that pastor is held accountable so are you. You know that you are going hungry and leaving hungry, it is your responsibility to go get something to eat. God is not going to accept but I was born and raised in that church, or I can't leave that is where my entire family is. Guess what you alone will stand before God.

So I say to you in this time where church is becoming as much a business as it is a place where you go for a word study to show yourself approved and I am not promoting church hopping, but I am saying go where sound doctrine is going forth. What a man thinks so is he. So go where you will be convicted, encouraged and fed. Yes all three are important. Because we all fall short we need to be convicted of our wrongs so we can repent, we need to be encouraged and we need to be fed so that we can share with others.

You can't carry a word if you don't have one to carry.

Blessed to Be A Blessing,
Shon Garner Cole

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January 22
Psalm 9:19,20
Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men.

It is frightening to listen to the decrees made by some of our world leaders. They hold the lives of so many people in their hands, and all too often they seem bent on destruction, not only of themselves, but of as many people as they can take with them. Were it true that they really had the ultimate power, there would be no reason for hope.

We know better, however. The only true power in this world is the power of God, and our fate will not be decided by men and women, but by God. WE are created for eternity, and so we do not need to fear the decisions made by corrupt human beings in this age. Our trust is in the Lord of all creation, and in Him there is never reason to fear or doubt.

Prayer: Father God, sustainer of life and giver of sanity in an insane world, hear the prayers of Your people and give us peace and confidence of a bright new age to come. Amen.