Author: Sodwana Bay

THE VIEWPOINT OF THE SANCTUARY “It is good for me to draw near to God.” — Psa 73:28. THE GOOD Asaph was greatly troubled about the prosperity of the wicked of his time. He refrained from speaking to others on the matter, lest it should impair their religious life; but the iron went deep into his soul! Here were people, who seemed always at ease, though they set their mouths against the heavens, while he, though he cleansed his heart, and washed his hands in innocency, was plagued all day long. It was in a very perturbed and distressed condition Source: South African LINKTHE VIEWPOINT OF THE SANCTUARY ~ Psa 73:28.

I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from GOD, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains. He won’t let you stumble, your Guardian God won’t fall asleep. Not on your life! Israel’s Guardian will never doze or sleep. GOD’s your Guardian, right at your side to protect you— Shielding you from sunstroke, sheltering you from moonstroke. GOD guards you from every evil, he guards your very life. He guards you when you leave and when you return, he guards you now, he guards you always. Psalm 121:1-8 MSG Source: South African LINKHe guards you always ~ Psalm 121:1-8 MSG

Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality. Romans 12:12 MSG Source: South African LINKKeep yourselves fueled ~ Romans 12:12 MSG

KNOWING AND FOLLOWING “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.” — Hos 6:3. SOME PEOPLE do not seem to desire to advance in the knowledge of God. They have not seen the heavenly vision. Religion to them consists in saying, over and over again, the same prayers that they have used for years, and reading a prescribed portion of Scripture. This is better than nothing, but they cannot appropriate David’s comparison between himself and the hunted deer that pants for the water-brook, or our Lord’s blessing for those that “hunger and thirst after righteousness.” But Source: South African LINKKNOWING AND FOLLOWING ~Hos 6:3

Hitting the Throttle And we all . . . are being transformed . . . from one degree of glory to another—2 Corinthians 3:18 There’s a pattern to the lives of men trying to follow Jesus Christ: sin, confession, repentance, change . . . sin, confession, repentance, change. There are other aspects to these men’s lives, but this pattern is always present. It ensures that lives are transformed, over time—that sins change and lessen in severity through the cycles of the pattern. It is, in this way, an upward spiral of increasingly coming into the character of Jesus. The pattern Source: South African LINKHitting the Throttle ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18