Most people have experienced a time in their lives when they have been surpised by something that caught them off guard. Some things that happen can be really funny or they can be be tragic. Noone knows what the future holds in store for them so when certain things happen they get surprised. Well Heidie and I were surprised last night by a revelation about our lionhead bunny. We brought her home and named her Daisy Mae because we were informed she was a female bunny. Well last night I picked her up and I saw some body parts she shouldn't have. We discovered she was a male bunny not a female. So now we have to give the bunny a new name. The bunny was not who we thought but turned out to be a male. There are people we know that are not who we thought. We see them but what we see is not who they truly are.
Think about all the people you have known over the years and I bet you could probably recall some who you found out were not in reality anything like you thought. I know I have known people that way. People can often put on a mask and play a role. They go through life putting on a performance and doing the right things while in private they live a totally different life. We can fool people so they think we a different than we really are. The only problem is that we cannot fool God! He sees us as we are not as we portray ourselves to others. We cannot hide our sin from Him. God knows us so intimately because He created us and knows everything about us. The sad thing is that God loves and wants us to come to Him and deal with our sin. He sent His Son to die for us and take away our sin
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The Journey of Life- Part Three
I have done the first two parts of life's journey earlier so I thought I should finish up with the last part. The third part is starting out in life good and finishing out good. This is the most difficult for most people. I would love to think that I started out good and will finish good but I know that I too have struggled with issues in my own life that would make it impossible to say I have. King David comes to mind when I think of someone that fits this category.
David was a young man that knew what it meant to serve God. Why? His father instilled in him the knowledge of God and David lived it out. Although just a young man, most likely not even a teenager yet, he served God and was faithful in his ways. He took that faith and out it into action when he took on Goliath. It was his faith that lead to his victory over the enemy. He was constantly leaning on God to overcome every adversity in his life. All except one that is. His affair with Bathsheba led to all sorts of problems in his life and his family. He failed God and himself. But what set him apart from Saul was that he recognized his sin and asked God for forgiveness. God did forgive him when David repented. How do we know that? Simple. God called David a man after His own heart. He was called this not before but after he had committed adultery and murder. Imagine! He sinned this badly yet God forgave him and rstored him to a close relationship to him. David was not perfect but was man enough to acknowledge his failures. David died living for God's pleasure. His life was centered on God and when he lost sight of that, he came to back to where he got off track. He started out good and finished his life the same way.
So my question for us is how do see ourselves when it comes to this? Did we start out good but more importantly are we finishing good? God has a purpose and a plan for each of us and desires that we do well. He has so many blessings for those who are obedient. Let's not miss out on the heavenly blessings because we fail to finish strong!
David was a young man that knew what it meant to serve God. Why? His father instilled in him the knowledge of God and David lived it out. Although just a young man, most likely not even a teenager yet, he served God and was faithful in his ways. He took that faith and out it into action when he took on Goliath. It was his faith that lead to his victory over the enemy. He was constantly leaning on God to overcome every adversity in his life. All except one that is. His affair with Bathsheba led to all sorts of problems in his life and his family. He failed God and himself. But what set him apart from Saul was that he recognized his sin and asked God for forgiveness. God did forgive him when David repented. How do we know that? Simple. God called David a man after His own heart. He was called this not before but after he had committed adultery and murder. Imagine! He sinned this badly yet God forgave him and rstored him to a close relationship to him. David was not perfect but was man enough to acknowledge his failures. David died living for God's pleasure. His life was centered on God and when he lost sight of that, he came to back to where he got off track. He started out good and finished his life the same way.
So my question for us is how do see ourselves when it comes to this? Did we start out good but more importantly are we finishing good? God has a purpose and a plan for each of us and desires that we do well. He has so many blessings for those who are obedient. Let's not miss out on the heavenly blessings because we fail to finish strong!
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