Apr 3, 2026 – Reflection
Prevail #93 – 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.” Larson and her husband explained to their children, “no one lives on an island and nobody’s choices stand alone; they affect a whole community. We long for a revival in our nation, but it needs to start with us. What we allow in our lives, we allow in our community, even if those around us never know.”
JA – “LOOK UP TO ME, BELOVED, for My Face is shining upon you. Be awed by the Glory of My holiness, and let the Light of My Love soak into your inner being. Remember that I dwell in your heart through faith.” So, what we do not only affects our families and friends, it affects God and how we reflect Him to the world.
Utmost – Chambers reflects on what “blinds” us to how our thoughts and actions affect others. “Have I a strange god – not a disgusting monster, but a disposition that rules me? More often than once God has brought me face to face with the strange god and I thought I should have to yield, but I did not do it. I got through the crisis by the skin of my teeth and I find myself in the possession of the strange god still; I am blind to the things which belong to my peace.” We find peace when we realize who’s we are and how our choices affect Him (and others).
From this in Luke 19:42, “If thou hadst known…” Chambers offers this perspective, “God goes direct to the heart, with the tears of Jesus behind. These words imply culpable responsibility; God holds us responsible for what we do not see…. The unfathomable sadness of the ‘might have been’! God never opens doors that have been closed. He opens other doors, but He reminds us that there are doors which we have shut, doors which need never have been shut, imaginations which need never have been sullied. Never be afraid when God brings back the past. Let memory have its way. It is a minister of God with its rebuke and chastisement and sorry. God will turn the ‘might have been’ into a wonderful culture for the future.” That was a difficult bit of commentary, but the last line brought us to the hope we all must strive for.
[Note: have to pause here because I am in a bit of a crunch to figure out the problems with my phone before I leave for a trip Monday. I was actually able to speak to someone at the Apple store when I dropped in this morning but they set up a call at 1pm that I need to be ready for – and I honestly don’t know how to be ready so I’m figuring it out as I go. Until later, perhaps….]
