Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it......."
We are a long way from the time God created man then gave him dominion over the earth. In fact, so much has happened that when we read this passage from Genesis it seems like a fairy tale. Truth is, this is mans call from His creator.
With the entrance of sin into our world, everything changed.
Not only did it change, but it exponentially multiplied. One sin grew to two...two grew to four.....on and on until the mankind is steeped in darkness. Isn't it funny that nowhere in Genesis chapter one or two do we read about addiction, or the need to be in a recovery program. Yet such a thing is so prevalent in our society that it seems quiet normal.
I don't mean normal in a good way...
But that we've just kind of accepted the fact that addiction is here and we may as well make friends with it. WE can't beat it....so lets legalize it and make ourselves feel better about how enlightened we've become.
We don't read about divorce or the destruction of the family in Genesis one or two, but we know that such is a deadly byproduct of someone whose trapped in addiction. The draw and need of addiction spares no one. Not the one who is using and certainly not those around them. It sucks in the family and friends and draws every bit of life out of them until there is complete implosion unless intervention takes place. BY intervention I am speaking of a POWER greater than the sin that has been given free reign.
When you look at this world and everything that is wrong, you'd almost get the impression that God has left the building. He hasn't. In fact He is fulfilling His plans to restore this earth and a people to its original state. I believe you could actually say that "Things aren't falling apart....they are falling into place" according to the plans of God.
I get to see these miracles everyday....
I get to talk with people that others had given up on.
Not God.
I get to look into their eyes and see joy and completeness as they were transported from a life of darkness into the marvelous light of God's love, mercy and grace.
Do you know how incredible it is to talk with someone who should have been dead multiple times over...yet they are standing in front of you telling you how good life is.
They aren't alive (spared from death) because they were lucky. It had nothing to do with the planets lining up or a roll of the cosmic dice. They weren't lucky in the draw of the cards....they found life because God offered it, and God offered it because He has plans for them. Such is why I go and teach and reach out to others. I do so because I want to be present and see for myself when these miracles happen. TO watch them grow and become the individual God created them to be.
My friend...
IF that don't crank your tractor.....
Then your battery is dead....
God on you..
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