"There's nothing wrong with this."
I'm done. I said that phrase about playing video games. The Lord took video games away. I said about watching football. The Lord took watching football. I said it about playing games. The Lord took games away.
The list can go on and on.
I'm done. When God says don't mix me with those things, I listen now. I tried to memorize verses while watching football. No go. I tried praying for people while playing volleyball. Nope, didn't work.
Why? "There's nothing wrong with..."
Look at people who walked by faith. that comment is absent from their minds when they are serving God. When Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, did he say, "now, there's nothing wrong with this!" When Jeremiah prophesied against Jerusalem, did he say, "there's nothing wrong with this!" ?? When the Pharisees grumbled over Jesus eating with sinners, did Jesus respond, "there's nothing wrong with this!" ?? When Peter healed the lame man, did he tell the Saduccees, "If we be examined for this good deed which we have done to the impotent man, Be it known unto you and all in Jerusalem that there was nothing wrong with what we did." ???
You see, when you're serving God, you won't say that phrase. Because you'll being doing what is right.
1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
So what's the problem? Not glorifying God. Every second of your life that you spend not glorifying God is a second that you spend in sin. You are either doing what God wants you to do. Or you are sinning. "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin". So if you are pleasing God, you will not have to vindicate there being nothing wrong with it. You'll have complete confidence that it's the right thing to do!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
On Monday I witnessed sunset for the first time (I think...). I had often seen the beautiful colors of sunset. But I had never witnessed the sun quickly slip beyond the horizon. But I am getting ahead of myself....
After class on Monday I packed a lunch, some water, my Bible, a flashlight and a jacket. Then off I went on my bike to the lighthouse (which is twelve miles away). I left around 3:30 and got there around 5:30.
I ate my lunch and went to the lighthouse to watch the sunset. I prayed and tried to avoid the bugs (many swarms of them). A few people came and went as the evening progressed. One of the last to come was a man with his black lab. He sat down on a bench nearby, and I had finally sat down myself (having escaped the bugs) and I opened my Bible to read it until sunset. Well, the Lord started getting on me to witness to this man. I was in Revelation and when I reached Chapter 3 I got it hard! “I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art .” Then Philadelphia: “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it”. I wasn't going to wait to get to Laodicea where the reprimand is “I'll spue you out, cause you're sitting on your behind doing nothing!”
But just then off the man went with his dog. They headed down another trail than the one I had come. So then I prayed some more, and neither God nor I would allow myself to do nothing and go back the twelve miles having not talked to someone of Christ. So I headed down the trail (where it led, I knew not). It led to the shore, and that is where the sunset picture was taken. The man was there throwing sticks into the water, and the dog fetching them. I approached and watched the colors that God made there. Well, I commented that I had never seen such a sunset. He led me up to the field to see deer. He said you could usually see a dozen at this time. Well, no deer, so he said good-bye and headed back toward the parking lot. I followed and began to talk to him about the Lord. He was somewhat offended, but I was able to talk to him for about 10 minutes. Then he left and headed home. I went back, grabbed my bike, and headed home also.
The protection that the Lord gave me on the road was amazing! I got back at 10:30.
So my legs are sore. And I know that I don't have to go 12 miles to find a lost person. But what God has done....I'm quite impressed!
After class on Monday I packed a lunch, some water, my Bible, a flashlight and a jacket. Then off I went on my bike to the lighthouse (which is twelve miles away). I left around 3:30 and got there around 5:30.
I ate my lunch and went to the lighthouse to watch the sunset. I prayed and tried to avoid the bugs (many swarms of them). A few people came and went as the evening progressed. One of the last to come was a man with his black lab. He sat down on a bench nearby, and I had finally sat down myself (having escaped the bugs) and I opened my Bible to read it until sunset. Well, the Lord started getting on me to witness to this man. I was in Revelation and when I reached Chapter 3 I got it hard! “I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art .” Then Philadelphia: “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it”. I wasn't going to wait to get to Laodicea where the reprimand is “I'll spue you out, cause you're sitting on your behind doing nothing!”
But just then off the man went with his dog. They headed down another trail than the one I had come. So then I prayed some more, and neither God nor I would allow myself to do nothing and go back the twelve miles having not talked to someone of Christ. So I headed down the trail (where it led, I knew not). It led to the shore, and that is where the sunset picture was taken. The man was there throwing sticks into the water, and the dog fetching them. I approached and watched the colors that God made there. Well, I commented that I had never seen such a sunset. He led me up to the field to see deer. He said you could usually see a dozen at this time. Well, no deer, so he said good-bye and headed back toward the parking lot. I followed and began to talk to him about the Lord. He was somewhat offended, but I was able to talk to him for about 10 minutes. Then he left and headed home. I went back, grabbed my bike, and headed home also.
The protection that the Lord gave me on the road was amazing! I got back at 10:30.
So my legs are sore. And I know that I don't have to go 12 miles to find a lost person. But what God has done....I'm quite impressed!
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