OzThoughts – Wednesday 12th November, 2008

OzThoughts – Wednesday 12th November, 2008

Tell me the stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
Things I would ask him to tell me
If he were here:
Scenes by the wayside,
Tales of the sea,
Stories of Jesus.
Tell them to me.

Yes, tell me the stories of Jesus! I really do love to hear them. In fact, I love to read them and think about them. This year with many Christians, I am reading through the Gospel of Luke, a few verses each day following the Common Lectionary. It does me good to think about the things Jesus said and did.

As I type this my mind comes to the present and I think of the simple phrase that is so popular “What would Jesus do?” Many times it is represented by the initials “WWJD”. That’s a challenge to recall the stories of Jesus. It is a call to listen again to his words. It is a reason to reflect. Most of all it a recognition of Jesus, God’s son as our supreme example.

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father thank you for your son, Jesus. I pray that today I might meditate on his words and actions. Help me to make Jesus my motivation and example in all I do. Amen

Listen: The London Citadel Songsters, Canada : http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2760.mp3


Tell me the stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
Things I would ask him to tell me
If he were here:
Scenes by the wayside,
Tales of the sea,
Stories of Jesus.
Tell them to me.

First let me hear how the children
Stood round his knee;
And I shall fancy his blessing
Resting on me;
Words full of kindness,
Deeds full of grace,
All in the love-light
Of Jesus' face.

Tell me, in accents of wonder,
How rolled the sea,
Tossing the boat in a tempest
On Galilee;
And how the Master,
Ready and kind,
Chided the billows
And hushed the wind.

Into the city I'd follow
The children's band,
Waving a branch of the palm tree
High in my hand;
One of his heralds,
Yes, I would sing
Loudest hosannas:
Jesus is King!

Show me that scene, in the garden,
Of bitter pain;
And of the cross where my Saviour
For me was slain;
Sad ones or bright ones,
So that they be
Stories of Jesus;
Tell them to me.
Author: William Henry Parker (1845-1929)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 848

Hebrews 12 (The Message - Selected Verses)

2Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed--that exhilarating finish in and with God--he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honour, right alongside God.
3When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
4In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through--all that bloodshed!
5So don't feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children?

My dear child, don't shrug off God's discipline,
but don't be crushed by it either.
6It's the child he loves that he disciplines;
the child he embraces, he also corrects.

7God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training,
8the normal experience of children. Only irresponsible parents leave children to fend for themselves. Would you prefer an irresponsible God?
9We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God's training so we can truly live?
10While we were children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God's holy best.
11At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.
12So don't sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet!
13Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it!
14Work at getting along with each other and with God. Otherwise you'll never get so much as a glimpse of God.

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