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In Matthew 24:5–8 Jesus gives us some important clues for discerning the approach of the end times: “Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” An increase in false messiahs, an increase in warfare, and increases in famines, plagues, and natural disasters—these are signs of the end times. In this passage, though, we are given a warning: we are not to be deceived, because these events are only the beginning of birth pains; the end is still to come.
Some interpreters point to every earthquake, every political upheaval, and every attack on Israel as a sure sign that the end times are rapidly approaching. While the events may signal the approach of the last days, they are not necessarily indicators that the end times have arrived. The apostle Paul warned that the last days would bring a marked increase in false teaching. “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (1 Timothy 4:1). The last days are described as “perilous times” because of the increasingly evil character of man and people who actively “oppose the truth” (2 Timothy 3:1–9; see also 2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Other possible signs of the end times would include a rebuilding of a Jewish temple in Jerusalem, increased hostility toward Israel, and advances toward a one-world government. The most prominent sign of the end times, however, is the nation of Israel itself. In 1948, Israel was recognized as a sovereign state, essentially for the first time since 605 BC, when the Babylonians took control of Judah. God promised Abraham that his posterity would have Canaan as “an everlasting possession” (Genesis 17:8), and Ezekiel prophesied a physical and spiritual resuscitation of Israel (Ezekiel 37). Having Israel as a nation in its own land is important in light of end-times prophecy because of Israel’s prominence in eschatology (Daniel 10:14; 11:41; Revelation 11:8).
With these signs in mind, we can be wise and discerning in regard to the expectation of the end times. We should not, however, interpret any of these singular events as a clear indication of the soon arrival of the end times. God has given us enough information that we can be prepared, and that is what we are called to be as our hearts cry out, “Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).
In Matteus 24:5–8 gee Jesus ons ‘n paar belangrike leidrade om die naderende eindtye te onderskei: “Baie sal in my Naam kom en sê: ‘Ek is die Christus,’ en hulle sal baie mense mislei. Julle sal hoor van oorloë en gerugte van oorloë, maar pas op dat julle nie ontsteld raak nie. Sulke dinge moet gebeur, maar die einde kom nog. Nasie sal teen nasie opstaan en koninkryk teen koninkryk. Daar sal hongersnode en aardbewings op verskillende plekke wees. Dit alles is die begin van geboortepyne.” ‘n Toename in valse messiasse, ‘n toename in oorlogvoering en toenames in hongersnode, plae en natuurrampe – dit is tekens van die eindtye. In hierdie gedeelte kry ons egter ‘n waarskuwing: ons moet nie mislei word nie, want hierdie gebeure is slegs die begin van geboortepyne; die einde kom nog.
Sommige interpreteerders wys na elke aardbewing, elke politieke omwenteling en elke aanval op Israel as ‘n seker teken dat die eindtye vinnig nader kom. Terwyl die gebeure die naderende laaste dae kan aandui, is dit nie noodwendig aanduiders dat die eindtye aangebreek het nie. Die apostel Paulus het gewaarsku dat die laaste dae ‘n merkbare toename in valse leringe sou bring. “Die Gees sê duidelik dat in latere tye sommige die geloof sal verlaat en misleidende geeste en dinge wat deur demone geleer word, sal volg” (1 Timoteus 4:1). Die laaste dae word beskryf as “gevaarlike tye” as gevolg van die toenemend bose karakter van die mens en mense wat aktief “die waarheid teëstaan” (2 Timoteus 3:1–9; sien ook 2 Tessalonisense 2:3).
Ander moontlike tekens van die eindtye sou insluit ‘n herbou van ‘n Joodse tempel in Jerusalem, toenemende vyandigheid teenoor Israel en vooruitgang na ‘n eenwêreldregering. Die prominentste teken van die eindtye is egter die nasie Israel self. In 1948 is Israel as ‘n soewereine staat erken, in wese vir die eerste keer sedert 605 v.C., toe die Babiloniërs beheer oor Juda geneem het. God het Abraham belowe dat sy nageslag Kanaän as “’n ewige besitting” sou hê (Genesis 17:8), en Esegiël het ‘n fisiese en geestelike herlewing van Israel geprofeteer (Esegiël 37). Om Israel as ‘n nasie in sy eie land te hê, is belangrik in die lig van eindtydprofesieë vanweë Israel se prominensie in eskatologie (Daniël 10:14; 11:41; Openbaring 11:8).
Met hierdie tekens in gedagte, kan ons wys en oordeelkundig wees met betrekking tot die verwagting van die eindtye. Ons moet egter nie enige van hierdie enkelvoudige gebeurtenisse interpreteer as ‘n duidelike aanduiding van die spoedige aankoms van die eindtye nie. God het ons genoeg inligting gegee sodat ons voorbereid kan wees, en dit is wat ons geroep is om te wees terwyl ons harte uitroep: “Kom, Here Jesus” (Openbaring 22:20).
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
“Fear of the Lord” is one of the great themes of the Bible. The phrase is particularly hard to translate, especially in light of the repeated message of the Bible to “do not fear” (Matthew 10:26, 28, 31; Revelation 2:10) and John’s reminder that “perfect love casts out all fear” (1 John 4:18-19). Fearing God means more than “holding God in reverence.” Generally, “fear of the Lord” means that we remember our place in the order of things, especially with regard to who we are in God’s presence. We know we are deeply loved by our holy Father in heaven, whom we call Abba Father. We also recognize that we are weak and sinful in comparison to God, and that we are saved by God’s mercy and grace. We acknowledge that his majesty and holiness are far beyond us and that we pale in significance in holiness and importance before God. We come to God acknowledging our need for him and our unworthiness to demand anything from him. The reality is that when we approach God with this sense of awe and profound respect, he in turn welcomes us with open arms and brings us close (Isaiah 57:15).
Prayer
Holy and Righteous Father, God Almighty, thank you for your mercy, grace, and forgiveness. Thank you for your love, faithfulness, and justice. I come to you on my knees, recognizing that you are holy, majestic, awesome in power, and righteous in all that you do. Without your grace and the gift of your Spirit, I know I could not come into your presence with such boldness. Righteous Father, please forgive me for my sins and empower me to be a person of integrity and grace, to your glory. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
"Vrees vir die Here" is een van die groot temas van die Bybel. Die frase is besonder moeilik om te vertaal, veral in die lig van die herhaalde boodskap van die Bybel om "nie te vrees nie" (Matteus 10:26, 28, 31; Openbaring 2:10) en Johannes se herinnering dat "volmaakte liefde alle vrees verdryf" (1 Johannes 4:18-19). Om God te vrees beteken meer as om "God in eerbied te hou". Oor die algemeen beteken "vrees vir die Here" dat ons ons plek in die orde van dinge onthou, veral met betrekking tot wie ons in God se teenwoordigheid is. Ons weet dat ons diep geliefd is deur ons heilige Vader in die hemel, wat ons Abba Vader noem. Ons erken ook dat ons swak en sondig is in vergelyking met God, en dat ons gered word deur God se barmhartigheid en genade. Ons erken dat sy majesteit en heiligheid ver bo ons is en dat ons in betekenis in heiligheid en belangrikheid voor God verbleek. Ons kom na God en erken ons behoefte aan Hom en ons onwaardigheid om enigiets van Hom te eis. Die realiteit is dat wanneer ons God met hierdie gevoel van ontsag en diep respek nader, Hy ons weer met ope arms verwelkom en ons nader bring (Jesaja 57:15).
Gebed
Heilige en Regverdige Vader, God Almagtig, dankie vir u barmhartigheid, genade en vergifnis. Dankie vir u liefde, getrouheid en geregtigheid. Ek kom na U toe op my knieë en erken dat U heilig, majestueus, ontsagwekkend in mag en regverdig is in alles wat U doen. Sonder u genade en die gawe van u Gees, weet ek dat ek nie met soveel vrymoedigheid in u teenwoordigheid sou kon kom nie. Regverdige Vader, vergeef my asseblief vir my sondes en bemagtig my om 'n persoon van integriteit en genade te wees, tot u eer. In Jesus se Naam bid ek. Amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
In 2 Timothy 3, the apostle Paul describes the nature of people in the last days. In his description, he warns of people who are characterized as “having a form of godliness but denying its power” (verse 5). Paul then issues this command: “Have nothing to do with such people.”
Paul often uses contrast to emphasize an attribute he wishes to highlight. In 2 Timothy 3:1–4, he gives Timothy a long list of sinful behaviors and attitudes that are contrary to God’s will. In verse 5 he tells Timothy to avoid those who state they are Christians with their mouths—they have a “form” of godliness—but who act as unbelievers—they deny the power of godliness.
Those who have a form of godliness are those who make an outward display of religion. They present themselves as godly, but it is all for show. There is no power behind their religion, as evidenced in the fact that their lives are unchanged. They speak of God and live in sin, and they are fine with that arrangement. As commentator Charles Ellicott wrote, “These, by claiming the title of Christians, wearing before men the uniform of Christ, but by their lives dishonouring His name, did the gravest injury to the holy Christian cause” (Ellicott’s Bible Commentary for English Readers, entry for 2 Timothy 3:5).
These false Christians are destructive. Paul warns that they will “creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts” and that they are “always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:6–7, NKJV). He compares them to the wicked magicians who opposed Moses and warns that their folly and corrupt minds will be revealed to all eventually (verses 8–9).
The power of God, which should accompany the form of godliness, is shown through the Holy Spirit and results in the transformation of our lives. The Holy Spirit indwells the believer (1 Corinthians 6:19) and enables him to bear certain fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22–23). These are the attributes of a true Christian, as opposed to Paul’s list of sins in 2 Timothy 3:1–4.
Paul’s exhortation to Timothy falls in line with James’ explanation of how to identify a true faith (James 2:14–26). True faith will be evidenced by good works, which will occur naturally. If a person says he is a Christian but shows no evidence in his life by bearing the fruit of the Spirit, we have to make a judgment about him and avoid that person. He may have a form of godliness, but he is denying God’s power by not letting himself be controlled by the Spirit. In fact, if his faith is not genuine, he cannot be controlled by God’s power, because the Holy Spirit does not dwell in him.
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). The natural person may have a form of godliness, but he denies God’s power in the way he lives. Only faith in Jesus Christ can bring justification and the transformation he so desperately needs (Colossians 1:21–22; Romans 5:1–2).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
In 2 Timoteus 3 beskryf die apostel Paulus die aard van mense in die laaste dae. In sy beskrywing waarsku hy teen mense wat gekenmerk word as “mense wat ‘n gedaante van godsvrug het, maar die krag daarvan verloën” (vers 5). Paulus gee dan hierdie opdrag: “Moet niks met sulke mense te doen hê nie.”
Paulus gebruik dikwels kontras om ‘n eienskap te beklemtoon wat hy wil uitlig. In 2 Timoteus 3:1–4 gee hy vir Timoteus ‘n lang lys van sondige gedrag en houdings wat strydig is met God se wil. In vers 5 sê hy vir Timoteus om diegene te vermy wat met hulle monde beweer dat hulle Christene is – hulle het ‘n “gedaante” van godsvrug – maar wat as ongelowiges optree – hulle verloën die krag van godsvrug.
Diegene wat ‘n gedaante van godsvrug het, is diegene wat ‘n uiterlike vertoon van godsdiens maak. Hulle bied hulself as godvrugtig aan, maar dit is alles vir die skyn. Daar is geen krag agter hulle godsdiens nie, soos blyk uit die feit dat hulle lewens onveranderd is. Hulle praat van God en leef in sonde, en hulle is tevrede met daardie reëling. Soos kommentator Charles Ellicott geskryf het: “Deur die titel van Christene op te eis, het hulle die uniform van Christus voor die mense gedra, maar deur hulle lewens Sy Naam te oneer, het hulle die heilige Christelike saak die grootste skade berokken” (Ellicott se Bybelkommentaar vir Engelse lesers, inskrywing vir 2 Timoteus 3:5).
Hierdie valse Christene is vernietigend. Paulus waarsku dat hulle “in huishoudings sal insluip en liggelowige vroue, belaai met sondes en deur allerhande begeerlikhede meegesleur, gevange sal neem” en dat hulle “altyd leer en nooit tot die kennis van die waarheid kan kom nie” (2 Timoteus 3:6–7). Hy vergelyk hulle met die bose towenaars wat Moses teëgestaan het en waarsku dat hulle dwaasheid en korrupte gedagtes uiteindelik aan almal geopenbaar sal word (verse 8–9).
Die krag van God, wat die vorm van godsaligheid moet vergesel, word deur die Heilige Gees getoon en lei tot die transformasie van ons lewens. Die Heilige Gees woon in die gelowige (1 Korintiërs 6:19) en stel hom in staat om sekere vrugte te dra: liefde, vreugde, vrede, geduld, vriendelikheid, goedheid, getrouheid, sagmoedigheid en selfbeheersing (Galasiërs 5:22–23). Dit is die eienskappe van ‘n ware Christen, in teenstelling met Paulus se lys van sondes in 2 Timoteus 3:1–4.
Paulus se vermaning aan Timoteus val in lyn met Jakobus se verduideliking van hoe om ‘n ware geloof te identifiseer (Jakobus 2:14–26). Ware geloof sal bewys word deur goeie werke, wat natuurlik sal plaasvind. As ‘n persoon sê hy is ‘n Christen, maar geen bewys in sy lewe toon deur die vrug van die Gees te dra nie, moet ons ‘n oordeel oor hom vel en daardie persoon vermy. Hy mag ‘n vorm van godsaligheid hê, maar hy ontken God se krag deur homself nie deur die Gees te laat beheer nie. Trouens, as sy geloof nie eg is nie, kan hy nie deur God se krag beheer word nie, want die Heilige Gees woon nie in hom nie.
“Die natuurlike mens neem die dinge van die Gees van God nie aan nie, want dit is vir hom dwaasheid, en hy kan dit nie verstaan nie, omdat dit geestelik beoordeel word” (1 Korintiërs 2:14). Die natuurlike mens mag dalk ‘n gedaante van godsaligheid hê, maar hy ontken God se krag in die manier waarop hy leef. Slegs geloof in Jesus Christus kan regverdiging en die transformasie bring wat hy so dringend nodig het (Kolossense 1:21–22; Romeine 5:1–2).
Today’s Devotional
As part of a challenging teaching on holy living, the apostle Paul writes, “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:15–17, NKJV). To be circumspect is to be wary; the word comes from a Latin word literally meaning “look around.” “Walk circumspectly” is Paul’s way of urging Christians to look very carefully at how they live and behave.
Paul acknowledges that we are living in evil, difficult times. Our fallen world is filled with dangers, deceptions, and temptations. If we aren’t cautious and attentive to what is happening around us and in us, we can easily be blindsided and fall headlong into any number of dangerous traps. Biblical wisdom teaches us to “make the most of every opportunity” (Colossians 4:5, NLT) and to walk (or behave) as true believers amid perilous times (2 Timothy 3:1–5).
In the original Greek, the phrase translated as “walk circumspectly” means “to watch or look carefully at how you live, to be vigilant and mindful of your behavior, to be on the lookout.” The apostle Peter delivers a similar word of warning: “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8, NLT). With deliberate, vigilant determination, we must live rooted in God’s wisdom and an understanding of God’s will.
Paul uses the Hebrew concept “to walk” as a metaphor for behavior. The “Christian walk” refers to how we behave as believers. The will of the Lord is that we always live mindfully and judiciously so that our lifestyles line up with biblical teaching. To the Romans, Paul taught, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2, NLT).
If we are to walk circumspectly, we must discern the will of the Lord. How do we gain the wisdom to know God’s will? We start by asking for it: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (James 1:5).
We also gain wisdom for godly living through reading God’s Word: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17). As we meditate on Scripture (Psalm 119:15) and diligently study God’s Word (2 Timothy 2:15), it becomes a guiding, illuminating force to direct our footsteps (Psalm 119:105).
God’s Word is living and active (Hebrews 4:12). We must pay close attention to what the Lord has revealed in His Word because it is “a lamp shining in a dark place” (2 Peter 1:19), able to show us God’s will and teach us how to walk circumspectly in these evil days.
Unbelievers walk according to “the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!” (Ephesians 4:17–20, ESV). Christians are to “be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).
Believers are enabled to live wisely and walk circumspectly by the empowering of the Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 36:27). Paul told the Galatians to “walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). The Holy Spirit lives in us, teaching us and leading us into all truth (John 14:17, 26; 16:13).
God has a good plan for our lives (Romans 8:28). We are created to do good works and to walk in them: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10, ESV). God lovingly reveals His plan to us so that we are “filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:9–10, ESV).
Believers can walk circumspectly—carefully watching how we live—because “by his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence” (2 Peter 1:3, NLT). We don’t have to depend on our own strength. God’s Word provides the blueprint to follow, and His Holy Spirit fills us with the power to accomplish the Master Builder’s plan.
Vandag se Bemoediging
As deel van ‘n uitdagende lering oor heilige lewe, skryf die apostel Paulus: “Pas dan op dat julle nugterlik wandel, nie as dwase nie, maar as wyse, en koop die tyd uit, want die dae is boos. Wees dan nie onverstandig nie, maar verstaan wat die wil van die Here is” (Efesiërs 5:15–17). Om nugterlik te wees, is om versigtig te wees; die woord kom van ‘n Latynse woord wat letterlik “kyk rond” beteken. “Wandel nugterlik” is Paulus se manier om Christene aan te spoor om baie noukeurig te kyk na hoe hulle leef en optree.
Paulus erken dat ons in bose, moeilike tye leef. Ons gevalle wêreld is vol gevare, misleidings en versoekings. As ons nie versigtig en oplettend is vir wat rondom ons en in ons gebeur nie, kan ons maklik oorrompel word en kop oor kop in enige aantal gevaarlike strikke trap. Bybelse wysheid leer ons om “die meeste van elke geleentheid te maak” (Kolossense 4:5) en om te wandel (of op te tree) as ware gelowiges te midde van gevaarlike tye (2 Timoteus 3:1–5).
In die oorspronklike Grieks beteken die frase wat vertaal word as “wandel versigtig” “om noukeurig te kyk of te kyk hoe jy leef, om waaksaam en bedagsaam te wees op jou gedrag, om op die uitkyk te wees.” Die apostel Petrus gee ‘n soortgelyke waarskuwing: “Wees op julle hoede! Pasop vir julle groot vyand, die duiwel! Hy loop rond soos ‘n brullende leeu en soek wie hy kan verslind” (1 Petrus 5:8). Met doelbewuste, waaksame vasberadenheid moet ons gewortel leef in God se wysheid en ‘n begrip van God se wil.
Paulus gebruik die Hebreeuse konsep “wandel” as ‘n metafoor vir gedrag. Die “Christelike wandel” verwys na hoe ons as gelowiges optree. Die wil van die Here is dat ons altyd bedagsaam en oordeelkundig leef sodat ons lewenstyle in lyn is met Bybelse lering. Aan die Romeine het Paulus geleer: “Moenie die gedrag en gebruike van hierdie wêreld navolg nie, maar laat God julle in ‘n nuwe mens verander deur julle denke te verander. Dan sal julle leer ken wat God se wil vir julle is, wat goed, aanneemlik en volmaak is” (Romeine 12:2).
As ons versigtig wil wandel, moet ons die wil van die Here onderskei. Hoe verkry ons die wysheid om God se wil te ken? Ons begin deur daarvoor te vra: “As iemand van julle wysheid kortkom, moet hy dit van God bid, wat aan almal mildelik gee sonder om te blameer, en dit sal aan julle gegee word” (Jakobus 1:5).
Ons verkry ook wysheid vir ‘n godvrugtige lewe deur God se Woord te lees: “Die hele Skrif is deur God ingegee en is nuttig tot lering, tot weerlegging, tot teregwysing en tot onderwysing in die geregtigheid, sodat die dienaar van God volkome toegerus kan wees vir elke goeie werk” (2 Timoteus 3:16–17). Soos ons oor die Skrif mediteer (Psalm 119:15) en God se Woord ywerig bestudeer (2 Timoteus 2:15), word dit ‘n leidende, verligtende krag om ons voetstappe te rig (Psalm 119:105).
God se Woord is lewend en aktief (Hebreërs 4:12). Ons moet noukeurig aandag gee aan wat die Here in Sy Woord geopenbaar het, want dit is “’n lamp wat in ’n donker plek skyn” (2 Petrus 1:19), in staat om ons God se wil te toon en ons te leer hoe om versigtig te wandel in hierdie bose dae.
Ongelowiges wandel volgens “die nutteloosheid van hulle gemoed. Hulle is verduister in hulle verstand en vervreemd van die lewe van God deur die onkunde wat in hulle is, vanweë die verhardheid van hulle hart. Hulle het gevoelloos geword en hulle oorgegee aan wellus, gulsig in allerhande onreinheid. Maar so het julle Christus nie leer ken nie!” (Efesiërs 4:17–20). Christene moet “met die Gees vervul word” (Efesiërs 5:18).
Gelowiges word in staat gestel om wys te lewe en versigtig te wandel deur die krag van die Heilige Gees (Esegiël 36:27). Paulus het vir die Galasiërs gesê: “Wandel deur die Gees, dan sal julle nooit die begeerlikhede van die vlees bevredig nie” (Galasiërs 5:16). Die Heilige Gees woon in ons, leer ons en lei ons in die hele waarheid (Johannes 14:17, 26; 16:13).
God het ‘n goeie plan vir ons lewens (Romeine 8:28). Ons is geskape om goeie werke te doen en daarin te wandel: “Want ons is sy maaksel, geskape in Christus Jesus tot goeie werke wat God voorberei het, sodat ons daarin kan wandel” (Efesiërs 2:10). God openbaar Sy plan liefdevol aan ons sodat ons “vervul is met die kennis van sy wil in alle wysheid en insig van die Gees, sodat ons waardig voor die Here kan wandel om Hom in alles te behaag en vrug dra in elke goeie werk en toeneem in die kennis van God” (Kolossense 1:9–10).
Gelowiges kan versigtig wandel – noukeurig dophou hoe ons leef – want “God het ons deur sy goddelike krag alles gegee wat ons nodig het om ‘n godvrugtige lewe te lei. Dit alles het ons ontvang deurdat ons Hom ken, die Een wat ons geroep het deur sy wonderbare heerlikheid en deug” (2 Petrus 1:3). Ons hoef nie op ons eie krag staat te maak nie. God se Woord verskaf die bloudruk om te volg, en sy Heilige Gees vul ons met die krag om die Meesterbouer se plan te volbring.
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Hoe Lank:
Waarlik, die koning van Israel het uitgetrek om een enkele vlooi te soek soos ń mens ń patrys in die berge agtervolg ( 1 Sam:26:20 ). “Hoe lank gaan U my nog bly vergeet, Here ? Vir altyd ? het Dawid gebid. “Hoe lank sal die vyand my nog oorheers ? ( Ps 13:2,3 ).
Voortdurende beproewinge kan ons ontstel. Ons wil ń oplossing hê, ń beëindiging van die probleme. Maar sommige dinge kan nie reggemaak word nie. Dit moet maar net verduur word.
Maar ons mag by die Here kla oor ons probleme. Ons het ń Hemelse Vader wat wil hê dat ons Hom met ons probleme moet vertrou. Hy kan sy kinders verstaan, beter as enigiemand anders.
Wanneer ons ons tot Hom wend, kry ons nuwe insigte. In Dawid se geval het hy aan die ewige sekerhede van die lewe gedink: God se liefde. Dawid het homself daarvan herinner: Ek hou vas aan U troue liefde, oor die uitkoms wat U gee, juig my hart. Ek wil sing tot die eer van die Here, omdat Hy aan my goed gedoen het ( Ps 13:6 ). Lyding mag voortduur, maar Dawid kon sing ten spyte van beproewinge, want hy was ń Kind van God. Dis al wat nodig was en al wat hy moes weet.
Die hoogste toppunt van die geestelike lewe is nie net vreugde en ewige sonskyn nie, maar die absolute en ontwyfelbare geloof in die liefde van God. “Self in ons probleme kan ons op God vertrou !
God se liefde staan wanneer al die ander dinge ineenstort.
How Long:
Indeed, the king of Israel went out to search for a single flea as a man chases a partridge in the mountains ( 1 Sam:26:20 ). “How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever?” David prayed. “How long will the enemy triumph over me? ( Ps 13:2,3 ).
Constant trials can upset us. We want a solution, an end to the problems. But some things cannot be fixed. They must only be endured.
But we may complain to the Lord about our problems. We have a Heavenly Father who wants us to trust Him with our problems. He understands His children better than anyone else.
When we turn to Him, we gain new insights. In David’s case, he thought about the eternal certainties of life: God’s love. David reminded himself of this: I have held fast to your steadfast love; my heart rejoices in your deliverance. I will sing to the Lord, for he has dealt bountifully with me (Ps 13:6). Suffering may continue, but David could sing despite trials, for he was a Child of God. That is all that was needed and all he needed to know.
The highest peak of the spiritual life is not only joy and eternal sunshine, but the absolute and unquestionable faith in the love of God. “Even in our troubles we can trust God!
God’s love stands when all else collapses.
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