Putting Together God's Puzzle

You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place.

James Allen (1864-1912, British-born American essayist

Hebrews 1:5-7

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son? When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He says, and all God’s angels must worship Him. And about the angels He says: He makes His angels’ winds and His servants a fiery flame; (HCSB)

Psalm 104:1-4, says this about God our Creator and Lord, “My soul, praise the Lord! Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with majesty and splendor. He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe, spreading out the sky like a canopy, laying the beams of His palace on the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind, and making the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

You know I think I can find my place in God’s creation here, and you can also find your place as well. It seems that things begin to make sense when you put things in order. God who designed all of creation through Jesus Christ made a thing for everyplace and for everyplace a thing. The pieces of the puzzle fit when put together God’s way.

If we take our place as His servants we will also begin to see the structure of rightness and peace which God placed in the world and in us. We will hear,and feel the winds of angels wings brush our face, and the warmth of the Light of God in our bones. When we come as His servants a fire is lit in each of us that turns us into a fiery flame of witness to the Glory of our God… Oh’ the Glory of His Presence, that we miss when we are out of place…God’s Blessings

Pastor William

He's Been there, and Done That

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

Author Unknown

Hebrews 1:1-4

Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things and through whom He made the universe. He is the radiance of His glory, the exact expression of His nature, and He sustains all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs. (HCSB)

In my supervisory days, I never felt like I could tell someone what to do until I could do it myself. On the farm that meant driving tractors, loaders, and various other equipment to familiarize myself with the nature of the work and what it was done with. Because of that habit it did away with many of the useless excuses of why someone failed to do what was given for them to do that day.

What is amazing to me is that God did the very same thing. He didn’t sit on His Throne and demand things that we could not do. He came down to experience just exactly what we face every day because of His great love for us. He knows our weaknesses and the trials that we walk through in life because He has been there too, but without sin, and failure.

This will also do away with all of our excuses of why we couldn’t do what He asked us to do. The messenger He sent in these Last Days was His Son. Jesus came to intercede for us, and He now sits at the right hand of the Father to help us with our trials and weaknesses. Jesus can help us through these trials, if we would but ask for help. This is the main reason our excuses will fall on deaf ears, because The Son experienced them all…God Bless

Pastor William

Leaving a Legacy

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881, British statesman, Prime Minister)

1 Thessalonians 3:6

But now Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love, and that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want to see you. (HCSB)

Are we living with the future in mind? While on the subject, what is the period that we are speaking of when we speak of future? What brings this to mind is our subject today, and that subject is legacy. Are we living a legacy here that others can follow for future spiritual success? This also includes life here and not just the sweet bye and bye doesn’t it?

Look at the exchange between Paul and the Thessalonians. Timothy had come to the Disciples and brought them Good News about the Thessalonians that made them desire to see them, and also brought to the disciples the desires of the Thessalonians to see them too. We can see here two great legacies’ at work in the lives of two groups of people.

Our lives imprint the lives of others corporately and personally, and we should always strive to leave impressions of good intentions. Pleasant memories can really stir hearts in need during strenuous times, and we should leave a well large enough that others can see that even in our failures, we kept the bigger picture in mind which led us and will lead others to complete successful lives here…God Bless

Pastor William

OBEY? What a Funny Word

From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is come from self-opinion.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)

1 Samuel 15:22-23

Then Samuel said: Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has rejected you as king. (HCSB)

Submission is one of the hardest things for us as the children of Adam and Eve to accept, and it should come as no surprise to us, for we can see this problem in our family tree. Isn’t it always easy for us to come up with an alternative plan? Sometimes this is wisdom, but when it comes to God’s plans and our plans it is not an option.

In this New Year the best resolution we could all make can be summed up in one word, and that word is “Obedience.” We should all resolve to believe God’s Word and follow His plans for us to the letter, and not insert out will into the picture. As you can see in this exchange between Saul and Samuel, our plans can get us into lifelong troubles.

Let us all decide to reject the plans that satan eagerly supplies to those that have decided to be obedient to God’s Will for their lives. Satan has a alternative plan for every plan that God has for your and my life, but it is up to us to learn to discern the difference. It isn’t hard to tell the difference; Satan’s plan is the one that has you in mind and not others. I’ll bet Saul could tell you something about monuments to self…God’s Blessings.

Pastor William