Silent Time

There are many reasons to complain about.

Do you also tend to complain?

About the circumstances?

About the church?

About the shortcomings of other Christians?

There are more important things to focus on.

The path into the future holds many uncertainties.

What will happen? What will be?

It is good to have someone to guide us.

To whom do we listen?

Many people offer to guide us.

They want us to go their ways.

But do they know what they talk about? Is it true and useful what they tell us?

Better to have a reliable source.

Is it possible to be too young or too old for the ministry of God?

Or course, different tasks require different skills.

We have limited possibilities, but God has unending resources.

In the end the question is not about age.

The animals in der wilderness have different strategies of hunting.

Some may chase their prey.

Others will hide first in order not to be noticed, waiting until the prey animal shows signs of weakness.

We as humans, are also under attack in various ways.

It may nowadays no more be by wild animals, but the thread remains in other ways.

By the time of his birth … and still today it is the same:

People do not want to give any major room to Jesus.

How much room do you give to him in your life?

What is the greatest name for you?

In our times or from past times.

Great politicians, who have accomplished a lot, become famous.

Scientists, philosophers … famous for what they have said or done.

Yet, there is a much greater name.

When have you last lost anything?

Could not find it? Taken great effort, looking for it everywhere, but could not find it?

And finally, with great joy, it is found back.

It might have been in the garbage bin, almost being disposed off.

Seek and found the lost. It is found and safe.

We, all human beings, have made ourselves to be almost lost by our behaviour.

What a great offer to be rescued and safe.

Do you believe conspiracy theories?

Hidden agendas, for example about influential people, who secretly rule and influence our lives.

Some of the theories might be true, many others are probably not true.

How comes that people are so interested in such theories?

Historically, people know that there are leaders that impact our fate.

And since many people do not believe in the spiritual world, they assume that other people exercise such control and determine our lives. Certainly, many people have more influence than others.

But above that is a much higher power, the sovereign Lord and creator of the universe.

No matter how many hidden agendas people, rulers and others might have, God is still in a higher position.

Whom do you know perfectly?

Many people assume they know each and everything about someone, e.g. about their spouse.

Any yet we never know anybody fully 100%.

Getting to know each other continues lifelong.

In the same way, many people assume that they know everything about God.

But it is a living relationship to the almighty Lord, lifelong.

His dimensions are far beyond what we can imagine.

For most of us, nowadays’ lifestyle is pretty much different from what it was several generations ago. There are new inventions, there is new technology, new life-styles.

Yet, some things do not change.

It is amazing how much we can learn from history and past generations.