Sanctuary Of Refuge Ministries

03/28/2023

03/28/2023

03/28/2023

11/06/2020

The Story of Two Kens

[We] shall see His face.
Revelation 22:4

In 1951, a red-headed toddler named Ken Beeton fell into the Manning River in Australia. He was eighteen months old. A nine-year-old boy named Ken Gibson was walking along, saw the drowning child, and heroically managed to pull him to safety.

Recommended Reading:
Revelation 22:1-7
Nearly seventy years passed, and Beeton, now 71, decided to find out what happened to his rescuer. He tracked down Gibson, now 78, and the two met face to face for a reunion. “I might not have been here without him, so I’m saying thank you,” an emotional Beeton said, to which Gibson smiled and replied, “You’re welcome.”[1]

We’ve been rescued by the Stranger of Galilee who walked past just when we were drowning in our sins. One day we’ll see Him face to face in New Jerusalem and say, “I wouldn’t be here without You, so I’m saying thank You.”

The Bible says we will see Him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). Let’s anticipate the day when we will physically see the face of Christ. What a glorious thought!

Face to face I shall behold Him, far beyond the starry sky; / Face to face in all His glory, I shall see Him by and by!
Carrie E. Breck, “Face to Face With Christ My Savior”

[1]Emma Siossian and Anthony Scully, “Emotional Reunion, 70 Years After Ken Beeton Was Saved From Drowning at Taree,” ABC News Australia, May 29, 2020.

Read through the Bible:
Luke 11-12

11/06/2020

Well Invested Time

And the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Psalm 117:2

Billionaire Bill Gates told the Wall Street Journal, “Technology is a boom-or-bust business, but it’s mostly busts. I’ve always assumed that 10% of my technology investments will succeed—and succeed wildly. The other 90% I expect to fail.”[1]

Recommended Reading:
Psalm 117
If ninety percent of Bill Gate’s technology investments fail, it’s an indication that nothing in this life is a sure bet—except investments bearing an eternal dividend. We’re repeatedly told in the Bible that God’s Word is eternal. That means spending time in God’s Word is an investment for eternity.

Psalm 119:89 says, “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.” The same chapter says, “The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever” (verse 160). Peter said, “But the word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25). And Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35).

When you study the Bible each day, your return on investment is one hundred percent!

The study of God’s Word for the purpose of discovering God’s will is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters.
James W. Alexander

[1]Bill Gates, “Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made,” The Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2019.

Read through the Bible:
Luke 1-2