If you haven't read I don't feel like being a Christian-Part One yet...STOP!!!!!
Simon Peter
He was a man who was very close to Christ. Always up front, walked on water,and was a go-getter. He also told Christ that no matter what happened, whether everyone else left Jesus, he wouldn't. Christ told him that the Adversary wanted to sift him like wheat....just like Job. He did. Peter denied that he knew Christ three times, each time more and more belligerent...even unto cussing and swearing. Peter was ashamed after the rooster crowed and like that.... the veil had finally been lifted from his eyes. Would you believe I actually told God 3 years ago I would not be like Peter, I'd be strong. Guess what. Yep. Worse. I was two hours away from walking away from God completely. Nothing in me wanted to still follow. It was only God himself that kept me.
Do you depend on your own strength to follow God? I have that weakness...God has been very patient with me on that.
Do you follow God for the blessings? Because you were told to?
He is the I AM after all.
Like in marriage, you wouldn't marry someone just because you like the way they look, the way they treat you, or fleeting emotions would you?
I'm not married, so I am just comparing this to people who I've seen with good marriages. They aren't the ones whose lives were rainbows. They had their battles. Still do. One thing different is that they don't see marriage as a thing to get out of. They may not feel like loving their spouse some days, the looks that attracted them may have faded, and attitudes may have faded. But they are constant. One major thing that connects them is Christ. They are children of God devoted to him, so they devote themselves to each other as to God.
Never give up. Even when the world falls apart around you! Blessings to your week dear readers!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
I don't feel like being a Christian today. Part 1
Well...It is the truth!!
Today started fairly like any other...well maybe not.
Last night I dreamt that I created an altar to an unknown god. At this altar, the lady who attended it basically told me that this was a secret altar. It immediately caused anger to stir up in me! And against the grain of what I felt was right in my dream, I violently destroyed the altar! I woke up with the belief that this was a dream from the Father.
So as I prepared for the day I felt like He would reveal a "high place" in me that was secret. And I asked Him to reveal it! (If you ever want to grow, sometimes it takes this, no matter how earth-shattering it may feel like!)
DID HE EVER ANSWER!!!!!!!!!
I had a situation with a fellow worker within 5 minutes of entering the job I work at! Normally it would have just been an irritation, but today it felt as if I was a liar for claiming that I was God's. I didn't feel like being who I was! An Overcomer! I wanted to dredge around in rage and spew on everyone! Don't know if I did leak any but for the longest time I hated the restraints of being who I was really carried. But you can probably glean from my dream explanation that I do often "go against the grain" of my feelings. I asked some brothers to pray for me. If an verse could explain it the best it would be James 5:16. It was so true! Within 30 minutes God gave me peace to believe again. Being a disciple is beyond feeling like you are.
What is your foundation in Christ? A feeling? Someone else's faith? I've been in both of those. Both lead to great disappointment.
You see...like the parable of the two houses, God sends the Adversary to test our foundation. Hopefully before it is too late, but all the same...
Like both Job and Simon Peter.
With Job, God allowed the Adversary to take everything from him. To give him one thing. Himself. He was the most blessed man in the land. He, like many of us are very blessed. The adversary basically beat his body physically and mentally, till he finally called out for an explanation of why he was going through this. I've actually been to this place many times with God. Job's friends told him he deserved what he got. His wife told him to curse God. Basically to throw in the towel. God then showed up and told Job that he needed humility in coming before Him. He openly rebuked Job's friends and told them that their only salvation was to give Job animals to sacrifice and ask for Job to pray for them. Job prayed...and because of the one possesion he obtained, he was given increase for giving.
See I don't feel like being a Christian today-Part 2for the rest
Today started fairly like any other...well maybe not.
Last night I dreamt that I created an altar to an unknown god. At this altar, the lady who attended it basically told me that this was a secret altar. It immediately caused anger to stir up in me! And against the grain of what I felt was right in my dream, I violently destroyed the altar! I woke up with the belief that this was a dream from the Father.
So as I prepared for the day I felt like He would reveal a "high place" in me that was secret. And I asked Him to reveal it! (If you ever want to grow, sometimes it takes this, no matter how earth-shattering it may feel like!)
DID HE EVER ANSWER!!!!!!!!!
I had a situation with a fellow worker within 5 minutes of entering the job I work at! Normally it would have just been an irritation, but today it felt as if I was a liar for claiming that I was God's. I didn't feel like being who I was! An Overcomer! I wanted to dredge around in rage and spew on everyone! Don't know if I did leak any but for the longest time I hated the restraints of being who I was really carried. But you can probably glean from my dream explanation that I do often "go against the grain" of my feelings. I asked some brothers to pray for me. If an verse could explain it the best it would be James 5:16. It was so true! Within 30 minutes God gave me peace to believe again. Being a disciple is beyond feeling like you are.
What is your foundation in Christ? A feeling? Someone else's faith? I've been in both of those. Both lead to great disappointment.
You see...like the parable of the two houses, God sends the Adversary to test our foundation. Hopefully before it is too late, but all the same...
Like both Job and Simon Peter.
With Job, God allowed the Adversary to take everything from him. To give him one thing. Himself. He was the most blessed man in the land. He, like many of us are very blessed. The adversary basically beat his body physically and mentally, till he finally called out for an explanation of why he was going through this. I've actually been to this place many times with God. Job's friends told him he deserved what he got. His wife told him to curse God. Basically to throw in the towel. God then showed up and told Job that he needed humility in coming before Him. He openly rebuked Job's friends and told them that their only salvation was to give Job animals to sacrifice and ask for Job to pray for them. Job prayed...and because of the one possesion he obtained, he was given increase for giving.
See I don't feel like being a Christian today-Part 2for the rest
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