Read today’s texts first: 2 Samuel 4,5; Psalms 139; Matthew 16
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
Don’t seek after signs; seek after God and He will
confirm everything we need to know!
One of my favourite moments from Bruce Almighty is Bruce crying out to God for a sign. After driving around a road sign saying “caution” and a truckload of other warning signs, Bruce crashes his car into a lamp standard. This is where he gets angry at God: “Smite me oh Mighty Smiter, c’mon answer me!” When his pager starts beeping with a number he doesn’t recognize, Bruce mutters to himself: “Sorry, don’t know ya; wouldn’t call you if I did!”
That scene is typical of most sign-seekers. It certainly describes the religious rulers of Jesus’ day, who couldn’t recognize a sign from God if it smacked them in their forehead phylacteries! The sign Jesus suggested they look for was the “sign of Jonah”, a reference to His impending death and resurrection (Mat. 16:4; 12:38-41).
The most powerful proof of God’s existence and His plans for us is found in this indisputable fact: Jesus actually lived among us, told us He was sent from God, and then proved it by dying for us and rising from the grave! Anyone with an open mind and an open heart that disputes this truth needs to investigate the evidence for himself (or study the research of other former cynics, like Frank Morrison, Josh McDowell, or Lee Strobel).
If that’s not enough, just take a look in the mirror. Consider, like David did, where you came from! For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well (139:13,14). David wasn’t stupid; you can’t have trillions of cells appear from nothing by accident and assemble themselves into a living, breathing, seeing, walking, talking, thinking human being. Those who believe that are like the idiot who looks at a painting and says there is no painter, or a building and says there is no builder!
That’s why David said, The fool says in his heart, “There is no God” .... The Lord looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God (Psa. 14:1,2). That’s the real issue. We shouldn’t seek after signs; we should seek after God. Once we do that, believe me, He will confirm everything we need to know!
“Lord, You have fully convinced me that You are real, You are alive, and Your Spirit is with me right now. In fact, the presence of Your Spirit is a deposit, a guarantee, that everything You promised us is true” (2 Cor. 1:20-22).
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