Divine Moments
By David Branker
Can you look back on your life and remember moments that would have changed your life forever had had you made different choices? Every moment is priceless, unique and unrepeatable. Within the countless numbers that make up our lives, there are always divine moments awaiting us. We don’t always recognize them, but they are moments of significance that warrant a response that only we can give. For the purpose of simplicity, I tend to think of them in two broad categories: moments of divine choices and moments of divine invitations.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
19“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live! 20Choose to love the LORD your God and to obey Him and commit yourself to Him, for He is your life. Then you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
At times God places choices before us – choices between life and death, blessings and curses, heaven and earth. At other times, he presents an invitation – an invitation to obey, follow, go, love, or to bring others to Him. The truth is that every one of us who enjoy a relationship with God did so out of a response to a divine invitation. No doubt our Creator has given us a beautiful gift of choice, or free will.
God sets before us life and death, and just to be sure we get the answer right, He encourages us to “choose life.” No matter how many bad choices we may have made in the past, the next choice is waiting to give birth to new life. Today, as you pray, ask that God will help you to recognize the divine moments He presents… and pray for the courage to choose well.David
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This is a great word for the time we are in in relation to our upcoming Miracle Offering – It is both a time of divine invitation AND divine choice.
Our family already fulfilled our previous pledge a year or so ago, but are seeking God as to what we can give over and above that in faith.
As I was praying and fasting regarding this offering I ran across Exodus 36: 3-7 where Moses was building the Tabernacle in the desert.
3 Moses gave them (the builders) the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.
4 Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.
5 They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the LORD has commanded us to do!”
6 So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.
7 Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.
Think of what these verses are saying – the people were giving so much that Moses finally had to say – stop giving! We have too much!
May the outpouring of generosity be the same with us Celebrationers as we realize that while we will benefit mightily from this building, it is not about us, it is about reaching a lost and dying world who needs to know our Savior King Jesus!
As we come together as one body in our new facility we must also remember that we must think of the church as being far greater than this building or what happens in this building. We are His church!
Solomon, and his father David, wanted a physical location to centralize their worship; we need to remember that we cannot remain centralized. This church building is a gift to us, but with that gift comes the reminder that we are a church that must also exist without walls.
We are called to this place and time so that we can then be dispersed into our communities and to the world beyond to love God and love our neighbors. May we go and BE the church.