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Tuesday's Grand Connection Thought
by Mary May Larmoyeux
As you look at the world today, do you ever wonder what challenges await your grandchild? I do. It's so comforting to remember that God is not surprised by anything that happens. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow (Hebrews 13:8).
As you look at the world today, do you ever wonder what challenges await your grandchild? I do. It's so comforting to remember that God is not surprised by anything that happens. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow (Hebrews 13:8).
I think that the words of Psalm 78 are especially fitting for grandparents:
I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. ... so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
Beth Moore, in her wonderful Bible study Believing God, asks "Do you take God at His Word, believing what He has told us, or do you just believe in his existence and the salvation He offers?"
Beth says that after she said to God, "... I've believed in You all my life," she realized that He was saying to her: "I didn't ask you to believe in Me. I asked you to believe Me."
I've thought a lot lately about the difference in believing in God and believing God. When Jim and I were first married we had a dog named Rocky and he had a bad habit of getting out of his yard when Jim and I went to work. Strange as it might seem, Rocky would not run around the neighborhood. Instead, he'd just sit in the carport and wait for Jim or me to come home (our stay-at-home neighbors told us this). He didn't just believe that Jim and I could provide food and shelter for him—he knew it and patiently waited for our arrival.
I want to believe God in 2011—not just believe in Him!
Would you like to join me in a 10-week online Bible study of Beth Moore's Believing God? If you have an older granddaughter, she might want to join us. Wouldn't it be fun for you to chat with her in person, online, or by phone about this study?
On February 1, 2011, I'll start going through this timely study with a small group of ladies. You can join us by enrolling in the online version of Believing God from Lifeway ($23.95). You can watch the same videos online that we'll watch in person. And then we can all share what we are learning on the blog Want to Study the Bible (and you can join in the Lifeway online discussion).
I'm looking so forward to learning more about believing God!
He is able,
Mary
© 2011 by Mary May Larmoyeux. All rights reserved.
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