Verses: Luke 12 : 54 -59
My thoughts about the verses:
We want to think that we understand what is going on around us. We have taken things that have happened in the past and compare it to current situations. We believe that certain things will happen to us because patterns that have happened in the past. We accept that things will eventually happen because they happened in the past.
Yet, the problem that we have is that even though things have happened in the past and have led to a certain result it doesn't always mean that it will happen. We tend to miss what is happens right in front of us. We miss the glory because we are concentrating on what we think might happen. We are so afraid that what happened in the past will happen again. We are waiting for the signs to become true.
We miss the fact that we are missing what is currently happening. We are looking into the future instead of concentrate on what is right around us. At the time of this scripture people were trying to read the signs. They were looking at prophesies and trying to determine if they had been fulfilled. Imagine standing right there with Jesus and not realizing that you were standing with the Savior. That was what Jesus wanted the people to understand. They were missing the fact that their Savior was there to bring them the freedom they needed.
We need to look at our lives do we do the same thing. Do we miss the fact that the Savior has come. Do we miss the blessings that come our way because we are waiting for the other shoe to drop. Has society made us a people that are afraid to accept that God wants us to be happy and free. In today's society there is so many times that we look at life and wonder what is out there for me. We watch the signs of the time. We concentrate on our fears and anxieties and often through that process we do not live a life of freedom.
Think about the last part of the scripture. Isn't this a further testimony of how we should live life with God. We need to forgive those that are around us. We should not concentrate on what others have done to us. Instead we should do the same thing God has done for us. We are to do the same thing God has done for us. We are to forgive those that have done us wrong. We are to ask forgiveness to those that we have done wrong. In all things we should concentrate on the present. We should not worry about the future. We need to let go of the past.
Prayer:
Dear God we praise you for giving us the gift of salvation. We praise you for the sacrifice that you made for us. We ask that you help us concentrate on the present. Help us to forgive those that have hurt us in the past. Help us ask forgiveness from those that we have hurt. Help us understand that what is most important is what is happening now. Help us quit looking for the other shoe fall and accept the good things that come our way. In the name of the Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you asked forgiveness from those that you have harmed? Are you forgiving those that have done harm to you? Are you leaving in the past or are you living in the present? Are you waiting for the signs of the future to come true or looking at what is happening today?
My thoughts about the verses:
We want to think that we understand what is going on around us. We have taken things that have happened in the past and compare it to current situations. We believe that certain things will happen to us because patterns that have happened in the past. We accept that things will eventually happen because they happened in the past.
Yet, the problem that we have is that even though things have happened in the past and have led to a certain result it doesn't always mean that it will happen. We tend to miss what is happens right in front of us. We miss the glory because we are concentrating on what we think might happen. We are so afraid that what happened in the past will happen again. We are waiting for the signs to become true.
We miss the fact that we are missing what is currently happening. We are looking into the future instead of concentrate on what is right around us. At the time of this scripture people were trying to read the signs. They were looking at prophesies and trying to determine if they had been fulfilled. Imagine standing right there with Jesus and not realizing that you were standing with the Savior. That was what Jesus wanted the people to understand. They were missing the fact that their Savior was there to bring them the freedom they needed.
We need to look at our lives do we do the same thing. Do we miss the fact that the Savior has come. Do we miss the blessings that come our way because we are waiting for the other shoe to drop. Has society made us a people that are afraid to accept that God wants us to be happy and free. In today's society there is so many times that we look at life and wonder what is out there for me. We watch the signs of the time. We concentrate on our fears and anxieties and often through that process we do not live a life of freedom.
Think about the last part of the scripture. Isn't this a further testimony of how we should live life with God. We need to forgive those that are around us. We should not concentrate on what others have done to us. Instead we should do the same thing God has done for us. We are to do the same thing God has done for us. We are to forgive those that have done us wrong. We are to ask forgiveness to those that we have done wrong. In all things we should concentrate on the present. We should not worry about the future. We need to let go of the past.
Prayer:
Dear God we praise you for giving us the gift of salvation. We praise you for the sacrifice that you made for us. We ask that you help us concentrate on the present. Help us to forgive those that have hurt us in the past. Help us ask forgiveness from those that we have hurt. Help us understand that what is most important is what is happening now. Help us quit looking for the other shoe fall and accept the good things that come our way. In the name of the Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you asked forgiveness from those that you have harmed? Are you forgiving those that have done harm to you? Are you leaving in the past or are you living in the present? Are you waiting for the signs of the future to come true or looking at what is happening today?
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