Claimed, gathered and sent

This morning I read Psalm 91. As I was meditating on this, the first verse really struck me. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (NIV) I am a visual learner. As I pondered this verse, I realized that the second line was just a restatement of the first, which was done in a number of the Psalms for emphasis. dwells = rest = lives shelter = shadow = home Most High = Almighty = God My home is where I live, grow and am refreshed. I need to make God my home to have the benefits mentioned in the rest of this Psalm.

Hope you are challenged by Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings. BONHOEFFER for THURSDAY February 22, 2007 Stepping into Faith Jesus says to anyone who uses their faith or lack of faith to excuse their acts of disobedience to his call: First obey, do the external works, let go of what binds you, give up what is separating you from God's will! Do not say; I do not have the faith for that. You will not have it so long as you remain disobedient, so long as you will not take the first step. Do not say, I have faith, so I do not have to take the first step. You do not have faith, because and so long as you will not take that first step. Instead, you have hardened yourself in disbelief under the appearance of humble faith. It is an evil excuse to point from inadequate obedience to inadequate faith, and from inadequate faith to inadequate obedience. It is the disobedience of the "faithful" if they confess their unbelief where their obedience is required and if they play games with...