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“…Vandag gaan julle weet dat die lewende God hier tussen julle is…” Josua 3:10 NLV

Rus in jou verlossing

Dit was geen geringe taak om die Jordaanrivier, wat op plekke tot ‘n myl breed was, oor te steek nie. Veral nie met ‘n miljoen mense wat jou volg nie! God het gesê: ‘…jy [moet] gereedmaak om my volk deur die Jordaanrivier te lei…’ (Josua 1:2 NLV). Dink jy hulle was bang? Sou jy gewees het? ‘Die priesters wat die ark dra, het… hulle voete in die vlak water [ge]sit…’ (Josua 3:15 NLV). Dit was ‘n klein treetjie, maar God kan die kleinste treetjie van geloof in die magtigste wonderwerk omskep. Toe die priesters se voete die water raak, het die water begin opdam asof iemand die kraan toegedraai het. Vervolgens lees ons: ‘…Almal van Israel het deur die droë bedding gegaan…’ (vers 17 NLV). Deur hierdie wonderwerk te verrig, wou God hê Israel moet weet: ‘…Vandag gaan julle weet dat die lewende God hier tussen julle is…’ Israel het hierdie werklikheid besef toe hulle op droë grond gestaan en na die Jordaan teruggekyk het. Ons besef hierdie werklikheid wanneer ons op die voltooide werk van Christus staan en na die kruis terugkyk. Laat die kruis jou oortuig. Wees seker van God se getrouheid. Die Psalmdigter beskryf ‘n persoon van geloof as volg: ‘…hy is gerus, hy vertrou op die Here’ (Psalm 112:7). Die lewe het baie onbeantwoorde vrae, maar jy hoef nie aan God se belofte om jou te verlos, te twyfel nie. ‘As God werklikwaar nie sy eie Seun gespaar het nie, maar Hom ter wille van ons almal aan die dood oorgegee het, is daar tog geen manier waarop Hy nie ook alle ander goeie dinge aan ons sal skenk nie’ (Romeine 8:32 NLV). Rus in jou verlossing. Die verlede is verby. Jou toekoms blink.

“I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:10 NKJV

The importance of daily prayer

Dr. George Washington Carver overcame racial prejudice and became an educator, scientist, and inventor who was honoured by the U.S. Congress. He was also a follower of Christ. And here’s what he had to say about prayer: “My prayers seem to be more of an attitude than anything else. I indulge in very little lip service, but ask the Great Creator silently, daily, and often many times a day to permit me to speak to Him…I ask Him…to give me wisdom, understanding, and bodily strength to do His will; hence I am asking and receiving all the time.” Carver gave the world many inventions and was most famous for what he could do with a peanut. He stood on the truth of these Scriptures: “I will go before you and make the crooked places straight” (Isaiah 45:2 NKJV). “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV). “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10 NKJV). Pay particular attention to Carver’s words: “I am asking and receiving all the time.” Prayer was not his last resort, but his first choice. To him, it was more than religious ritual; it was a means of constant communication with the God he loved, sometimes talking and sometimes listening, but at all times sensitive to and aware of the presence of God. And daily prayer should be that for you too.

“…Moenie ontsteld word nie, want Ek is jou God. Ek maak jou sterk en wil jou help…” Jesaja 41:10 NLV

Die belangrikheid van daaglikse gebed

Dr George Washington Carver het rassevooroordeel oorkom en ‘n opvoedkundige, wetenskaplike en uitvinder geword wat deur die Amerikaanse Kongres vereer is. Hy was ook ‘n volgeling van Christus. Hy het die volgende oor gebed gesê: ‘My gebede is meer van ‘n lewenswyse as enigiets anders. Ek vra die Groot Skepper stilweg, daagliks en dikwels, verskeie keer per dag vir toestemming om met Hom te praat. Ek vra Hom om vir my wysheid, begrip en liggaamlike krag te gee om sy wil te doen; ek vra en ontvang dus heeltyd.’ Carver het baie uitvindings in die wêreld uitgestuur en was veral bekend vir uitvindings wat met grondboontjies te doen gehad het. Hy het op die waarheid van die volgende Skrifgedeeltes gestaan: ‘Ek sal voor jou uitgaan en berge gelyk maak…’ (Jesaja 45:2 NLV). ‘Vra My, en Ek sal jou ‘n antwoord gee. Ek sal jou van ongelooflike dinge vertel…’ (Jeremia 33:3 NLV). ‘Moenie bang wees nie, want Ek is by jou. Moenie ontsteld word nie, wat Ek is jou God. Ek maak jou sterk en wil jou help. Ek hou jou vas met my reddende regterhand’ (Jesaja 41:10 NLV). Gee besondere aandag aan Carver se woorde: ‘Ek vra en ontvang dus heeltyd.’ Gebed was nie sy laaste uitweg nie, maar sy eerste keuse. Vir hom was dit meer as ‘n godsdienstige ritueel; dit was ‘n wyse om voortdurend met die God wat hy liefgehad het te kommunikeer, deur soms te praat en soms te luister, maar ten alle tye sensitief en bewus van die teenwoordigheid van God te wees. Daaglikse gebed behoort dieselfde vir jou te beteken.

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“One standing alone can be…defeated, but two can…conquer.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 TLB

Be a team player

Solomon wrote: “One standing alone can be…defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer.” What Solomon is saying is this: “Be a team player.” Deuteronomy 32 speaks of one person chasing 1,000 and two putting 10,000 to flight (v. 30). The lesson is that two working together will be ten times more effective than one going solo. Teams create synergy. The best explanation of synergy is that a hand is more effective than five fingers working independently of each other. When the press interviewed Edmund Hillary regarding the key to his success in being the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, his response was inspiring: “Our greatest strength on Everest in 1953 was our very strong team spirit. Individually, as mountaineers, we were not particularly expert people. We were competent climbers, but we worked together, and we were determined that someone should get to the top. All of us, of course, wanted to be that one, but it was even more important that someone in the group reached the summit. In modern-day climbing, this team spirit is not quite so common. There are many more prima donnas in the modern climbing fraternity, people who have great skills and great individualism but who may not work together as enthusiastically as we did.” The truth is that no individual is as smart and strong as all of us are as a group. Or to put it in the words of Dr. John Maxwell: “Teamwork makes the dream work.” So be willing to sacrifice your personal agenda for the greater good that can be accomplished only by a team.

“En as iemand die een aanval, sal die twee weerstand bied. ‘n Driedubbele tou breek nie maklik nie.” Prediker 4:12 NLV

Wees ‘n spanspeler

Salomo het geskryf: ‘En as iemand die een aanval, sal die twee weerstand bied. ‘n Driedubbele tou breek nie maklik nie.’ Met ander woorde, wees ‘n spanspeler. In Deuteronomium 32:30 lees ons van een persoon wat 1 000 mense laat vlug het en twee persone wat 10 000 mense op die vlug laat slaan het. Dit beteken dat twee persone wat saamwerk, tien keer effektiewer is as een enkele persoon. Spanne skep sinergie. Die beste verduideliking van sinergie is dat ‘n hand effektiewer is as vyf vingers wat onafhanklik van mekaar werk. Toe die pers vir Edmund Hillary vra wat sy sleutel tot sukses is nadat hy die eerste persoon was om die piek van Mount Everest te bereik, was sy reaksie inspirerend: ‘Ons grootste sterktpunt in 1953 op Everest was ons baie sterk spangees. Individueel, as bergklimmers, was ons nie besonder kundige mense nie. Ons was bekwame klimmers, maar ons het saamgewerk en ons was vasbeslote dat iemand bo moes uitkom. Ons almal wou natuurlik daardie persoon wees om dit te doen, maar dit was selfs belangriker dat iemand in die groep die kruin moet bereik. Deesdae is hierdie spangees nie meer so algemeen nie. Daar is baie meer prima donnas in die moderne klimgemeenskap, mense wat oor groot vaardighede en groot individualisme beskik, maar wat dalk nie so entoesiasties saamwerk soos ons nie.’ Die waarheid is dat geen individu so slim en sterk is soos wanneer ons almal as ‘n groep saamwerk nie. Dr John Maxwell stel dit as volg: ‘Teamwork makes the dream work.’ Wees dus bereid om jou persoonlike agenda vir die tipe sukses wat slegs deur ‘n span bereik kan word, op te offer.

“My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord.” Psalm 5:3 NKJV

Start your day with God

How do you start your day with God? If you’re not a “morning person,” don’t put pressure on yourself to have an extended time of reading Scripture and praying first thing in the morning. Frank Laubach, a modern-day master of practicing the presence of God, said, “If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are.” Instead of forcing yourself in the morning, try to arrange—as early as you can after you wake up—to have just a few minutes alone with God. Do three things: First, acknowledge your dependence on God. Second, tell Him about your concerns for the day. Third, invite God to spend the day with you. The Psalmist said, “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord…I will direct it to You, and I will look up.” Then he added, “I rise before the dawning of the morning, and cry for help; I hope in Your word” (Psalm 119:147 NKJV). So how can you start your day with God? Don’t attempt to do a lot of new or heroic things. Just do the things you normally do—only do them with God. In our culture, we often talk about embracing the moment and seizing the day. But we are not meant to embrace moments; we are meant to embrace God. Moments are not always good; God is never anything but good. “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!” (Psalm 118:1 NKJV). Remind yourself that today God is with you, and that He will be good to you and for you.

“Here, in die oggend sal U my stem hoor…” Psalm 5:4 NLV

Begin jou dag met God

Hoe begin jy jou dag met God? As jy nie ‘n ‘oggendmens’ is nie, moenie druk op jouself plaas om heel eerste in die oggend ‘n lang tyd te bestee om die Skrif te lees en te bid nie. In plaas daarvan om jouself in die oggend te dwing om ‘n lang stiltetyd te hou, probeer - so vroeg moontlik nadat jy wakker geword het - om net ‘n paar minute alleen met God te bestee. Doen dan die volgende drie dinge: Eerstens, erken jou afhanklikheid aan God. Tweedens, vertel Hom van jou bekommernisse vir die dag. Derdens, nooi God uit om die dag saam met jou deur te bring. Die Psalmdigter het gesê: ‘Here, in die oggend sal U my stem hoor. Soggens bring ek my versoeke vol verwagting na U toe.’ Toe het hy bygevoeg: ‘Voor dagbreek roep ek om hulp, en plaas my hoop op u woord’ (Psalm 119:147 NLV). Hoe kan jy dan jou dag met God begin? Moenie probeer om baie nuwe dinge uit te probeer en te doen nie. Doen net die dinge wat jy normaalweg doen – maar doen dit saam met God. Ons praat dikwels daaroor om die oomblik te omarm en die dag aan te gryp. Ons is egter nie veronderstel om oomblikke te omarm en dae aan te gryp nie, ons is veronderstel om God te omarm en aan te gryp. Oomblikke is nie altyd goed nie, maar God is nooit enigiets anders as goed nie. ‘Loof die Here, want Hy is goed!..’ (Psalm 118:1 NLV). Herinner jouself daaraan dat God vandag by jou is en dat Hy goed teenoor jou en vir jou sal wees.

“We count them blessed who endure.” James 5:11 NKJV

Look back and be encouraged

James wrote: “My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful” (James 5:10-11 NKJV). Here we are reminded to look back and be challenged and encouraged by those who went before us as we await the Lord’s coming. Look back at Hosea: His wife deserted him, but he faithfully hung in there and God restored their marriage (Hosea 3:1-3). Look back at Daniel: He was thrown into a lions’ den for standing firm in his faith, but God delivered and promoted him (Daniel 6:1-28). Look back at Jeremiah: He was arrested, accused of being a traitor, and thrown into a well to die (Jeremiah 37-38). But he looked up, and God delivered him. Then there’s the roll call of the faithful listed in Hebrews eleven! Those of us who have been rejected by family members can look back to Abel (v. 4). Those who are misunderstood can look back to Noah (v. 7). Those battling a crisis of faith and who seem to be up against the impossible can look back to Abraham (vv. 8-10). If you’ve been used or abused, look back to Joseph (v. 22). Those confronted by seemingly insurmountable obstacles in life can look back to Joshua (v. 30). Those seeking to move beyond a sinful past can look back to Rahab (v. 31). So, this is the word for you today: Look back and be encouraged.

“Ons gee met reg eer aan dié wat in swaarkry uithou…” Jakobus 5:11 NLV

Kyk terug en word bemoedig

Jakobus het geskryf: ‘Liewe broers en susters, neem die profete wat namens die Here gepraat het, as ‘n voorbeeld van geduld in swaarkry. Ons gee met reg eer aan dié wat in swaarkry uithou. Job is ‘n voorbeeld van iemand wat geduldig volhard het. Uit wat uiteindelik met hom gebeur het, sien ons dat God se einddoel goed is. Die Here is mos vol innige meelewing en Hy gee onverdiend sy liefde’ (Jakobus 5:10-11 NLV). Hier word ons herinner om terug te kyk en bemoedig te word deur diegene wat ons vooraf gegaan het terwyl ons wag vir die Here se wederkoms. Kyk na Hosea: Sy vrou het hom verlaat, maar hy het getrou volhard en God het hul huwelik herstel (sien Hosea 3:1-3). Kyk na Daniël: Hy is in ‘n leeukuil gegooi omdat hy standvastig in sy geloof gestaan het, maar God het hom verlos en bevorder (sien Daniël 6:1-28). Kyk na Jeremia: Hy is gearresteer, daarvan beskuldig dat hy ‘n verraaier is en in 'n put gegooi om te sterf (sien Jeremia 37-38). Hy het egter opgekyk en God het hom verlos. Dan is daar die lys van die geloofshelde wat in Hebreërs 11 genoem word! Diegene van ons wat deur familielede verwerp is, kan na Abel terugkyk (vers 4). Diegene wat misverstaan word, kan na Noag terugkyk (vers 7). Diegene wat ‘n krisis van geloof ervaar en voel of hulle teen die onmoontlike te staan kom, kan na Abraham terugkyk (vers 8-10). As jy misbruik of mishandel is, kan jy na Josef terugkyk (vers 22). Diegene wat met struikelblokke in die lewe gekonfronteer word, kan na Josua terugkyk (vers 30). Diegene wat ‘n sondige verlede wil oorkom, kan na Ragab terugkyk (vers 31). Die woord vir jou vandag is dus: Kyk terug en word bemoedig.