Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

O LORD, you have searched me
       and you know me.  

You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways (Psalm 139:1-3 NIV).

Not knowing what God says about you can have a devastating impact on your life. We are creatures of habit and the words we speak are symptomatic of what is in our hearts [minds]. The whole purposes of lies are to keep you trapped in a cycle of self-condemnation with a mindset that focuses inward rather than towards God. Imagine being in a field of tall trees, it is impossible to see anything but tree from your perspective. However, if you were to take an aeroplane and fly over the same region then your perspective of the whole scenery will be totally different.

Similarly, when we are able to step outside our situations and see ourselves and our conditions from God’s perspective, then our whole vista changes. Examples of this are:- I was born out of wedlock and I believe that I am a bastard and therefore cannot amount to anything. God says, no, no, no, you are wonderfully and fearfully made and I have a divine purpose for your life (Psalm 139:14). He also says that before you speak a word he knows it (v.4), so God know everything about us.  Also God would say don’t worry about this wedlock business, just look at my son, he was born out of wedlock and look at him now, sitting at my right hand in glory.

Today like the woman who was caught in adultery and was condemned by her peers in John 8:1-11, who were also sinners, Jesus is saying, look around, where are those who condemn you. We are the only ones here; you and me, so let’s start again and you go and sin no more. That is, don’t condemn yourself, be careful of your associates and do things God’s way.

Read John 8:1-11.