100% Winning Deal

Meditations for Ragamuffins 

February 5, 2024

100% Winning Deal

I have put my words in your mouth

    and covered you with the shadow of my hand

Isaiah 51:16 

Not long after personal computers became commonplace, the manufacturers began including the card game Solitaire on their computers. Beyond the obvious entertainment value, the game helped the user master keyboard strokes, and later become familiar with the computer’s mouse. Recent editions of this computer card game have included the option of “100% Winning Deals.” This option doesn’t mean that you will win every hand, only that every hand is winnable. If you don’t win on the first try, you can play the same hand over again. I like that option. I like playing a hand over again, knowing that it can be won. It’s not a futile effort; it is winnable!

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus gives his parable of the Growing Seed. Jesus said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.” (Mark 4:26-27). Jesus is telling us that the Kingdom of God is a 100% Winning Deal. The Kingdom of God is coming, and no power on earth can stop it. We know that the Christian witness for God in times of persecution is the most powerful witness for God in the world. We can remain faithful to God in difficult times because we know our cause is just, and because we know with an absolute certainty that Jesus is coming again. The Kingdom of God cannot be stopped because it is a 100% Winning Deal.

What about the normal ebb and flow of our lives? How can our faith in the unstoppable Kingdom of God impact our daily lives? We can, by faith, believe that God has placed us in the center of His will. By faith in the certainty of God’s Kingdom, we can join Saint Paul and say, “In (Christ) we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

My Takeaway: Certainty in God’s Kingdom enables us, with hearts of humility and gratitude, to thank God for putting His words in our mouths and hiding us safely in His hand. When you know you are a winner, you can live life differently.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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