How To Read God’s Providence. Part [1] 01/07/2026 (Evening thought)

Isaiah 30: 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.

The days that are coming upon the land will call for a different and higher level of obedience that some Christians may not yet be familiar with. When prime time comes around, we should have already learned the critically important lessons of how to wait upon God for everything. Thus, in our ongoing experiences He seeks to teach us bit by bit, how to trust, how to wait, how to read His providences and how to obey, in times when His providences might direct us to do this or that.

God’s written word, and His voice in our consciences are always to form the backbone and the springboard of all our actions. When making any move or when having to make a major decision that can have serious consequences, God’s written word must be consulted, and His Holy Spirit should be sought after through prayer, so that He will direct us in the ways of His choosing. There will at times be pressures and deadlines, and times of panic when persons will be tempted to run ahead of God’s guidance.

These instances should be carefully guarded, lest a wrong move can potentially place persons in a compromised position which they did not cater for. One of satan’s devices is to create an atmosphere of panic and uncertainty, so that persons will become fretted and confused as to what course of action to pursue, and if, like the Hebrews of old, they were to see pharaoh coming after them in the distance, they can be driven to make hurried, ill-advised decisions that may be contrary to God’s will.

Psalms 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What God Says About Guilt And Forgiveness. Part [14] 01/06/2026 (Morning thought)

Acts 9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.

Acts 9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. 21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

When dealing with issues of guilt and forgiveness, God does not focus on the guilt part but rather on the restoration, by which persons could be trusted once more and given a place among kings or angels. It is because of this why He bids us follow His lead, so that wherever forgiveness becomes warranted, we will focus on the restoration, instead of dwelling on the wrongs that were done to us.

Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. As we face a new year, let us try by the grace of God to bury the hatchet, and forgive one another, as God does, for it is His will that we would follow Him by precept and example. We therefore end with a passage of scripture that will enable us to do so, if we try, and as we do, let us never forget that, were it not for The Lord’s grace, and mercy none would be alive today.

Ephesians 4: 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!