July Tid Bits of Wisdom 2015
July Tid Bits of Wisdom 2015
July Tid Bits of Wisdom 2015
JULY 2015
THE
MOST
UNUSUAL
WORK
OF
GOD
JOB
Job 1:21-22
And said, Naked came I out of my mothers womb, and naked shall I return thither: the
Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
What is it about Job that makes us think we cannot compare ourselves
to his troubles? Was it because God said he was a perfect, an upright man, who
feared God and hated evil! Do we feel like we cannot claim those characteristics
for ourselves? This book was not written only for those who fit Jobs character,
but for all of us who are servants of God. God used a man without spot so we
could see that trouble comes to all, even Job! When troubles come to us, our first
thought is, What did I do to deserve this? God is telling us with Jobs story
that there are times that we might not be the cause of our troubles. It could be
that God is calling us to show the greatness of His work through our lives. Satan
doesnt think that we believers will allow God to do things in our lives that we
do not understand. Satan is out to show our deficiencies in our faith. He wants
to reveal how small our faith is and how soon we will depart from it. God then
entrust us with testing to reveal the power of our faith to Satan and to the whole
world.
Job goes materially bankrupt to start with. At the time of being reduced
to nothing materially, he looses his children and many of his servants. Job believed that everything in his hands, his material goods and the children he had
produced, were from the hand of God. God had given them and God had the right
to take them away. That didnt mean that Job did not suffer with these loses, it
meant he accepted it as the work of God and he trusted God to be righteous in all
His works.
What about us? Daily we are either gaining material goods or we are
loosing material goods. Most of us never come to full loss, but we deal with partial losses daily. Gloria and I went to a Cowboy Camp meeting this week. We felt
sure that God had spoken that we were to be there this year. God did not provide
the money for gas until the night before. We laughed and rejoiced at the way
God provided, and then about half way to the camp the next day, our car began
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VOL.9 No. 7
Thomas
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous
failed attempts at government. He
understood actual history, the nature
of God, His laws and the nature of
man. That happens to be way more
than what most understand today.
Jefferson really knew his
stuff. A voice from the past to lead
us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the White House for a group of
the brightest minds in the nation at
that time. He made these statements:
This is perhaps the assembly of the
most intelligence ever to gather at one
time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson
dined alone.
When we get piled upon
one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as
Europe.
The democracy will cease to
exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to
those who would not.
It is incumbent on every
generation to pay its own debts as it
goes. A principle which if acted on
would save one-half the wars of the
world.
I predict future happiness
for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors
of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them. --
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JOB
THE MOST UNUSUAL WORK OF GOD
missing and we had to turn around and drive back home to get our other car.
While rejoicing over one provision, another major need comes on the scene. That
is Satans way of attempting to destroy our joy and bring us back to worry and
anxiousness. You would think our first thought would be to remember just how
God had provided the night before. His provision the day before should encourage us that God will be there for all our needs today. Job believed this and willingly excepted Gods work in his life.
Job 2:4-6
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will
he give for his life.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse
thee to thy face.
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
KJV
Now we come to another testing. Its one thing to lose all your material
goods, but what about your health, which threatens your life? Satan told God,
Job will curse you to your face if you let me touch his skin and bones. So God
took the challenge and allowed Satan to go further, but he could not kill Job.
Job wished he could die. Dying would have been much easier than living
at that point. But God continued to give him life. His wife told him that the only
way she knew to get him out of this pain was to just curse God and let God kill
him. Why hold on to your integrity at this point? Job said, You speak like one
of the foolish women. That was foolish talk to Job, because he believed his life
was in Gods hand and it was Gods right to decide when he should live or die.
There are many people committing suicide today because of not wanting
to live the life they have created, or the life God has called them to walk. Many
suicide victims claim to believe and trust in God, yet they take the position of God
and take their own lives. Many of the men of God in the Bible begged God to take
their lives, but they never spoke of taking their own lives. There was one man
who knew that God had allowed his counsel to fail and that soon he would die at
the hands of the king. He went home and got his house in order and set it on fire.
Taking our own lives is the height of playing God in our lives and playing God is
what gets us in trouble.
Job never turned on God. His three friends stopped what they were doing and made an appointment to come and mourn and comfort Job. How many
friends do you have like that? They didnt even recognize Job when they got
there. For seven days they all sat in ashes and didnt say a word. Wow! Not sure
I have a friend that could do that! Im not sure I could be quiet for seven days. As
long as they were quiet, the three friends were accomplishing what they came to
do. It wasnt until Job opened his mouth that the opinions began to fly. Once we
share our troubles out loud we might as well expecte our friends to put their two
cents worth in. After all, why tell someone if you dont want their opinion?
Yes, there are two places were Satan tries our faith. That is the works of
our hands and our health. This is what our lives are all about. Who wants to see
everything you have worked for fall apart? How many of us struggle with putting
our life before our worship. The hardest thing we do is lay down our lives on
the altar and let God have His way.
You see, Jobs trials were not
so different from our trials. The difference is, Job did not depart from his
faith. Job would not curse God and die,
but instead he cursed the day he was
born! Job kept trying to justify himself
because he couldnt see anything he
had done to call for these trials. Every
time we attempt to toot our own horn
all of our short comings begin to stand
out. His friends tried to point out his
possible failures so they could come
up with a reason why God had allowed
all of this. They believed you had to
have done something wrong before you
could go through testing. That might
have been what we believe if we had
not read the book of Job!
While they had some very interesting discussions, they didnt solve
a thing. I think about all the talk shows
we have today. Everyone wants to give
their opinion and we all want to evaluate their comments. In the end, our
problems still exist and our friends cannot solve them. We have lots of truths
to speak about, but if God doesnt bring
deliverance, we are stranded! Sometimes I wish God would start talking
to the people on the talk shows like He
did to Job. America needs to hear from
God today.
I dont know where you are
in life today, but if you are not being
tested, you will be. The trying of our
faith is more precious than gold! God
is doing us a favour by testing our faith.
While testing our faith He will only do
that which is good for us. You may ask,
What is good about loosing your children. We dont lose our children. God
changed where they live. We only lose
the privilege of being with them daily
here on earth. All of us will die. When
and how is up to God and He only does
that which is good for the one He is taking and those left behind. One day we
will understand and say, Well done!
----Jerry Brewster
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Gloria Brewster
INSPIRATIONS
Vashtis action opened up the
door for Esther to have a great position
with the king. Esther benefited from
Vashtis actions, now what would Esther do with the opportunity that was
granted to her?
The king gave another commandment. He commanded that every
one bow and do honor to Haman when
he passed by. Mordecai disobeyed the
kings command also. Mordecai had a
biblical reason for not complying with
the commandment of the king. Haman
was of the family that God said for the
Jews not to honor. Also Mordecai reserved these honors for God only and
not man. He would bow to his authority but not to man. The end results of
Mordecais disobeying ended in victory and highest honor for him and his
people. Oh, it caused a great stir and
scared everyone to death for a time, but
it was a worthy stand and God honored
him.
I heard a wonderful sermon
this week about obeying righteous
commandments and how to refuse unrighteous commandments. We must
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2 Chron 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
After we turned from prayer, we then turned to killing our unborn children. We have killed millions of babies in America and
God will not hold us guiltless when their blood cries out to Him.
Gen 9:6
Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
After giving up prayer and killing our unborn children our country then attempts to get rid of the Ten Commandments. Our
country lives by situational ethics. We no longer respect law.
Ps 119:1
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Now our supreme court has ruled that same sex marriage is legal and every state must accept the ruling. God is very clear in
His Word about how He feels about what we are doing.
Lev 18:22-25
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all
these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land
itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
I believe this could be the straw that broke the camels back if we do not elect people who will return our country back to God.
in Esthers hands
PLEASED the king!
because
she
Haman set out to use the
kings power for his own agenda. When
you use the power to hurt and destroy
just remember that same power can be
used by others to destroy you! What
goes around comes around.
The theme of this book could be
Who do you live to PLEASE? Yourself or God! Everything seems right in
our eyes until we weigh it against Gods
way. Esther and Mordecai sought God
and they ended in victory and total
freedom to work their will through an
ungodly king. The reason everything
falls in around us is because of a lack
of respect for our authority and a lack
of seeking Gods deliverance. You will
not end up being PLEASED with your
life if you continue living to PLEASE
yourself!
There is great honor to the persons who will do their work through
the person of God. Esther is still being celebrated today by the Jews. Her
work will never be forgotten.
God is looking for Esthers today. What was it Jesus said to everyone in the New Testament? Wasnt it,
Follow Me? You cant follow someone until you get behind them.
Oh to be like Esther, a little orphan girl who lived to obey God and
please others.
GODS WAY
I want Gods way, to be my way,
As I travel here below.
For there is no another highway
That a child of God should know
Though the way be long and rough,
If He leads me tis enough.
I want Gods way, to be my way
Every day.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."
"No free man shall ever be
debarred the use of arms." -
"The strongest reason for
the people to retain the right to keep
and bear arms is, as a last resort, to
protect themselves against tyranny
in government."
"The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time with the
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This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd part on the inside of
the paper.. Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in
life and never stopped.
At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor. At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French. At
14, studied classical literature and additional languages. At 16, entered the College of William and Mary. Also could write in Greek with one hand while writing the same in Latin with
the other. At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe. At 23, started
his own law practice. At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. At 31, wrote
the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" And retired from
his law practice. At 32, was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. At 33, wrote
the Declaration of Independence. At 33, took three years to revise Virginia's legal code and
wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom. At 36, was elected the
second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry. At 40, served in Congress for two
years. At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with
European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.. At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington. At 53, served as Vice President and was elected
president of the American Philosophical Society. At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions
and became the active head of Republican Party. At 57, was elected the third president of
the United States. At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doublingthe nations size. At
61, was elected to a second term as President. At 65, retired to Monticello . At 80, helped
President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine. At 81, almost single-handedly created the
University of Virginia and served as its first president. At 83, died on the 50th anniversary
of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.
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