April 11, 2021
An arrogant, self-absorbed, young man came to an old sage 
with an intriguing question. You see, it was the intent of the young man to embarrass the old man who was known for his wisdom. The young man came to the sage and said, “Old man, the bird I have in my hand, is it alive or is it dead?” The young man had said to himself, “If the old sage says the bird is alive, I will immediately crush it, and it is a dead bird and if he says the bird is dead, I will open my hand and allow the bird to fly to freedom.” The old sage answered with the wisdom that only comes from God, “Young man, the life of the bird is in your hand. You control whether the bird is alive or if it is dead.”
Dear ones, if I may draw from that story, much of our lives are in our hands. In Genesis 1:26, we are told that: “And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” Our Heavenly Father has given us dominion, the right to rule and to reign with Him. Let us understand that “We have been raised up together, and made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Be blessed as you walk in the awareness of almighty God.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
d, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6) We thank God that who He is, is who He has always been, and who He has always been is who He will always be. He is the great I AM. He is not subject to the whims or capricious ideas of a fickle society. His immutability allows us to know Him in a real and personal way. We know that He loves us with an unconditional love, therefore we can trust Him in every facet of our lives. We know that He is Jehovah-Jireh, “the Lord provides” and will always be so. Provides: “pro” means before: “vide”, to see. He is the God who provides, i.e.: the God who has seen all our needs and has already met them. Just as God provided for Abraham in Genesis twenty-two, so will He do for you in 2021. He does not change. The Lord said in Exodus 15:26: “…If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”