Psalms 81:8-12
“Hear, O my people, and I will warn you– if you would but listen to me, O
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
But my people would not listen to me;
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.”
O how we are a stubborn people. There is nothing NEW under the sun! There is no amount of knowledge that we can gain nor spirituality that we can reach, no amount of wisdom that can be found that would ever be enough that we might be able to do it alone. We will never be to great that we are able to carry our own burdens, or fix our own problems, or heal our own bodies and minds.
We are a people who are and will always be in desperate NEED of Jesus. Everyday that we breathe this air will be a day of deep need, EVERY DAY!
I pray that the Lord Jesus would continue to burn that into my heart and mind, because some how along the way I have forgotten. I have stumbled onto old chains. We are not in control of our lives no matter how much we desire to be.
I have to let it go, I have to find that place again, because with my life in my own hands, destruction fallows me.
"Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ' we have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
spacious_place
March 1st, 2008 at 10:12 am
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:6
“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and HE WILL DO IT.” 1Thessalonians 5:23,24
These are two of my favorite promises. God is generous, eager to fill our need. God is sovereign over all, including the sanctification and growth of his children.
We are in good hands, amen?