August 12
“When the Queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions” - Kings 10:1
This week a workman at my home had things on his mind – hard questions, and he was seeking answers. Nothing was said until, work done, he was writing out a receipt for my payment. “Are you a Christian?” he asked. Taken by surprise, I said “Yes, I am.” I was surprised because he had just spent an hour huffing, puffing and complaining – turned out he loathed snails and was trying to control a panic attack. After determining which faith I follow, his questions and opinions followed thick and fast.
This reminded me of the Queen of Sheba. She too had serious questions to ask Solomon about God and His ways – a quest that took her on a thousand mile journey. She was searching for answers. Both the Queen of Sheba and my workman were looking for God. They wanted to know His ways and His will. To ask God “WHY!!” “Is there more than this life?”
Do you have problems on your mind – questions no-one has been able to answer? It's not wrong to have doubts and spiritual issues, but why let them get you down. Take time out and talk them over with God. Every day ask Him a question, then leave it with Him to answer in His own way and time. Final advice for my workman? - a copy of the book “The Teachings of Jesus.”
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
