We get used with the Word of God. We leave the church as we came. Nothing penetrates our heart anymore. We start to joke about God and even to take in vain His name. We become more and more anemic Christians. The temptation is getting bigger and bigger and has more effect on us. Our faith depreciates and we do not actively believe that God has real power. Why does it happen? Continue reading Spiritual Jargon That Does Not Have The Real Meaning Anymore
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God brings difficult times in our lives to strengthen us and to prepare us for the future responsibilities and the plan He has for us.
We can see this in David’s life. God put David in different situations, so latter he would be a good king. God prepared David step by step. Continue reading Hard Times Comes from God to Prepare Us for His Plan with You and Me
1-2 My God! Rescue me from my enemies,
defend me from these mutineers.
Rescue me from their dirty tricks,
save me from their hit men.3-4 Desperadoes have ganged up on me,
they’re hiding in ambush for me.
I did nothing to deserve this, God,
crossed no one, wronged no one.
All the same, they’re after me,
determined to get me.4-5 Wake up and see for yourself! You’re God,
God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God!
Get on the job and take care of these pagans,
don’t be soft on these hard cases.6-7 They return when the sun goes down,
They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
Then suddenly they’re all at the gate,
Snarling invective, drawn daggers in their teeth.
They think they’ll never get caught.8-10 But you, God, break out laughing;
you treat the godless nations like jokes.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you.
God in dependable love shows up on time,
shows me my enemies in ruin.11-13 Don’t make quick work of them, God,
lest my people forget.
Bring them down in slow motion,
take them apart piece by piece.
Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance
catch up with them,
Catch them out and bring them down
—every muttered curse
—every barefaced lie.
Finish them off in fine style!
Finish them off for good!
Then all the world will see
that God rules well in Jacob,
everywhere that God’s in charge.14-15 They return when the sun goes down,
They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
They scavenge for bones,
And bite the hand that feeds them.16-17 And me? I’m singing your prowess,
shouting at cockcrow your largesse,
For you’ve been a safe place for me,
a good place to hide.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you—
God, my dependable love.Psalm 59
God wants our good. Because God loves us, He want us to be responsible for our actions. How would a child grow if you take all the decisions for him/her. In the same manner God wants us to grow.
One side of our growth implies also the political scene. We have the rulers that we deserve as the Israel people used to. They looked to other and wanted a king for themselves, instead of having God as king.
Here is what Samuel told the people, form God: Continue reading We Have the Politicians That We Deserve
Instead of looking for God and doing His deeds, we want to exclude Him, like all the other people do. We want to be special but in the same time we want to blend with the crowd. Why is that?
19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel,
and they said, No! We will have a king over us,20 That we also may be like all the nations ,
and that our king may govern us
and go out before us and fight our battles.1 Samuel 8:19-20
One Of The Today’s Thoughts
Continuing 1st book of Samuel, I read about how David spares again Saul’s life.
Here are the key texts:
I see those occasions that God gives to Daniel, when Saul’s life is in David’s hands, as a test. God already anointed David, and David knew that. So, that is why I really like how David continues to behave. It is said that give power to a man to see how he really is. This is what God did with David. At church, work or in another places we are given the opportunity to do something, to take decisions. When we are in that posture, our flesh is ready to show it’s real face. Are we strong enough to say “NO”? Am I going to do what God taught me, or listen to the flesh?