What Does It Take To Open Your Eyes?
Ξ April 19th, 2008 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Christian Living, Growing In The Lord |
I ask that question because tonight mine were opened by a comment on this blog. I had written a post that talked about “man made gods”. Those are the things that take you away from God, our Father, and what He has to say. It takes the time away that you could be praying, studying and thinking about what God says. And we all have that problem. All of us at one time or another find ourselves being swept away by something in the world. All of us!!
Is that strange to you? Preachers, pastors, ministers, laypersons in the church all have one thing in common, they are human. Each are subject to the same failures and the same problems. We all have them. What makes the difference is what you do with the failures and problems. If you decide that the problem, failure or the event takes your attention from the Lord, that becomes a man made god in your life. That man made god can overwhelm you before you know it. That’s what happened to me. My life took me over. Things got too big and busy. So, I stopped writing here. I cannot do that and be true to my Lord.
God has asked me to post here because He teaches me things to pass on to others. I have failed in my job if I do not do that. For one month, I did not post because my life came in and took over, the worldly god took my time. I allowed that to happen. But our Father is greater than any local god. He is greater than the world!!! And if you are of God, no worldly thing can defeat you!!! Come on! Defeat that fear, that worry, defeat that problem that so besets you. Our God is greater than the god of this world or any man made gods.
(1Jn 4:4) You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Instead of feeling sorry for yourself because of your problems, grab hold of this! You are an overcomer! No problem is too great for our Father. No problem can defeat Him! No problem can defeat you!! Take the time to study and pray! Take time to talk to the Lord. He waits for your call! And it isn’t a cell phone!
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