Matthew 2:10 "When they saw the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy."
Acts 2:16 "...this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel..."
Psalm 3:6a "I am not afraid of ten thousands of people..."
Reflect:
Boy, it's nice when the star stops--or I guess it is. For me, it doesn't seem like the star stops or the day of Pentecost comes or the prophecy is fulfilled. It's always about following, always about waiting.
I love the Psalmist's words "I am not afriad of ten thousands of people..." What a great proclamation. And David, if this is David's, went through a lot with people. If one want s to lead, if one wants to accomplish anything, he or she has to stand up to the fear.
A couple of interesting things I noticed in the Genesis passage: in chapter 5, in the list of family histories, none of these guys had their first child until they were in their 60's, 70's, 80's. What were they doing in their 20's and 30's? Weren't they, ummmm, interested in sex? Or maybe they were just having daughters up until then. It must be there for a reason. I wonder why.
And the Noah story--usually when the story is portrayed, there are people making fun of Noah at first, then they wanted to get on the boat. That isn't in scripture. Maybe it just makes sense that people would have razzed him. But it doesn't seem that anyone cared what he was doing, before or after.
Response:
God, I will continue to follow, I will continue to wait, I will continue to build the ark, no matter what the people (real or imagined) might say or think.
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