Guarantees
are usually for a year or so…or you pay more for a five or ten year guarantee. A
warranty on a refrigerator or even on a car eventually runs out and there you
are left holding the bag…or the cord or steering wheel attached to a piece of
worn out or broken equipment. Not so with God. His guarantee lasts a true lifetime—an eternity.
It doesn’t wear out and isn’t easily misplaced.
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| Synagogue at Capernaum - Holy Ground |
I think we
are so blessed! People in the Old Testament times didn’t have the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit so they were left with shaking footing. Remember how God told
Moses from the burning bush…"Do not
come any closer," the LORD warned. "Take off your sandals, for you
are standing on holy ground."
Exodus 3:5. Holy Ground. Surely God was speaking and the Holy Spirit was there.
When I think about Aaron and the golden calf, or Moses hitting the rock for
water, or Solomon turning his back on God, I don’t see the Holy Spirit with
them. They all needed to “stand firm for
Christ” but they didn’t. They wavered and caved with anger or slipped into
satan’s ploy to turn them from God’s desires. With the Holy Spirit in us we
have a better chance of standing firm—but we have to rely on Christ and the
Holy Spirit—not ourselves so we don’t slip and fall. Watch your footing—is it
on Holy Ground?
Prayer ~Lord, I want to be in Your
presence continually—filled with the Holy Spirit and standing on Holy Ground.
Give me words of encouragement for others that we would all stand firm in You,
Christ. May those I meet that don’t know You, see You in me…and may I be so
bold as to share Your Good News with them.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 20-21
©
2017 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
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