Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

You will show me the way
of life, granting me the joy
of your presence and the
pleasures of living with
you forever.
Psalm 16:11 NLT

Quote:

It takes a radical break to
turn a man from earth's
trash to heaven's treasure.
Vance Havner

Reflection:

One of the most difficult things for me, is
too give and trust my life to God.  For some
reason this is a very difficult for me to do.
Giving up any power or any control is not
easy.  I struggled with this for a
long time.  When I did finally entrust
my life to God, I discovered something
very important.  When I said, "God I
put it into your hands you take care of it"
nothing seemed to happen.  But when I
said, "You call the shots Lord, give me
the strength to do thy well."  I became
a good and faithful servant. Things
would begin to happen, my problem
was solved, sometimes it took a long
time, but God was there with me. You
see I was serving God and He was
working through me.  He is still there
and is still working through me, and He
will forever!

The empty basket  (True Story)

When Palestine was partitioned,
Maltar and his family were stranded
in Jerusalem. Daily his family read
the Lord's promises, such as those
of Psalm 34. One day Maltar said,
"Children, we finished the last of our
food for breakfast. We have no money.
We'll tell this only to the Lord, and I'll
go out with this basket." SO THEY
PRAYED AROUND THE EMPTY
BASKET.

Maltar went to the bank, but there
was still no money coming through.
As he turned to go, he saw a friend
from his hometown in the line. He'd
left before the worst troubles and
banked his money in Jerusalem.
"Maltar!" his friend cried. "What
are you doing here?"

"We were on holiday in our small
house in Jerusalem and weren't
able to get back home," Maltar said.

"Then you must be having money
problems. How are you managing?"

"Fine," Maltar told him and left the
bank.

His friend overtook him: "You can't
be fine, Maltar, with nine kids to feed."
He dropped a handful of bank notes
into the basket.
The children, waiting at the gate,
stared in wonder as Maltar returned
with an overflowing basket.
Patricia St. John
in Finding God Between a Rock and
Hard Place

David said, "Those who honor [God]
will have all they need" (Psalm 34:9).
Why not claim that promise today?

Adapted from Men of Integrity
Devotional Bible with devotions from
the editors of Men of Integrity, a
publication of Christianity Today I
International (Tyndale, 2002), entry
for May 13.