Mon, 17 Jul 2006
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I MIGHT BECOME HAUGHTY

MATTHEW 13:7, MATTHEW 13:22, GENESIS 3:18, ISAIAH 35:13, JOHN 19:2, ISAIAH 33:113-115, HOSEA 2:6, PROVERBS 24:30-34,PROVERBS 26:9, MATTHEW 7:15-20, 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10

I was led to look these scriptures, not for me alone but for you as well. Usually when one is learning or growing in an area so are others that are close. So where are we and what are we thinking?

HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME 2 COR. We are weak but He is strong. We might become haughty if not for our thorns. The thorns are what keep us in the Word and searching after His grace. He has already forgiven me, so I don't have to worry about that. So, we have thorns, can we remove them? Can we undo what we already done?

Not in this life time or any life time. We don't have the POWER. God says we are to live in peace with all men as much as possible. Is it possible with all men? Not hardly. There are a lot of fools out there. Are all men going to accept us for what we are, who we are, and for whom we believe in? Not ever.

We are to throw the seeds out there and then walk away. Does that mean we shouldn't have our say? Personally we don't think so. How do we plant the seed if we don't plant the Word of God? Yes, the Words, in our case, would be from God. But these Words/Seeds will not be accepted with a lot of people. We are called freaks, hypocrites and many other unkind words. In truth they are the freaks and hypocrites. We are out there planting the seeds that they are mocking, laughing at and cussing us, for doing so. Who knows there may be some good ground for one seed to fall into and grow and take over.

We also have to remember that God's Spirit doesn't always dwell with people and it may be to late for the one person, but who knows who was listening when we were planting the seed. That could be the good ground that the seed was indeed intended to fall on.

In Philippians 4:11 Paul sys, 'Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.' Again in 1 Timothy 6:6 he states: 'But Godliness with contentment is great gain.' Are we content? No, of course not. Should we be? Yes, according to God's Word. Then why are we not content? Do we want to be where we are? Nope. We want to go on to bigger and better things. Is it our time to go on? No. Then when will it be time?

In God's time. His time and our time are not the same thing. One day for Him is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. Then we not being content is because we won't take His Word on the subject into our hearts and be content where we are right now. So right now the thorn in our flesh is our un-contentment.

THE BIBLE'S MEANING FOR THE WORD CONTENT: SATISFIED AND WILLING. THE MEANING FOR CONTENTMENT: AN UNCOMPLAINING ACCEPTANCE OF ONE'S LOT. WE LOVE YOU LJG/rECj