The story goes…
A young boy climbed a banana tree. As he climbed out onto the limb, halfway out, he could almost reach the clump of bananas on the end.
He stretched out his had. At that moment, in an instant, his father standing on the ground 12 feet below, shouted “Sam! Jump!”
The boy didn’t hesitate. He jumped. He landed 12 feet below and injured his foot upon impact. When he looked up into the tree, on the limb where he had reached for the bananas… there was a snake… a HUGE snake.
Sam had an injured foot, but if he had disobeyed his father - or even hesitated - he would have been much worse.
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Do you recognize the voice of your heavenly father?
How?
In the gospel of John (10:27) Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
But how? How do we hear Jesus’ voice?
In Romans (10:17) it says “So then, faith cometh from hearing, and hearing from the Word of God.”
Can it be that simple? Yes, it is.
A person must repent of his/her sins, and accept that Jesus died in their place, believing in God’s plan of salvation and His saving grace. THEN… study and read the Word of God, the Bible.
By staying in the Word, we can HEAR Jesus speak to our hearts, and that’s where our faith comes from (according to Romans 10:17). In Hebrews (11:6) it says “without faith it is impossible to please Him”.
Stay in the Word, focus on Jesus, and we will hear his voice when he says, “Sam!… JUMP!”
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Challenge:
This Christmas season, let’s not focus on politics, let’s not focus on sports… let’s focus on Jesus!
Merry Christmas!
mw