Taste and see that I am good. The more intimately you experience Me, the more convinced you become of My goodness. Dear Jesus, I have been taught since early childhood that You are good. However, that teaching did not change me significantly. Eventually I became a Christian, and I tasted Your goodness briefly. Yet I still did not know You very deeply. As a result, when things went badly in my life, I tended to resent Your ways with me. Only when I began investing time in seeking Your Face did I start to know You intimately. Now that I have tasted Your goodness, I want to experience more and more of You. Beloved, your desire to know Me more fully is a delight to My heart. Actually, I have been pursuing you for quite some time. Long … [Read more...]
At Ease
Carolyn Spring-Baker March 19 "AT EASE" “I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.” ~Psalms 119:45 In life, “it’s always something.” When you solve one problem, another is waiting to take its place. Jesus said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” ~John 16:33 Observe two things Jesus said: (1) “In Me you may have peace.” (2) “In the world you will have [trouble].” God’s peace becomes a certainty only when you listen to, and obey, “these things I have spoken to you.” The Psalmist wrote: "So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. … [Read more...]