Acts 2:13
Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
This is great, God moves in a Crazy big way, making poorly educated men speak in different languages so everyone will be able to understand the Gospel of Jesus, and what do people say....
Oh these guys must be drunk. Couldn't be that God is doing something great, these guys had one to many sips of communion wine. Pay them no attention, dont listen to what they are saying about eternal life in heaven.
But how often do we not listen to God speaking threw the Holy Spirit because we think, this doesn't make sense, no way this could be right. Funny how things haven't changed in 1000's of years.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Not my Job
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I have been putting a lot of pressure on my self to fully understand and work out my faith. According to Webster's faith means strong convictions and/ or trust in something that there is no proof.... Well the bible says in the above referenced verse that Jesus in the Author and finisher of our faith. Reading this has taken a huge burden off of me. Because I have little control over what an author writes. Authors of books might listen to suggestions, but in end they write what they feel like writing. So my faith is in Jesus' hands, he writes up for me what he wants. I can suggest certain things, but he doesn't even have to consider them if he doesn't want to. But now realizing its Jesus' job to work out my faith, I don't have to worry so much, about how much faith I didn't think I had, to even question you faith means you have faith.
So now, I am going to try to get to know Jesus as much as I can, like knowing an author, it lets you in onto the mindset of what they might do next in the story, of course you can get thrown for a curveball. But the more you know, the more you understand.
I have been putting a lot of pressure on my self to fully understand and work out my faith. According to Webster's faith means strong convictions and/ or trust in something that there is no proof.... Well the bible says in the above referenced verse that Jesus in the Author and finisher of our faith. Reading this has taken a huge burden off of me. Because I have little control over what an author writes. Authors of books might listen to suggestions, but in end they write what they feel like writing. So my faith is in Jesus' hands, he writes up for me what he wants. I can suggest certain things, but he doesn't even have to consider them if he doesn't want to. But now realizing its Jesus' job to work out my faith, I don't have to worry so much, about how much faith I didn't think I had, to even question you faith means you have faith.
So now, I am going to try to get to know Jesus as much as I can, like knowing an author, it lets you in onto the mindset of what they might do next in the story, of course you can get thrown for a curveball. But the more you know, the more you understand.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Going deep
read something in a book that got me thinking today, "As we go deeper in God, He enlarges our capacity for understanding".
Ok this confuses me, how exactly do we go deeper with God, This statement reminds of when people tell you to just believe. Well if you dont believe and you are having trouble believing is hard to just drop your disbelief and turn around in your thinking. Usually its a process to change from one mindset to another.
So I guess going deeper with God is kind of like going deeper with my wife. The more time I spend with her, listening to her , the deeper our relationship grows. But in my life the best way to develop a deep relationship with people, is to go through something HARD with them. If it is a time of struggle and tons of issues and you are able to work things out together you are almost best friends.
The hard part with God is, so much of what he does it tied into other people, and most of his work is from behind the scenes. If only he would announce when he was about to speak or tell me, "ok now im going to move in this situation", then I would be sure to pay attention.
Ok this confuses me, how exactly do we go deeper with God, This statement reminds of when people tell you to just believe. Well if you dont believe and you are having trouble believing is hard to just drop your disbelief and turn around in your thinking. Usually its a process to change from one mindset to another.
So I guess going deeper with God is kind of like going deeper with my wife. The more time I spend with her, listening to her , the deeper our relationship grows. But in my life the best way to develop a deep relationship with people, is to go through something HARD with them. If it is a time of struggle and tons of issues and you are able to work things out together you are almost best friends.
The hard part with God is, so much of what he does it tied into other people, and most of his work is from behind the scenes. If only he would announce when he was about to speak or tell me, "ok now im going to move in this situation", then I would be sure to pay attention.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Sabbath
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Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the sabbath we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. The world has our hands, but our soul belongs to someone else. Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh we try to dominate the self.
Ok my favorite line is the last one. "Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh we try to dominate the self."
It is so true that more often than not we are trying to force our view, our opinion, on anyone and everyone who listens. Be nature we try to dominate not Global domination but we try to dominate our realm of influence. But how often do we purposefully as we would someone try to make sure our own self is in the right. More often, we not only do what we know is wrong but we someone justify it, only to ourselves.
Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the sabbath we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. The world has our hands, but our soul belongs to someone else. Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh we try to dominate the self.
Ok my favorite line is the last one. "Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh we try to dominate the self."
It is so true that more often than not we are trying to force our view, our opinion, on anyone and everyone who listens. Be nature we try to dominate not Global domination but we try to dominate our realm of influence. But how often do we purposefully as we would someone try to make sure our own self is in the right. More often, we not only do what we know is wrong but we someone justify it, only to ourselves.
A new direction
For the last 2 years I have been working at the same place as my wife, but she feels led to stay at home, and raise our boys and go to school for teaching.. I am going to truly miss seeing her 24 hours a day. But as she takes a different direction in occupation, we are discovering we are making a huge leap of faith. I feel we are making the right decision that it will in end make our life more fulfilling and a better overall balance.
Now the question is asked, what if it it fails, what if I lose my job then we are both unemployed. Were we stepping out of faith or human judgment? Well wouldn't that be a question posed about every decision you make, Am I in God's will by making this change or Am I in God's will to stay put. God never promised us all the answers, or that our lives would be super easy with everything mapped out for us.
I believe God is constant, and its our understanding that is constantly changing.
Now the question is asked, what if it it fails, what if I lose my job then we are both unemployed. Were we stepping out of faith or human judgment? Well wouldn't that be a question posed about every decision you make, Am I in God's will by making this change or Am I in God's will to stay put. God never promised us all the answers, or that our lives would be super easy with everything mapped out for us.
I believe God is constant, and its our understanding that is constantly changing.
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