2019-06-20
1 Korintiërs 10:13 NLV
Satan het probeer om Jesus voor drie tipes versoekings te laat swig en hy sal dieselfde met jou doen: 1) Bevrediging sonder God. Satan het geweet dat Jesus honger was en het vir Hom gesê om die klippe in brood te verander. Jesus het egter nee gesê, omdat Hy geweet het dat dit God se plan was om Hom bonatuurlik te versterk en te voed. Hy het geweier om met minder tevrede te wees – en jy moet ook. 2) Sukses sonder God. Satan het toe vir Jesus na die bopunt van die tempel geneem en vir Hom gesê om daar af te spring, omdat God sy engele sou stuur om Hom te beskerm. God se plan vir Jesus was egter die kruis, die opstanding en die menigtes wat daardeur in Hom sou begin glo. Satan het probeer om Jesus sover te kry om met minder tevrede te wees en hy sal dieselfde met jou probeer. Moenie dat hy jou ompraat nie! 3) Belangrikheid sonder God. Satan het vir Jesus die koninkryke van hierdie wêreld aangebied, as Hy maar net voor hom sou kniel en hom aanbid. Wat ‘n aanbod! Belangrikheid sonder God! Die feit bly egter staan dat die koninkryke nie Satan s’n was om aan te bied nie. Hy het dus vir Jesus gelieg – en hy sal ook vir jou lieg. Die pad na blywende tevredenheid is die pad na die kruis toe, wat beteken dat jy jouself moet opoffer. Jesus het Satan bestraf deur hom aan die Skrifgedeelte te herinner wat sê dat God alleenlik waardig is om verheerlik te word. Verstaan mooi: Satan sal elke begeerte wat jy het neem en jou probeer oortuig om dit op sy manier te vervul. Jy kan hom egter teenstaan, deur naby aan God te bly en in sy Woord te lewe: ‘…Hy sal keer dat die versoeking te sterk vir julle word…’
Sielskos: Jer 7-9; Mark 15:21-32; Ps 8; Spr 14:9-12
1 Corinthians 10:13 CEV
Satan tried to get Jesus to succumb to three different kinds of temptation, and he’ll try the same with you: (1) Satisfaction without God. Knowing Christ was hungry, Satan told Him to turn stones into bread. But Jesus said no because He knew God’s plan was to feed and strengthen Him supernaturally; He refused to settle for less – and you must too. (2) Success without God. Satan then took Jesus to the top of the temple and told Him to jump off, saying God would send angels to protect Him. But God’s plan for Jesus was the cross, the resurrection, and the multitudes who would come to believe in Him. Satan tried to get Jesus to settle for less, and he’ll try the same with you. Don’t take the bait! (3) Significance without God. Satan offered Jesus the kingdoms of this world if only He’d bow down and worship him. What an offer! Significance without God! But the fact is, the kingdoms of this world weren’t Satan’s to offer! So he lied to Jesus – and he will lie to you too. The way to lasting satisfaction is the way of the cross, which means sacrificing yourself. Jesus rebuked Satan with a reminder from Scripture that God alone is worthy to be glorified. Understand this: Satan will take every legitimate desire you have and try to get you to fulfill it in an illegitimate way. But you can overcome him. How? By staying close to God and living in His Word, “He will show you how to escape from your temptations.”
Soul food: Jer 7-9; Mark 15:21-32; Ps 8; Prov 14:9-12
2019-06-19
1 Timoteus 6:6 NLV
Wanneer jy oor tevredenheid praat, dink sommige mense dat jy teen vooruitgang is. Nee. Paulus sê dat tevredenheid nooit uit eksterne bronne kom nie! Elke twaalf minute probeer adverteerders op die radio en televisie ons daarvan oortuig dat tevredenheid nie sonder hulle spesifieke produk moontlik is nie. Moenie dit glo nie! Die begeerte na meer kan onversadigbaar wees. So lank as wat jy glo dat meer beter is, sal jy nooit tevrede wees nie. Hoekom nie? Omdat jy nooit lank genoeg sal leef om dit alles te kry nie! Dink daaroor; wanneer jy iets kry of iets bereik, neem jy die tyd om dit te geniet of galop jy verder na die volgende ervaring toe sonder om te stop? Om te keer dat jy te vroeg oud en te laat wys word, lees die volgende Skrifgedeeltes: 1) ‘Alles in aanmerking geneem, het ons tog niks saamgebring toe ons in die wêreld gekom het nie, en ons sal ook nie enigiets saamneem wanneer ons sterf nie (vers 7 NLV). Wanneer jy sterf en mense vra: ‘Hoeveel het hy agtergelaat?’ sal die antwoord ‘Alles’ wees (insluitend ‘n nalatenskap van die goeie en die slegte). 2) ‘…En sommige mense wat geld begeer, het weggedwaal van die geloof en hulleself met baie ellende deurboor’ (vers 10 NLV). As jou najaging van materiële dinge geen tyd vir God laat nie, moet jy jou prioriteite ondersoek en hulle begin verander, terwyl jy nog kan. Hou op om te dink: ‘As ek net ‘n groter huis, ‘n eggenoot met meer begip, ‘n spesifieke werk, ‘n radikale mooimaaksessie, ‘n hoër IK of die aanvaarding van ‘n spesifieke persoon gehad het, sou ek gelukkig wees.’ Dit werk nie so nie. Die Bybel sê: ‘Dit is die dag wat die Here gemaak het. Laat ons daaroor juig en bly wees’ (Psalm 118:24 NLV).
Sielskos: Jer 4-6; Mark 15:1-20; Ps 144:9-15; Spr 14:5-8
1 Timothy 6:6 NIV
When you talk about contentment, some people think you’re against progress. No. Paul is saying contentment never comes from externals! Every twelve minutes, radio and television advertisers try to convince us that contentment isn’t possible without their particular brand of product. Don’t go for it! The desire for more can be insatiable. As long as you believe more is better, you’ll never be satisfied. Why? Because you’ll never live long enough to have it all! Just think; when you get something or achieve something, do you even take the time to enjoy it, or do you gallop off to the next thing without stopping? To avoid getting old too soon and wise too late, read this Scripture: (1) “We brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it” (v. 7 NLT). When you die and people ask, “How much did they leave?” the answer will be “everything” (including a legacy of good or bad). (2) “Some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith” (v. 10 NLT). If your pursuit of material things is leaving no time for God, reexamine your priorities and start changing them while you still can. Stop thinking, “If only I had a bigger house, a more understanding spouse, a particular job, a radical makeover, a higher IQ, or the acceptance of a particular person, I’d be happy.” It doesn’t work that way. The Bible says, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24).
Soul food: Jer 4-6; Mark 15:1-20; Ps 144:9-15; Prov 14:5-8
2019-06-18
1 Samuel 17:47 KJV
How you handle life depends on how big you believe God is. If He’s too small: (1) You’ll live in constant anxiety thinking everything depends on you. (2) Your outlook will be dictated by your surroundings – or worse, your critics. (3) Without the acceptance of a loving God you’ll be a slave to people’s opinions. (4) You’ll constantly crave recognition because you don’t understand that “your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:4 NAS). Author John Ortberg says that when we make the mistake of shrinking God, we “offer prayer without faith, work without passion, service without joy, and suffering without hope – which results in fear, retreat, loss of vision, and failure to persevere.” When Goliath threatened the Israelites, “they were dismayed and greatly afraid” (1 Samuel 17:11 NRS). They didn’t think their God was big enough for the job. But not David! “Let no one’s heart fail…your servant will…fight…this Philistine. The Lord…who saved me from…the lion and…bear, will [save us now]” (1 Samuel 17:32, 37 NRS). You can face anything when you know what David knew – “the battle is the Lord’s.” And He’s never lost one yet! So you don’t have to depend on your own resources. David may have felt small, but he knew his God was big enough for the job. Do you know that? Eighteenth-century Anglican clergyman John Newton said, “If the Lord be with us we have no cause for fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer, His grace sufficient, [and] His promises unchangeable.” It all depends on how big your God is!
Soul food: Jer 1-3; Mark 14:66-72; Ps 144:1-8; Prov 14:1-4
