As school marches on for me (seminary) I am amazed at how little I know of Christ.....
When you study the spiritual giants of the bible they all had one thing in common....
They lived as an alien in this world....
What is an alien? It means: TEMPORARY residence in a country which is foreign to you. An alien is a misfit, someone that no matter how hard they try they just can't quite fit in. A foreigner....You may blend in but you will never fit it...
This is what every one of the spiritual giants of the bible shared with a passion. They cared nothing for the spectacular, the earthly, the things of this world, success, ambition or worldly fame. They prayed not for things, not for the physical blessings, not to be used, not for anything of SELF....but only for a deeper understanding of the glory and greatest of the LORD...
Satan is stepping it up a notch...He knows his time is drawing near.... He is displaying more and more power and hell is unleashing its fury on this generation. The enemies strongholds are stronger and more powerful than in any other past generations. We are allowing Satan to hold us in bondage....even after the work on the cross......
Satan is showing himself to the world in these latter days. He is even becoming better known and less feared....but more importantly he is becoming more and more accepted.....
It is not enough to know God...even the demons know God is real and that he exists. We have to seek God with all our hearts and all our minds.... We need a new revelation of who God is to survive in these latter days. Even the spiritually elect will be deceived. Being busy in this world with worldly things is exactly Satan's plan........... to pre-occupy our time so there is no time to sit down and spend time in God's word... You will get to know him only by sitting at his table, hearing his voice, and waiting...waiting on His divine wisdom...to come knocking at your door. We have the greatest mentors in the bible to give us the examples to live by.. Paul was committed... I challenge you to ask yourself today...."HOW COMMITTED ARE YOU?" Only the Holy Spirit knows the deep and hidden secrets of God......and Paul prayed constantly for the grace to understand.....Are you praying for the grace and wisdom to understand?
Sometimes this life can be one big disappointment...so don't get attached. People will disappoint you but God's word will always strengthen you and provide for you.. never disappointing you........God's word is nourishing..it is food that will sustain you forever... It is God's deposit in you (when He places His righteousness in you); that makes you an alien to this world...THE HOLY SPIRIT.....
People will tell you that they love you like family....and then in the next scene they will bale on you...Their capacity is not deep enough to meet YOUR needs....
We as women valve FRIENDSHIPS.... Women are naturally drawn to other women... A girl's real heartache is over the lost of a best friend more so than even the lost of a boyfriend...and when we loose that friendship that we are so dependent upon.. we grieve like it was a death in the family....... not just over the friendship itself but for the trust that was given and the acceptance that was shared. But when betrayal steps in the pain is deep causing us to react to our emotions and our feelings.. Allowing sin to take root.... causing us to re-act like we never knew God in the first place.....this is called listening to our FEELINGS... Don't trust your feelings.. They can and will create ciaos and instability...your feelings will tell you that this isn't fair what is happening to you........... your feelings will tell you that you are hurting...hurting to much....then you risk something to try and fix it because you are hurting so you react in pain, and in fear, disappointment.....all because you put your trust in a person....your torn apart heart can even lead you astray.... it is normal for your torn heart to want to PROTECT yourself....to cover up your pain with a dressing instead of allowing God to heal it..Trust in God.....not in your circumstances....or in your surrounding
Listen to me girls.......Soooooo many women today are looking for that meaningful relationship.....You are not going to find it....You CANNOT DEPEND ON PEOPLE...... and guess what...people CANNOT DEPEND ON YOU...... You can't carry them and they can't carry you......You can't control them.... and once we accept this and put our TRUST in the one who will NEVER FAIL US.....
God alone is the answer... The words of friends will bring no PEACE.... no COMFORT.... there is only one place that PEACE AND COMFORT can come from..... and that is Jesus...
Romans 8:6; the mind controlled by the spirit is PEACE............give it over...to the spirit... all of your cares and all of your worries...place them at the foot of the cross... and watch... watch the spirit of God to begin to minister....to you... By faith take every thought captive unto the obedience of Christ........
When God himself steps in he will bring with him.......MERCY, GRACE, PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, STRENGTH...................things that you never knew existed. (my middle daughter Gracie took the picture below, she loves to look up in the sky and she tells me at different times she sees God there.....)
I want you to think back to a time when God's word came alive to you...where He spoke to you personally ......and TRUST HIM.....trust God's word above everyone and everything else......Nothing else will do...
Blessings,
Robbie
When you study the spiritual giants of the bible they all had one thing in common....
They lived as an alien in this world....
What is an alien? It means: TEMPORARY residence in a country which is foreign to you. An alien is a misfit, someone that no matter how hard they try they just can't quite fit in. A foreigner....You may blend in but you will never fit it...
This is what every one of the spiritual giants of the bible shared with a passion. They cared nothing for the spectacular, the earthly, the things of this world, success, ambition or worldly fame. They prayed not for things, not for the physical blessings, not to be used, not for anything of SELF....but only for a deeper understanding of the glory and greatest of the LORD...
Satan is stepping it up a notch...He knows his time is drawing near.... He is displaying more and more power and hell is unleashing its fury on this generation. The enemies strongholds are stronger and more powerful than in any other past generations. We are allowing Satan to hold us in bondage....even after the work on the cross......
Satan is showing himself to the world in these latter days. He is even becoming better known and less feared....but more importantly he is becoming more and more accepted.....
It is not enough to know God...even the demons know God is real and that he exists. We have to seek God with all our hearts and all our minds.... We need a new revelation of who God is to survive in these latter days. Even the spiritually elect will be deceived. Being busy in this world with worldly things is exactly Satan's plan........... to pre-occupy our time so there is no time to sit down and spend time in God's word... You will get to know him only by sitting at his table, hearing his voice, and waiting...waiting on His divine wisdom...to come knocking at your door. We have the greatest mentors in the bible to give us the examples to live by.. Paul was committed... I challenge you to ask yourself today...."HOW COMMITTED ARE YOU?" Only the Holy Spirit knows the deep and hidden secrets of God......and Paul prayed constantly for the grace to understand.....Are you praying for the grace and wisdom to understand?
Sometimes this life can be one big disappointment...so don't get attached. People will disappoint you but God's word will always strengthen you and provide for you.. never disappointing you........God's word is nourishing..it is food that will sustain you forever... It is God's deposit in you (when He places His righteousness in you); that makes you an alien to this world...THE HOLY SPIRIT.....
People will tell you that they love you like family....and then in the next scene they will bale on you...Their capacity is not deep enough to meet YOUR needs....
We as women valve FRIENDSHIPS.... Women are naturally drawn to other women... A girl's real heartache is over the lost of a best friend more so than even the lost of a boyfriend...and when we loose that friendship that we are so dependent upon.. we grieve like it was a death in the family....... not just over the friendship itself but for the trust that was given and the acceptance that was shared. But when betrayal steps in the pain is deep causing us to react to our emotions and our feelings.. Allowing sin to take root.... causing us to re-act like we never knew God in the first place.....this is called listening to our FEELINGS... Don't trust your feelings.. They can and will create ciaos and instability...your feelings will tell you that this isn't fair what is happening to you........... your feelings will tell you that you are hurting...hurting to much....then you risk something to try and fix it because you are hurting so you react in pain, and in fear, disappointment.....all because you put your trust in a person....your torn apart heart can even lead you astray.... it is normal for your torn heart to want to PROTECT yourself....to cover up your pain with a dressing instead of allowing God to heal it..Trust in God.....not in your circumstances....or in your surrounding
Listen to me girls.......Soooooo many women today are looking for that meaningful relationship.....You are not going to find it....You CANNOT DEPEND ON PEOPLE...... and guess what...people CANNOT DEPEND ON YOU...... You can't carry them and they can't carry you......You can't control them.... and once we accept this and put our TRUST in the one who will NEVER FAIL US.....
God alone is the answer... The words of friends will bring no PEACE.... no COMFORT.... there is only one place that PEACE AND COMFORT can come from..... and that is Jesus...
Romans 8:6; the mind controlled by the spirit is PEACE............give it over...to the spirit... all of your cares and all of your worries...place them at the foot of the cross... and watch... watch the spirit of God to begin to minister....to you... By faith take every thought captive unto the obedience of Christ........
When God himself steps in he will bring with him.......MERCY, GRACE, PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, STRENGTH...................things that you never knew existed. (my middle daughter Gracie took the picture below, she loves to look up in the sky and she tells me at different times she sees God there.....)
Blessings,
Robbie
