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Instinct vs Promise

Matt:2:7-12 They should have looked at the star alone. In between they reasoned out to look for the king in a palace. Naturally future kings are born in palaces, they thought. Logical reasoning is limited to your own wisdom. Hence it will be marred. But guidance from above is beyond human imagination because it comes from wisdom from above. And if you follow that promises alone, guidance will continue to come - may be one step at a time. A massacre could have been avoided, had they followed the star alone. Image credit: https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/extreme-close-up-hand

Feckless

Matt:2:1-8 The teachers of the law knew that their Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem. But they remained equivocal of what they knew. If they knew, they ought to have gone with the wise men to pay homage to their Christ. But they kept quiet. Why? They did not feel it urgent or important enough. It was not personal for them to meet their Saviour. They had a busy schedule to follow. Even their own ministry of interpreting the scriptures was useless for them. Because they knew it only in their head. What does the knowledge of the Scriptures bring a change in you? If the knowledge of God doesn't enable you to trust Him, it is useless. If the promises do not enable you to believe that He is able, then it is absolutely futile and pointless. Despite reading the Bible many times, if you still fret, it is ineffectual. Unless the Bible brings about a change in your life, it is feckless. It is just a mere book which you daily read. Image credit: https://www.lazada.com.ph/prod

Joseph

Matt:1:24 And took Mary as his wife. Oh! What a man is Joseph. A good man A God fearing man - a God oriented man Obedient to God's word Full of compassion and love to Mary No questions to God. Did not consider the ridicule and blame he was about to face from the society as any significant considering his love to Mary or his devotion to God. The silent doer. No talking. Received no words of appreciation. Continued to do what he was asked to do. Nothing more was written about him in the Bible. Considering the position he is given - Father of Messiah. No glory. Just silent doing of what he is expected to do. In contrast to the husbands and fathers of today (including me) who wants to be in the limelight. In the center. Of his family and his own world. Lord as a husband, as a father I have been self seeking. I repent. Forgive me. Image credit: https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/bible-stories-lessons/11/gabriel-visits-mary/

Heart broken💔

Have you noticed something beautiful about the genealogy of Jesus Christ? There are in total only five women mentioned in it. And all these five women were those who were so much demeaned in their lives. Labelled as unwanted. Rejected and heart broken. It was these seemingly unimportant women who became part of Jesus' line. Tamar's two husbands died. Her second husband ridiculed her. Judah her father in law derided her. Later considered her as a prostitute even though he was equally at fault. Her son was born out of her father in law. How much that child Perez would have suffered in the society? Rahab was a true prostitute. A gentile. Salmon was gracious enough to marry her. Ruth was an outsider. After she came into the family, there was only trouble. People would have labelled her as an ill-omen. Uriah's wife was subject to rape by the king when her husband was still alive. Her husband was killed. And she had to live her life as the wife of the man who kil

Noble woman

Proverbs Chapter 31 is an epilogue of a woman of noble character. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Husbands if you get such a wife as in Proverbs 31, you are blessed. Wives, if you are such a person as this, you are a blessing. But wives know that, you cannot be like that always or forever. Even for a day it's a struggle. Some say, I am not like that, so I am not a blessing for my family. My genetic make up is not like that. I also want my children to arise and call me blessed. I too want my husband to praise me. But i am not as efficient as 'x' or 'y'. I am not beautiful. I am not confident of my physique and stretch marks and wrinkles. My hair is graying. I am still struggling. If you think in terms of these negative line of thoughts, you will reach nowhere. In fact if you think like this you will become an antonym of blessing. Now what is the key to be a blessing? What is the key to change? V:30 Charm is

Shield

He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Pro:30:5 A shield is a weapon of protection. In fact you cannot call it a weapon. It is that part of the armour which you wear on your left arm. Wherever you bring it, it protects you from arrows or spears. But it does have it's own limitations. It cannot protect you from the arrows that come from every direction. Shield is often idiomized in the Bible for protection from the enemy and his fiery darts. In Proverbs 30:5 - God picturises Himself as a shield. But only for those who take refuge in Him. Only those who come under His overarching presence of God will be protected. Those who willingly stay away, adamantly are rebellious cannot be protected. Pro:2:7 He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless . A desire to walk a blameless path, is yet another prerequisite. Someone who indulges in sin or enjoys being there, cannot be protected. Only someone who desires to be blameless, He will protect. Ps:3:3 But you are