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Worth More Than Gold

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(Psalms 119:127) ” Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.”

You HAVE to watch this video.  You will not be able to watch without being affected.

What does it mean to see the Word of God in your own language for the first time?  It is more precious than gold.  It is handled more carefully than a newborn.  It is loved more than life itself.  We can only imagine what it was like for those who first saw the Bible in English for the first time.  I think they must have felt something like these people, the Kimyals of Indonesia.  May we love God’s Word and never take it for granted.  I pray that we realize every day the value we can hold freely in our hands.

Kimyal Tribe Receive Bibles


Broken Heart Living

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(Act 20:31)  “Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.”

Do I believe in the reality of God’s judgment?  Do I live with the consciousness of my responsibilities to declare the whole counsel of God?  Many times this is buried in the back of my mind.  Life comes at me at the speed of light and the thing that should be in my waking consciousness, the thought of God’s judgment on those who don’t know Him, goes on the “backburner.”

(Eze 33:6)  “But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.”

I am a watchman standing on the wall looking out over the desolate plain as the enemy approaches.  Do I blow the trumpet or do I fail to warn those around me?  Are discussions about the skill of holding the trumpet distracting me?  Do I become caught up in the arguments over the proper finger placement on the trumpet?  I pray that God would give me the passion and compassion to just hold the Word of God up and sound out the warning to those in danger.

(Act 20:26-27)  “Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.  For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.”

Renewed Thought – Lord, help me to live consciously today with a broken heart for those who need You.

Happy New Year

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For many of us, 2009 was a really tough year.  Finances were crunched, family changes happened, sickness and disease tore into some of us, loved ones passed into eternity, jobs were lost, and a long list of other things could be included.  There is nothing “magical” about advancing the calendar one day to a new year except it represents something I think we all need:  hope.

(Php 3:13)  “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

As Christians, we need a constant reminder that our hope rests in a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Everything about our lives – past, present and future – is centered in Him.  2010 is a number from which all of history is measured – the life of the Lord Jesus Christ.  2010 is a number where we see that our lives are here and now and our choices occur today, not in the past or in the future.  2010 is a reminder that our future is our future and our past is our past.  We can’t do anything to change our past but those choices we do make today will affect our time left here on earth and how our everyday interacts with eternity.

2010 reminds me that my life on this earth is short.  There is no time to live in the ordinary or accept mediocrity.  The horizon approaches and we, like the scouts of the old west, need to ride ahead and look over.  For sure there are challenges that lie ahead.  There are no promises that the road ahead is easier than the road behind us.  There are rivers to cross, mountains to climb, and enemies waiting.  But there’s an old song by an early contemporary Christian group that says, “Joy is not in where we’ve been, joy is Who’s waiting at the end.”   We look ahead, prepare now, and leave no one behind.

Thanks so much for reading the Renewed Mind.  Thanks so much for your encouragement.  I pray that as we journey together in 2010, we keep our gaze ahead knowing we have a joy waiting for us and know that our joy is with us even now as we travel.  God Bless and may your new year be a happy one in Him.

Glen