My daughter: Mummy, our Arts teacher asked us to bring extra crayons to school
tomorrow.
Me: Why is that?
Her: So we can make a beautiful card for our parents for valentine
Me: So why didn’t she write it in your communication book? (Communication book
is what is used in their school to send information to parents on a daily
basis)
Her: She can’t write it because she is not my class teacher
Me: But I told you already, if you tell me you want something from school, it
has to be written in your communication book!
Her: Why?
Me: Because that way I would know you are not lying
Her: (looking shocked) Mummy!!! I can’t lie to you! I’m your daughter!
(Ok, I’m sure some people are beginning to wonder “Does her daughter truly say
these things?” LOL) True life story! Hmmm, I was speechless! God does teach us
and talk to us through various channels, if only we’ll take time to listen….
So what did I learn this time? Confidence in WHO God is! My daughter made me
realise that who she is to me should be good enough for me to accept. I have
told her countless times never to lie to me. It has now sunk in: My daughter
never lies (Amen somebody!) and I ought to take her word for it! God is our
Father. He never lies. He cannot lie. When He speaks, He expects you to believe
His word. Take it as it is, no matter how unbelievable it may sound to the
ordinary ears! The Bible says He even honours His word more than His name
Psalm 138 verse 2B: For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
(NKJV)
Look at it. If He says He is your Father, He expects you to trust Him as a
child should. Then He says: Forget I’m your Father and take my word for it. Anything
I say I will do will be done because I always honour my word. And that even
supersedes the fact that I’m your Father!
That is our CONFIDENCE – HIS WORD.
Hebrews 13: 3-8 (The Message translation)
13-18 When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, putting
his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with
everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got
everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee
them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question
that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When
God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid
guarantee—GOD CAN’T BREAK HIS WORD. And because his word cannot change, the
promise is likewise unchangeable.
What word from God are you holding on to? What has He promised you that look
like is failing? Remember, He watches over His word to perform it.
Jeremiah 1: 11-12 (The Message translation)
11-12 God’s Message came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I said, “A walking stick—that’s all.”
And God said, “Good eyes! I’m sticking with you.
I’ll make every word I give you come true.”
Lay hold of that word and never let go. If He is watching to make it come true,
then you should be too!
MEDITATE: Jeremiah 17:7 - “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose
confidence is in him (NIV)
Prayer:
My confidence is in You Lord and I will hold on to Your promises and word for my life
Amen
-By Deby
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