Jul 26 2008
Saturday, July 26th
Reading for today: Exodus 15:1-21, 1 Corinthians 4:18-21
“For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” 1 Corinthians 4:20
Action always speaks louder than words. When God spoke, there was action. He is the living Word. Walk the talk. Ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit every day.
The kingdom of our God does indeed lie in power, power over sin and power over death.
Christopher Laurie, son of pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship, suddenly went home to be with the Lord after a car crash July 24. Here is an exerpt from an assistant pastor at Harvest today. Please
keep pastor Greg, his wife Cathe, and Christopher’s wife, Brittany, in your prayers at this difficult time.
“Mary and Martha were united with Jesus in sadness, the grief of loss. And Jesus entered into that grief.”
How sweet and comforting to know our God is with us in our moments of desperation. He is the King who bears the full, blunt force of our “Lord, ifs . . . ” and then sits next to us with a loving arm around our shoulder and weeps.
It is in these moments with Jesus that we come to know that the darkness only hides His face. One day, when the darkness is gone, His face will be the light of heaven.
My heart breaks for Greg and Cathe. I have come to know Jesus through Greg’s faithful teaching of the Word of God. I watch and wince at every blow of grief, but I am confident there are blessings in the buffeting and grateful that Jesus is with them.