GREENE STREET LETTERS: A Called Out People

Thursday, June 4, 2009

A Called Out People

Grand kids had Vacation Bible School last night, so after they were dropped off at church, we invited Chad and Robin over for supper. It was a good evening as we ate burgers and made plans for our vacation in July. Last year the entire Clan Bynum spent a week in Ft. Walton. It was such a hit that I told Vicki we have got to make this an annual event. A time where the family can be together, play together, and just love on one another for an entire week. I'm so looking forward to it.

I still continue to be lead by God's Spirit to study in I Chronicles. Not exactly what you would call as light reading. Lists of names and families, interspersed with a few verses that give tidbits of information about the people in the book.

David, in I Chronicles 11 and 12 is now coming into his own as King. Saul is dead and David takes the city of Jebus ( known to us as Jerusalem). The elders of the Northern Kingdom come down to Hebron to anoint David, thus restoring the nation of Israel under one King. All of this takes place because David waited on God. David had opportunities to kill Saul and usurp the throne from him, but David chose to wait on God. Those who wait on the Lord enjoy the plans that God has for them.

I Chronicles 11:9 reads: So David went on and became great, and the Lord of hosts was with him. That is the reason that David was an over comer. God's Spirit rested upon David. David, during his time as king, made some bone headed mistakes. His fling with Bathsheba brought trouble right into the palace and caused David's family to be the poster children for dysfunctional behavior. But David never wavered in his love for God or his willingness to stand for correction from God's hand. That his the heart that I want today. A heart that seeks God's presence at every turn.

Get into God's word today.
Study it.
Feast on it.
God on you........
mb

No comments:

Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

A Called Out People

No comments:

THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD