by Dudley Anderson
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Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Stephen remembered how he had witnessed some of the great miracles that Jesus had performed. He was still young but he had a passion to share the gospel that Jesus had commissioned his disciples to share. Stephen was one of the 120 who were in the upper room in Jerusalem on Pentecost when God poured out his Holy Spirit. What an experience! God’s glory filled the room. What appeared to be flames of fire rested on each man’s head while a great rushing sound was heard in the large room. Since then, Stephen, full of faith and power, had done great wonders and signs among the people. Now, as he stood before the Sanhedrin, he remembered what Jesus had said shortly before he ascended back to paradise, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
“This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.” Stephen faced the Sanhedrin for speaking boldly in the name of Jesus. Hurling false trumped-up charges against Stephen, they gazed at his face in amazement. Stephen’s face shone with a light as Moses’ face had shone with when he descended from Sinai. They dragged him outside and began stoning him. Gazing upward, Stephen said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Right to the point of death, Stephen knew that Jesus would never leave him. Jesus had promised to be with him and he was. This is the same Jesus who says to you today, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” His presence, by the fellowship of Holy Spirit, is with you every second of every day. You can never come into his presence because you can never leave his presence. When you come to worship or pray, you simply come into the presence of mind of his presence. If you find yourself laboured or burdened today, come to Jesus and rest in his companionship. He is with you always.
God-tracking is resting in his faithful presence.
IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Matthew 28:18-20 Acts 6:8-15, 7:54-60
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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY
“Together, we will get through this.”
“O Lord, I feel so overwhelmed today. It’s like I’m facing barriers on every front. I’m weary, Lord. Yet, I know I’m not alone. I know you are with me in all of this. I choose now to rest in your presence and acknowledge you in all my trials. Together, we will get through this. Thank you, Lord. Amen.”
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---------------------------- What is GodTracker? GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.
Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts
Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought called GodTracker and has complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. More information at surereaity.net
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