GREENE STREET LETTERS: Is He?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Is He?

Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want (or lack anything).

Taught from this verse last night at the Bible Study.
I don't know how many times I have read it, studied it and yet God keeps unraveling new insight.
When Jesus came from heaven and invaded our time and space, he taught a very simple message.
"THE KINGDOM OF GOD!" He said that it was here, it was near but it was not yet.
In other words, when Jesus appeared in the form of man, the rule and reign of God was coming into conflict with the powers of darkness and the forces of Satan. There was warfare and there was demonstrations of power as God's Word declared that healing was available and demonic spirits could be broken off of people and removed.

It was the beginning of the end, so to speak.
Ever since that time, the rule and reign of God has been very evident in this world through the lives of people who are saved. Do we not pray in the Lord's Prayer, "Your Kingdom come, Your Kingdom will be done here on earth as it is being done in heaven?" Yes. We are asking God to bring His rule and reign where we are. I desire for God to be more in my life than a thought or a concept. I desire for Jesus to be LORD and Savior over me. I desire to submit myself to His rule and reign, that my own will and desires be cast aside.

We see this in Matthew 6:33 - Seek ye first the KINGDOM OF GOD and His righteousness and all these things will be added. Real life begins with a new focus or perspective. God's rule in my life becomes the foremost thing. I don't concern myself with my own personal wants or needs because when my heart lines up with the heart of Father God, then like the verse says....."all these things will be added." Wow!
Maybe that is why David could write, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." In other words, the Lord becomes the one I look to, not me and because of this attitude and position I have chosen to take, my needs are met in Him. That is way cool.

Chew on this today and see what God would show you.
Have you made Him your Lord and Savior?
Today is a good day.
Believe on Him.
Trust Him.
Follow Him.

God on you.....
mb

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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.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Is He?

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD