May 31

Some days it is hard to find something to write about. Nothing sticks to me and I must read again. Days like this are so hard to find something to write about because the scripture is replete with richness!

Matt 8 is such a wonderful chapter of the healing MISSION of Jesus the Christ. He heals hundreds of people and Spirit tells us why:

Matthew 8:17 (NIV)
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“He took up our infirmities
and bore our diseases.”

Some people were thrilled and propelled to faith and even to great faith! Others:

Matthew 8:34 (NIV)
34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.

Some people just don’t want THAT Jesus.

Then there is the account of Saul disobeying the Lord and blaming it on religious service, or another way to put it is making what was disobedience righteous!

1 Samuel 15:22–23 (NIV)
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the LORD?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
he has rejected you as king.”

One more golden nugget of great weight:

1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

David wasn’t ready to be King – he was just a boy or maybe even a young man. But God was looking at His heart and not what he looked like or looked ready for.

The Word is full of life lessons from the Spirit of God – search them out – find them – write them down and treasure them! This Word will change you!