"APF DEVOTIONAL"

APF DEVOTIONAL HE BROUGHT US OUT TO BRING US IN

The Prophetic

"But You are the same, and Your years will have no end." (Psalm 102:27)

The Blessed Trinity is, "the same," and nothing of Him, "will...end."  A Follower of Jesus Christ never has to "store up" anything.  Jesus is our constant Supply, continually breathing His Words, His Life, His All in us and through us to a dying and lost world.

Last week I was in a conference which dealt primarily with the "prophetic."  It was a good time with Brethren whom I have known for nearly 42 years.  My personal take on the "prophetic" is that when we stay in the, "the Word of God," prophesy is a continual flow, a continue fresh "breeze" of the Holy Spirit.  Never ever say, "We need a fresh word from the Lord."  There is nothing fresher than the "God-Breathed" Words, the Bible.  Jesus Christ is the Breath of God revealed in, "the carpenter's Son."  Nothing, my friend, can be more "fresh" to the weary soul than Jesus' constant abiding in us and we in Him.

If you and I are daily in the Scriptures, and remember, "all Scripture is God-  Breathed," if we abide in Jesus Christ, who said, "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world....I am the bread of life.  He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst"---- then "fresh bread" will be the defining characteristic of our lives.  Prophetic understanding comes in Jesus Christ and His Words by the Holy Spirit.  Thank Him for all the teachers and prophets who help us in this walk.  But you don't have to just wait for the conferences and seminars and special events to hear the "prophetic."  He is right there/here now.

Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for the "insight" which You Are.  Amen.

********************

Article on Israel's Friends: www.jerberwash.blogspot.com

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2

"The Truth of Jesus is the Fact of Science"

New article at: www.jerberwash.blogspot.com

The Truth of Jesus is the Fact of Science APF DEVOTIONAL

The World Needs Your Testimony, Not Platitudes

"Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay."  (Job 13:12)

Thus is the verdict of all, "platitudes;" they are, "ashes,..clay."  The dictionary defines platitude as "a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound."  They are "flat, dull" because they are empty of life, usually a product of someone else's thinking.  Some people offer, "platitudes," because they think they will get them just as accepted, admired, praised as the big name people who invented them.  Some people cannot think for themselves.  If they could not utter the latest "platitudes," the latest "in" jargon of Christendom, they would really have nothing to say.  Or would they?  The sad reality is that everyone of us has a testimony in Jesus Christ which thousands of people are desperately waiting to hear.  Don't let, "platitudes...of ashes,...defenses...of clay," rob your testimony of its impact. 

Every time through Job, I see the cliche-platitudes of the four would-be counselors of Job.  The older three were rejected out of hand by the Almighty.  The youngest was simply ignored; he was no better.  Everything which came from the four of them was condescending, religious, "ashes," and, "clay."  God only commended Job as the one who had, "....spoken of Me what is right...."  You can scrutinize what the four men said, and some of it seems good, even acceptable Biblical truth.  But if I read Job correctly, when anyone offers Biblical truth in a manner of, "platitudes," they are meaningless.  It seems as though the Good Words of God are somehow defiled by the, platitude syndrome, do nothing for the hearer, and have no approval of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

Have you ever asked a person how they were doing?  You knew something was wrong, but pride and the desire to be thought of as some super-spiritual person kept them from sharing their deepest feelings.  Yet isn't this what binds Followers of Jesus Christ in the fellowship of the Redeemed?  Pride and the desire to impress will rob us every time of a true "comforter" from the Lord.  Muse today on your testimony which Jesus gave you, that great deliverance, that healing, that joy, peace, and unspeakable comfort in the midst of, "the valley of the shadow of death," where Jesus Christ enabled you to overcome and, "fear no evil, for Thou art with me," His, "so great a salvation," Who is Jesus Christ.  

Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You for the great testimony which You imparted to me in Jesus and Your Words.  May I never defile it with, "platitudes...of ashes."  Amen.

*******************    

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2