The Sign
Do you remember “Here’s Your Sign?” Absolutely and most certainly not a follower, but Bill Engvall’s “Here’s Your Sign” comedy routine from years ago was pretty funny. What made it so funny and subsequently popular was the framework in which we all find ourselves at times. That is: I’m not really stupid – I just sound like it! For example, a trucker gets his truck stuck under an overpass, and the responding policeman asks "Hey, you get your truck stuck?" The trucker answers, "No sir, I was delivering that overpass and I ran out of gas.” Well, here's your sign.
Is God eternally faithful? Of course, He is! Is He true to every one of His promises? Absolutely! How do you know? He says so in His Word! But how do you really know? Because I’ve experienced it over and over again in my life! So, why do we wring our hands in despair – fret over the current crisis – live life as if we’re in some barren wasteland? Here’s your sign! The psalmist wrote, “I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.” (Psalm 81:10-11). One of the greatest exercises in faith is to press your life’s rewind-button to recall God’s faithfulness; read how true and dependable He was in the lives of the men of faith – Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, David, Paul, Peter; consider testimonies of modern-day Christian giants; be encouraged by those you know personally who listen to God’s Voice and open their mouths to experience His faithfulness and fulfillment in their lives. When we listen to God and walk in His ways, God says He will “feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (V.13, 16). This is how we learn first-hand God’s faithfulness – we personally taste His Honey and know ultimate satisfaction. That’s the sign!
Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? Do you walk in the way that’s new?
Have you drunk from the living fountain? There’s honey in the Rock for you.
Oh, there’s honey in the Rock, my brother; There’s honey in the Rock for you.
Leave your sins for the Blood to cover; There’s honey in the Rock for you.
– Frederick A. Graves. 1895
Is God eternally faithful? Of course, He is! Is He true to every one of His promises? Absolutely! How do you know? He says so in His Word! But how do you really know? Because I’ve experienced it over and over again in my life! So, why do we wring our hands in despair – fret over the current crisis – live life as if we’re in some barren wasteland? Here’s your sign! The psalmist wrote, “I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.” (Psalm 81:10-11). One of the greatest exercises in faith is to press your life’s rewind-button to recall God’s faithfulness; read how true and dependable He was in the lives of the men of faith – Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, David, Paul, Peter; consider testimonies of modern-day Christian giants; be encouraged by those you know personally who listen to God’s Voice and open their mouths to experience His faithfulness and fulfillment in their lives. When we listen to God and walk in His ways, God says He will “feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (V.13, 16). This is how we learn first-hand God’s faithfulness – we personally taste His Honey and know ultimate satisfaction. That’s the sign!
Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? Do you walk in the way that’s new?
Have you drunk from the living fountain? There’s honey in the Rock for you.
Oh, there’s honey in the Rock, my brother; There’s honey in the Rock for you.
Leave your sins for the Blood to cover; There’s honey in the Rock for you.
– Frederick A. Graves. 1895
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