Take a Little Time

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Today I am suggesting that you join me in reading this psalm. Don’t rush through it. Think about it. It could be the point of the musical word “Selah” – pause and think about it. Think of it as a “whole rest”. After you read and think about this psalm, then watch through the day how God will use it to teach, encourage, and just generally (and specifically) make us better.

How lovely is Your dwelling place, LORD of Hosts.

I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young—
near Your altars, LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

How happy are those who reside in Your house, who praise You continually.

Selah

Happy are the people whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater;
even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.

Selah

Consider our shield, God; look on the face of Your anointed one.

Better a day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else].
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of the wicked.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield.
The LORD gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity.

LORD of Hosts, happy is the person who trusts in You!               Psalm 84 (HCSB)

 

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God’s Miracles: Fresh Bread

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

As He [Jesus] stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd, felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to Him.

“Bring them here to Me,” He said. Then He commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds. Everyone ate and was filled. Then they picked up 12 baskets full of leftover pieces! Now those who ate were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.              Matthew 14:14-21 (HCSB)

God has been about feeding His people since He provided for Adam and Eve, Moses and the Israelites, and Elijah and the widow. Jesus repeated God’s promises for food and drink many times throughout the Old Testament. Then Jesus took it all to a new level.

Jesus spoke of bread and water as His Word and His Spirit. He said this provision would be Living, not like mold or a stagnant pond. Jesus said that His flesh and blood would make it so I wold never hunger and thirst again.

Jesus’ miracle that fed possibly 8-10,000 people has, frankly, been a story that I read quickly and moved on. (Note: Matthew says the 5,000 were men and didn’t count the women and children that were also fed.) But there is much for me to learn about discipleship when I read how Jesus did ministry.

Jesus thought first with compassion. He identified what the people really needed – healing and food. He didn’t worry about church buildings and padded chairs to sit on. Jesus took care of the needs that were both immediate(food) and eternal.

Jesus’ first plan for meeting the needs of these people was that the disciples would do it. They, however, gave up and said it was impossible. I wonder what would have happened if the disciples had looked at the few loaves and fish and said, “If You will show us, Jesus, we could feed these people. With God, all things are possible!”

I, the LORD, also promise you a terrible shortage, but not of food and water.

You will hunger and thirst to hear my message.

You will search everywhere– from north to south, from east to west.

You will go all over the earth, seeking a message from me, the LORD.

But you won’t find one.                  Amos 8:11-12 (CEV)

As I read this I felt…sadness…fear…and a gut-wrenching desire to spend more time not only knowing God’s Word in my mind but that it would take root in my heart, my spirit. If we are counting on receiving God’s Word only in our churches, we surely are going to starve to death. Our spirit craves fresh Bread and Living Water. Jesus didn’t teach people what they wanted to hear. He didn’t say what made them comfortable. Jesus gave them what they needed. As His disciple, that is my Marching Orders also. To do less, is to be disobedient, disrespectful, and dishonorable to my LORD.

Thank You, LORD, for the miracle of Your Word. May I be found faithful to passing it to everyone I meet, just as You gave it to me. Fresh Bread.

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God’s Miracles: Transformation

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

This week’s lectionary texts were not a group that had me marking my Bible so I would remember them. It occurs to me that they may just not be speaking to me in this season of my life. However, they did get me thinking about God and His miracles.

Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip as they wrestled and dislocated his hip socket. Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

“What is your name?” the man asked.

“Jacob!” he replied.

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Then Jacob asked Him, “Please tell me Your name.”

But He answered, “Why do you ask My name?” And He blessed him there.       Genesis 32:24-29 (HCSB)

Jacob was a lifelong mess-up. It began when he was born and his parents named him. Jacob means “deceiver”. That pretty well described his life of manipulation and deception.

But now Jacob has come to the place where he is going to make a change and live an honorable, God-fearing life. He has wrestled his way through repentance and come out on the other side with God blessing him. God has transformed him.

It is a miracle of God when He takes me and makes me into a new me. It doesn’t happen just once. Every day is a new day with the potential for God and me to meet and something extraordinary happen

Jesus is my teacher. Each day when I go to His “school” I learn something new. If I play “hooky”, I don’t learn anything. If I don’t “study”, I may not pass the test and have to take it over. Like a really good teacher, Jesus wants me to to do well in His classes. He wants me to be a Star Pupil. He knows how to teach me one-on-one, focusing the classes on my needs.

God said He would change my hard heart to a fleshly one that has His Spirit in me to help me learn and obey His commands (Ezekiel 36:25-27).

Jesus said He was giving me the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, to remind me of everything that He has said (John 14:25-26).

John saw in his revelation that Jesus, the Lamb, would be coming back for His Bride (Revelation 19:6-9). I want to be transformed into this bride that is soooo focused on my Bridegroom that He is my all.

God promised He would never leave me (Deuteronomy 31:6). He promised He would complete what He began in me (Philippians 1:6). He loves me with an ever-lasting love (Jeremiah 31:3). As a wise man once told me, “God is in the Miracle business”. Yes, He is.

 

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Give Thanks Any way

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Be quiet while I speak, then say what you will.

I will be responsible for what happens to me.

God may kill me, but still I will trust him and offer my defense.       Job 13:13-15 (CEV)

Jesus then asked his twelve disciples if they were going to leave him. Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life. We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God’s Holy One.”     John 6:67-69 (CEV)

The end of another week. Has it been “good”? How would you define “good”? Maybe it hasn’t been so “good”. Maybe it has been a mixture. Most weeks are.

Job had a bad week. Lost his children, his livelihood, and ended up with sores all over his body. If that wasn’t bad enough, he had three friends who thought they were going to show him the error of his ways, explaining why all this had happened to him. Real helpful.

Jesus and his disciples had had “mixed week”. In John’s gospel, Jesus had fed five thousand people and then walked on water in the middle of a storm. His disciples had seen the glory of God manifested in Jesus. But look out! Here comes the Church leadership with their questions and opinions, trying to keep Jesus in their proper place, somewhere below them. Many disciples had left, deciding that following Jesus was too hard. I can relate to that.

In 2002 and 2004 I was on a mission trip to Hungary. I was ministering to people, to children, sharing the Good News of Jesus. During both of these trips, my young son discovered that his cancer had reoccurred. He was in the United States and I was in Hungary. The first time it happened I was understandably upset. He was with his older sister and I knew in my mind that the few days passing until we returned would not alter any treatment options. But I wanted to hug him and hold him. The second time, I was angry. How could God allow this to happen again? And while I was out doing His work??!! (By the way, I think it was just as hard on Henry who was at home with our son, feeling equally as helpless for different reasons and had to notify me of the events.) I went through a “crisis” of faith, wondering if being a disciple was really worth the price.

I came to the same conclusion as Peter. And as Job. Life here on earth isn’t easy but that life without God would be so much harder. It would be life without hope. For me, if I did not have the assurance of Jesus, His love and care in my life; if I did not have the assurance of an eternal life, the Hope of something better, I would give up. Jesus is God. I trust Him. Even though I am flawed and imperfect, Jesus makes it possible for me to have this relationship with my Holy LORD. I will praise Him any way.

Let’s take time this weekend and turn to Psalm 136 and remember what God has done and continues to do. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 (NIV)

 

 

 

 

 

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Who Do I Call?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

I raise my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.

Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.

The LORD protects you;
the LORD is a shelter right by your side.

The sun will not strike you by day,
or the moon by night.

The LORD will protect you from all harm;
He will protect your life.

The LORD will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.                            Psalm 121 (HCSB)

When I need help, who is #1 on my speed dial? Who is my Ghost Buster? Who is my BFF?

In this psalm is the real connection that will be more important than any other in my life. If that is not a true statement in my life, I need to make an adjustment.

How much time do I spend with my spouse? How much time do I spend talking with my best friend every week? I bet the answer isn’t “one hour per week”!

This is a beautiful piece of poetry. In my mind I can see those mountains. I have lived near a beach for over 30 years so when I travel to Tennessee or Montana or Arizona I am mesmerized by the beautiful mountains in that region. Sunsets are truly God painting a new picture every day – for His child who takes the time to look.

When I take the time to then close my eyes and just soak in God’s love and care, I grow in faith and trust. The lies of the world that I must find myself through self-awareness and self-help is replaced with the truth of God’s abundant gifts of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.

Life isn’t always easy to navigate. It is uncharted and ever-changing. Who better than the Creator to guide His created ones? What sense does it make to seek first another created one who has no better sight than me? How will I know it is His voice that I hear? By spending enough time with my LORD that I know His voice and know His character.

Stop and read again this psalm. Allow it to be more than words. Allow it to penetrate more than just the mind but to be absorbed by the heart and spirit.

 

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Have You Touched Jesus Lately?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Once they crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. When the men of that place recognized Him, they alerted the whole vicinity and brought to Him all who were sick. They were begging Him that they might only touch the tassel on His robe. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.     Matthew 14:34-36 (HCSB)

I have had a week of meeting with people in a great deal of pain. They are grieving. Their loved ones have died and they feel lost, profoundly sad, angry, hopeless, numb, and confused. Most of them have loved the LORD for many years, even all their lives. And now He has allowed someone that they love to die and they cannot take that in.

Jesus isn’t just about healing bodies. He also wants us to be healthy in spirit. He wants us to be filled with joy. He wanted us to know that terrible things happen, hard times will come, but when we are connected to Him, we will be “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37).

It can be near to impossible to have the energy (the strength) to move toward Jesus in the times we need Him most. We may be angry or shut down and refuse to move toward Jesus when we need Him most. We may not be able to see Jesus. That is when Jesus sends His angels to minister. That is when Jesus puts out His ‘call’ to the parts of the Body who are willing to go like Aaron and Hur and lift weak arms (Exodus 17:8-13); go like Ananias and pray over blind eyes (Acts 9:17-18); pray as His Body to set the prisoner free (Acts 12).

It only takes a “touch connection” to Jesus to receive His healing but sometimes my bruised and battered spirit and tired, low-on-hope heart needs some “therapy”. The healing happens over a period of time as I soak in His presence in prayer and worship.

Paul tells me in 2 Corinthians 1 that God’s comfort is given in all troubles so that we in turn can comfort others. His plan is to impart His comfort through me and you. That is why support groups are so vital in bringing people through grief, through addictions, through divorce, and other trials.

May we “alert the whole vicinity” that Jesus is just a touch away. May we be willing to go when called by Him to take His healing to another. May we be willing to pray without ceasing for someone to be “made perfectly well”.

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.       2 Corinthians 1:5-7 (NIV)

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Because I Said So

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

Then the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow. Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover [your] mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”

I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded.      Ezekiel 24:15-18 (HCSB)

If you haven’t been with me in the devotion time very long you may not have read this before – there are some hard passages in Scripture that are rarely taught or preached about. Those passages are there because this life in this world is hard. We need to know that others have gone before us and still decided to love, serve, and trust God.

Ezekiel is a prophet of God. He is speaking what God wants him to say to the people of God. Ezekiel isn’t winning any popularity contests by what he is saying but he continues to tell the people God’s truth. And then God tells him that He, God, is going to take away Ezekiel’s wife. She is going to die. “And, by the way, Ezekiel, I do not want you weeping and wailing with grief. Get back out there and get to work like I tell you!” Did God explain ‘why’? Nope.

I would rather study about how Jesus healed and raised the people from the dead. I would rather read how He kept Abraham from sacrificing Isaac. I would rather justify the death of David’s son by saying it was a consequence of David’s sins. But since I am not without sin, that line of reasoning doesn’t make me feel better.

There aren’t good, satisfying answers as to the ‘why’ God took Ezekiel’s wife. And God doesn’t spend His words explaining Himself. Would I understand if He did? Does God care that He caused Ezekiel pain?

“‘For here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. I’ll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You’ll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors. You’ll be my people! I’ll be your God!     Ezekiel 36:24-28 (The Message)

Here is the loving, caring LORD that I count on to hold me and heal me. Like a child, I want love and gifts. But God is also Father who sees danger and the need for lessons where I do not.

One day, my then two-year-old twins were playing in our driveway. They had been told not to go into the street. I was sweeping the walk when suddenly one of them took off running down the driveway and into the street. We lived on a corner and there was a car coming down the street and would turn at our corner. I yelled and took off running! I snatched my child up and run back up into the drive. I was beyond upset because my child was in great danger. I was very curt when I spoke and made them both go inside. They cried. I had stopped their fun. They could not understand my reaction and I could not explain the situation so they could understand. It was a “because I said so!” situation.

God understands and knows far above what I do. My comparison of myself and my children is not an adequate comparison but it does give me a point of reference to accept God’s actions with Ezekiel and his wife even when I do not understand. From there I consider that God took Ezekiel’s wife “home”. She no longer had to live in the difficulties and pain of this world. Death is not the end for those who call God – LORD. Death is just the door to the best gift – life with our Father forever and ever. Though I grieve for those who pass through this door and leave me behind, I know that “soon” we will be together again – forever and ever.

 

 

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Treasures

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

He [Jesus] said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”      Matthew 13:52 (HCSB)

The lectionary this week for me was all about how God is so extravagant. Will I see it?

Genesis 29 tells me about Jacob and the deception of his father-in-law in giving Jacob his eldest daughter, Leah, instead of Rachel. Jacob had to work 14 years to pay that bride price. He may have wondered why God allowed this to happen. Through these two women, Jacob had 12 sons.  Extravagant.

Psalm 105 is a praise song for God’s promises and His faithfulness to His promises.  We may often say that if we do not remember history we are destined to repeat our mistakes. I believe the other side of the truth coin is that if we do not take the time to remember God’s promises we may forget He made them and forget to look for the fulfillment of His promises.  Psalms shows me how important my prayer journal is. Recording my conversations with God and then seeing how He answered my cries, that is a faith builder.

Romans 8:26-39 is a passage that I love to read. Today I read it in a translation that is different than my usual NIV. Every time I read this passage I end up in tears or with my hands up in a victory dance as I am overwhelmed with how much God loves me.
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? (v. 31 The Message)
absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. (v. 39 The Message)

Are you willing to stop and know the embrace of Jesus?

God has blessed me with many treasures in my life. They are as tangible as my family and as intangible as the relationship that He has grown us in to. These treasures aren’t objects that will become dusty or grow mold. No, they are the kind that will last forever. They are riches beyond my imagination.  God did not intend for me to lock His treasures away in my personal vault. They are to give away to others through how I live my life, how I share with others, and how I can encourage others in their relationship with God. I won’t be ‘lighter’ in what I have because Jesus wants to continue to meet with me and give me more. His gifts are never-ending.

I hope you will take time to read some of these passages and receive the treasures that God has for you through His words. Find out that His loves endures forever.

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If You Have Ears to Hear

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

– Henry Neufeld

The cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces sad today?”

“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”

Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me [your dreams].”      Genesis 40:5-8 (HCSB)

One of our problems in reading the Bible is that we rush, trying to get to the answer to our current question or looking for “just the facts.” We often miss the story, while we’re looking for the facts. You might want to do a slow, meditative read of Genesis 40 before you read this devotional. It might help you get the picture.

Pharaoh’s birthday is coming up. We aren’t told that until after the dreams have been interpreted, but it surely would have been know, and I doubt that Pharaoh suddenly decided on a feast three days before his birthday. Further, if you think about it a bit, I suspect you’d get the idea that the cupbearer’s dream is positive and the baker’s dream is negative. A little more thinking and you might start to guess that the symbol for three comes out so much and it’s three days until the party.

I think our narrator is trying to hint to us here that these two servants of Pharaoh are not all that bright, or better, that they’re not seeing things that are right in front of them. Now I’m not trying to take away from the miraculous aspect. They would have to guess, while Joseph would know. The related dreams are clearly a sign. As he said, interpretations belong to God.

God is going to use the blindness of these two servants to advance Joseph’s career. Note that poor Joseph gets to predict a resolution in three days for these servants while he has to wait two more years for a resolution to his own difficulties.

But I want to take this story in a different direction. How many times do we fail to discover what God wants us to do because we aren’t listening, aren’t watching, or even because we know what to do but we don’t want to do it? One of the most common prayer requests is for guidance. I’ve never done a survey, but I’m guessing it comes right up there with healing and financial needs. What does God want me to do?

I think we ask sincerely, but we often deceive ourselves. I was riding once with a pastor, a great evangelist, who suddenly said to me, “You know, you can hear God’s voice more often. You just have to obey what you hear. If you obey, God will speak to you more.”

Interesting, no? I think I’d add to that, if you have an attitude of obedience, one that says, “I’m going to do whatever God wants me to do whether I really like it or not,” then you’re more likely to hear when God does speak to you. We complain about God not speaking to us, but I think the problem is much more often that we aren’t really listening, or we aren’t listening for what God actually says.

God may be saying to work out your marital problems, while you’re hoping that God will release you to ditch your spouse.

God may be saying to keep working in an obscure place without recognition, but you want to hear him calling you to great things that impact millions. (Or the reverse! I fear large crowds. Would I even hear it if God told me to go speak to one?)

God may be saying to keep working when you can’t see the fruit right now, but you’d rather change direction. (Or the reverse. You may be comfortable in the rut, and hope God doesn’t want you to change.)

The key here is not that you need to find the uncomfortable thing and assume God is calling you to that. It may be that you don’t want to do certain things because those are not your gifts. But it may also be that you can’t hear what God is saying, because you know he can’t possibly be saying that.

It may be that the “Pharaoh’s” birthday moment of your life is three days away and God is laying out “threes” to you in your dreams, but you’re thinking God needs to fix things today, or maybe you had in mind a month or a year from now.

If God lays it out to you, will you be listening? Will you be watching? Will you be open to the message? Or will you be downcast?

 

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Loving Lifeguard

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jody Neufeld

[Jesus said,] “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”    Luke 19:10 (HCSB)

[Jesus said,] “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them!”     John 3:17 (CEV)

I recently quoted a passage from a book I read, Chris Surber’s The Sacred Journey. (If you don’t have a an awesome Christian book to read at present – I highly recommend this one.)

Jesus ate with sinners as a way of loving them into the Kingdom of God. He did not make picket signs against their sin. p. 80

Chris and I got on some person’s last nerve. He quickly commented that “But He called it like it was, sin is sin, and did not condone or mollify.”

While I agree that God does not condone sin nor does He try to reassure us that “it’s OK, Jody. It was just a ‘little’ sin”, God isn’t in the condemning business, we are. God will convict us with His Spirit. God will help us to know our sin so that we can turn away, repent, from that sin.

Jesus knew that we would fall into this sin of judging and condemning others. It was part of the Sermon on the Mount. He rapped my knuckles, telling me not to judge because it would bring judgment on me with the same level of condemnation that I level on someone else. Remember His example of the sawdust in my brother’s eye vs. the plank in my own? (Matthew 7:1-5)

I haven’t asked Rev. Surber what he was thinking when he wrote that sentence but when I think of “pickets” I think of those who stand outside abortion clinics with their graphic signs that condemn the women for killing the babies. I believe that the child they carry is alive from the moment of conception. I believe abortion is wrong. But I believe, in God’s eyes, condemning those women is just as wrong. If we call ourselves Jesus’ disciples, we should be about loving and healing before “go and sin no more”. That is what Jesus did. Why not provide more homes to totally support these women in the pregnancies? Give them a place to stay and fellowship through this season of their life. Give them an alternative without harsh words and no help. Give them Jesus’ love.

Jesus wants to save people. Jesus forgave me as He hung on the cross. I have broken every Commandment. Every one of them. And Jesus forgave my sin that put Him – GOD – on a cross! Is there any sin that is too big for Jesus to forgive? No. There is nothing too big for Jesus’ Blood to cover in atonement that puts me right with God. Nothing. He covered everything. Everything. There are no ‘big’ and ‘little’ sins. Jesus covered sin. Period.

Rev. Surber calls Jesus’ love ‘radical’. It is. I’m a nurse and when you do radical surgery, it can be seen as massive and life-changing. That is what happens when I came in contact with the Living God. How about you? I am not the person I was. Jesus’ love totally healed and changed me. That is something I want to share with people who are hurting and desperate. Jesus is what they need.

Let’s give Jesus to those who are struggling and hurting and leave the judgment to the One, the only One, who is qualified.

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