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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.
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"LET GOD MAKE THE CHOICE FOR YOU" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
LET GOD MAKE THE CHOICE FOR YOU
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WROTE ON THIS LAST YEAR SO I AM GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE CLEARER THIS TIME. 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.
I THINK PETER IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE THAT DID THIS IN SCRIPTURE. LET'S JUST LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK. IN MATTHEW 14:28 HE DID WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND I WILL EXPLAIN. WHEN JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO TAKE THE BOAT AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA, A GREAT STORM CAME UP AND THE BOAT WAS BEING TOSSED AROUND. KNOWING THIS, JESUS WENT OUT WALKING ON THE WATER TO THE BOAT TO COMFORT THEM. 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 FIVE THOUSAND MEN, INCLUDING THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WITH JUST FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD AND THREE FISH. 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 ELSE WAS HE GOING TO SAY, "NO, IT IS NOT ME". PETER DID NOT GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO SAY NO, DON'T COME.
WE NEED TO WATCH HOW WE PRAY. I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT WE SHOULD NOT PRAY "IF IT BE THY WILL" ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS GOD'S WILL, LIKE HEALING OR PROSPERITY FOR INSTANCE. IT SAYS IN 3RD JOHN 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." IT EVEN SAYS THAT HE HAS PLEASURE IN OUR PROSPERITY. (PSALM 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.) SO, WHY WOULD SOMEONE PRAY THAT WAY IF THEY ALREADY KNEW IT WAS HIS WILL. NOW IF THE TWO DIFFERENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES CAME UP, YOU COULD PRAY THAT HE WOULD LET YOU HAVE ONE OF THEM "IF IT IS HIS WILL". THAT WOULD BE FINE. YOU ARE LETTING HIM MAKE THE DECISION.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. IT IS LIKE WHEN A PREACHER DISMISSES CHURCH AND PRAYS FOR GOD TO GO WITH EVERYONE. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS 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. SINCE GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US, WHY WOULD A PREACHER AS HIM TO GO WITH THE PEOPLE. I HOPE YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN.
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.
