Joyous Living

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self discipline.  [2 Timothy 1:7 NLT ] When Gideon destroyed Baal's alter as God instructed him to do, the Midianites found out and were furious! They gathered a force of 135,000 men and prepared them for battle. Then "the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon" and he took his first step of faith (Judges 6:34). He blew a trumpet summoning allies to follow him, and sent messengers throughout the region, calling his people to arms. But suddenly something changed, and Gideon's fear returned. Gideon asked if he could place a wool fleece on the threshing floor and for God to confirm His promise to save Israel by Gideon's hand  by putting the morning dew only on the fleece and leaving the ground around it dry. Then Gideon would know that God would keep His promise. And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day. He squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew, a bowlful of water. But. ...

So something I've been thinking about lately is what all Jesus is. Jesus is so much more than what we try to think up or fathom with our tiny minds. As we journey on through life, we face obstacles. Problems we think there might not be any answers for. And then we let confusion come in and cloud our minds, and start thinking that maybe God doesn't know what all He's doing. But I am here to tell you that that is not so. God knows exactly what He's doing. It does not matter how big, how unique or how different you might think your problem is. He is the answer. No, in fact let me make this clear. Jesus IS the Answer!  Jesus is the answer to all of the circumstances you might be facing. From the beginning of the Bible to the end of the Bible we see clearly that Jesus is the Answer. Let me just give you a run down of it. In Genesis, He is the Breathe  of Life. In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus, He is our High Priest. In Numbers, He i...