I Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 1; Psalm 78; 2 Thessalonians 2

"And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’  Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.” Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”
But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.” So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”" 1st Kings 3:23 -27

As I read this passage I am reminded of how in life the challenges we confront can cloud our vision. What the mother of the dead child was going through surely had to be horrible for her to consider taking someone else's child, but just as the mother of the living baby showed true compassion for her child so does the Lord show compassion on us as His children. Remember last Sunday Pastor Rick was talking about the mental picture of a large projection screen playing back all of our sins of life for everyone to watch? Scary picture for all of us. (Smile) Thankfully the great thing is we aren't called to live life fixed on our past but instead we are to look forward to the harvest, realizing our names have already been written in the book of life. I encourage you all to look forward to the incredible journey God has for us, realizing his grace in your life and to look for opportunities to daily share your faith with others.

One last thing... Remember the wisdom we saw in King Solomon to solve the situation with the two mothers? Well, the word tells us we can also ask the Lord for His wisdom.



Be blessed today and lets live with an expectancy waiting to hear the Lord say, "Well done my good and faithful servant" some day.

Blessings,
Pastor Jason

Next Reading: I Kings 4,5; 2 Chronicles 2; Psalm 101; 2 Th. 3