Friday, April 07, 2006
aha
Ok, so here’s the deal..
in some earlier entry I mentioned the story of when Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land and I was wondering about the whole promised land thing. But what keeps getting clearer to me now is the part where the Israelites ate from the produce of the land and the same day the manna stopped coming.
Now, for some reason I thought that there’s something very significant about that event at the time but I didn’t know why. But that’s the part I’m starting to understand now and why it’s so significant.
See, in the desert they’ve been eating manna from heaven every day – Gods supernatural provision – for 40 years. When they came into the promised land it was a land they no longer needed supernatural provision.. or so they thought.
There surely was enough food. But the problem was that they stopped counting on God to provide it for them. Sure, God provided by bringing them to that place. But their trust was no longer in God but in the land and their ability to get the food on their own.
That’s were we (especially me) have to watch out. Count on God in everything. Sure, he gave us abilities, talents, strengths, resources, friends, families etc. but we need to keep our hope and trust in him and not in those things. That kind of an attitude would make life as a lukewarm christian impossible because it forces me to constantly be in prayer and keep my focus totally on him. There is no room for a superficial relationship because such trust and dependence is so crucial.
I’m guessing that’s the lesson I need to learn right now. You know revival’s coming.. and it starts with us. So he’s making sure we’ll be prepared..!
in some earlier entry I mentioned the story of when Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land and I was wondering about the whole promised land thing. But what keeps getting clearer to me now is the part where the Israelites ate from the produce of the land and the same day the manna stopped coming.
Now, for some reason I thought that there’s something very significant about that event at the time but I didn’t know why. But that’s the part I’m starting to understand now and why it’s so significant.
See, in the desert they’ve been eating manna from heaven every day – Gods supernatural provision – for 40 years. When they came into the promised land it was a land they no longer needed supernatural provision.. or so they thought.
There surely was enough food. But the problem was that they stopped counting on God to provide it for them. Sure, God provided by bringing them to that place. But their trust was no longer in God but in the land and their ability to get the food on their own.
That’s were we (especially me) have to watch out. Count on God in everything. Sure, he gave us abilities, talents, strengths, resources, friends, families etc. but we need to keep our hope and trust in him and not in those things. That kind of an attitude would make life as a lukewarm christian impossible because it forces me to constantly be in prayer and keep my focus totally on him. There is no room for a superficial relationship because such trust and dependence is so crucial.
I’m guessing that’s the lesson I need to learn right now. You know revival’s coming.. and it starts with us. So he’s making sure we’ll be prepared..!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
wow, it's been a while
really, i've been thinking about updating a lot lately.. but i've just been busy and so much new stuff keeps happening. when i get a chance though, i'll put in some very important new things in here. for now, here's something i just read in the MorningStar Word for the Week:
"Most of the troubles we suffer in our own lives are the result of things we try to do without God. Many are the result of choices we make without even consulting Him. We may think that this is just what we were talking about, how the Lord does not want to control us, but has set us free to make our own choices. That is correct, but there is a difference between God dictating to us what He wants and Him wanting to walk with us just as He did with Adam, having fellowship in our choices.
The most basic purpose for which God created mankind was for fellowship. We are not maturing, and we are not fulfilling our purpose unless we are growing in this fellowship."
That's a something i've been chewing on for the last week or so.. the situation seems to be clear: yesterday my car stopped working, on the weekend i just moved and am barely making it finacially, i keep looking for lab jobs and somehow the hiring companies keep closing their openings for no real reason when i apply for a position..
I really long to have the kind of fellowship Adam and Eve, Abraham, or David had and it seems that that's when i have the biggest struggles.
"Most of the troubles we suffer in our own lives are the result of things we try to do without God. Many are the result of choices we make without even consulting Him. We may think that this is just what we were talking about, how the Lord does not want to control us, but has set us free to make our own choices. That is correct, but there is a difference between God dictating to us what He wants and Him wanting to walk with us just as He did with Adam, having fellowship in our choices.
The most basic purpose for which God created mankind was for fellowship. We are not maturing, and we are not fulfilling our purpose unless we are growing in this fellowship."
That's a something i've been chewing on for the last week or so.. the situation seems to be clear: yesterday my car stopped working, on the weekend i just moved and am barely making it finacially, i keep looking for lab jobs and somehow the hiring companies keep closing their openings for no real reason when i apply for a position..
I really long to have the kind of fellowship Adam and Eve, Abraham, or David had and it seems that that's when i have the biggest struggles.
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