[I Am Second] Project
We came across this really cool initiative—I Am Second—some months back. We hope to share with the YMIblogging readers one of the stories featured. Hope you will be encouraged! Jason Castro – American singer-songwriter, contestant of TV show American Idol Is life more than music and fame? “There’s always something bigger behind whatever you’re doing.” [...]
ODB: indestructible!
August 22, 2009
READ: Hebrews 7:11-21
[Christ] has come . . . according to the power of an endless life. —Hebrews 7:16
The space shuttle reenters Earth’s atmosphere at more than 25 times the speed of sound! Friction from wind resistance raises the spacecraft’s outer temperature to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. To keep the shuttle from burning up, 34,000 separate tiles protect its underbelly. These tiles must be virtually indestructible against high-speed friction.
In this world of death and decay, nothing is truly indestructible. Yet the Bible tells us of an indestructible life. Comparing the Lord Jesus to the works of the law, we are told, “[Christ] has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life” (Heb. 7:16). The Greek word translated “endless” is best rendered “indestructible.”
The Messiah is our Great High Priest whose priestly duties required His own sacrificial death for our sins. His resurrection guarantees eternal redemption for all who repent and believe in Him.
The loss of health, relationships, or finances can make us feel as if our life has been destroyed. But for the believer, nothing could be further from the truth. Through our spiritual union with Christ, we have the promise that we’ll share in His own indestructible life (John 14:19). — Dennis Fisher
Nothing can shake those who are secure in God’s hands.
Source: Our Daily Bread
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He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing (v.18).
READ: Deuteronomy 10:17-19
You won’t find it [Kibera] on your tourist map—or any other map. It’s a squatters’ camp, an illegal, forgotten city, and at least one third of Nairobi lives here,” explains BBC East Africa Correspondent Andrew Harding. Located in Kenya, Kibera is an enormous slum.
And it was there that a friend and I encountered an elderly man in a shabby suit who epitomized faith. “I’ve just come from church,” he proclaimed. Undaunted by the trash and wretched stench that permeated his 600-acre neighborhood, he thanked us for visiting and added with a smile, “The Lord loves us [slum dwellers] and will provide for us.”
That man profoundly grasped these truths:
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God “lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s, and He has set the world in order” (1 Samuel 2:8).
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God “rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful” (Job 5:15).
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God “will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas” (Psalm 102:17).
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“What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory [God] will reveal to us later” (Romans 8:18).
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God, who “did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all,” will “also give us everything
else” (Romans 8:32).
• Nothing can ever separate us from Christ’s love, not even severe financial poverty. “Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? . . . No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us” (Romans 8:35,37). Amen. —Roxanne Robbins
How has God met your deepest needs? What will you do today to help others see their circumstances through the eyes of faith?
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