ROBIN WITH NO TAIL

Philippians 4:13 NKJV I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

The other day we noticed a little robin hopping about in the grass and he had no tail feathers. We don’t know if they never grew in from when he was fledged or if something has pulled them out, but he definitely hasn’t got any! Despite his lack, he still manages to fly and do what other robins do!😊

Maybe you feel like you’ve had some of your tail feathers pulled out recently or you’re lacking something which you feel could put you at a disadvantage, but I felt God was saying it won’t stop you from flying either!

2 Corinthians 12:9 AMP but He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.”Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.

God says His grace will be sufficient for each day, that His mercies are new every morning and that He will supply whatever we need. So even though we may feel like we’re missing something, God will fill the gap if we keep our eyes on Him and focus on what we do have and not on what we don’t have.😊

Maybe you don’t have what you used to have and you feel like something has messed you up. Mephibosheth felt like that and yet when David gave him the benefit of his covenant he had his father’s lands and servants restored to him, he had all the help he needed, and he ate like a king at the kings table!

Whether we’ve had something taken away or not, or we’re feeling a sense of loss, God is reminding us we’re in covenant relationship with Him and He will provide whatever it is we’re going to need in the days ahead. So don’t let the enemy make you think you’ll just have to hop about in the grass, but look up and know God says He’ll make sure you can still fly anyway!😊 Amen.

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PAY NO ATTENTION

1 Corinthians 13:5 AMPC It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

Have you ever been riled up by what someone has said or done? Ever recounted an ‘episode’ when someone offended you? I think we can all put our hands up at some time when we’ve done it. We may think we’re justified in our indignation at the time, and yet the Holy Spirit is teaching us it’s not the best way!😊

The whole of this passage from verses 4-8 is about the quality of love and we often hear it read at weddings. Maybe it would help us if we read it every morning before we bounced out of bed! It might just put the brakes on some of our more unloving thoughts, whether it’s towards a person, or the government!

It says to pay no attention to a suffered wrong. That’s not easy is it? And yet it’s the life God has called us to and the only way to live it is to let God’s love, which the Holy Spirit has already put in our hearts, have more say in our lives. When we want to bite back, when we want to have the last word, it’s when we have a choice to make. Will I surrender to God’s love, let it have it’s way and have a gentle answer, or will I go with the flesh!?

It’s a bit like parking where we’re not supposed to. We’re not supposed to stay parked on an offence or there will be a fine to pay! 

Galations 5:6 reminds us that our faith will only work through love and if we’re finding our faith is struggling and things don’t seem to be working, then maybe it’s worth doing a ‘love’ check and see if we’re holding on to an offence or to an evil done to us or someone else.

As we go into a fresh week, God is saying to each one of us, it’ s time to pay no attention to those offences anymore, let them go, take no more account of them. God has forgiven us so much, now it’s our turn to forgive others, and let His love flow again. In Jesus name. Amen. 😊

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