His timing is PERFECT

 The Shunammite’s Land Restored

 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.” ² The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.

³ At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. ⁴ The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.” ⁵ Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.
Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” ⁶ The king asked the woman about it, and she told him.
Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, “Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.”

2 Kings 8:1-6 (NIV)

What a story! and talk about timing! In chapter 8 of second Kings, we read how the Shunammite woman came back after 7 years of being away and she wanted to appeal to the king for her house and land. When she returns to see the king, she walks in the very moment that Elisha's assistant Gehazi was telling the king how the woman's son was brought back to life. Was that a coincidence? She walks in just at that moment and that caused the king to give back to the woman her land.

To God there is no such thing as coincidence. He knows exactly what we want and when we need it. 

I'm sure that moments like this happens to everyone. I just smile because I know it has to be Him, His invisible hands orchestrating the divine appointment. His timing is so perfect. What an incredible God we serve!

 

Taking time to be quiet

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, (Psalm 8:3 NIV)

God is saying that we can learn so much about Him just by observing nature.

Sometimes I need to shut out the world, by going to a quiet place in nature somewhere and reflecting on God's goodness. Just soaking in the sound and beauty of nature and allowing it to talk to me!

How can I not believe His existence?

This is why the Psalmist said, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:1).

Father, thank you for Your constant reminder. 

Being content is my decision

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV)

I was asking myself these questions this morning.......

How can people be content with what they have? What is contentment anyway? What leads to contentment? What does it take for someone to come to the realisation that what I have is more than enough? How can people be content when the world around them is screaming out the latest, coolest, fastest, gadgets?

I think being content is being satisfied and happy with what you have! To be content you have to make the decision to be happy or satisfied with what you already have!

The 5 WHY's is a thinking strategy that I sometimes use with my students to help them explore deeper into a topic.

The Bible reminds us to be free from the love of money....WHY?
Because the love of money leads people to want more and the wanting more can lead to problems. WHY would people want more?
They are not satisfied or not happy with what they have. WHY aren't they satisfied?
 The world around them  is constantly presenting coolest, fastest, newest must haves! They don't want to be left out or they want to keep up with everyone else WHY?
 Maybe they feel that to be accepted by others or admired they have to have what others have? WHY?
 They haven't found the true meaning of happiness . Their source of happiness is keeping up with everything, everyone and money. It's a cycle so they will never be happy or satisfied. This unhappiness leads to many problems!

Amazing! Our Creator...the one who beautifully created us knew all that. That's why He reminds us in His Word to keep ourselves free from the love of money and to be content with what we have. Being content is the decision I get to make. Am I happy with what I have now?  I think being content leads to inner peace. 'Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotion!' author unknown

I need to trust His promise when He says...
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV)

Father, Your presence, Your love, is more than enough for me. 

There is none like YOU

There is none like You.

I could search for all eternity long and find there is none like You.

Everything we create is put together with existing materials or built on previous ideas.

The God that we serve has the capacity to speak things into existence. He created the universe in all of its magnitude and creative details. How He does it is way beyond my imagination. He is GOD! 
AND
There is none like HIM!

"Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his understanding has no limit." (Psalms 147:5)

Streams of living water will flow from within him

I was blessed with this devotional this morning.

"He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (KJV).

'We as children of God are to bring forth life and fruit that was birthed and begun in God. In the above Scripture, we see a key that is so important. The passage begins with, "He that believeth..." The word believe is in no way a shallow belief, but one of complete trust and total reliance on. Jesus is not only the One we trust in, but He must become our trust. And out of this place of trust we will find the abundance of God flowing through us in every area of our lives.
The word states in Daniel 11:32, "The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits" (NKJV). And another Scripture that resonates is Isaiah 26:3, "You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind...is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You" (AMP). Strength and peace are fruit that are produced as we abide in the river of God.
As we are born again, we are blessed with His extravagant love and the privilege of knowing Him and being filled with Him, His love, His riches, His promises, His healing, His restoration and becoming one with all He is and possesses.

This place is a continuous flow from Him to us, through us to others – ah, what bliss. Again, this is a river that never runs dry, and as we learn to bask in this river we will never run dry.'

by  Kim Hadaway, XP Ministries

Spring is here

      These are beautiful flowers outside my apartment. It reminded me Ecclesiastes 3:11- He has made everything beautiful in its time.

                                           

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 The Creator has timed everything. He is a faithful God.

His LOVE!

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

He loved us then, He loves us now and He will continue to love us forever! I am so grateful for His LOVE. I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. Romans 8:38

I thank God that as Easter is upon us, it gives us that moment to remember the powerful work of His LOVE!

...At the cross I bow my knee

Where Your BLOOD  was shed for me

There's no greater LOVE than this

You have overcome the grave

Glory fills the highest place

What can separate me now.

You tore the veil

You made a way

When you said that it is done...

(by Hillsong)

A Father's Love Letter

His love is just so amazing. My Heavenly Father does everything out of LOVE!!!

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus tis now....

It is well with my soul

His peace is perfect

Listen to the whisper

It is well

It is well

With my soul.

A God of ORDER

'Dominion and awe belong to God;He establishes order in the heights of heaven.' Job 25:2

As the models of the planets hung suspended in my room, we were all pretty pleased (both the students and I) with our research. We tried to recreate the solar system.

I stood under the 'solar system' in awe and amazement at this creative God. According to research, the planets orbit the sun but they don't crash into each other! Just the way the Creator intended for them to be! There's beauty and order in the heavens above and also on the earth below.

WOW!!!He is indeed a God of order. When too many things are happening in my life and I do not know where to start or what to do, I know that the God I serve is not a God of confusion but a God of order-my Bible tells me and creation speaks it! He will place events into order because it's not about me BUT about Him!