From the Heart by B.Demaere

Only think for one minute about how life is good…No longer do we have to offer sacrifices, because of what Jesus did for us, His obedience canceled the need for any sacrifices on our part.   Life is like that, it is either obedience or sacrifice.   What is it for you? King Saul had to learn this the hard way when he disobeyed God’s instructions about what to do with the spoil of the enemy.   He gave the lambs in sacrifice rather than obey God himself and that is when God told him: “Obedience is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22).   So quit trying to please God by all your good works, it is not what he wants.   He wants you and Jesus understood this because it says in Hebrews 10:5-7… That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer You were not please with burn offerings or other offerings for sin. Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your ...

                   “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, Before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’   You must go to everyone I send you and say whatever I command you.   Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you.” declares the Lord . (Please read the rest of the commission in your Bible)   When the prophet Jeremiah was called by God for his life’s mission, it was serious business.   God made sure that he would listen only to Him.   People could have given him an opinion of what they thought of him but the message that Jeremiah was to give stood out. When Jeremiah was led by God.   He used the excuse of being too young but that did not impress God ...

  The Battle Within Here at home, I do some shores and one of them is washing dishes.  As it happened, I was having my devotion time with the Lord.  In the back of my mind, I was also thinking about washing the dishes. During that time, I waited on the Lord, which meant waiting for his timing.   Instead of rushing from my quiet time to wash the dishes.   Finally, through his voice in my spirit he prompted me to start the dishes. It made me think of this incident between Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) Martha was busy with the shores around the home and Mary had chosen to spend time at the feet of Jesus.   In verse 42 Jesus even tells Martha that Mary has chosen what is better. I suppose there need to be a balance, we could be so busy that we forget to spend time with Jesus or vice versa.   The balance comes with practice.   As for myself I have been a Christian for over 40 years, and I am still learning from him the obedience to His Sp...

  Yes, I obey your commandments and decrees, because you know everything I do. (Psalm 119:168) Here the writer of this psalm whom I think is king David gives us the answer on what our obedience to God should be based on and that is on God's all-knowing attribute of us. To be honest with you, I don't like it when God knows everything about me and my first reaction is the same one Adam and Eve demonstrated to Him shortly after creation.  I want to hide from him even just because... But his knowledge of me and what I do has its benefits, he protects me and helps me when I am in trouble.  I should be wanting him to know all about me like a sheep would be more comfortable knowing that the shepherd knows its whereabouts at all time. As sheep we don't want to be in the light, but for our sake we should be. Our level of commitment is totally equal to our awareness of the knowledge that we want God to have of us.  If we are 100% committed to him, we will not mind being known ...