Reading though the Bible we find ourselves caught up in the stories from the past. We see God working in the lives of real people in sometimes very unreal ways. We realize things were different during Bible times, with miracles performed through “touch Jesus” healing, knowing that those of long ago were able to walk with His physical form on this earth.
All of these things sometimes make the looking back to the past full and real; the present moment is another thing all together. In the present, we cannot see Jonah in a whale or Jesus in the flesh. We cannot touch the healed leaper or hear Peter preach. We definitely live in the present, but where do we find this Jesus from the past?
We do not have to look very far to see Him, but we do have to LOOK. Satan wants us to see the separation of past and present and blind us to Jesus being alive and real in our daily eyes. All Satan has to do to achieve this is to turn our eyes in another direction…simply distract us into looking and focusing on something else. Jesus says, “I am with you ALWAYS,” meaning He is here, present, and ALWAYS with us. Our God is not a God of the past, but One of the present always abiding with us and through us. Anything else is a lie…straight from the father of lies (John 8:44)!
Roberta Pledge
9/20/12
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