Passage Matthew 10:33: Message “Stand up for me against world opinion and I’ll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I’ll cover for you?”
Vs. 5-10 NIV of the same chapter.NIV “…These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep. Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. As you enter the home, give it your greeting. If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra on the day of judgment than for that town. I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
I have come to believe that if one never tries to ‘walk on water’ they don’t have need of a beacon or lighthouse. One might ask me, Why? If we stay on what one might consider a safe course, and that being what we can comprehend with our conscious minds, we have not need of the “Word” which is light to guide us.
“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:10
(photo by Chris M.)
When Peter tried ‘walking on water’ did he need this lamp for his feet? Did he need a light for his path? If the disciples refused to go as per instructions in Matthew 10 and drive out evil spirit and to heal every disease and sickness and to do it the exact way Jesus gave the instructions than they did not need the Word of God as a lamp for their feet and a light for their path.
Ephesian 3 Paul prays for and instructs the church to “Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.”
Paul in his writings in Ephesian let us know that he is a prisoner of Jesus Christ and he is giving us a light for our path and a lamp for our feet by revealing secrets of God’s plan to us. I believe most of us would agree God’s secret plan is quite contrary to world opinions. That would mean to me that if I only comprehend God’s ways with my conscious mind I won’t be walking on water, healing the sick, casting out demons and other mind fearful things. But, I will sit around and stay real close to what I can see as safety.
Then I remember that when the storm came up and the boat was rocking. tossing and turning and Jesus slept on, it only took the right words from a few men to change course. The disciples awoke Jesus and said, “Lord save us, we are perishing.” Jesus made me smile, he awoke and rebuked the men and then calmly calmed the sea and the winds.
Now the questions still remain, are we going to toss aside Jesus and His exact instructions according to Matthew or are we going to try half and half? His Word is as good today and will be tomorrow as it was in the records of Matthew. Toss me aside and I will toss you aside.
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I’m not sure if the disciples operated from an unconscious mind or if they comprehended what Jesus said and weighed the outcome of obeying and disobeying. I believe they overcame their emotions and went out and followed the words of Jesus. Surely they must have been nervous about praying for the sick, casting out devils. Just because they watched Jesus do this did not remove their own nervousness about doing the same things he did. Since they accepted him as God, it was expected that God could do these things. It was not expected that ordinary men and women could do these things.
Paul encourages all believers to overcome the fears and emotions of their being and move forward with the message of Jesus that is Jesus is God and he came to earth to bring us to the Father. Paul requested prayer for himself that he would be bold to preach and teach about Jesus in his world. He comprehended the message of Jesus and moved about his world as he went he overcame his fears. He moved from his comfort zones and proclaimed to all who would hear that Jesus is Lord. As we go, we will grow and who knows what we will do.
Are you saying then, that one only needs a LIGHT and a LAMP for THE PATH if one is going to walk or run that particular path, (presuming the PATH is the ONE Jesus has commissioned us to walk,)?
IS IT like faith, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things NOT seen? Because if we SEE it we don’t need faith or hope because we already have that desired thing. So if we are NOT walking that Divine PATH of CHRIST’S, but our own path, illumined by our own half-baked “enlightenment”…… (The Lord said of Ephraim in Hosea, that Ephraim was a “cake, half-turned”….that’s half-baked; then we don’t need THE LIGHT AND THE LAMP because we aren’t walking ANYWHERE, really, and just stumbling around in the the twilight zone of our darkened imaginations.
When Peter walked briefly on water, he had the LIVING WORD, JESUS CHRIST right before him to light his way upon the waters, but, like you said above, the “noise of the world” mainly the storm, distracted him. Without following that LIGHT he began to sink.
WOW! So to attempt an answer it really rests on this, which is the question you have already posed. DO WE BELIEVE , THE LIGHT, THE LIFE , THE WAY, THE PATH, THE TRUTH, THE WORD or do we not?
Sara, you asked us if we were going to try half and half. As I read and reread your blog, particularly the title, half and half doesn’t even look like an option. “Toss Me aside and I’ll toss you aside” is blunt with no way out, no options. Seems black and white to me. It’s either choose to follow the Biblical commandments in Life’s Instruction Booklet and launch out into the depths or leave the booklet on the shelf and stay on the shore. The tragic part is I may think I’m safe on the shore because I can see the sand under my feet, but it’s a lie and the sand is sinking. Matt 7:26 “Now everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.: ‘and the rains came and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall”. I hope the thought of being tossed aside by the Lord or to fall from His grace produces more fear in me than the fear of obeying a commnandment of the Lord that I can’t see or grasp with my conscious mind.
Heb 11 is full of people who lived by faith and not by sight. Heb. 10:38 says that “the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back My Soul has no pleasure in him”.
I love Chris’s photo…it is black and white, yet the light is on the steps that will lead us upward if we will do as your song, ‘The Battle of the Bulge’ says…”just keep right on with your walking
And you will see your victory everyday.”
I understand that the Lord and the Word are one..therefore if The Lord says do something like in the old testament Joshua chapter 6 The Lord told them exactly what to do and Jerichos walls came down…The Lord also said keep yourselves from the accursed thing,for when ye take of the accursed thing you make the camp of Israel a curse and bring it trouble…..well in Chapter 7 Achan ended up taking the accursed thing…(they tossed the Lord aside)…and when they went to fight another battle…AI…well they lost(The Lord tossed them aside)……..Lord Help us not to ever in anyway toss you aside….dj
If you turn tail and run do you think I will ever cover for you ?….no… Hebrews 10:38 says Now the just shall live by faith , but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him…..It also says in the Word that once you put your hand to the plow and turn back the Lord will have no pleasure in you…as I understand when there is a cover if you come out from under that cover and run from it…that cover isnt running with you it will be there when you get back under it..as long as there is grace and mercy…but you choose to turn tail and run…The Lord He is a gentleman..He forces nothing on no one….not even the covering of Himself…it is a gift…right?…dj
Toss me aside and I’ll toss you aside are words that we would never ever want to hear from our Lord Jesus Christ. How can we be sure that we have not tossed the Lord Jesus aside in our fear of not taking a stand. How often have we like Peter started out boldly on our walk to and with the Lord to be stopped in our tracks by a storm on the horizon. Is this storm due to someone or something that is close to you in your personal walk on this earth? Are you torn what to do? Have you decided that just sitting down and doing nothing but worrying and playing the situation over in your mind is the way to go? Are you getting sick with this inner torment? Sitting like this is deadly. The Lord calls us to be active in our walk with Him. As long as we walk to and with Him we can walk on water, but if we stop or sit we sink and only Jesus can pull us out of drowning in the muke of worrying, stress, and overwhelming terrors. Jesus never said sit and take on the burdens of the world. Jesus has called us to be active, to speak out against atrocities of the world, to help and aid others, and to make a positive difference in our world while we are here. We have a calling by the Lord that only we can fulfill. Often we must work through our nervousness to get up and walk. The shadows seem to be lurking and if we look upon them too long, we will only see the shadows and the light will eventually disappear. We must get up and push the darkness away daily. The picture which Chris took reminds me that we must be on gaurd daily for the shadows of the dark saw which will tear our walk with the Lord to shreds if we do not continually push the enemy of our souls away daily. When we do push the shadow away the Lord is always there to take us my the hand and lead us joyously on the path he has ordained us to take.
The photo that Chris M. took that goes with this blog made me think of the psalm 91…He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty…….verse 2: I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust….verse 4:..He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge…verse 9: because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation,..no evil shall befall you…….verse 14:..because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him…verse 15: He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him….(A picture says a thousand words and Yours says this whole blog and the whole psalm to me…the light on the boardwalk and the shadow being cast upon it…a light to my path and the shadow of the fortress and refuge.)
I am getting to understand that if we walk the PATH that Jesus calls us to walk WE WILL NEED THE LIGHT OF THE WORD because, as Sara has said, in so many words, we cannot possibly see with earthly eyes or earthly minds or earthly reasoning that divine walk which can only be discerned by the SPIRIT. The Word of GOD is an enigma in many instances. ” The last shall be first, the first shall be last.” “He who loses his life, gains it and he who gains his life loses it.” The widow who gives a mite gives more than all the wealthy contributors. WHAT?? In GOD’S economy that higher life is hidden from our own dark reasonings, no matter how bright or genius-minded we are. In fact, Jesus tell us we must come to Him as an innocent, little child.
So we do need the illumination of the HOLY SPIRIT-inspired Word of God to show us the WAY!!
Chris’ picture reminds me of the Psalm where David says that
“Thick darkness covers the Lord. Psalm 18:9,11, “He bowed the heavens and came down and darkness was under His feet. He made darkness His secret place. His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick, dark clouds of the skies…” That happened, today. As I entered a vehicle the sun (no great light compared to the brightness of the SON) shone directly into my eyes so vehemently that I was blinded (and that in the middle of the afternoon). I could see nothing but darkness because of the brilliance of our sun, which we love, but which is not the GREATEST nor the BRIGHTEST star in the Universe.
When we try to behold the brightness of the SON we are blinded by HIS brilliance. Chris’ picture reminds me of that. The rays of intense illumination THOUGH BRILLIANT LIGHT, causes sight and perception to be hidden from our eyes.
Thus… darkness in the presence of intense light rays.
Continuing in that vein of Darkness in intense light, it reminds me of what happened to Paul (Saul) as he rode forth with a vengeance on the Road to Damascus (Syria) to wreak havoc with the newly-founded “religion” of the Christians.
The brilliance of the light of the LORD JESUS CHRIST was so intense that it knocked him off his high horse and blinded him for days until Ananias, as instructed by Jesus, went and laid hands on Paul and he received back his sight. Saul (Paul) had been blinded by the Light~~~darkness, in intense LIGHT.
I am loving all these comments, trying to study them, meditate on them and trying to learn from then as well,
I think we would all like to “walk on water” with our spiritual gifts. I so admire Peter when he asked Jesus to command him to come by walking on water just as Peter had just observed Jesus do. (Matthew 14:22-33) Jesus said “come” and Peter started his walk on water and then fear hit him when he saw the boisterous winds. But, once again Peter cried to the master ‘water walker’ and said “Lord save me.” Jesus reached out his hand and saved Peter and also told Peter why he had not fully made the walk. What did Jesus say, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” The thing I so love about Peter and this story of walking on water was the relationship Peter had with Jesus. He did not toss Jesus aside and Jesus did not toss Peter aside. Their relationship worked. Peter did not try to give Jesus an excuse or vindicate himself as to why he didn’t fully make this walk. What did he do, he recognized he was afraid, (faced it) confessed it (admitted it) and (changed it). Jesus corrected him as He does with all of us if we allow Him. Jesus is always there to save us and make us whole when we call out to Him.
Sin will always defeat us unless we are willing to own them and confess them and allow Jesus to save us. This is a vivid water color painting of just why we should not toss Jesus out of the painting but invite Him in as the focus. He is the water, the wind and the vivid color of our painting.
Remember Beethoven and the Ninth Symphony that some of us sit for hours and years listening to. Beethoven lacked what we would imagine to be his most important sense, hearing? But Beethoven walked on water, he wrote this while deaf.
What about Milton writing Paradise Lost while blind? “ British Poet John Milton, who lost his eyesight after age 40, later declared in his famous epic poem, Paradise Lost, that he had found the ability to “see and tell of things invisible to mortal sight.”
Don’t toss Jesus aside and He will never toss us aside. Let us walk on water in ’07.
I find your comment above inspiring and encouraging. Though I have heard you teach this principle many times, ‘Face it, Admit it, Change it’ this illustration enlarges my understanding of it. I can see from this that following your three steps keeps us walking in the light of restorative relationship when we stumble and fall. These wisdom directives are the Light. It reminds me of the scripture which says “if we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin” (I John 1:7).
I love I John 1, for it speaks of the beautiful fellowship and friendship we have with God and one another. When we stay in the light, we have assurance of the continually cleansed from all sin by the blood of Jesus. Our walk in The Light involves our relationship with both God and man. Also, in I John 2:8, John goes on to reveal another secret to us while speaking of love, he reveals that The True Light reveals to us and dispels the darkness of moral ignorance and satanic bondages.
When we cotinually read, study and live by The Light, we always have a light for our path and a lamp for our feet. How very thankful we are for the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives leading us on daily in The Light of truth.
Our Father, may we prosper in our soul, receive health and prosperity as we follow the Spirit, rejoice over us Merciful God as we put Your Word into practice today in our lives in all that we do and say. Forgive us of our sins as we also forgive others of their sins. Guide us, lead us, help us at all times to love with a love that will greatly please You. Give wisdom to us in dealing with those that bring or teach us error and help us as John instructs in 2 John 10-11, not to receive them in our house nor greet them, for if we do we share in their evil deeds. Strength us to remember common courtesty and grace with a lot of mercy as we act and interact with all, in the might name of Jesus, Our Lord, we pray. Amen, Sara
Sara,
I must admit, this blog has really caused me to take a look at my own life. Just the title, “toss me aside and I’ll toss you aside”…. speaks volumes to me! I read this blog and was reminded that God wants ALL of me, not “half and half.” As a wife, mother of two, full time job, etc., it sure is easy for me to do like Peter, focus on the “storms of life”, instead of God. I like how you explained that Peter did not try to hand Jesus an excuse, he admitted his fear. I thought about this, and began to compare Peter and Jonah. Peter admitted his fear, and was willing to change it, but what about Jonah? God wanted him in Ninevah and Jonah refused to go. I don’t want to be so focused on life’s storms, that it takes something drastic (like being in the belly of a fish), for God to have ALL of me. Sara, thank you for being; as Debi put it, blunt, “toss me aside and I’ll toss you aside.”
Needles, Jonah vs Peter are great comparisons! I got excited to go read up on the two after I read your blog comment. I found both were commanded through the word of the Lord to do a specific thing. In response,Jonah FLED from the presence of the Lord (Jon 1:4)and Peter walked on the water to GO to Jesus. (Matt 14:29). Even though Peter stumbled and failed many times in his life, Jesus told and entrusted this finally humbled man to ‘Feed My sheep'(John 21:17) and he had a faithful heart to do it. In contrast,Jonah finally obeyed and went to Ninevah after the humbling experience of being in the fish belly but it must have never changed his heart about God’s sheep in Ninevah. My Bible commentary says this regarding Jonah’s despair, etc about the withered plant he had sought refuge under:”Jonah is forced to see that he has more concern for a plant than for hundreds of thousands of people.” Needles do you think his refusal to face his fear and run to the Lord’s presence in the first place instead of away from it hardened his heart?
I agree with you above. I don’t want God to have to use a drastic experience to turn me. I want God to have all of me…not just an act of obedience but my heart as well.
Wow Needles I read what you wrote about Jonah and he really did get tossed aside right into the waves and the belly of that big fish…here is something else, what you wrote started me thinking about… being focused on other things rather than what God would have us focused on…Matthew 25:44-46 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me……46, and these shall go away into everlasting punishment……(really thinking about what Sara wrote from the Word tossing Jesus aside)….dj
Needles, your comment has a cathartic effect. When one humbles themself as you have here it brings true repentance and repentance is a cathartic release.
I think you are a great writer and speaker. Hope you will continue to contribute to The Daily Lily with your words of healing on a regular basis.
Debi,
I believe the answer to your question is “yes”. God clearly gives us the freedom to choose. Jonah initially chose to ignore God’s instruction, and He loves us enough to keep giving us a chance. (like he did Pharaoh, in Exodus 9) As we read Exodus 9, we see that we can only ignore God’s instuction for a while. He will harden our hearts. God help us to seek your will and your instuction so our hearts will not become hardened.
Needles, concerning your answer: I may not like your ‘medicine’ but it looks like it’s the treatment for the cure. Sara’s right, your comment has a cathartic effect.
I looked up the word catharsis and it fits the medicine description alright: ‘1: purgation
2: purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art b: a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
3: elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression.
Ok. This gets me scared and seeking. I am thinking I better follow your prescrption and take that medicine. Isaiah 56: 6 tells me to “Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.” And then Deut 4:29 “…’seek the Lord your God and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your hear and with all your soul’. Whew!
Needles, would you say YOUR ID badge is pretty clear wherever you go…to work as a nurse or writing us on the Daily Lily?
Also I add, Needles, that Exodus 9 was scary as I read it. Vs. 12 said as you say ‘But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharoah and he did not heed them just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.’ And even when the hail struck and Pharoah admitted his sin and entreated the Lord through Moses, it was TOO LATE for him. Moses saw that and said ‘I know that you will not yet fear the Lord God.” (vs 30). What a stern judgement that shows we cannot afford to ‘play around’ with prompt obedience to the Lord. We must not ‘exalt ourselves against God’s people either(vs. 17). Thanks Needles, for taking the time to bring this to us. This is preventative medicine if we will heed it.
Needles and Debi I read again about Pharaoh and Moses and WoW God told Moses even while he was still in Midian that He God was sending Moses to go before Pharaoh, but He God was going to harden his heart(Pharaohs)….So God must have been talking to Pharaoh a long time even before Moses came saying Let my people go and Pharaoh just tossed what he was hearing (God)aside…its the still small voice..and when we dismiss this thats the tossing aside too isnt it?….this medicine is something else !!dj
I so appreciate this online study and all of you allowing Gary and myself to join you. I have been busy reading the book of Jonah and Exodus 9. You all have surely helped us to keep our mind focused and our actions accountable.
It has also been fun, exciting, stimulating and only missing the coffee and donut, probably good 🙂 . We feel so blessed to have all of you to share our faith with.
Back to studying all these scriptures again and hopefully not being tossed aside by any of you!
Gary I read what you wrote about Paul moving from His comfort zone and moving ahead…Peter when he stepped off onto the waves to walk on the water to Jesus moved out of his comfort zone..so back to Jonah and the big fish….it seems running was Jonahs comfort zone and rebellion…and he sure got moved out of that into a more uncomfortable situation……God really loved Jonah and those people he was sent to…Jonah had tossed God aside and so did those people…God gave room for repentence ….He gives room for repenctence before the judgement of being tossed aside…God (I guess)counts the cost of tossing us getting ourselves tossed aside..why dont we count the cost of tossing God aside…?..at least before we get swallowed up by big fish?….dj
This blog has truly touched my heart. I was just sitting here thinking about what Needles wrote. I was thinking about Jonah. God came to him and clearly stated that he wanted Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell them to repent from their evil ways or God will bring judgement against them. Wow! Imagine what Jonah was thinking, I’ve got to stand before an entire city and tell them if they don’t stop being wicked God is going to take them down. I’m sure this aweome task frightened him. So he tried to sneak away from his responsibility while “God wasn’t looking”. He runs to get on a ship to go in the opposite direction from Nineveh. He was probably thinking I need to get as far away from Nineveh as possible, I’ll go to Tarshis and maybe God will forget what he told me to do. Imagine what he was feeling as he was sailing to Tarshis. He was a man on the run. He was probably feeling guilt, fear, saddness and lonliness. Imagine waking up and seeing the angry sea crashing down on your vessile. I’m sure his heart was pounding two hundred times a minute. The crew ran to Jonah and said pray to your God to save us. Jonah probably was thinking I can’t pray to God, I don’t want him to know I’m here. I’m tring to hide from him. If I call on him he may answer me and he’ll know I was running from what he asked me to do. I wonder what he was thinking as he was being thrown over board in an angry sea. Think about how afraid he was knowing he was all alone. There was no peace in his heart because he was running from God. ONLY FEAR! Then he felt something bump against his leg as he was floating in the sea. He probably wet his pants, he was so afraid. All of a suddened he saw this huge fish coming to him with his mouth wide open to swollow him whole. I’m sure Jonah was thinking this is it for me. I sure wish I would have done what God told me to do and gone to Nineveh. He was probably asking God to forgive him and repenting as hard as he could. He was probably thinking God’s bringing his judgement against me for not listening to him. Wow!! Think about him as he was sitting in that cold, dark, stinking fishes belly. He had so much doubt in his mind. What’s going on? God never told him this was what was going to happen if he didn’t listen to him. I’ll bet he was praying and repenting as he was sitting in the belly of that fish. Forgive me Lord for not listen to you in the first place. Help me Lord through this tough situation. I’ll never do that again if you forgive me. Imagine what Jonah felt when that fish spit him out on the beaches of Nineveh. Wow!! He was on fire for his God. He was grateful to be alive. He was running around screaming REPENT REPENT FOR THE LORD’S JUDGEMENT IS NEAR. STOP YOU WICKED WAYS AND REPENT Jonah was so excited that the Lord gave him another chance. What a life changing experience. Talking about being on fire for the Lord. WOW!! At this time in Jonah’s life he didn’t care about what other people would think about him or if they would hurt his feelings by rejecting him. He only care about what God thought about him. He was only focus on God’s will. Jonah’s will lead him to a dark, cold, smelly fishes belly. God’s will led him to a warm, beautiful beach in Nineveh. Jonah decided if he could get out of this situation he would never be tossed aside again. He would give God ALL OF HIM!! God use ALL OF ME. Thank for Jonah and the lessons in this story, Lord. Lord, use all of the Lilies. Thank you Jesus!!
OH Chickenfarmer,,I read this in the Bible and it made me think hard and research…But man! when you put it in everyday words..with the thoughts that may have run through his mind and what he was thinking when he did what he did ran and tried to hide….(how can you hide from the one who created the places you try to hide?)…he really was running ….even from his own common senses..if he had stopped to think …really think…he’d of realized you can’t run or hide…but he tried like we at times try…and God loving us so deeply says I see you…and throws us on the beach …..youre right Chickenfarmer it seems only after being in a dark, cold, smelly fishes belly (tossed aside)… and getting vomited up on a beach do thoughts get focused on Gods will….what a lesson is right ….and thanks CF for putting the “imagine whats” to this blog….dj
Wendy, your comment (sermon) above could wreck havoc on one’s emotions.
Wendy’s word:”ONLY FEAR! Then he felt something bump against his leg as he was floating in the sea. He probably wet his pants, he was so afraid.” Wendy, I remember so vividly while reading this when I was in third grade in Columbia, NC and a teacher said something to me that made me very fearful and angry I just sat in my little desk and wet in my pants. What a horrible thing for me. But, the mercy of the teacher realized what she had done and someway she handled in so effectively that I don’t think anyone knew but she and me. She was extremely apologetic to me. It taught me and hopefully her many lessons for life. Fear and angry can product many strange things in the body. Hopefully, we will learn to move forward. I had to learn not to let other people’s opinions of something affect me. This is very needful when one tries to walk a life of Faith.
Sara! I went back to the top of this book(blog) and read all the connecting responses and this is what came to my mind…Jonah could have been a “water walker” but because he tossed Jesus the Word of God aside…he ended up in the fishes belly a stinking sinker…and we dont want to be that…….like you said we /I want to continue learning and with each lesson continue to move forward…. not getting stagnant and stink and sink…dj
Dorothy, I think you have asked me to join you on a “sea cruise.” Now, I know you love going on cruises to see new things and experience new things and people. Now that cruising the seas is not my favorite thing. Those ships sure rock the soul. About now, I am thinking it is better than a whales belly.
So I have been cruising, surfing and riding the waves in and out of these blogs to study, dig and live so I can hopefully stay off those high waves. Yeah, you are right, I don’t like the arduous odors either of the fish and sea. I will leave those things to the Captain and get back to surfing The Daily Lily daily.
Hope I will be like the Happy Rabbit, move fast and stay ahead of the sea turtle.
And quite a sea cruise…each day one can take either the “boogie board” at the top of the page” Home,Logout, Children,About, Feedback.”..or the Surfboard at the right “Categories” and/or Cruise with the Captain by adding on the Blog with responses (digging,studying ) oh what a glorious trip one can take with The Captain of this Cruise line….the thing is its open to whosoever will come….and we have to show them, tell them..invite them…bring them…otherwise like the Captain says “how will they know?”….:dj)
The Daily Lily..Cruiseline of Heaven….:)dj
Hebrews 12:25 “See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven.”
“TOSS ME ASIDE AND I WILL TOSS YOU ASIDE”…if you have any doubt about this truth; study the above.
I continually pray for the lilies of The Daily Lily that we all will have the grace to continue to serve God and will be found acceptable in the sight of Him who speaks from heaven. The return of the Lord Jesus Christ will signal the removal of all that is earthly and temporal in order that only heavenly and spiriutal realities many remain, (vs. 27 of Heb. 12.) May we all be a vital part of that which remains. As we begin the thoughts and preparation of celebrating the death and resurrection of our Lord, may we be forever mindful of His return in all His Glory. May we receive and not reject a message when it becomes uncomfortable but obey. Pray for one another daily and with faith and hope in our hearts. For all will be revealed and I believe will be rewarded for our faithfulness. My thanks I give but they are small in comparison to His rewards to each of us. Let us encourage and urge one another on in righteousness-holy living bringing holy healings.
that which remains…and Jesus said Heaven and earth will pass away but His Word remains….and He said Abide in Me and I in You and He said have this mind in you the Same mind that was in Christ…Its all Jesus and if we toss Him aside we go out with the shaken stuff….we have to keep on moving forward in this righteousness holy living…I pray we continue on bringing holy healings….Sara I really like the wording “only heavenly and spiritual realities may remain”…thats what Christ in Matt…was telling Peter he was building His Church on right?….at least this is what I undestand…dj