Thursday, January 3, 2013

DAY 269 - Glory to God, Peace to Men! 榮耀歸神,平安歸人 (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)




Today's Reading: Luke 2: 1-20

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Bible Study

     This passage is the famous Nativity, painting a beautiful picture of what happened when Jesus was born. A most glorious and peaceful scene. A passage that will be read in Christmas Eve service for all churches. With the adding of the wise men as records in Matthew2: 1-12, there are four groups of people surrounding baby Jesus.
1. The angels
2. The wise men or kings
3. The shepherds
4. Jesus' parents

    What have you seen in the Nativity scene? What have you got from this scene? 

     
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"





Spiritual Journal

     What I heard from Jesus today is: Glory to God, peace to men!

     What I received today from Jesus is the same message as I received two weeks ago when I was preparing my Christmas Eve sermon. The title I got and preached on Christmas Eve and the title I got today is the same:
Glory to God, peace to men.

     To me, the praise the angles sang concludes what was happening:
"Glory to God in the highest,
  and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

     Every human on earth would like to enjoy peace everyday but this is a world with no peace, no matter outward or inward. More and more people can not get away from depression and live in darkness with no peace each day. More and more people cannot sleep well and you can find quite a number of  "sleeping clinic" everywhere helping people just to sleep! So sad!

     Do you want to have peace each day and sleep like a baby every night? Easy! Live out the Gloria above!

     See how all those people surrounding Jesus that night glorified God. See how God's favor rested in each one of them and how peaceful they were that night!

     We have no peace because we wrongly use our time, energy, money and other resources to glorify other earthly matters rather than God. Many people are discouraged, depressed, burnout and quitting because of no peace!

     You can surely have peace and a good sleep each day if you are willing to follow those who were there that night focusing on Jesus and glorify God! Yes, you can surely have peace and a good sleep each day if you remember this:
     Glory to God, peace to men! 
     
Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to live a life glorifying you each day that we can enjoy peace each day. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.



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