BBD 01.27.06 Acts of God
Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>
The old website is at http://www.theburningbush.org
Several devotional booklets are now available for free download in PDF
format at the new site. Just click on the "Free Book Downloads" link.
Join the Burning Bush Prayer Group! Send and receive prayer requests and be
a part of a great ministry. More than 400 (currently 497) wonderful people
make up this group. To join send an email to: BBPG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Please sign the GuestMap at The Burning Bush website. You can plant your
country's flag on the map and leave a message. You can find it on the front
page at http://www.theburningbush.org
The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 510 new subscribers since November 1, 2005!!
01.27.06
Acts of God
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the LORD
commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his
servants, and it became a serpent. But Pharaoh also called the wise men and
the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with
their enchantments. For every man threw down his rod, and they became
serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart grew
hard, and he did not heed them, as the LORD had said. - Exodus 7:10-13.
Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
doing some have unwittingly entertained angels (entertained angels
unawares - KJV). - Hebrews 13:1-2.
There have been many miraculous reports of people being saved from the 2004
tsunami. One of those reports is about a group of fishermen. They reported
that just prior to the tsunami hitting that a group of dolphins pushed their
boat out into deeper water and out of harm's way. There have been consistent
reports of other saved by dolphins through the centuries especially from
shark attacks.
When something like the fishermen being saved occurred what do we think? Do
we think, "Oh, those marvelously intelligent, kind, wonderful dolphins?" Or,
do we think, "Praise, God for delivering those fishermen from danger!" When
the miraculous occurs, do we recognize that it has occurred and give credit,
praise, glory where it is due?
The majority of people across this world are just like the Egyptian Pharaoh.
Pharaoh saw a mighty miracle performed but dismissed it as a magic trick.
How many miracles would it take for Pharaoh to believe that the God of the
Hebrews was greater than his magicians and his false gods? Even after the
ten plagues Pharaoh still had his doubts and chased after the Hebrews to
bring them back into Egypt. The plagues were obvious miraculous
interventions by the One true God and yet Pharaoh could not comprehend,
could not understand the miraculous that was happening before his eyes. He
chose not to believe or you could say as the Bible does that, he "hardened
his heart."
You may be thinking that if something as miraculous as being saved by
dolphins from a tsunami happened to you that you would know God did it and
praise Him. I would hope you would and I would hope I would too. But what
about all of the smaller miraculous interventions that occur virtually every
day in our lives? You are on your way to work, ready to step out the door
and the phone rings. You take a moment to talk to your friend, even though
you may be late. On your way to work you pass an accident and realize it
could have been you if you had been a few moments ahead of where you were.
Or, you encounter an old friend at a store during the day that you had not
seen for years. Little miracles, easily passed off as just life happening -
it is in the ordinary, day-to-day things that we should be looking for God.
God is at work constantly in our lives, in your life. Do you see Him?
Copyright © 2006. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
The Crossmap Christian Search and Portal is a wonderful resource. I would
like to encourage you to visit this great site at http://www.crossmap.com. Crossmap
has added the Burning Bush Devotionals to their site. You may visit
Crossmap's sister website, the online version of the Christian Post at
http://www.christianpost.com.
If you have a Christian website you are invited to add the link to my free
links at the Burning Bush website. The Bravenet free links is near the
bottom of the front page http://www.theburningbush.org.
If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org
Streaming Videos of our services including my sermons are posted at:
http://www.theburningbush.org/fbcswvideo.html
There is now a webpage available at associate.com where the devotionals are
archived associate.com/groups/burningbushdevo. There is a complete
archive at the Burning Bush website and the address for the archive is
http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.
You may subscribe to the pure text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org and you can unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org
You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org
Subscribe to the Burning Bush Prayer Group. Send and receive prayer requests
to over 400 members. Send a blank email to: BBPG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe to the Burning Bush Inspirational Group. Send and receive
inspirational material to over 100 members. Send a blank email to:
bbinspire-subscribe@welovegod.org
Subscribe to the Burning Bush Restoration and Recovery Group for those with
addictions or recovering from addictions. Receive devotionals and
inspirational material directed toward those with addictions. Send and
receive prayer requests. Over 200 members. Send a blank email to:
tbbrr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe to the Intercede Life Group and pray for and help in practical
ways those who need help. To subscribe send a blank email to
interclife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.