2020-05-02
Efesiërs 5:15-16 NLV
Strategiese denke help jou om te beplan, meer effektief te word, jou sterkpunte uit te lig en om die reguitste pad om jou God-gegewe lewensopdrag te bereik, te vind. Daar is verskeie voordele aan strategiese denke. Hier is ‘n paar van hulle: 1) Strategiese denke vereenvoudig die ingewikkelde. Dit neem komplekse kwessies en langtermyn doelwitte wat moeilik is om aan te spreek en breek dit in hanteerbare dele op. Enigiets word eenvoudiger wanneer jy ‘n plan het! Die Bybel sê: ‘Getroue werk lewer wins op. Afskeepwerk lei tot gebrek’ (Spreuke 21:5 NLV). 2) Strategiese denke help jou om die regte vrae te vra. Kyk na die volgende vrae wat deur Bobb Biehl, die skrywer van Masterplanning, ontwikkel is: ‘Rigting: Wat moet ons volgende doen? Hoekom? Organisasie: Wie is verantwoordelik vir wat? Wie is verantwoordelik vir wie? Het ons die regte mense op die regte plekke? Kontant: Wat is ons geprojekteerde inkomste en uitgawes? Kan ons dit bekostig? Hoe kan ons dit bekostig? Evaluering: Bereik ons ons teikens? Oorhoofse evaluasie: Bereik ons die kwaliteit en eise wat ons van onsself verwag? Verfyning: Hoe kan ons meer effektief en doeltreffend wees?’ Hierdie mag dalk nie die enigste vrae wees wat jy aan die begin moet vra om ‘n strategiese plan te formuleer nie, maar dit is ‘n goeie beginpunt. Totdat jy die eerste tree neem, sal jy op een plek vasgevang bly. Totdat jy oor jou behoefte om dit perfek te doen kom, sal jy dit glad nie doen nie. ‘Wanneer moet ek daarmee begin?’ vra jy. Vandag!
Sielskos: Num 4:34-6:27; Mark 6:1-13; Ps 37:1-7; Spr 11:1-2
2020-05-01
John 20:25 NIV
When the disciples told Thomas, ‘We have seen the Lord!’, Thomas refused to believe them. He said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.’ When Jesus appeared to the disciples again, this time Thomas was there too. Jesus invited Thomas to touch His scars and see His hands. When Thomas did this, He stopped doubting and exclaimed ‘My Lord and my God!’ (v.28 NIV). Thomas has often been given a bad reputation because of his doubt, but how often do we find ourselves doubting God too? We might believe in the resurrection, but we doubt that God will come through for us in the situation we’ve been praying about for years. We can doubt His love, goodness, grace, faithfulness, and promises. We doubt Him because He does things that we don’t understand. But we’re not going to understand everything in this life. This is where we need to have faith that God’s in control. The Bible says: ‘Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see’ (Hebrews 11:1 NIV). Thomas only believed when he saw Jesus with his own eyes, but Jesus said, ‘blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed’ (John 20:29 NIV). We don’t always see God working in our lives, and it can be challenging to have faith in a God we can’t see. But Jesus says that we’re blessed when we keep believing and when we keep trusting. So let’s take all our doubts to Jesus, and ask Him to help us have faith in Who He is and what He’s doing in our lives.
Num 3:1-4:33; Mark 5:31-43; Ps 2; Prov 10:30-32
Johannes 20:24 ABA
Die Bybel sê: “Tomas was een van die twaalf dissipels. Die mense het hom ‘Tweeling’ genoem. Hy was nie by die ander dissipels toe Jesus aan hulle verskyn het nie. Hulle het vir Tomas gesê: ‘Ons het die Here gesien.’ Tomas het vir hulle gesê: ‘Nee, ek glo dit nie. Ek sal dit net glo as ek die plekke in sy hande sien waar die spykers was en as ek my vinger daar kan indruk. Ek sal dit net glo as ek my hand kan indruk in die gat in Jesus se sy.’ ‘n Week later was die dissipels weer bymekaar. Tomas was ook by hulle. Die deure was gesluit, maar Jesus het gekom en Hy het tussen hulle gaan staan. Hy het vir hulle gesê: ‘Ek gee vir julle my vrede!’ Toe sê Hy vir Tomas: ‘Kom, druk jou vinger hier in my hande en kyk, en kom druk jou hand in die gat in my sy. Jy moenie ongelowig wees nie, jy moet glo’! Tomas het vir Jesus gesê: ‘U is my Here en my God!'” (verse 24-28 ABA). Die mense het vir Tomas ‘Tweeling’ genoem. Weet jy wie sy tweeling was? Jy! Wie jy ook al is wat vandag hierdie bladsy lees, jy is Tomas se tweeling. Dink daaroor: Hoe dikwels het jy aan God se liefde, sy goedheid, sy genade, sy getrouheid en sy beloftes getwyfel? Wat is dus die oplossing? ‘n Persoonlike ontmoeting met Jesus soos wat Tomas gehad het. Dit gebeur wanneer jy sy Woord lees en ‘n vers vir jou uitstaan en jou laat: ‘My Here en my God!’ uitroep. Dit gebeur wanneer jy soos die Psalmdigter bid: ‘Wees goed vir u dienaar sodat ek mag lewe en u woord gehoorsaam. Maak oop my oë sodat ek die wonders kan sien wat opgeskryf is in u gebooie’ (Psalm 119:17-18 NLV).
Sielskos: Num 3:1-4:33; Mark 5:31-43; Ps 2; Spr 10:30-32
John 20:24 NKJV
The Bible says: “Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ So he said to them, ‘Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails…and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.’ And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, ‘Peace to you!’ Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.’ And Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!'” (vv. 24-28 NKJV). Note the words “Thomas, called the Twin.” Do you know who the other twin is? You! Whoever you are, reading this page today, you are Thomas’s twin. Think about it: How often have you doubted God’s love, His goodness, His grace, His faithfulness, and His promises? So what’s the solution? An up-close-and-personal encounter with Jesus like Thomas had. It happens when you read His Word and a verse leaps off the page, causing you to exclaim, “My Lord and my God!” It happens in conversation with a friend when he or she shares such wisdom and insight that you find yourself saying, “My Lord and my God!” It happens when you pray like the psalmist: “Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word. Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions” (Psalm 119:17-18 NLT).
Soul food: Num 3:1-4:33; Mark 5:31-43; Ps 2; Prov 10:30-32
