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ABATE of Florida Inc SOUTHWEST CHAPTER
48
Chapter Chaplain Tom
Bikers Enjoying
The Handiwork of God
In the last few years, we have done many bike blessings. Usually, during the prayer portion of
the blessings, we make mention of riding our motorcycles and enjoying the creation God allows
us to ride in. We are blessed with really great riding weather, almost 365 days of the year. If the
weather turns bad while we are riding, we can ride through until we get to the good “stuff” on the
other side. How many of us have ridden at night and marvel at the stars and the “heavens?”
If you really take the time to enjoy God’s creation on a motorcycle (it sure beats riding in the
cage), then take time to read the scriptures, which were written thousands of years ago by David.
David must have had some prophetic knowledge that bikers would sometime in the future, appear
on the earth! Ha, Ha!
Now, just imagine David having been transported to our time and riding on his motorcycle as he
is calling out...
In the Contemporary English Version of the Bible (1995) from the American Bible Society, it
reads, “¹The heavens keep telling the wonders of God, and the skies declare what He has
done. ²Each day informs the following day; each night announces to the next. ³They don't
speak a word, and there is never the sound of a voice.
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Yet their message reaches all the
earth, and it travels around the world. In the heavens a tent is set up for the sun.
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It rises
like a bridegroom and gets ready like a hero eager to run a race.
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It travels all the way
across the sky. Nothing hides from its heat.”
If we take time to read the account of creation in Genesis, we will begin to understand the
handiwork of God as He takes nothing and forms something really beautiful, as well as functional.
In the same way God can take our empty lives and give them purpose. Many scientists see the
process of creation, being a form of organizing the chaos of all the elements. In the same way
God can take our lives, which many times seem like they are in chaos, and organize them into
something of what we never could have imagined, something as beautiful as the heavens. When
we ride our bikes and enjoy His creation, we accept it the way it is. In the same way, why can’t
we further accept His provision for us? By allowing Jesus Christ into your life, let Him finish the
creation He started in you!
Please pray this prayer: "Dear God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, my heavenly
Father, I confess that I am a sinner and have been separated from You. I ask forgiveness
of my sins. I repent and accept this gift of repentance. I confess with my mouth that your
son Jesus is my savior and died for me. I believe in my heart that You raised Him from the
dead. I receive Jesus into my heart and ask Him to become the center of my life. I ask, in
the Name of Jesus. Amen."
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come!"
Blessings,
Tom (Estero River and Southwest ABATE Life Member and SW Chapter Chaplain) and Kathy
(SW ABATE Life Member) - Top of the Document – tprovenz@comcast.net - 239-267-8641
PS. The next Biker Bible Café is set for April 3rd, 7:45 PM in our home. Be there!
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