Today’s Podcast
- Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
- A bet all of us use to play a game when we were little that helped us learn about trust. Jesus showed us how to trust to the very end. Listen to what He said.
- Scripture
- Luke 23:46
- Jesus (shouting out loudly): Father, I entrust My spirit into Your hands!
- Devotional
- I remember playing a game with my dad as a kid that I played with my kids as a dad and I’m sure it’s one that many dad’s have played for centuries. I’d stand on the stairs or porch or couch or something that I knew was as high as the Empire State Building. Dad would hold out his arms, and I would leap into space with full confidence I would not hit the floor. I knew my dad would catch me. My kids knew the same thing. They knew I would catch them every time.
- You’ve probably played the game
- Common around the world
- Meant to build trust in those we love
- Heard of a few bizarre parents that let their kids fall to the ground to teach the opposite
- We are built for relationship
- God created Adam, the first human, for a relationship with Him
- Created Eve, the second human, for a relationship with both Him and Adam
- Told the two of them to populate the world and gave them a desire to live in community
- We break that fellowship and community when we disobey God’s commands for us
- Jesus came to help us reignite that relationship with God
- Watch His life from the beginning
- Announcement of His birth – Spirit came upon Mary, God coming to man
- At twelve, in the temple doing His Father’s business
- Continually found alone in prayer
- Surrounded by others
- Welcoming children
- Depending on the Father for everything
- Any wonder He would announce from the cross – “I entrust My spirit into Your hands
- What can we learn from Him?
- If we are to be like Him we must:
- Build relationship with Him
- Build relationship with others
- Trust the Father with everything we have and hope to have
- In every circumstance, no matter how grim or glorious, entrust our whole self to God
- I remember playing a game with my dad as a kid that I played with my kids as a dad and I’m sure it’s one that many dad’s have played for centuries. I’d stand on the stairs or porch or couch or something that I knew was as high as the Empire State Building. Dad would hold out his arms, and I would leap into space with full confidence I would not hit the floor. I knew my dad would catch me. My kids knew the same thing. They knew I would catch them every time.
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