The Main Ingredient

The Main Ingredient

Having read Luke 7 for my meditation; I’ll share a pertinent find, what i consider - The Main Ingredient.

A Roman officer who had a slave who was near dying.

The slave was very important to him. He had heard of the miracles of Jesus who was Christ; so he sent a respected Jewish leader to ask of His expertise, to perform a healing on the much needed slave.

Jesus, healer, come to do the father’s will, conceded to a visit for the healing of the slave.

However, some of the officer’s friends arrived just as Jesus was near the home, telling him that the Roman officer felt himself unworthy of a visit from the Lord; but asked that He give the command of healing from where He was and it would happen.

And it did.

The Roman Officer knew exactly what he wanted; he knew

Jesus could do it, he never doubted for a moment it could happen, even though he thought himself short of grace. He knew the possibility for the miracle was sure.

The messages reached Jesus with a blend of sincerity, unworthiness and confidence. One might say a recipe for mercy. But the main ingredient was faith for Jesus said

“I tell you, I havent’t seen faith like this in all the land of Israel” (Luke 7:9)

Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever Hebrews (13:8), so then in our blend of prayer, in whatever our need be; let our main ingredient be faith that God's will be done.

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Peace Lives In A Believer's Heart

Thanks so much to Reason's message regarding certainty and doubt.  I"m so thankful that I have no doubts about God's existence.  I live each day with peace in my heart because I know without a doubt that God will take care of me.  At 23 years old I left home with the clothes on my back in fear for my life because of someone's unbelief.....that's the short version....I had never been on a date at that point in time.  When I left I went to live with a relative in another town.  God brought my soulmate to me in the form of a blind date.  It took a lot of courage to accept that date.  I believed God was there for me and would look out for me.   I thought I wasn't worthy of being loved by a man.  I thought no one would ever love me.  We have been married for almost  24 years now and have two beautiful children who are blessings from God.  I love my mother in law and father in law dearly.  Had I not believed with out a shadow of a doubt that God would take care of me I would have been dead for 24 years now and our children wouldn't even be on the face of the earth.  When you have seen the look of complete rage in another's eyes and you stare death in the face, you either believe God will keep you safe or you prepare to die.  I believed God would keep me safe.  He did just that.  It took more courage than I ever imagined was buried inside of me and the hardest thing I ever had to do was to leave my mother.  I couldn't say goodbye.  I had taken all I could take and God provided me a way out.  I didn't run away from home....God instilled a sense of calm inside of me as I drove away from that house and toward a life that God had planned for me.  It took believing in God to make it to where I am today.   I am healed in body and spirit and I have a responsibility to God to share with others how He saved me in more ways than one.  I feel sad for those who don't believe in God.  I pray for them that they will come to God and realize all the wonderful blessings He has in store for them.  I'm living proof that God still performs miracles.  I'm a survivor of sexual abuse.  It was 17 years before I could even say it out loud that I had been abused.   I never saw a psychiatrist or counselor.  God was all I needed.  Two years ago God gave me the gift of inspirational poetry.  I have no education in writing poetry.  I write from the heart messages that God intends to use to reach out to His people.  I encourage you to visit wordchimes.com and read for yourself how God is reaching out to others through me and other wonderful people who are willing to be bold enough for our LORD to witness to others.  As you can tell, I'm not much of a writer, but it's the message that counts here.

When I got up this morning I had no idea I would share with you this this much detail of my life tonight.  But you see, it isn't about me at all.......It's about God.  Believe me.....Believe in Him.  Bless you all.  Nan