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the storm is quieted. A God who speaks and nations fall. A God who speaks and
the earth is shaken. I don’t know about you, but I agree with David, in Psalm 139,
where he says, “These things are far too big for me to comprehend…”
When our vision of God becomes more realistic we will find that our depth of
spiritual understanding will deepen with it. I believe that Selwyn Hughes is right
when he says that the depth of your Christian faith will be determined by the
magnitude of your God. Meek people live in the light of an enormously powerful
God. Meek people understand that there are things that they are not meant to
understand and therefore they learn to trust. Meek people see all their problems
and challenges in the light of a powerful God. Meek people understand that
pleasing God is more important than pleasing themselves. These core values are
symptomatic of those on the journey toward meekness. Humility, remember, is
not just a pre-requisite of getting into the kingdom, but is one of the core values
of living in the Kingdom as well.
Prayer Thought: Read again if you will the Isaiah story and reflect for yourself on
the “bigness” of your God.

Tuesday
Reading: Acts 5 v 1 – 11
Evidence TWO: Meek people understand what it means to starve the flesh.
The fleshly nature is one that we are all born with. It is this nature that seeks to
exalt itself and lord it over others. It is the flesh that Paul speaks about as
needing to be crucified. The flesh is one of our greatest enemies in our spiritual
journey. The problem with the flesh is that it keeps coming back, but I believe it
true to say that the best way to handle the flesh is to starve it. You see, the flesh
has this incredible need to be fed. It is the ego part of us that needs to be fed
with flattery and praise. I think it important that you know that the evil is found
not in getting praise, but is found in seeking praise. This is the difference
between Barnabas and his contempories, Ananias and Sapphira, in Acts 5. Let me
explain: Barnabas had sold some land with pure motive with the intention of
helping the struggling people in the church. Without him realising it, word had