Thought for the day
PBS film critic and columnist Michael Medved has shared this anecdoteout of his Jewish heritage:
A few years ago, Rabbi Jacob Karmenetzky made a trip to Israel accompanied by his teenage grandson. Ironically, these two deeply religious people were seated in the airplane next to a prominent Israeli socialist leader and outspoken atheist.
On the flight, the cynical atheist traveler couldn't help noticing the way the teenage boy attended to the needs of his aged, bearded grandfather. He got up to get the old man a glass of water, helped him remove his shoes and put on some slippers, and otherwise demonstrated that the rabbi's comfort represented his primary concern.
At one point, as the boy got up for yet another errand on behalf of the old man, the atheist could contain himself no longer. "Tell me something," he asked the rabbi. "Why does your grandson treat you like some kind of a king? I have a grandson, too, but he wouldn't give me the time of day."
"It's very simple," the old man replied. "My grandson and I both believein a God who rules the universe and created all things, including the firstman. That means that in the boy's eyes, I'm two generations closer to the hand of God Himself. But in the eyes of your grandson, you're just two generations closer to a monkey.
"What you believe about the origin of man really does make a difference, and it will manifest itself in how you act toward others. If we see our origin as a matter of chance from that which is purely physical, then we have no basis on which to assign value to others. On the other hand, if we understand that we were created by a loving God, that gives us all the reason in the world to hold others in high regard, and gives us incentiveto treat them with respect.
"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Ourlikeness.'..." (Genesis 1:26).
Verses
Numbers 23:19
God is not like men, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
2 Corinthians 1:20
The yes to all of God's promises is in Christ, and through Christ we say yes to the glory of God.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will tell thee great and unheard of things, which thou knowest not.
Deuteronomy 8:18
You must remember that it is the LORD your God who has been giving you power to gain wealth, that he might carry out his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as is the case today.
Prayer
Father, You provided David with supernatural courage, strength, and skill to defeat the bully of a giant, Goliath. You divided the waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan River so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that we might always be in reverential fear of Your sovereign supremacy. Nothing in ourselves will defeat the enemies we face, but “with God all things are possible.” See Joshua 4:24, Matthew 19:26
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