I was doing my devotion and I read a comment by an author, of which I am now remiss to remember their name, and it really made an impact. Let me share it with you, then I will will share with you the pretext of the paragraph in which it was written . . . Read the rest of this entry »
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I was wondering about something. As I started reading in Philippians today, God hit me in the face with a passage of verses. Check this out . . . Read the rest of this entry »
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Jesus! what a Strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in Him.
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
He, my Strength, my victory wins.
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So, I was reading in Psalms 113, and God opened my eyes to verse 6 where it says, “He takes up the weak out of the dust and lifts up the poor from the ashes. He sets them with the princes, and the princes of his people.” Wow . . . think about it in terms of “levels”. The weak are at the lowest of low - in the dust! But God, infering His awesome ability and love, picks up the weak, wipes the dust off their brow and places them high next to the princes. I have yet to find in scripture a reference where we, on our own, are to pick ourselves up from the proverbial dust and go and sit with the princes, but I do read many references where God does the work of grace in someones life to move them from a stature of weakness to a stature of usefulness. Lets look at Mary Magdalene. Christ Himself cast demons out of her, and she ended up having the greatest account of Who Christ was, what He did, and His accomplishment in fulfilling scripture. Let’s look for a second at Mark 16:9, “He appeard first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.” What a change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace, from hell to heaven! She became a CONSTANT follower of Christ, catching His every word, and became a generous helper, (which emphasized her being used by God). God made her His messenger of good news to the disciples! Wow, what a transformation, but notice again who she WAS, what HE did, how He used her, and what she did in His name! She remained weak and lowly throughout her “tenure” in the presence of Christ, and man . . . to be the one who tells the others that He was risen from the dead?! What’s also amazing is if you look at the “role” or the pervasive view of women during that time, and in light of that, that Christ was revealed to her first. A woman! The weakest and lowly, used, broken, and poured out! Glory be to God, that He may MAKE me weak and lowly in spirit so that I am willing to be used, because let’s face the facts . . . when I am unable to make myself humble and weak . . . God can, has, and can even eliminate me from the picture . . . and in the end it will always point back and glorify Him. Part Three is just a short time away . . . stay tuned folks!
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God has recently opened my eyes to a misperception, misunderstanding and a wacked out foolish notion that is rampant in Christindom today. It seems to me that the scripture that says that we are more than conquerors has been taken out of context and thrown into the formula of us having the ability to do what we want, when we want, and how we want because we are victors and are MORE than conquerers. I think we, the Church universal, have lost the fact, not the concept, of exactly Who God is and and who we are not. Is that to fly in the face of what God has obviously said in the scriptures? No, but there are more instances in the scripture where God has let us know that he uses the lowest, weakest, foolish and bottom-end-of-the-spectrum kind of people to be mightly used, successful and the proving ground of His glory and awesomeness.
So here is the question . . . is it outside the bounds of God, if there actually is a “bounds” of God, to do what He wants, with who He wants, whenever He wants? No, He is sovereign. Ok, so I ask this, if that statement is true, then how can we as the creation put “boundries” on God by “allowing” Him to do something that we think we have control over? (POP! - The proverbial can of worms is opening.) Let’s just face it . . . the finger points to the Garden of Eden. The first lie that tempted Eve - you can be a god! All throughout mankind there have been struggles to be a god. From all the conquerers and leaders, from Alexander the Great to Napoleon Bonapart to Hitler . . . to us . . . me. It all boils down to the fact that pride is ingrained into our proverbial hearts DNA. We want, when we want it, how it best suits us and fanny bar the door . . . but God. God wants us to be weak. I know that is not popular, but hear me out. Man’s purpose in this world is not to be a conquerer or victor, but to be a weak vessel, broken and pouring out Jesus to a hurt and dying world. God wants us to be weak to be reliant on Him. And if we are not, He is not outside the capabilities of making us weak. More to come on that later . . .
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