Power and Wisdom

It takes two things to get stuff done. Power and Wisdom.
 
Wisdom to know where and when to start and where and when to stop.
Power to remove obstacles and to get things up and running. Without a good supply of both, projects falter and fail.

With Power and Wisdom, in ample supply, projects not only succeed but often exceed our expectations.

1 Corinthians 1:24 "To those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the POWER of God and the WISDOM of God."

All things are possible with God. Through, and in Christ, the POWER and WISDOM of God, "God does exceedingly and abundantly more then I can think or ask!"

Getting a revelation of Jesus, his death and his resurrection will gives us those two things POWER and WISDOM.

Jesus said, "Without me, you can DO NOTHING."

"Christ in us the hope of GLORY!"
( I think 'Glory' is an old English term for the FINNISH line and being the one to cross it!

The Otherside of Proverbs 14:12

'There is a way that might NOT sound right to a man and it leads to Life.'
God will give us the right answers when we need them. Just don't expect them to always make sense.

Sometimes, in the process of becoming who we are intended to be, we can find ourselves in places and situations, that just don't make sense to those who 'KNOW.'
I give you Jobs buddies.
If ya read Job, ya will see, much of what Jobs comforters said to him about his problems made a lot a sense. They 'thought' they had the answers

Yet God said of them, "They did not speak rightly concerning my servant Job."

It is best to serve the Master's wishes and not the wishes of others even though it may make you look foolish.

Do the Math

Some Algebra for ya . . . . Why God told Adam and Eve NOT to eat from the tree of Good and Evil . . . .
 
How many ways can 6 truck Drivers be assigned to 6 trucks?
 
Answer: 6 = 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720 different ways to assign the drivers.
 
How many possible solutions are there to any given problem?

How do we really know what's right and what's wrong in any give situation? We don't.
We have to fail with the wrong answers until we find the right answer; when we try to solve our own problems.

God intended, from the very beginning, to take us past the process of failure, by giving us the right answers, right into success. He still is.

We didn't listen then and I wonder if we are listening now.

The Holy Spirit leads us and guides us into ALL the Truth. We just got to learn to listen.

Called to Peace

A lot a the time people live the way they do because they can't live the way other people want them too. They don't have the tools. I know; I am one of 'those.'

When I came to Jesus, 35 years ago, I was a terribly broken person. I didn't believe anyone really loved me or cared for me. I didn't know how to live around people, still don't.   In a lot a ways, I am still both of those things . . . Broken and socially dysfunctional . . .

What is different about me, in these last days of my life, is that I finally know 'Someone' really loves me; in spite of my broken and dysfunctional state. 
In that, I have found two missing elements in my life; peace and a strange thing called JOY.
 
That has made all the difference. Ya are called to peace kids. Go where the peace is; The Prince of Peace . . . Yeshua/Jesus!
If He loves us in our dysfunction then He loves us in whatever state we are in. He becomes our strength, when we FINALLY let Him.

"If the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead, lives in us, It will also quicken (enliven) our mortal bodies" Paul of Tarsus

If we choose to live where Peace is, eventually we will have Peace; in us Peace is a person . . . The Prince of Peace.

Temporary verses Permanent

Will temporary solutions ever solve permanent problems?

There's a pill for bout everthing these days yet, people are just as sick now, if not more so, then they ever were. Seems like for ever new pill there is a new disease don't it? 
There are a a million diets that never permanently solve our weight problems; do they. There are more obese people now then there ever were. 
The Politicians are always the same . . . yet, the government is falling apart . . .

"Every good and perfect GIFT comes down from my FATHER. (Apostle James)
Don't know bout others, but my Father is a Great Father! He 'GIVES' me what I need. 'WHEN' I ASK Him for it, and most a the time I don't even deserve it!

He heals me when I am sick, He feeds me when I am hungry, He provides for me in every area of my life! He inspires me! He lifts me up when I'm down. He delivers me when I fall.  He corrects me when I am wrong.  He renews my strength when I am weak. Heck, there aint an ounce a fat on my whole body!   

Everything I need was given to me 2000 years ago when Jesus died for me and rose from the dead for me!  All I have to do is receive what he has stored up for me.

He gave me a home, near a river full a fish! A Mountain full a food! A well to draw water from. He fills me with love, peace, joy, and righteousness! He GIVES me everything I need for life and for godliness!
He is ALWAYS with me and He is always GIVING to me!
 
As for me, I prefer eternal solutions to my permanent problems not temporary ones.

So world, keep yer pills, yer diets, and yer politicians; I'll keep on following Jesus!
Sometimes we just have to remember the things He GIVES us are a GIFT; not a paycheck.

Everything I need was given to me 2000 years ago when Jesus died for me and rose from the dead for me! All I have to do is receive what He has stored up for me.
Today, as you read your New Testament beginning with the book of Romans, make a list of everthing that comes to us as a gift and everthing that comes to us by earning it. See what ya come up with.

A Rich and Satisfying Life

Amazing how when ya move into the sunshine, sunshine gets all over ya aint it?
How does that work anyway?

"Don't worry about 'ANYTHING,' instead pray about 'EVERYTHING,' tell Him what you need and thank Him for it . . ." Philippians 4:8-9

Living by faith, (trust), is just that simple . . . . Jesus came to 'GIVE' us a rich and satisfying life!

O Death Where is Your Victory?

My 'Angels Trumpet' bloomed this morning. The Blossom is about 6" across and wonderfully fragrant! It just makes me smile Thank You Sir!

"Where O Death is Your Victory?
…Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.… 2 Corinthians 15:51-53