A Focus on God and Jesus

This past week I spent a couple of days in Indianapolis at Rolls Royce where they manufacture the engine for the Global Hawk air vehicle.

The following observations are from my time in Scripture this week:

• In Judges 6 God used the weakest and least to accomplish his work; Gideon tested the Lord with a fleece

• In Judges 7 God reduced the fighting men with Gideon from 32,000 to 10,000 to 300 and then Gideon’s first thought was to worship God
• Simon was made to literally carry the cross of Jesus (Luke 23:26)

• In Luke 24 even Peter, one of the disciples, went away from the empty tomb wondering what had happened

• When does you heart burn within you? (Luke 24:32)

• Jesus opened their minds so they could understand Scripture (Luke 24:45)

• John came as a witness to the Life, Word, Jesus (John 1)

• In John 1 Jesus starts calling his disciples

• A prudent man thinks about his steps; a wise man fears God and shuns evil (Proverbs 14:15-16)

Some Important Principles of Living

From my Scripture reading this week:

• Giving to the poor and restoring fraud saved Zaccheus according to Jesus in Luke 19

• Hope deferred makes the heart sick, a longing fulfilled is the tree of life (Proverbs 13:12)

• The teaching of the wise is the fountain of life (Proverbs 13:14)

• In Joshua 21:45 it states that not one of the Lord’s promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled

• Jesus confronts those who confront and questions those who question (Luke 20)

• Ignore discipline and come to poverty and shame (Proverbs 13:18)

• Walk with the wise to become wise (Proverbs 13:20)

• Luke 21:34 states to be careful not to be weighed down with anxieties of life; verse 36 says to pray that you may be able to stand before Jesus

And finally, Judges 4 is where my name came from!

Notes from Lesson 9 of Og Mandino's University of Success

Main thoughts from reading lesson 9:

• Make the most of your abilities

• Ask "What talents or abilities do I have?"

• Discipline your abilities for maximum use

• Set a sense of purpose for yourself

• Put your talents to work

• Use your imagination

• Have enthusiasm for your work

• Persevere in the use of talents

Remember the 3 bones: the wishbone for dreaming, the jawbone for asking, and the backbone for working