Standing Firm Series

II. REFLECT 12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. The word meditate in the original language means to murmur or mutter words to yourself. Meditation involves talking things over with yourself to understand what those things mean to you. Meditation means weighing your options. We can look at what God has said in His Word and the miracles we have experienced in the past and then consider what implications those things have on our lives today. What happens inside you when you meditate on God’s words and His promises? Joshua 1:8 says, Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night… As most of you know, I am a big sports fan. Cardinals, Missouri Tigers and especially the Rams football team. I think I like football so much because it is a team sport. Yes, there are a lot of individual stars on each team, but in reality the teams that win are the teams that rely upon each individual to do his job. Every team has a head coach who has instituted a plan into the system. Each player has a playbook. Each playbook gives the details of every offensive or defensive play that each team will run. Some playbooks are faulty – the plan just isn’t good enough to win. Some players are not diligent enough to study the playbook and therefore they become the reason the team doesn’t win. But we have a playbook that not only gives us the game plan for our lives, it show us how well the game plan has worked in the past. You can notice by studying your playbook that the problem has never been with the head coach and His book but always with the players who forgot to study. 12 I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. What do God’s previous works have to do with your life now? That is something that you need to stop and consider. How does the fact that God healed throughout the bible affect us today? What does it mean to us that God made the sun go backward, the sun stand still, the rain cease for three and a half years and then begin again when Elijah prayed? What relationship to your life does His word have when it says, “in the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh” or, “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues… they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” Or, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Are these just idle words from the past that have no meaning today? These are the words of the Great I AM not the Great I WAS or the Great I MIGHT BE. I AM forever in the past and the future. I AM the Alpha and the Omega. I AM the beginning and the end. I Am what I have been in the past and will always be in the future. Hebrews 1:10-12, “In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. 12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.” If God worked miracles in the past He is still willing to do it today. Reflect on God’s word and you will see His nature.