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Pondering in Your Heart

by Jerry Ousley  
11/29/2008 / Holidays

Back in my salesman days I was talking with a fellow. He was just a "country boy" and even though I'd never say that he didn't have much sense (because I've found out that farmers and most country boys have more sense than many college graduates) his interests were everywhere but on what I was trying to sell him. I knew that this would be a good deal for him and that if the need ever arose he'd be glad he bought this insurance policy from me but it was just hard for him to think about letting go precious money earned by the sweat of his brow for a promise only if he ever needed it.

If he did need it then he'd be glad he bought it; but if he never used it then he'd feel like he had wasted his money. I understood that and still do. I don't know many people who can afford to throw good, hard-earned cash away for a mere promise on paper.

After a long pause I felt like someone needed to break the ice so I asked the man, "Well, what do you think?" He looked me straight in the eye and responded, "Don't rush me; I'm a ponderin' on it."

When I hear that word, "ponder" I most often think of Luke 2:19 and the words of the Bible regarding Mary, the mother of Jesus. After the miraculous birth of the baby Jesus, the visit by the shepherds and the song they had heard from the angels, the Bible tells us, "But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in hear heart." She didn't brag about them telling about all her good fortune. She didn't go around saying, "Guess what? I'm the mother of the Messiah!" No, she didn't do these things. Instead she humbly thought about them not just in her head but deep within her heart her very soul and being.

You know, as I think about this it occurs to me that this is exactly what we need to do too. It is a miracle that the God who created the universe and everything inanimate and living in it, would love the human race so much that He would come to earth in the form of Jesus Christ, His Son, be born as a little baby, live a poor life teaching and healing the sick, only to be persecuted by the religious leaders of the human race, and ultimately executed by one of the most cruel methods ever devised by man, then be resurrected, paying for our sin and becoming the victor over it, only because He loves us. We are honored, blessed, and humbled that this Almighty and one true God would care so much for us.

We should think about this. We need to ponder on it. But we need to go farther than just to think about it. We need to put it into our hearts the very being of our souls. We need to realize that there is a spiritual aspect to people where most of us have only scratched the surface. We need to put this in our hearts and think deeply about it in our very spirits.

If more people would ponder to this degree regarding God and His Kingdom, what a difference it would make in this world. What would it be like if more people would seek after the one true God? We'll probably never know in this world because the god of it (satan the devil) has it in his very clutches. He thinks that he's in control right now, and it does seem that way. With all the wickedness that goes on it serves as a pretty good indicator of what most people ponder on.

But it's all surface related. In reality God almighty is in control. The devil has played right into His hand and unwittingly has become a tool used to fulfill the purpose of God. The day will come (not in this present world but the one that is coming) when men will ponder spiritually. We can do it now but only after we've come to the Lord in salvation. So, are you "ponderin'" on it?

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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