Two for one today. :-)
Hebrews 1; Genesis 46:1-27; Psalm 36
God appears to Jacob to promise that he is God and can be trusted. Similarly, God goes with us into the strange and unknown places. He promises to be there with us when we are afraid or when we don’t know where to turn.
The Lord's love is a treasure. It is beautiful, special, precious, desirable. His love is expensive in the most extreme way—first, it cost his Son, Jesus, and it costs our whole life. However, it is a treasure that cannot be taken away.
Hebrews 2; Genesis 46:28-47:31; Psalm 37
The gospel, the promises of the Lord, need our full attention or we will surely drift away. A person cannot lightly be a Christ follower or not read your word and expect to have a powerful, life-changing, solid faith. Just like how I used to be able to play the piano and had even been able to play Fur Elise. It was awesome. But since I haven't played for many years, I can't expect to sit down and be awesome. It just doesn't work that way. Why can't I be an awesome pianist like some other people? Because the practice hours a day and I don't. How can a person really follow Christ closely? If they spend time daily in his word. If a person doesn't, then they cannot expect that serving and following The Lord will come naturally.
God gives his people more power than we are even aware of. I am assuming that this will be made known and available after Christ comes again, though it is possible that we have powers—to pray, to heal—now and we just don’t utilize them. I have become aware of a ministry that my brother is involved in that heals people of real, physical ailments! I thought that stuff was just Bible times stuff. Nope, apparently not! The Holy Spirit is just as alive and kicking today as it was thousands of years ago.
Joseph used the Egyptian’s prejudice to work in his familly’s favor. They did not like shepherds and so by emphasizing that point, the king encouraged them to live in the best land, away from the Egyptians. God doesn't expect Christians to be victims, or walked all over, but to utilize the prejudices against Christians to teach people about who Christ really is. If someone says that Christians never really help people, then help someone! If someone says that Christians are so judgmental, then be welcoming! If someone has nothing but negative things to say about Christians, then shock them with something good.
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