UPDATE:
Now you can listen to the complete recording of "The Joshua Tree"
ebook
To read the "The Joshua Tree" text
thanks to a
true and excellent work of love, cooperation of my good friend
Walter Cameron (c.) Whitaker who graciously lent his vocal talent and
skill.
I want to first and foremost thank my Heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus and the Holy
Spirit´s inspiration for the birth of a seed planted in my heart in 1988
as I was pondering at the way His providential hand had guided me all my life. That seed that was birthed in
a simple thought of a lost man walking in a desert grew throughout subsequent years of
further learning experiences and the inspiration from the Word of God into this spiritual
journey that I am finally able to share with you.
I also want to express my gratitude to all the "Joshua
Trees" examples and models who helped me and blessed me by letting the Truth, the light and the life giving Lord Jesus grow and manifest in their own life, the
fruits of love, abiding in Him and serving others faithfully in words and deeds where He planted
them. If you are reading this you know who you are!
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named
it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us." I Samuel
7:12.
Link to the MP3 audio file.
Link to the MP3 audio file.
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Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon
the name of the LORD, the Eternal God (Genesis 21:33).
Here is old
Abraham just planting a tree and living by his well. Why are we told
this? It is symbolic of what is taking place in his heart and life. The
tree immediately brings to mind Psalm 1, which says the man of God will
be like a tree planted by rivers of living water, bringing forth its
fruit in season. Here is a life that is fruitful, that is concerned
about those immediately around and is pouring out blessing into their
lives and hearts.
Abraham calls on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal God. If the church
desires to do anything to help this poor, blind, bleeding, struggling
world in which we live, it will only be as Christian people rediscover
what it means to live daily in the strength, the power, the purpose, and
the glory of calling upon the Eternal God.
This is what writes joy in
our hearts, joy that the world is so vainly seeking to find. Abraham
found joy, and thus he was the center of blessing to the land of the
Philistines. In finding and rediscovering those springs of spiritual
strength, he did more to advance the cause of social justice and welfare
in the land of the Philistines than any of their programs and plans
could have done.
Excerpt from Ray Stedman´s devotion. Continue reading "This Thirsty World"
