Watching God

It is so awesome to watch God's hand at work.

I read a post this morning by The Light in the Woods, and was reminded of what God had once done for me.

I was living on our farm and would have to drive 60 miles to work everyday. On this day, I got into my car, turned it on and the air bag light was flashing. I decided to ignore it and go on. But, half way down my 1/4 mile drive way, the light started to nag at me. So, I backed up and went into my house and got my car manual.

It took a while for me to find that this light flashing was an indication of any number of problems. None of which meant much. So, I turned my car back on. The flashing light was no longer flashing.

I drove onto the highway and about half way to work, I came upon a horrible wreck. There were four cars and a semi crashed together. Traffic was backed up and people were killed in the crash. As I sat waiting to get by the crash, I began to pray for those injured when I realized that God had stalled me at home with that flashing light, so I would not be a part of this wreck.

I was grateful and praise and thanked God for His love. He is my protection.

I believe that God is in everything that I do. So, if I become puzzles about something that is going on, I always ask God "What are you doing?" He in His majesty, always answers. Seeing what God is doing and knowing that He is in everything gives me comfort.

God is a mystery, but if you commune with Him always, praise Him constantly and stay in the Word, He will show you those mysteries.

Being Relentless

Satan seems to be working overtime, as of late.

In the last week, I have had two women flee to my house from their husbands. Another, woman, called for emotional support, as she had just called the police to have her husband picked up for abuse.

All three women and husbands are serious followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. All three events were brought around by drugs and or alcohol. All three are still struggling. One, the wife, is also bound up by drugs.

We can easily see that Satan has a hand in these marriages. We know the story, "Satan is trying to kill me." "Satan is trying to destroy my life." etc. But, sometimes, those quit being the whole truth and instead become an easy excuse for our own choices.

The post I wrote last was a word from God that spoke of "being relentless". I had a dream the other night and in the dream I was chasing God. He was in front of me, running, and I was just behind Him, running. I could not catch Him. I was so close, but could not quite get to Him. But, I was relentless in my pursuit.

Being relentless keeps my eyes on God. I can not look to the left or the right. To drugs or to alcohol. Because if I do take my eyes off of my object of pursuit, I will fall, stumble, lose sight of my God.

I grew tired in my dream. When the fatigue set in, I could have, by choice, stopped or slowed down. Then, my eyes will begin to take in the world that is around me. My pursuit, might, take on a whole new look and track. Feeling fatigued and resting I see what the world has to offer and just might, by choice, take those things to pursue, instead of God. After all, the things of the world are easily gotten, easily seen, easily excused away.

Now, with my eyes off of God, I can easily excuse my new behavior away by saying Satan made me do it. And in some respects this is true, but not entirely. We hold a great deal of responsibility in our fall from grace. We have chosen to quit our pursuit of God. We have chosen to take our eyes off of the Living God and put them on death. We have chosen to disgrace God and lift ourselves on high.

In these end times, we certainly need to be relentless. Satan is working overtime, in that I am sure. But, we are victorious over the things of Satan and the only way we can fall prey to Satan's schemes is by making a choice to turn to him instead of God. We play an important role in the fight for our soul's, it is a role of choice. Satan does not get all the glory for the misstep of God's people.

So, I can either be relentless in my pursuit of God or I can be relentless in my pursuit of drugs, alcohol, sex, crime, food etc. I can either say "no" to the things of this earth, or I can say 'Yes" to God. It is easy to get caught up in the things of this world, but once you do, you need to take responsibility for that and fight your way back to the one who loves you. In your fighting, BE RELENTLESS.

A Word from God

I got this word from God last Saturday night.

"I can not come, because you, my people, hold yourself in reserve.

Reach deep inside of yourself and find your reservation. Heal from those things that reserve, delay and subdue your worship.

You have not abandonment, because of your reserve. These are the things that keep you from the temple of my heart.

Be relentless in your search for freedom. Invite my hand to crush those things that keep you from the truth and free worship.

BE RELENTLESS

When Love is not Enough

Sometimes love is not enough. And with that you continue to love, although your heart may become a bit sore, wounded and a bit lost, your love always goes on.

There are forces in this world that can take a person and rip them to the core. As we watch these forces at work, in the ones we love, we try to help and love them. But, love, sometimes, is not enough.

It is like the love of God. He has given the ultimate love, by laying down His life and yet, in some of our lives, that love is not enough. We look at that great love and want more. We stand at the edge of that supreme love and say "give me more. Because, there is something lacking in the way I feel, so it must be you, God. You are just not enough".

When love is not enough, where do we go? When we do not make God the totality of our lives, where do we go? When we come face to face with the flesh and it rises up to take control, where do we run? If not love, then what?

For most, they will run deeper into the flesh. Letting go of those things we know to be right, lovely and true. Love can no longer hold us, because we have not given love complete entry into our souls. So, we become lost in the abyss of darkness. Our self centeredness guiding the way into the strongholds of life. We become of this world instead of not of this world. We start to become entrenched in the things that oppose love and then love is never enough.

"The truth will set you free" until you put yourself above God and say to yourself, "love is not enough". "I will take care of my own needs, I will seek the power in me and overcome, I can lead myself into victory." Love is, certainly, lost in this thinking and with love lost, we become alone. Even in a crowd, we are alone. Because, we have lost our first love and have rejected the love of others.

The definition of love becomes convoluted and benign. There is no power behind a self centered love. A love that casts away others and draws us into the dark recesses of our own minds. This is when love is not enough. Love is not enough when I take my eyes off of the one who created love and put them on the one who demands and abuses love. Ourselves.

Ayat-Ayat Cinta

Yoh 3:16 Karena begitu besar kasih Allah akan dunia ini, sehingga Ia telah mengaruniakan AnakNya yang tunggal, supaya setiap orang yang percaya kepadaNya tidak binasa, melainkan beroleh hidup yang kekal.

1Ptr. 1:22	Karena kamu telah menyucikan dirimu oleh ketaatan kepada kebenaran, sehingga kamu dapat mengamalkan kasih persaudaraan yang tulus ikhlas, hendaklah kamu bersungguh-sungguh saling mengasihi dengan segenap hatimu.
1Ptr. 3:8	Dan akhirnya, hendaklah kamu semua seia sekata, seperasaan, mengasihi saudara-saudara, penyayang dan rendah hati,
1Yoh. 2:10	Barangsiapa mengasihi saudaranya, ia tetap berada di dalam terang, dan di dalam dia tidak ada penyesatan.
1Yoh. 2:15	Janganlah kamu mengasihi dunia dan apa yang ada di dalamnya. Jikalau orang mengasihi dunia, maka kasih akan Bapa tidak ada di dalam orang itu.
1Yoh. 3:10	Inilah tandanya anak-anak Allah dan anak-anak Iblis: setiap orang yang tidak berbuat kebenaran, tidak berasal dari Allah, demikian juga barangsiapa yang tidak mengasihi saudaranya.
1Yoh. 3:11	Sebab inilah berita yang telah kamu dengar dari mulanya, yaitu bahwa kita harus saling mengasihi;
1Yoh. 3:14	Kita tahu, bahwa kita sudah berpindah dari dalam maut ke dalam hidup, yaitu karena kita mengasihi saudara kita. Barangsiapa tidak mengasihi, ia tetap di dalam maut.
1Yoh. 3:18	Anak-anakku, marilah kita mengasihi bukan dengan perkataan atau dengan lidah, tetapi dengan perbuatan dan dalam kebenaran.

1Yoh. 3:23	Dan inilah perintah-Nya itu: supaya kita percaya akan nama Yesus Kristus, Anak-Nya, dan supaya kita saling mengasihi sesuai dengan perintah yang diberikan Kristus kepada kita.
1Yoh. 4:7	Saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, marilah kita saling mengasihi, sebab kasih itu berasal dari Allah; dan setiap orang yang mengasihi, lahir dari Allah dan mengenal Allah.
1Yoh. 4:8	Barangsiapa tidak mengasihi, ia tidak mengenal Allah, sebab Allah adalah kasih.
1Yoh. 4:10	Inilah kasih itu: Bukan kita yang telah mengasihi Allah, tetapi Allah yang telah mengasihi kita dan yang telah mengutus Anak-Nya sebagai pendamaian bagi dosa-dosa kita.
1Yoh. 4:11	Saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, jikalau Allah sedemikian mengasihi kita, maka haruslah kita juga saling mengasihi.
1Yoh. 4:12	Tidak ada seorangpun yang pernah melihat Allah. Jika kita saling mengasihi, Allah tetap di dalam kita, dan kasih-Nya sempurna di dalam kita.
1Yoh. 4:19	Kita mengasihi, karena Allah lebih dahulu mengasihi kita.
1Yoh. 4:20	Jikalau seorang berkata: "Aku mengasihi Allah," dan ia membenci saudaranya, maka ia adalah pendusta, karena barangsiapa tidak mengasihi saudaranya yang dilihatnya, tidak mungkin mengasihi Allah, yang tidak dilihatnya.
1Yoh. 4:21	Dan perintah ini kita terima dari Dia: Barangsiapa mengasihi Allah, ia harus juga mengasihi saudaranya.
1Yoh. 5:1	Setiap orang yang percaya, bahwa Yesus adalah Kristus, lahir dari Allah; dan setiap orang yang mengasihi Dia yang melahirkan, mengasihi juga Dia yang lahir dari pada-Nya.
1Yoh. 5:2	Inilah tandanya, bahwa kita mengasihi anak-anak Allah, yaitu apabila kita mengasihi Allah serta melakukan perintah-perintah-Nya.
2Yoh. 1:1	Dari penatua kepada Ibu yang terpilih dan anak-anaknya yang benar-benar aku kasihi. Bukan aku saja yang mengasihi kamu, tetapi juga semua orang yang telah mengenal kebenaran,
2Yoh. 1:5	Dan sekarang aku minta kepadamu, Ibu--bukan seolah-olah aku menuliskan perintah baru bagimu, tetapi menurut perintah yang sudah ada pada kita dari mulanya--supaya kita saling mengasihi.
Why. 1:5	dan dari Yesus Kristus, Saksi yang setia, yang pertama bangkit dari antara orang mati dan yang berkuasa atas raja-raja bumi ini. Bagi Dia, yang mengasihi kita dan yang telah melepaskan kita dari dosa kita oleh darah-Nya--