June 4
John declared to the teachers of Israel that their pride, selfishness, and cruelty showed them to be a generation of vipers, a deadly curse to the people, rather than the children of just and obedient Abraham. In view of the light they had received from God, they were even worse than the heathen, to whom they felt so much superior. They had forgotten the rock whence they were hewn, and the hole of the pit from which they had been digged. God was not dependent upon them for the fulfilling of His purpose. As He had called Abraham out from a heathen people, so He could call others to His service. Their hearts might now appear as lifeless as the stones of the desert, but His Spirit could quicken them to do His will, and receive the fulfillment of His promise.
Desire of Ages, page 107 from the chapter, 'The voice in the wilderness'
We will pass over the failure of those we might call the chosen people. The emphasis here is on the words, God … “could call others to His service.”
That means we are not designed to be people who sit in a pew facing a preacher. God has a role for us, we are to be people who serve God.
Why should we do such a thing? I love the words in the passage, Gods …” Spirit could quicken them to do His will.” I can look at my own life and realise that I am who I am because God has done something wonderful in my life.
Why on earth would a chosen people forget such a call?
A few weeks back I chose a song by Don Francisco. Bryn was obviously impressed as he has chosen, ‘Adam Where Are You’, by Don Francisco, as the song for today. Click on the picture to listen
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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
