PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC
Tau Iota Sigma Alumni Chapter
Dr. Henry I Hargrow Jr.
Chaplains Corner
Psalms 139:7-10 says:
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to
heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
I Am with You
Dr. Henry Hargrow, Chaplain
There are two days in every week in which we should not worry; two days which should be kept
free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday, with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All
the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed;
we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever. Then there is tomorrow, with
all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance, Tomorrow is
beyond our immediate control. Tomorrows sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of
clouds, but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it is yet to be born.
This leaves only one day, Today. Any person can fight the battle of just one day. It is when you
and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities: Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break
down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad. It is the remorse or bitterness of
something that happened Yesterday and the fear of what Tomorrow may bring that renders a
person wild with worry. Wouldn’t it be great if in life we had no worries and no sorrows? That’s
not our reality!
God knows us and He has created us. He loves us and He has redeemed us. He has called us by
name. What renders this creation necessary is the corruption of our nature, which is total, since
the Fall. It is a creation of good substituted for evil, a heart of flesh for a heart of stone, light for
darkness, holiness for sin, faith for sense, life for death, happiness for misery. Every Christian is
the subject of it. People are dealing with a fear of abandonment, rejection, and loneliness. The
beautiful thing about our heavenly Father is that he is present in our lives, our situation and
circumstances. We are never alone.
No matter where you go, God is with you.
The reality of life teaches us that situations will come no one can’t get around it. Not talking
about it or running away from it, not wanting to deal with a situation doesn’t change the fact that
life happens. It’s only a question of time. When you become a Christian, it does not mean God
will remove your troubles. You don’t get any special treatment or special grace that will prevent
it or our circumstance. Trail and tribulations are common to all.
Whatever you are going through God assures His presence in the trouble. If your heart is open
tribulation brings Christ near. These tribulations do not destroy progress. It can and will draw us
closer to God and teach us how to pray when we trust Him. You have to go through.
Sometimes you have to go through knowing that God will bring you out. Even when you can’t
see your way, trust and know that He is the way. God will deliver you. I don’t know when this
trial will end and truth be told it might not end until Heaven. Keep holding on and keep pressing
on.
When God meets with us, He both satisfies our emotions and transforms us. He heals our hearts
and empowers us to live the life He has planned for us. As our Father, He not only comforts us
when we need Him, but guides and helps us through the various seasons of life. God is present
not only to love you emotionally, but practically as well.
Isaiah 41:10 says, “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will
strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” As a parent
teaches a son or daughter how to walk by holding them up, our God longs to hold on to you
through whatever decision, trial, season, or pain you are experiencing. He is not a distant God
who just gives his children rules and tells them to go through life on their own. He is not a far-off
Creator who leaves his creation to its own devices. He is working now in our midst to shepherd
us toward the fullness of life Jesus died to give us. There is no more present, loving, or powerful
father than our God. There is no greater helper than the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. And
there is no greater life than one lived in constant communion with our Creator.
God proved that He will take care of you. God will finish the work that He has begun in us.
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Imagination: What do you SEE?
Elder AJ Johnson
Have you ever considered the power of our imagination? When someone says to us, “think of a dog.” We don’t see in our minds the letters d-o-g. We see a picture of a dog we grew up with, a dog we may have at home now, a neighborhood dog or even a dog we always wanted. This is because we think in pictures, not in words. This is the magic of the imagination. Wow!!! In Genesis 11:6b, we see the Lord stating that the imagination can not be restrained. This literally means that whatever we can SEE in our minds for an extended period, we can experience in our
reality. Let me say it again. If we can SEE it in our minds, we will SEE it in our lives. Glory!!! Medical science has determined that whatever image we hold in our mind for 17 seconds, that image begins to come to us. This
is the power of the imagination; this is the power of God in us.
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Consider the walls of Jericho story found in the 6th chapter of Joshua. This a very familiar story to many of us in Christendom. God gives Joshua instructions for the nation of Israel to follow, and the walls of Jericho fell
after they obeyed those instructions. But I want to draw our attention to versus 2-5, so we can see the power of the imagination at work. God starts out by telling Joshua to “see” … Then God lays out the blueprint for them to take the city of Jericho as he talks with Joshua. God masterfully gets Joshua to use his imagination to cement the plan of action for the nation of Israel's success. Since God was able to get Joshua to “see” the plan of action in his mind first, then the nation of Israel was able to witness victory in their space. Amazing!!!
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As we back track to Genesis chapter 30 and zoom in to verse 31-42, we find Jacob (whose name mean trickster) laboring at his uncle Laban’s house (who is a slick joker) for some 14 years. It is now time for Jacob to leave and he wants to take some of the livestock as his hire for helping his
uncle for all these years. Jacob convinced Laban to allow him to take all the sickly livestock with him and he would leave all the healthy livestock for his uncle. Laban agreed and Jacob put his plan into motion. Jacob took rods of green poplar, and of hazel & chestnut tree and pilled white streaks in them. These rods now looked like and represented healthy & strong livestock. He put these rods in the watering troughs where his livestock would go to drink water daily. As his livestock drank water and looked at
the rods in the watering troughs, they conceived before the rods and brought forth healthy and strong livestock. Jacob knew that if he could plant the healthy/strong image into the minds of the livestock, they would produce healthy and strong offsprings. Glory to God!!!
My question for us on today is this: what do we see in our future?
Be blessed.
Prayer-Comfort-Support
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