GREENE STREET LETTERS: You Go, God!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

You Go, God!

Job 38:1-2
The the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind; "Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them."

I don't know how I would respond if I found myself in the same position as Job?
Fear? Possibly.
Arrogant? I don't think so.
Demanding answers from God? definitely not.

I always try to keep my thoughts and my heart focused on one thing when approaching God.
He is God and I am not.
That may sound silly and maybe even foolish to some.
Of course He's God. We all know that. But do we? Do we really understand who it is we are praying to? I am placing myself in this category of trying to understand.
Sometimes I think I come to flippantly to God with my shopping prayer list in hand expecting Him to fill my every whim, want and desire. Truth be known, I probably need to humble myself. Did you ever notice when there is a national catastrophe we don't really have a problem humbling ourselves? 9/11......churches filled up. I'm sure God heard a lot of "why did this happen?" As days passed and time moved on, the churches emptied and life returned to normal. We blame God for all the bad.
We never praise Him for the good.
We are a fickle bunch, are we not?

I like the first part of Job 40.
Then the LORD said to Job, "Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?" Then Job replied to the LORD, "I am nothing---how could I ever find the answers? I will put my hand over my mouth in silence. I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say."
Job became very much aware, as we all need to , that we have been called into relationship with Almighty God. The God who spoke everything into existence. The God who gave His son as a ransom for me. I think He deserves my worship. I think He deserves my obedience. I know I have said this kidding but somehow there may be some truth. I have commented on several occasions about what I am going to do after life is over and I stand before Jesus. I have told several that I'll probably just fall on my face and worship Him for a couple of billion years.

Keep in mind the divine pecking order:
He's God.
We're not.
God on you.......
mb

2 comments:

Bobby said...: I with you man! We need a good dose of the fear of God. We need to look at the God of Ravenhill and Tozer.; April 14, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Greene Street Letters said...: I quoted Ravenhill during my teaching tonight...
"When we stand before God, we Christians will be embarassed by one thing....the smallness of our prayers."
We were looking at Matthew 21...My house shall be the house of prayer and you have turned it into a den of theives....
mb; April 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM

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

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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.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

You Go, God!

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