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THE BITTER AND THE SWEET

"So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.  And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah [bitterness].  And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?  And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them." (Exodus 15:22-25).   God sent His servant Moses to lead Israel out of the bondage that they knew in Egypt, and to bring them into the land that He had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.   God worked a great miracle of deliverance when He divided the Red Sea, and caused Israel to pass over in safety while Pharaoh and his host were drowned as they pursued after the Israelites to destr...
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SAVING OUR LIFE

"Peter answered and said unto Him, Though all men shall be offended because of Thee, yet will I never be offended.  Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.  Peter said unto Him, Though I should die with Thee, yet will I not deny Thee.   Likewise also said all the disciples ." (Matthew 26:33-35).   Each of us is willing to give our very best to the Lord at the beginning of our spiritual journey.   We make many promises to Him at the start when our faith is new and our experience is limited.   Like Peter, we may even pledge our lives in service for Him.   While such sentiments are well meaning, they come from a place of ignorance.   We just don’t know what discipleship is going to cost us yet.   These words and promises come very easily to "all the disciples" at first.    We simply do not understand as young Christians that this is a process, and that we are gr...
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GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.” (1Timothy 6:6).    There are many who have embraced a godly lifestyle and maintain a good relationship with God, but they have not learned the secret of being content.  In the sixth chapter of his first letter to Timothy, the Apostle Paul makes a strong argument for contentment.  He tells Timothy, “…we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” (1 Timothy 6:7, 8).  There are those today who preach a prosperity doctrine which suggests that if we serve God faithfully, He will reward us with riches in this life.  Nothing could be further from the apostolic teaching that Paul presents in his letters.  Paul is very plain spoken on the subject when he writes, “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition....
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