Category: Jeremiah

  • Don’t forget it is God in the drivers seat not us

    team of horses in snow

    Welcome to 2026, the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century. That sounds like some futuristic time to me, not Monday morning. 

    My friend Lloyd is a cowboy and an old-fashioned teamster. That means he spends part of the year at Lake Louise taking people for horse-drawn sleigh rides (the photo today is one of his). He loves it.  I’m sure he feels the joy I used to feel back in the days when I drove dog teams on winter trails.

    Most of us love being in the driver’s seat. We like to have control over where we are going and how we get there. That’s true for a lot of things besides horses, dogs, and automobiles.

    We want to be in control of our lives, God’s in charge of our own little world. Now, we might not be so brazen as to phrase it that way, but it’s in our hearts. We like to ignore the truth that its God in the Driver’s seat.

    That desire to be like God was what caused humanity to stumble in the Garden of Eden. Eve and Adam ate the fruit (not, probably not an apple) because they didn’t trust God enough to listen to Him.

    It’s why the Bible says things like,

    Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8 ESV

    and

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

    We’re broken people living in a fallen world. All the manmade wisdom, tools, and technology can’t rescue us and redeem us. That’s why we needed a savior to set us free.

    None of the false religions can free us. The atheists and humanists can’t do it. The trans-humanists with their vision of humanity integrated with machines won’t accomplish it. The people calling for the abolition of humanity as the cure for the world’s ills (a strange and self-destructive ideology) won’t save the planet.

    We must put God in the driver’s seat. God isn’t our co-pilot; He is the divine architect and master of everything. He has the plan to redeem creation and all His children and the power to do it.

    As we move forward into this new part of the century, let’s endeavor to put Him back in the driver’s seat, on the throne of our lives and allow Him free rein to conform us into the likeness of His Son.

    May Jesus reign. May His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

    Praise His name.

    Be blessed, 

    Kevin

    Gleanings From The Word – Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

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  • A new movie reminds us of the depravity of the human heart

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    Last night, Kathy and I drove out to Chilliwack to watch the  movie #Nuremberg (it wasn’t playing here in town). It was an extremely well-done historical film, but not for the squeamish or faint of heart; there are some very disturbing scenes. It was very thought-provoking and sobering.

    Without giving away too many spoilers, the movie surrounds Army Psychiatrist Douglas Kelly as he works with Nazi War Criminals, in particular Hermann Wilhelm Göring (the #2 man in the Nazi party). Kelly struggles to find the cause of evil and realizes something profound.

    The evil that was the Nazi party is in all of us.

    Yes, those on trial were war criminals responsible for heinous acts. Yet they are not alone; such things have existed since early in human history, not long after the fall. They may happen on a large or small scale, but they still occur. The depravity of the human heart runs deep

    As we talked about the movie on the way home, Kathy and I agreed that, as the old saying goes, “there but for the grace of God go I.”

    In the words of Jeremiah the prophet, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9

    In our broken human nature, we are all capable of great evil. Only God’s restraint, even on non-believers, keeps us all from descending further into the abyss of darkness. 

    If God were to withdraw His restraints, we cannot even imagine the depravity and evil ordinary people are capable of. One only needs to look at the world today to see that truth.

    Our hearts deceive us. We deny and excuse our sin. We even lie to ourselves about how good we are. Most of us think more highly of ourselves than we ought. It’s why Paul says, “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” Romans 12:3

    The bible makes a startling revelation. “And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.” Mark 10:18

    We’re not good people. Our only hope is our Redeemer. He reconciles us to God, and His Spirit indwells the Christian. Even at that, the battle between our flesh and spirit rages in us. The only cure for the depravity of the human heart is the gospel.

    We have the promise that all will be made well. We might battle our own nature, but the Spirit fights beside us.

    As believers, we have the duty to take the hope of the gospel into the world. It is the only true hope that can set dark, depraved and hurting people free.

    Hallelu Yah (Praise God)

    Be blessed, 

    Kevin

    Gleanings From The Word – Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

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