1 Samuel 17:1-18:4, John 8:21-30, Psalms 111:1-10, Proverbs 15:11

What God said to me – Walking in a manner worthy of your calling is not just the things you do, but it is also the things you think and say.  I have done so many great works and provided you with so many wonderful things that you see and use and enjoy every day.  As you are going throughout your day as part of this ongoing conversation learn to look at everything you see or use or encounter as something “I AM” using to bless you or to teach you and express gratitude or your awe or to ask for understanding.  All creation speaks of My glory and power.  As great as technology is and the inventions and modern conveniences you use every day, “I AM” the one who gave the intelligence and talent and curiosity and ability to bring them all about.  People from past times would be in awe of the things you use every day and take for granted.  So, each day stop and look around you and express your gratitude and awe and wonder at all of my works and the kindness and goodness I showed you in allowing you to experience them.

1 Samuel 15-16, John 8:1-20, Psalms 110:1-7, Proverbs  15:8-10

What God said to me – A coincidence is defined as a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection – I was just talking about you and here I run into you at the airport – I was craving something sweet, and you brought me cookies.  The thing is, for My children there is always an “apparent causal connection” for the things that happen in your life – Me!  “I AM” at work in every area of your life, working all things together for your good and for My glory.  “I AM” at work carrying out My plan in your life as well as in the world, even though they don’t realize it or understand it.  Look at how I introduced David into the politics of Israel.  I chose him to be king, but he was an insignificant young man who rose up out of “nowhere”.  He had nothing to do with the governing of Israel and yet somehow, out of hundreds of thousands of men in Israel, he ended up in the court of King Saul, as a musician of all things.  Just as I was sovereign in David’s life and in the nation of Israel, “I AM” sovereign in your life and in the world today.  So, don’t worry or fret about your life or your family or the chaos in the world.  Trust My sovereignty.  Trust My plan.  “I AM” at work for your good and for My glory.

1 Samuel 14, John 7:31-53, Psalms 109:1-31, Proverbs 15:5-7

What God said to me – There is an old song “Little Is Much When God Is In It”.  It was inspired by the account of My Son, Jesus, feeding more than five thousand people with five loaves and two fish.  However, there are many stories in My word along the same lines – the widow who fed Elijah all during the drought with a handful of flour and a little oil that never ran out – My Son turning the water to wine – the prophet’s widow whose creditors were coming to take her sons and Elisha took a small bottle of oil and filled enough vessels to pay the debt and support the family.  “I AM” able to do exceedingly, more abundantly than you can think or ask and I don’t just mean taking a few things and making them into many.  When Saul’s son. Jonathan, was going over to confront the Philistines with just his armor bearer, he said, “the Lord is not restrained to save by many or by a few.”  He understood the truth that if he was following Me that two could be as successful as an entire army.  Now think of this in terms of your life and ministry – you don’t have to be charismatic or talented or articulate for Me to do great things through you.  You just have to be surrendered to Me.  You could be a greeter at church or a childcare worker or serve food at a fellowship – there is no small ministry when I call you to it – like a stone tossed in a lake, the ripple effects go beyond what you can see – little is much when “I AM” in it.