Whats the Point?

 Romans 8:28 (KJV)

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  Whats the point!! That's a huge question for some people. Especially for some who have been struggling in their walk trying to be a christian.  Why is there a struggle? Why do we face the hardships we do?  Do you even care what I am going through Lord!!

  No doubt at some point in time everyone of us go through storms in life. Not just the saints but the sinners as well. There is a type of false teaching that has been preached to much, stating that when you come to Christ, your life will be filled with blessings, rainbows, financial increases, and the flood gates of heaven will pour out Gods riches upon you. 

While I do agree there is tremendous blessings in being a saint of God, and I also agree that heavens gates open up and the Lord richly blesses his people, the problem is some preachers are trying to paint a illusion that once your saved everything will be O.K. and that is just a plain lie.

    Many people are coming into Christianity really not with the intent of knowing who Jesus is, but they come in under this false banner of prosperity type preaching where  the preacher has declared that nothing is going to happen to them. The sad part is many people buy into this because life is hard, we live in hard times and everyone of us have struggled at some point in time and want a better outcome for ourselves and our family.

  The truth is the Lord said that He wouldn't give more than we could handle, or he would provide a door of escape for us.  He also said that your going to have trouble in this world. 

  What i want you to understand is this. There is some times we will find ourselves back in captivity, back in bad situations, but the Lord doesn't leave us there. David didn't get lifted out of the valley of shadow and death, he had to walk through it. God walks with us as well. While we might find ourselves living in Lodi-bar ( a place of No pasture) from time to time. Be patient learn to wait upon God. He will send a Chariot to bring you home.

   It was not pleasant when Israel was carried off into captivity, I am sure they saw no good in it, but God did not leave them there to die. 70 years later he brought them out and they once again praised God in the Holy city.

All these trials and tribulations that we face, makes us who we are today, and God loves who you are. So much He sent His Son to die a miserable death to redeem you. Praise the Lord.

Whats Wisdom?

Proverbs 9:10 

¹⁰ “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding

 I have been on a absent of late with my blogs I apologize.  Sometimes life gets to busy and we get caught up with other things, or something else draws our attention and focus away. This reminds me of Paul.

In Romans Ch. 7 we find Paul with daily struggles. Struggling to do the things he knows he should do and not do the things he knows he should not do. This is with every believer. However out of these struggles something is born inside of us. "WISDOM". 

 I learn from my mistakes, tho it doesn't mean I have mastered the correct response to ever error or mistake I have made.  Its these same experiences that have shaped me into who I am today.  These mistakes have helped me make better and wiser decisions for my present and future, based on past experiences.

 Wisdom is a beautiful thing, True wisdom starts with this verse stated above. Fear and knowledge of God.  This along with life experiences grows our wisdom. With out the knowledge of God and the sacrifice of His Son mans wisdom fails. This true knowledge however  gives birth to such a great wisdom that it leads to eternal Life.

 I have been growing in wisdom in these past few months. I have started seeing more of  a Focus in my ministry and for my family. While I'm not declaring perfection, I have made my self more available to God and thus he has used me to do His will. He has revealed to me more and more of the direction he wants me to go.

Like Noah in his day, God gave him a task. Build the Ark.  But one thing we don't read in depth is Noah preparing himself mentally for such a task and dealing with the destruction of mankind.

 Any Ministry that God gives to any person is no different. We must ready ourselves, and God also readies us by allowing us to go through different situation, cause its through these situations that we can use the wisdom and knowledge that was gained to over come the same situation and not only that but to help guide others who are experiencing the same thing.

 The saying goes " I have been in those shoes! I know how you feel"  That is wisdom, but this wisdom is all for nothing unless we get back to the principal of what wisdom truly is, and that is Fearing God and understanding the Holy One.  

Worldly wisdom can be a great thing, but the knowledge of God is pure wisdom,  more pure than and piece of silver and Gold.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.