Belong: November 27, 2012

TODAYS WORD FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2012. 2010

BELONG

DEFINITION:

To be a property or a concern of; have a place; to be a part of.

SCRIPTURE:

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. Mark 9:41.

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness. Daniel 9:9.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

As Christians we belong to the Lord. In Isaiah chapter 44 we read about God’s blessing upon Israel and He clearly states that they belong to Him. In Romans 14:8 it reads that “We are the Lord’s” thus we belong to Him. And in Galatians 3:29 it reads: “And if you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.” So the scripture makes it very clear that if we know Christ as our Savior, we belong to Him.

The next question is, “What things belong to God?” In Job 12:13 we are told that all wisdom and power belong to God. And Job continues in Job 12:16 to say that all strength and victory belong to God. And in Job 25:2, all glory, dominion and awe belong to God.

In Psalms we are told that “The kings of the earth belong to God.” (Psalm 47:9)
“The mountain peaks belong to God.” (Psalm 95:4) “And the highest heaven belongs to God.” (Psalm 115:16)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and therefore all things belong to God. God blesses us by “loaning” to us what we have. When we recognize this fact we realize our own insignificance. We do not understand so many things that happen in this world, but since the world belongs to God who are we to question God’s sovereignty, His wisdom or His justice? It blesses us to know that we belong to a God to whom all wisdom, all power, dominion, awe, strength and victory belong.

We can remember a young girl in Guatemala asking how she could know and be sure that she belonged to God. This girl came from a dysfunctional home and her family did not recognize that there was a God let alone even mentioned God in their home. She attended the Christian school that our ministry sponsored and there she heard for the first time about God and His love for her. She heard the plan of salvation and soon understood that she needed to accept Jesus as her Savior. She now belongs to God because she became a child of God.

Do you have questions about who God is and if you belong to Him? Do you need God’s mercy and forgiveness? Read the two verses we have put above. Do you understand that all we have belongs to God? Do you know where you stand, concerning your relationship with God? If you have questions just communicate with us by using the link below to “Ken and Dottie.” We will respond.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 1:1.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

PRAYER:

Thank you Lord that I realize all I have belongs to You. Help me to understand more clearly today Your power, Your compassion, the awesomeness of who You are and how all this relates to my life. Make me an instrument today to represent You in all that I do and say. May my actions and words glorify Your name!