Daily Diary - August 22nd 2016
GOD PROVIDES A WAY!
God Provides A Way!
Every now and then we face trials and the busyness of life. Lately, I have been overwhelmed with a lot of things and I was thrust into this morning without the time to write my blog. I try to be fresh and in the moment when I write instead of doing it a day in advance or needing to repost previous blogs because of time restraints. I received a facebook message this afternoon from Lewis. He is a man that follows my blog daily and it encouraged me very much. He said that he looks for my blog daily. I needed his message because today I fell short on being able to accomplish all my tasks as a father and husband as well as get my blog up.
Sometimes we face issues and today I have. I am thankful for the opportunity to share with you what God places on my heart. And even though this day has almost slipped by I am going to repost a message that fit my situation and I am certain it will speak to someone because God always has a plan. Thanks Lewis! Here is the message I posted March 2nd and God Bless!
Last week our youth group watched a video in which Abraham was taking Isaac to the mountain to be sacrificed. Each time I think of this story it reminds me of God providing a way for us when we trust Him.
But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
One of my favorite scriptures in God’s Word is when John saw Jesus coming and proclaimed:
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
As Christians we are the descendants of Abraham. God provided the one “True” lamb in Jesus Christ, His only son as the sacrifice for our sins once and for all.
The Lord provided!
Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
