Week 112: Because He Said So!

                                   Because He Said So!

                                    For we walk by faith, not by sight: II Corinthians 5:7

• I won’t let you down… 

• You can count on Me…

• Trust Me! 

          Generally speaking, humans are suspicious and doubtful by nature. Why so skeptical? Why is it so hard to take some people at their word? It’s hard because we know people can be deceitful. I know because I was one of those who did the deceiving. God gave me a creative brain, but I was using it the wrong way. I don’t mind telling you this, because God has delivered all of us from one thing, or another.

          Before I got saved, I was known as, “Dial a Lie.” If anyone needed a “good” sounding lie—they would call me. My lies came in a large range of sophistication. I was so good that I had a clientele. I had turned lying into an art form (facial expressions and arm gestures included). 

After I got saved, a “client” called.

Client:  Quick, I need a lie.

Me:      Just tell the truth.

Client:  Hmmm! Never thought about that!

       Unlike with human beings, God is not a man that He should lie. Nor the son of man that He should repent. If He spoke it, it shall be done. (Numbers 23:19)

          It’s comforting to know that our faith can lean on the fact that God is the Truth, and that He will do what He said He will do. . .

                                   because He said so!

                                               

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)

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Week 111: Trust God or Go Stone Crazy

                           

                    

                          Trust God or Go Stone Crazy

                          O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:31

• Frizzled brain. . .

• Scattered brain. . .

• Panfryed Nuts!

         

          Okay, here are the choices: We can either put our faith in God to lead, guide, and protect; or we can go absolutely stone crazy with fear and worry. When we look at it that way, the only wise answer is to trust God. However, it’s not always easy to discern the godly path when bells of anxiety are smashing and banging in our heads.

  

       The way to stop the bells is to first recognize that they are ringing.

Sometimes the disruptive sound of confusion becomes the normal. The danger is—it drowns out God’s peaceful still voice. Do you know people who love the drama? Pandemonium seems to gravitate in their direction. They have lived in disarray for so long that peace seems suspicious and uncomfortable. It’s hard for them to understand that God does not want them worried and distressed. It’s easier for some people to combat the problem than it is for them to let go and rest in the confidence of God.                              

                            

  We have to let our “man-made” banisters go, and trust God to hold us up.

We must put our faith in the One Who can actually do something about the problem. God has a plan for our lives—one of peace not evil (Jeremiah 29:11).

    

   We can relax in the peace of God, or go stone crazy. It’s our choice.    

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