Well Said

WELL SAID      

In My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers writes “the author who benefit you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance."

Max Lucado sure does that for me.  Following are some miscellaneous Scripture verses followed by his thoughts on them. See if you do not find, as I did, great expression, and grace in them as well.

Matthew 6: 12  Give us the food we need in Christ each day.  Forgive us our, sins just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.

    We've all have made mistakes and will all make some more.  The line that separates the best of us from the worst of us is a narrow one, hence we'd be wise to take seriously Paul's admonition: why do you judge your brothers or sisters in Christ?  And why do you think you are better than they?  We will all stand before the Lord to be judged  (Romans 14:10)

Your sister (brother) would like me to remind you that she (he) needs grace.  Just like you need forgiveness, so does she (he).  There comes a time in every relationship when it's damaging to seek justice, when settling the score only stirs the fire.  There comes a time when the best thing you can do is accept your brother (sister) and offer him the same grace you've been given.

Isaiah 46:4    Even when you are old, I will be the same.  Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you

    Growing old can be dangerous.  The trail is treacherous and the pitfalls are many.  One is wise to be prepared.  You know it's coming.  It's not like God kept the process a secret.  It's not like you are blazing a trail as you grow older.  It's not as if no one has ever done it before.  Look around you.  You have ample opportunity to prepare and ample case studies to consider.  If growing old catches you by surprise, don't blame God.  He gave you plenty of warning.  He also gave you plenty of advice.  Your last chapters can be your best.  Your final song can be your greatest.  It could be that all of your life has prepared you for a grand exit God’s oldest have always been among His choices.

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.