Without Shame

     I have recently had surgery, and of course there were a few days where I could write very little. My eyes have been checked two times now, and still I miss a few mistakes I make when writing. The doctors say my eyes are better than they have been for quite awhile, but not perfect yet, though the healing is still going on. I will have reading glasses that do not have to be worn all the time, but for times when I am doing things like this, writing a devotional. I just was told I could now buy a pair of simple reading glasses and my eyes are now fighting my glasses I have been using.

     I am without shame in admitting that for some time I could barely see what I have written. Even when I wrote what I wrote, I often could not see the errors I made but the new reading glasses should solve the problem. I am not ashamed of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ, and even in limitations I would continue to write. All have limitations, and so many are not transparent about who they are. I am what I am by the grace of God. I remember the days when one could not get their natural eye lenses changed out, but would eventually go blind or have extremely limited sight. But think with me this morning, everyone of us have limitations, and so many are fearful of venturing into the realm of faith, felling that they would look foolish. Don’t misunderstand me. I feel bad about errors I make in typing or correcting what I type, but as I told folks in the beginning, this is a great way to keep me diligent in study and teaching and yes even preaching the truth. God is the god of the impossible. He calls men, sinners saved by grace, imparts a gift or two, and they serve Him a multitude of years, going and growing in grace more each year, and none have any idea what they have experienced in their lives, unless they reveal it, those many years they have walked with God.

     The challenge today is to continue in faith, even when hindrances come. Having begun in the Spirit,, do we now walk by sight, or do we walk by faith? What is walking by faith? It is continuing in the Word as a disciple, taught by the Holy Spirit, those things that belong to God, and to whom he reveals them. What a glorious thing it is to consider that God would call a man, touch his life by the glorious gospel, and transform him day by day unto a vessel fit for His use in this world, having not imputed his sin unto Him, but took it upon Himself, dying in our place so that we could have the liberty to grow up in Him in all things. Consider this today. God calls sinners to salvation. If they respond to Him, he sends the Spirit into His heart, opening up his mind to the things that God hath prepared for him, and leads him all the days of his life, as he abides consistently receiving from him over 7000 exceeding and great precious promises of God. I tell you this in closing. “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Gentiles) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith.” I invite you today to ask Christ into your heart. A simple prayer from your heart to God, asking Him to send Jesus into your heart so you might know the things of God and have the strength to get into the Word of God, as you ask Christ to open your eyes to truth. God bless you today as you go forward.


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