Coffee With The Lord

Today’s reflection from my time of “coffee with the Lord” is “succinct” (that means something spoken or written briefly and clearly expressed.)  Often things like that are more effective then something longer (and in this case I hope that is what this is)…

This is how the inspired writer of the book of Hebrews opens the book – describing and exalting the Lord Jesus Christ… Hebrews 1:1-4:

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.  He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.” (ESV)

After reading that description of the Lord Jesus Christ this morning I jotted this in the margin of my Bible:

God’s Son – the Lord Jesus Christ is…

• The SOURCE and SUSTAINER of everything that exists!
• He is SUPERIOR!
• SUPREME!
• And our SAVIOR!

Praise the Lord – “What a Savior!!!”

Your influence and mine is a big deal – more significant than we imagine… “One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.” (Proverbs 12:26 ESV) So I jotted this in the margin of my Bible today… I want to be like “the righteous” in this proverb – for good, not evil!

Sometimes we wonder if we can live righteously and overcome in a world with such prevalent, rampant, and escalating evil! We certainly are concerned about the spiritual success of our children, grandchildren, loved ones and neighbors!

Passages that predict moral and spiritual problems in the “last days” deeply concern us! … (For instance…)

“Understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 3:1-7)

But in the face of all of this, I read a wonderful inspired, uplifting word of assurance this morning during my time of “coffee with the Lord!”

“For THE GRACE OF GOD HAS APPEARED, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and TO LIVE SELF-CONTROLLED, UPRIGHT, AND GODLY LIVES IN THE PRESENT AGE, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works!” (From Titus 2:11–14 ESV)

Hey, take heart! HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT!!!