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I recently spent some time viewing the website for the  Hubble Space Telescope .

As I browsed their gallery of images, my breath was taken away by the incredible diversity, beauty, and color of space. I was astounded at the photographs of some of the galaxies out there, of which there are billions, of which our Milky Way galaxy is but one. 

Earth revolves around a tiny star amid one galaxy among billions. It truly is impressive and humbling.

The “Hubblesite” has a gallery of nearly 1,000 downloadable images of various galaxies, planets, stars, and nebula, which truly defy description. Today’s image is one I selected at random and is of the Butterfly Nebula. Full-sized photos (some larger than 4 feet square) are available on the site. 

As I viewed the photos from deep space, I was struck by several thoughts. First, their sheer size and beauty magnified the Lord.

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky aboveproclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them, he has set a tent for the sun, the sun, You have set your glory above the heavens. Psalm 19:1-4

Secondly, I was struck by how small people are in the overall scheme of the heavens, yet God loves us enough to send His Son to die on our behalf.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon, and the stars, which you have set in place,what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!    Psalm 8:3-9

Lastly, I was struck by the difficulty Ezekiel, John the Revelator, and others must have had in expressing their visions of God and the heavens. 

They say one picture is worth a thousand words. I know I could not adequately describe today’s image in ten times that; it is only a tiny piece of the world. It must be more difficult to describe the sight of the Creator of Heaven and Earth, the King of Kings.

Praise his holy name.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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I am a little slow-minded this morning, so I pulled this  one from around 2004 out of the archives.

We watched a pair of young grebes that have yet to be successful with their nest building. It keeps getting flooded out or collapses.

That sort of thing is not unusual for a young pair. We have seen the same thing happen to other pairs in the past. It is almost as if they are “playing house” the first year and getting used to the idea. We were privileged to watch them in a mating dance at sunset a few weeks later.

Last night, we passed a well-built, well-established nest further down the lake, but no one seemed to be home. I have been watching the parents return with fresh fish for the young for some time now, but I have not seen the babies yet.

Still further along, we saw the reason Mom and Pop Grebe were not home. We could see they had three young ones and were trying to teach them to dive and fish. It was amusing to watch. The young were quite noisy and aggressive when Mom would come up with a small fish for them.

As we drew closer, we realized there were four babies, not just the three we had seen at first. The youngest was still small enough to be carried on mom’s (dad’s?) back. It is hard to tell the male grebe from the female, and both are involved in child-rearing. 

The baby traveled safely on its back wherever the parent went, including underwater.

Watching the grebe carry the baby, I was reminded of how our heavenly Father carries us. We think that we are adventuring out in the “big world” all alone, but He is never far away.

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in–behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. 

Psalm 139:1-16 NIV

He knows us and everything about us. He is with us no matter where we travel. We can ignore Him and turn away, but He will never leave us.

The baby grebe will soon be big enough to be independent, and its parents will move on to other things. God never moves on to “other things.” We remain important from before our conception through all of eternity.

Praise the Lord for His faithfulness.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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When we hear the word “confession,” various pictures come to mind.

Some people might think of the confessional of the Roman Catholic Church, with the priest on the other side of the door, listening and, in theory, facilitating their reconciliation with God. 

This isn’t the time or place to discuss the theology of the Roman Catholic confessional. The Bible clearly teaches that no priest is required. God alone can forgive, and Jesus is our intermediary.

For some people, confession brings to mind a picture of a criminal confessing his crimes when confronted by a detective like Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot.

I want to discuss a specific type of confession this morning: a confession of faith. People often use the term “confession of faith” without understanding what it means.

In Romans, we read,

…because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.  For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:9-13

We often use this verse to explain that salvation is as simple as a sinner’s prayer. That is true … to a point. Let’s look at the word confess.

The word translated confess here is “homologeos”. That is homo=same and logeos=thinking or speaking. To confess is to think/speak in agreement with. When we “speak” that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised Him from the dad, it is only empty words if we do not have a heartfelt agreement. We must agree, not just say the words.

Many people have “said” a sinner’s prayer without believing the truth. They say the prayer for a variety of reasons, but unless there is heart agreement and true confession, they have not been saved. They have been given a false sense of security.

Similarly, there is more to confessing our sins than just admitting them. A person can admit many things without ever believing they are wrong. 

We must agree with Jesus that what we have done is against Him; otherwise, it is just an admission. Confession and admission are related, but they are not the same thing.

A psychopath may admit to his deeds but feel no remorse. That is an admission, not a confession. A child may admit to having their hand in the cookie jar, but that is not the same as recognizing it is wrong and striving to avoid repeating the error.

Have you truly confessed Jesus as Lord, or have you just said the words? Only you and God know the answer to that question.

Until next time, may you “agree” with Jesus.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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What are you afraid of? Whether we admit it or not, we are fearful of something.  

Years ago, I used to skydive, which was great, but I was terrified of flying. Jumping out of a plane seemed fine, but flying in one scared me. I know that is not logical, but fear is not rational. It is an emotional or spiritual response.

Often, we are afraid of failing, being exposed for who we “really” are, or what’s going to happen tomorrow. We worry about our jobs and our kids. The fact is that this world can be a very frightening place.

Our fears and insecurities often surface when we are called to serve the Lord. This happened to Moses in the desert.

Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Exodus 3:7-9

God Himself had heard their prayers and would do something about it. Moses must have been thrilled, but then came the clincher.

Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” Exodus 3:10-11

God’s plan was to send Moses. Moses reacted as many of us would, with a “Who me? I can’t do that” kind of fearful response. When the call goes out for missionaries to serve on the board of trustees or to fill whatever role, we instinctively go into fear and excuse mode.

We not only seem to lack faith in ourselves, we lack faith in God to provide what we need to do the job.

God doesn’t promise the believer a trial-free life, but He does promise to bring us through it. One of the Bible verses that got me through the years of litigation over the accidents that caused my brain injury was

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah 43:1-2

When you face fear, be it the fear of everyday life or the fear of responding to God’s call on your life, trust Him to carry you through.

Although I confess I haven’t counted them myself, I’m told that the phrase “Fear not” or its equivalents appear 365 times in the Bible. Even if the exact count is out, that makes the theme of trusting in God and walking without fear a pervasive concept in the Bible. When something appears that many times, we need to pay attention to what God is saying.

What is He saying? I suggest that God tells us not to be afraid because He is with us. I find a lot of comfort in that.

Until next time, may you learn to trust Him and His plan for your life. When He calls you to serve, may you overcome the fear and say yes, Lord.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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When the Lord’s love settles into our hearts and begins to  bear fruit, the call to share the truth with others begins to burn deep within us. It becomes a burning desire, an unquenchable fire.

The prophet Jeremiah understood this fire. He was viciously persecuted and sometimes even tried to give up proclaiming the word of the Lord, but he could not.

For whenever I speak, I cry out,I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for mea reproach and derision all day long.If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in,and I cannot. Jeremiah 20:8-9

Sharing Jesus’s love becomes an unquenchable passion. Some people are mistakenly under the impression that they must serve in specific roles to realize the fruit of that passion.

Not everyone is called to be a prophet, a teacher, a preacher, or an evangelist. The fire burns deep in others, too. They recognize that their gifts can help spread the truth. Many work in the seemingly low-profile roles of the church. They serve as ushers, greeters, administrators, and the like. They work in the nursery, the kitchen, and behind the scenes in a thousand different ways.

They write letters of encouragement to overseas missionaries, encourage and uplift the church at home, and build up and edify quietly with no fanfare and precious little recognition. Prayer warriors lift up those in ministry and those in need ceaselessly.

.All of those roles are vital to the truth being proclaimed and expounded. They are all part of the harvesting process.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 

We hear people speak of the joy of “leading someone to Christ.” I confess to having some baggage with that term because, really, only the Holy Spirit can do that; we simply help facilitate the process by His grace. 

Nonetheless, the harvest happened with the assistance of all the people who planted seeds and watered them along the way. There is much more involved than being there when the step is taken.

The final “decision” to accept Christ may seem sudden for many people, but it is a process. The heart had to be prepared and lovingly tended to. The person had to be prayed for by people who knew him/her and even by many who did not. 

Tens, hundreds, perhaps even thousands of little behind-the-scenes divine appointments along the way paved the path for the heart to be ready. Each step was an integral part of the process.

To all of you who serve behind the scenes, sometimes wondering if you even make a difference, let me assure you that your faithfulness impacts eternity and will astound you when you see it. When you meet the people whose eternal soul you had a part in playing, you will be overwhelmed.

Until next time, stay the course and tend the fire in whatever role God has given you.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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Kathy and I drove to Hope, BC, about an hour from home on Saturday. It was a pleasant trip.

The District of Hope (formerly the Town of Hope) is an old, established community (at least by BC standards). The explorer Simon Fraser arrived in 1808, and in 1848, The Hudson Bay Company created a trading post.

According to one source, “Fort Hope was established in 1848–49 by chief trader Henry Newsham Peers. He discovered a route through the mountains that did not dip below the 49th parallel, which had become the American border. Thus, the hope that his route would be workable was fulfilled.”

One of the biggest draws to Hope these days is its connection to the Rambo movie franchise. The first of the Rambo movies, First Blood, was filmed here. If you have seen the movie, you have seen the community (at least as it looked at the time.)

That movie connection draws tourists from around the globe, and Rambo-related paraphernalia is available almost everywhere in town.

Another draw is the chainsaw carvings throughout the community, including a Rambo carving and one of his nemesis, Sheriff Will Teasel, which stands nearby—a steady stream of tourists stopped by those statues to have their pictures taken.

As we picnicked in the town center, I looked out at the Rambo carving; I was struck by how often we put our hope in the wrong things and people. We want a superhero, a politician, or some other person to lead us and bring us to victory.

We will be disappointed if we put our hope in material goods, prestige, or earthly power. Those things will all fade away.

That will inevitably lead us to defeat. There is only one true Hope. Hope in anyone or anything else is a wish or an empty promise.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Romans 8:24-25

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. 1 Corinthians 15:9

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Jesus Christ is the one true hope. Through Him our sins are forgiven, the Holy Spirit dwells in us and we are adopted into the family of God. By His sacrifice and mercy, we are delivered from the punishment that is rightfully ours.

Praise His name and trust in Him.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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“It seemed a good idea at the time.” I wonder how many  incredibly dumb ideas have been talked about in retrospect with that line as an opening. I am sure all of us have been there at one time or another.

It seemed a good idea at the time. I am not certain who thought it up but using an old canoe instead of a toboggan just seemed to make sense. The trial run with one operator seemed to go okay, so the canoe was dragged back up to the top of the hill.

If you sit them correctly, you can fit a lot of people in a canoe. A quick shove sent the heavily laden canoe hurtling down the hill at breakneck speed. Everyone on board was screaming with delight and impressed with the idea’s brilliance.

It was not long before the first problem became apparent. You cannot steer a canoe full of people on an icy, snow-covered slope. You go where the slope wants to take you. 

The second problem was that a big tree was dead ahead. The third problem is that a canoe has sides, and people cannot bail out like they could from a toboggan.

The result? One destroyed canoe and a variety of bumps and bruises. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. Do not try that one at home.

Slipping into sin can be like that canoe trip. It can seem like a good idea at the time. The trial run(s) may even go without incident, and you may think you escaped unscathed. In the long run, though, sin always leads to some wreck.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. James 1:12-15

Being tempted is not a sin. The sin starts when we begin to think it over, and it begins to “seem like a good idea at the time.” If we do not get out, a wreck of some kind is inevitable before we go further. There is no such thing as a sin that no one knows about. You know about it, and God always knows, even if you manage to hide it from the rest of the world.

The longer you stay in sin, the more potential for damage that it does. It hardens your heart and dulls the whisper of the Holy Spirit in your ear. Each “successful” trip down the hill of sin leads to more. The longer you spend on the slope, the greater the damage potential for you and others. The longer you spend on the hill, the icier it gets and the faster you go downhill.

Ignore that nagging voice that tells you that it will be okay. Sin is never okay in the eyes of God. Even sins that are socially acceptable and legal under the law of the land will never be alright with God. All sin remains sin and unacceptable to a holy God.

Fortunately, when we do slip, we can turn to Him to be cleansed,\.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:9-10

Until next time, when you are tempted, get off the slope early.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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Onions are wonderful. They add flavor to our foods, and  many attribute healing properties to them. Onions come in a variety of colors and flavors, ranging from nearly as sweet as an apple to so tart they are guaranteed to make you cry.

The fresh green tops of an onion are tasty. Even the outer skin of an onion is edible. It is dry, tasteless, and generally unappealing, so we remove the outer layers to get down to the sweet (more or less) vegetable.

Scripture is like an onion. We can peel off successive layers of the onion until we get deeper into the sweet part. There are still correct and incorrect interpretations of the Word. 

Some have tried peeling the layers off to make the Scriptures say what they want it to say instead of what God has to tell us. That is wrong thinking. We cannot peel the layers off an onion expecting to find a peach in the center.

We often read Scripture without asking the question, “What is it saying?” When that happens, we are either looking through the lens of “I already know what that has to say” or just reading for the sake of reading without thinking about it.

Both can be very dangerous practices. The Word is a living thing. It is God’s revealed and fully inspired truth. It never changes, but God will often take us into a fresh and deeper understanding of it when we take the time to listen to Him and allow Him to speak.

How do we do that?

We start with a simple prayer asking Him to reveal His truth to us.

We read the Scripture word by word. Often we simply skim through it and do not take the time to actually read what it is saying.

We stop and listen for His voice.

Some perfect examples of the onion principle are the genealogies in Scripture and some of the sections of the Law. We wade through them, finding them dry and unappealing. We know that they are in Scripture for a reason, just like the outer skin of an onion has a purpose, but we can hardly wait to get past them. Many Christians skip them altogether.

These sections can undoubtedly be challenging reading, yet as we grow more familiar with Scripture and allow God to work, He begins to show us who these people are and why they are included. We start to realize that every name in the genealogies is a precious nugget of truth. We begin to see the relevance of those ancient laws to what we read and deal with today.

You can relax; I will not make you work through a genealogy or the law today. I will let you peel back those layers at your own good time.

We’re simply going to read a couple of Scriptures that remind us what a delight all of God’s Word is designed to be.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:1-3

With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. Psalm 119:10-16

Until next time, may you feast on the Word, savoring every morsel and finding the delicious truth in every verse.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

Gleanings From The Word

Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. Your value in God’s eyes is so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world. You are so precious to God that his plan for heaven will not be complete without you.

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