THE GOD WHO PROVIDES - ISAAC'S STORY
by Roger Thomas
Scripture: Genesis 22:6-10, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 25:21
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The God Who Provides - Isaac's Story
Prepare to Meet Your God
Roger Thomas
Genesis 22:6-10, 24:10, 25:21
The young pastor was calling on an older lady in his church. He didn't know her particularly well and decided perhaps it was time to have a serious spiritual conversation with her. So he asks straight out, "Do you ever give much thought about the hereafter?" The lady ponders for a moment and then replies, "Oh, I sure do, sonny, all the time! Why, just this morning after breakfast, I was in the kitchen and headed back to my bedroom to get something. No sooner had I gotten there than I said to myself, "What am I hereafter?" I find myself thinking about the hereafter all the time.
I suspect many of us do, too-think about the hereafter. It comes with growing older. We should also think about the real here after-the reality that follows death, we should! Someday, for most of sooner rather than later, we will stand before our God. At that point, the verdict will be either "well done, my good and faithful servant or depart from me, I don't know you."
A baseball umpire named Ralph Pinelli once called the famous Babe Ruth out on strikes. The crowd booed with sharp disapproval at the call. Ruth didn't like it either. The great "sultan of swat" turned to the umpire with disdain and said, "There're 40,000 people here who know that the last pitch was a ball. You, tomato head!" (Ruth probably didn't actually say "tomato head." But I am sure I don't want to repeat what he did say.) The Yankee bench watched the scene unfold, sure that one angry umpire was about to throw Ruth out of the game. But he didn't. Instead Pinelli calmly walked over to Ruth. He stood toe to toe with the home run king and quietly said, so no one else could hear, "Maybe so, Babe, but mine is the only opinion that counts."
On the day we stand before our maker, only one opinion will matter then!
We are looking at the stories of men who knew God well. In fact, when Mose ...
Prepare to Meet Your God
Roger Thomas
Genesis 22:6-10, 24:10, 25:21
The young pastor was calling on an older lady in his church. He didn't know her particularly well and decided perhaps it was time to have a serious spiritual conversation with her. So he asks straight out, "Do you ever give much thought about the hereafter?" The lady ponders for a moment and then replies, "Oh, I sure do, sonny, all the time! Why, just this morning after breakfast, I was in the kitchen and headed back to my bedroom to get something. No sooner had I gotten there than I said to myself, "What am I hereafter?" I find myself thinking about the hereafter all the time.
I suspect many of us do, too-think about the hereafter. It comes with growing older. We should also think about the real here after-the reality that follows death, we should! Someday, for most of sooner rather than later, we will stand before our God. At that point, the verdict will be either "well done, my good and faithful servant or depart from me, I don't know you."
A baseball umpire named Ralph Pinelli once called the famous Babe Ruth out on strikes. The crowd booed with sharp disapproval at the call. Ruth didn't like it either. The great "sultan of swat" turned to the umpire with disdain and said, "There're 40,000 people here who know that the last pitch was a ball. You, tomato head!" (Ruth probably didn't actually say "tomato head." But I am sure I don't want to repeat what he did say.) The Yankee bench watched the scene unfold, sure that one angry umpire was about to throw Ruth out of the game. But he didn't. Instead Pinelli calmly walked over to Ruth. He stood toe to toe with the home run king and quietly said, so no one else could hear, "Maybe so, Babe, but mine is the only opinion that counts."
On the day we stand before our maker, only one opinion will matter then!
We are looking at the stories of men who knew God well. In fact, when Mose ...
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