Why God’s Love and Direction Are a Match Made in Heaven
01/16/24 • -1 min
Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Three
God’s direction or His ability to guide us into His ways is the subject of today’s podcast as we move further in 2 Thessalonians chapter three. Now there are places in the Word of God where we have God’s direction, that is, places where He wants us to go. Then there are other passages where there is firm encouragement to ask for directions. Asking for direction is not always the easiest thing for someone. Men are famous for their ability to not ask for direction. Some say the source for this is genetic. That’s the reason it takes 500,000,000 male sperm to fertilize one female egg. None would bother to stop and ask directions.1 I laughed when I read that. It’s vital to ask for direction and since you know God is a prayer answering God, you know what the outcome must be. Spiritual life is not a shotgun affair. You understand how shot in a shot God works? Hitting the target doesn’t require high accuracy. Just pull the trigger and you are bound to hit something. God’s direction is way more precise. In the animated classic Alice in Wonderland, Alice wanders through a frustrating world of rabbits, singing flowers, and one curious-talking cat. Her visit with the cat begins as she continues down a mysterious dark trail and stops at a large tree. Signs adorn the tree in every direction: “Up,” “Down,” “Yonder,” “Back,” “This Way,” and “That Way.” Alice is confused. “Which way do I go?” Just then, Alice hears a melodious voice drifting down from the trees. She looks around and observes two ghostly eyes and a wide toothy grin floating amongst the branches of a magnificent tree. The grinning teeth inquire of Alice, “Lose something?” “N-n-no,” Alice stammers in reply. Suddenly, a pink striped cat emerges from the branches. “Oh, you’re a cat!, Alice says.” “A Cheshire cat,” he responds.“I just want to ask which way I ought to go,” asks Alice. “Well, that depends on where you want to get to,” says the cat. “Well, it really doesn’t matter,” answers Alice. “Then it really doesn’t matter which way you go,” says the enigmatic cat, just before vanishing into the woods again.” Now that’s the story, but ask yourself, what’s wrong with this advice? Well, what’s wrong with it is the reply of the Cheshire cat: ‘Direction depends on where you want to go.’2 Direction, God’s direction does not depend on where you want to go. What it depends on is where He wants you to go. God will give you clear direction for your everyday life. That fact should make you happy and that’s why our focus is Why God’s Love and Direction Are a Match Made in Heaven all on this week’s Light on Life.
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Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Three
God’s direction or His ability to guide us into His ways is the subject of today’s podcast as we move further in 2 Thessalonians chapter three. Now there are places in the Word of God where we have God’s direction, that is, places where He wants us to go. Then there are other passages where there is firm encouragement to ask for directions. Asking for direction is not always the easiest thing for someone. Men are famous for their ability to not ask for direction. Some say the source for this is genetic. That’s the reason it takes 500,000,000 male sperm to fertilize one female egg. None would bother to stop and ask directions.1 I laughed when I read that. It’s vital to ask for direction and since you know God is a prayer answering God, you know what the outcome must be. Spiritual life is not a shotgun affair. You understand how shot in a shot God works? Hitting the target doesn’t require high accuracy. Just pull the trigger and you are bound to hit something. God’s direction is way more precise. In the animated classic Alice in Wonderland, Alice wanders through a frustrating world of rabbits, singing flowers, and one curious-talking cat. Her visit with the cat begins as she continues down a mysterious dark trail and stops at a large tree. Signs adorn the tree in every direction: “Up,” “Down,” “Yonder,” “Back,” “This Way,” and “That Way.” Alice is confused. “Which way do I go?” Just then, Alice hears a melodious voice drifting down from the trees. She looks around and observes two ghostly eyes and a wide toothy grin floating amongst the branches of a magnificent tree. The grinning teeth inquire of Alice, “Lose something?” “N-n-no,” Alice stammers in reply. Suddenly, a pink striped cat emerges from the branches. “Oh, you’re a cat!, Alice says.” “A Cheshire cat,” he responds.“I just want to ask which way I ought to go,” asks Alice. “Well, that depends on where you want to get to,” says the cat. “Well, it really doesn’t matter,” answers Alice. “Then it really doesn’t matter which way you go,” says the enigmatic cat, just before vanishing into the woods again.” Now that’s the story, but ask yourself, what’s wrong with this advice? Well, what’s wrong with it is the reply of the Cheshire cat: ‘Direction depends on where you want to go.’2 Direction, God’s direction does not depend on where you want to go. What it depends on is where He wants you to go. God will give you clear direction for your everyday life. That fact should make you happy and that’s why our focus is Why God’s Love and Direction Are a Match Made in Heaven all on this week’s Light on Life.
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Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Two
The faithfulness of the Lord to protect and guard His kids from evil comes into view in today’s podcast. You need God’s protection! We know that God is faithful and reliable in these areas. The question and challenge here is ‘Are we allowing and depending on Him in this area?’ We should understand our part of the faithfulness equation. We are encouraged greatly along these lines. God’s Word speaks about being faithful to the Word, faithful in the small areas of our charge as well as being faithful when we are entrusted with more. All of this encouragement to faithfulness points to that day when we hope to hear the Lord say to us “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Man, I really want to hear those words.” I want to trust Him in all my ways. As the psalmist declared, ‘Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.’ In October 1993, police sharpshooters in Rochester, New York, surrounded a car. In the backseat of the car was a man with a rifle. The police attempted to negotiate with the man. No answer. The police watched and waited. No movement. Finally the police discovered the truth: The armed man in the backseat was a mannequin. When the authorities tracked down the owner of the car, he told them he keeps the mannequin in his car for protection. “You’ve got to do this,” he said. “With the car-jackings, it helps if it looks like you’ve got a passenger.” These are dangerous times. Whom do you rely on for protection? A mannequin or the Mighty One?1 Having faith in His faithfulness to protect is the thought today. Why You Need God’s Protection in a World Gone Nuts, that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.
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Podcast: Light on Life Season Eleven Episode Four
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