Notes of Faith November 12, 2024
Tuesday, November 12
Heads or Tails?
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.
Psalm 119:33
A group of European researchers set about to discover the science behind flipping a coin. They flipped a coin 350,757 times and found that “when you flip a coin off your thumb it wobbles, which causes the same side to spend slightly more time facing up—which means there’s a slightly bigger chance it will be in that position when it lands.”1
Ps 119:33-40
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
And keep it with all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant,
As that which produces reverence for You.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.
Christians don’t have to flip coins to find God’s guidance. We develop the wisdom to plan our way by spending time in Scripture. When we immerse ourselves in the Word, we develop a biblical sense about life, an awareness of which direction to take, and our spiritual vision is sharpened. It’s not that we’ll find a verse that says, “Buy the Ford, not the Honda.” It’s simply that a mind shaped by immersion in the Bible is prone to prayerfully discern the way to take.
Spend time each day in God’s Word to find peace and confidence, bearing fruit that is deeply rooted in truth.
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking God to do His work through me.
Hudson Taylor
1 Trisha Leigh, “Researchers Flipped a Coin 350,757 Times and Discovered There Is a ‘Right’ Way to Call a Coin Flip,” Twisted Sifter, November 3, 2023.
I have never flipped a coin to make decisions for my life. Hopefully you have not as well. But through intimate relationship with God, the decisions we make can and will be used for His glory and our good. What car you buy will not make much difference…they all break down, cause you grief, to be late to work, cost more than you expected, and always at the wrong time. During any of those experiences, God is at work for you and through you to others. How do you handle the choices made and all other decisions that follow? God is always there with you. Listen to Him through prayer and His Word. You will know how to respond and follow Him.
Pastor Dale