LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD JANUARY 23, 2025

 

LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD JANUARY 23, 2025

 

Best wishes to the beloved Saints around the world.

 

Time is fleeting and days getting longer

As the world turns, are you weaker or stronger

Each day is a test to see how, when and where

Our trust is in Jesus, the One who does care.

 

So as we go though every day, every hour

Remember that God is the source of our power

He has called us to serve Him, where ere we may be

To reflect His Great Light so that others can see.

 

That as His salt and light,

We are to share His story

Living in His Kingdom bright,

Bringing Him the Honor and Glory

 

That is our purpose for existing on this earth, to honor and glorify God in everything we do. We sing the well beloved hymn, “We’ve a story to tell," with the additional verses, “We’ve a song to be sung," ”We’ve a message to give," and “We’ve a SAVIOR TO SHOW.” To whom are we to “tell, sing, give and show?” The nations of the world, beginning with our own nation, in our own state/province, city, neighborhood, and family.

 

When did you last share something about Jesus Christ outside your own family or at church? Pray for and look for opportunities to “Tell, sing, give and show” the message of salvation to whoever God sends your way. What did Jesus do during the forty days between His resurrection and

Ascension? Acts 1:1 “The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen, 3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his sufferings by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God,”

 

The following comes from a daily prayer book I have and read from each day. “Dear father, take this day’s life into Thine own keeping. Control my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain my will. Take my hands and make them skilful to serve Thee. Take my feet and make them swift to do Thy bidding. Take my eyes and keep them fixed upon Thine everlasting beauty. Take my mouth and make it eloquent in testimony to Thy love. Make this day’s work a significant part of our lives as we live in your Kingdom. Even so. Amen.

 

God bless,

Paul Gage