About
I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
Website
Location:
Location: Melbourne, FL
Zipcode: 32934
Country: US
Zipcode: 32934
Country: US
Stats
Blogs: 5765
images: 1
Profile Tag Cloud:
"PUTTING GOD IN A BOX" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HAVE YOU EVER PUT GOD IN A BOX? BY THAT, I MEAN HAVE YOU EVER ASK HIM IF HE WANTED YOU TO DO "THIS" OR DID HE WANT YOU TO DO "THAT" INSTEAD. JUST MAYBE HE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO DO EITHER ONE BUT YOU DID NOT GIVE HIM A THIRD CHOICE. LET'S LOOK AT PETER IN MATTHEW 14:28. HE DID THIS SAME THING TO JESUS, JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES TO TAKE THE BOAT AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA AND WHILE THEY WERE DOING THIS A STORM CAME UP AND THE BOAT WAS BEING TOSSED AROUND. KNOWING THIS, JESUS WENT OUT WALKING ON THE WATER TO THE BOAT. WHEN PETER SAW HIM, HE SAID "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR PETER TO WALK ON THE WATER BUT JUST TO SEE IF HE COULD DO IT.
JESUS HAD ALREADY TOLD THEM TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HE WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD THEM TO DO THAT IF THEY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT. HE EVEN TOLD THEM NOT TO BE AFRAID. PETER HAD SEEN ALL THE MIRACLES JESUS HAD DONE SO HE SHOULD HAVE HAD NO WORRIES AT ALL. THAT SAME DAY JESUS HAD FED ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MEN NOT INCLUDING THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH JUST FIVE LOAVES AND THREE FISHES. I THINK PETER WAS JUST LIKE SOME OF US WOULD HAVE BEEN, AND PROBABLY JUST WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD WALK ON THE WATER. SO, WHAT DID JESUS SAY...."COME". WHAT WAS HE GOING TO SAY, "NO, IT IS NOT ME". PETER DID NOT GIVE HIM A THIRD OPTION.
WE NEED TO LET GOD GUIDE OUR PATHS BECAUSE HE SEES THE WHOLE PICTURE, FAR DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT YOU COULD PRAY THAT "IF IT BE YOUR WILL" AND IN THIS INSTANCE YOU COULD DO THAT. HOWEVER, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, YOU DO NOT PRAY "IF IT BE YOUR WILL" ON THINGS THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW IS HIS WILL. FOR INSTANCE ON HEALING AND PROSPERITY, TO NAME JUST TWO. 3RD JOHN 1:2 SAYS "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." IF WE KNOW IT IS GOD'S WILL, THEN WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO PRAY THAT WAY. IT IS LIKE WHEN A PREACHER DISMISSES CHURCH AND PRAYS FOR GOD TO GO WITH THEM. HE SAID IN HEBREWS 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. SO, DON'T PUT GOD IN A "BOX" BUT LET HIM MAKE CHOICES FOR YOU AND I GUARANTEE YOU IT WILL BE THE BEST THING, OTHER THAN BEING BORN AGAIN, THAT YOU HAVE EVER DONE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
