Behind
the Scenes
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I
will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NLT)
There
are so many things going on in our lives all the time that we forget that God
is moving behind the scenes. It’s like a
parallel world moving right along with us, but God is directing that movement
while we are directing our own movement.
In
Hebrews 13:5, Jesus left a comforting message for us, “He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
That’s pretty simple to understand, He is
always going to be with us, day and night behind the scene, to help us keep on
track. Have you ever been alone and
hurting in the night with no one to encourage you? You are not alone and when you call out His
name, He is there. He is listening and
in ways we don’t understand, he is calling out to God for you.
Did you know that God never sleeps? “Behold,
He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:4. As humans, we cannot get along without rest
and sleep, even though many try to. God
designed our bodies to need refueling enough to continue on. That means sleep and rest. God set up the “Sabbath” so that people would
not wear themselves out, but would rest from their labor and would be prepared
to get back to work the following day. God is still working behind the scenes
to help rest and build up our bodies to be strong.
Do you ever have stomach
problems? In the beginning God showed us
what the proper food were that would be good for our body. Rich foods can cause serious stomach
issues. I think of Daniel in the Old Testament.
He was a prisoner of King Nebuchadnezzar who wanted to feed Daniel rich foods
and desserts from
his own table. But Daniel was very smart
and said, “Please let my 3 friends and I eat just vegetables and drink water
and see if we are not healthiest of all the servants.” After a time, Daniel and his friends were the
healthiest of all. Does this tell you
something about your eating habits?
How many times have you been spared
from a deadly incident or illness?
Looking back over the years things happened to me that could have taken
my life, but by Gods miraculous intervention I was saved. Behind the scene God
and his angels were working to save me.
There is no other answer for what happened.
I remember years ago when my young
family were in such bad financial condition because of family illness and
doctor bills we could see no way out. I
used to sit at my table and look at all the bills, wondering how we could ever
pay them. Over the years I experienced
times that there was money in our account that I know I didn’t put in
there. I know God working it out behind
the scenes. Like the time we owed thousands of dollars to the local hospital
and they forgave the debt. Praise the
Lord.
Years later I learned about tithing.
Malachi 3:10 “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open
for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there
will not be room enough to receive it.” I
came from a denomination that never talked about tithing, so didn’t anything
about it. It was years later when I
accepted Jesus as my Savior. One day I
was driving to work and listening to a Christian radio station when I heard
about tithing. When I came home that
day, I looked through the mail and there was an article about tithing in a
magazine using the same scripture I heard on the radio. At dinner time we were at the table but I
could see the TV in the other room and a man was on there talking about
‘Tithing’! My husband and I talked about
it and immediately knew that’s what we needed to do. We were no longer going to
“rob God” as it says in Malachi.
From that day to this, we have
never missed giving 10% to God. If we
were gone we always made up what we missed tithing. God has always been so
faithful to us. We have not had to worry
over money again. In Malachi 3:11 it
tells us to try God, “And
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the
fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the
field," Says the LORD of
hosts.” Yes, it’s true; God is working being the scene
and he does what he said he would do!
This is good stuff!
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