A supportive attempt by people to share information and services to increase business. It has become a substitute for "superior work and products". Work has become a "filler" between weekends, vacations and pleasure outings. "A name is to be chosen rather than great riches, favor is better than silver or gold." (Proverbs 22:1). When is the last time you worked at something you really enjoyed? Do you enjoy your work so much that every customer, wealthy or poor, gets your BEST EFFORT every time? Our WORK should be what we LOVE TO DO, on the DAYS WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. When people hear YOUR NAME, do they think INTERIGTY, DEPENDABLE, RESPECTFUL, HUMBLE AND GODLY? When people are around you, do they experience PEACE, LOVE AND FAVOR? Do people "come to you" because of your NAME, or do you have to "try to entice" them through NETWORKING?
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When we refer to someone's statement as "being DEEP"; WHAT are we trying to say; and WHY is it "DEEP"? Do we recognize "DEEP THOUGHTS" as being "Revelation" simplifying Complexity? Is it because the "humility" in which these thoughts are expressed provide CLARITY and UNDERSTANDING of TRUTH. TRUTH that is OFFENSIVE to who we are, but not to who we want to be! Proverbs 20:5, "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out." The GREATER THE TRUTH, the LESS YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT. TRUTH, IS UNDERSTOOD with less words. TRUTH IS THE WONDERMENT OF GRACE, AND THE WISDOM OF GOD! NOW THAT'S DEEP!
We have beautiful thoughts that come "unannounced", in such "depth" and "degree", that we actually experience a "Glimpse of Eternity". An UNBLEMISHED Memory that comes in its FULLNESS. A time when MIND, BODY, SOUL AND SPIRT are in HARMONY with GOD. A time we "Hang on to" during the most horrific STORMS, a time when we ARE who GOD CREATED. It is our MEASURE OF FAITH for a moment and then it vanishes as suddenly as it came. Matthew 14:29, "...So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water..." As long as Peter's eyes were focused on JESUS, he walked on the water. When he took his eyes off JESUS and focused on the STORM, HE SANK. Do we focus on JESUS and "walk in the midst of the storm? Or do we focus on the STORM and say, DON'T TIP THE BOAT OVER?
One Step at a time........... How do we expect to Trust GOD and LAUGH AT DEATH, if we don't Trust HIM to SMILE AND DANCE through ADVERSITY? PSALM 126:2, "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing...the LORD has done great things for them..." Psalm 2:4, "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh..." So when we have ADVERSITY, it's "not the last event", SMILE AND DANCE (others will wonder what you know that they don't); and GOD says we will be LAUGHING IN HEAVEN; DOES THIS MAKE YOU SMILE?
Have we ever experienced a time when we knew "exactly" what someone else was thinking? Have we ever known "exactly" what someone else was going to do in a particular circumstance? And yet, "We say we can't hear GOD'S Voice". Hearing GOD'S Voice is not a "general revelation' (attributes the world uses to describe GOD), it is much deeper, IT IS KNOWING HIM, KNOWING HIS THOUGHTS, it is the "Spiritual Revelation". Romans 2:20, "For HIS invisible attributes...HIS eternal power and DIVINE nature, have been clearly perceived...". Is our "constant communion with GOD audible", or is it when HIS thoughts become our thoughts? When our Passion is to have the deepest desire to HEAR HIM; when that desire becomes continual Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving; and when our Passion becomes constant COMMUNION, is when WE KNOW GOD. When we know GOD, we know HIS thoughts, WITHOUT A WORD BEING SPOKEN.
It is impossible to know our full potential, when we still want to be in charge. When we wake up do we ask the HOLY SPIRIT to lead us? Do we have the comfort and confidence that HE will see us through whatever awaits? Luke 2:25, "...and the HOLY SPIRIT was upon him." HIS powerful, peaceful anointing manifests the Presence of GOD within us. This is what we need; NOTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE.
Abundant Blessings Always, Opening doors for others just to see them smile. Stepping aside and "tipping" their hat as if to tell others, "it ain't so bad". Saying yes Sir or yes Mam, out of respect. Their actions betray the life they have lived, their sins forgiven by their MOST MERCIFUL GOD, because no one else can or will. "The talk from their mouths builds up others, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those that hear..." (Ephesians 4:29). "Kind, tenderhearted, forgiving as GOD IN CHRIST forgave them..." (Ephesians 4:32). "They do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for some have entertained Angels unaware.." (Hebrews 13:2). At these Special Times, "The SPIRIT OF THE LORD is upon them..." (Luke 4:38). Having once lived so far from GOD, they make no excuses for themselves, FOR THEY ARE FORGIVEN BY GRACE. The next time someone gives you a hug when you need it, tips their hat, or has a kind word that encourages you and lifts you up; you might want to thank GOD, there a STILL A FEW GOOD OLE COUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS AROUND.
Cavemen refer to "prehistoric" or "Neanderthals". Prehistoric refers to "before written records". So, did Cavemen know GOD or not? What happened to the people who lived and died, before the birth and death of JESUS, before the Bible was written? How did Cain and Abel know to bring offerings to GOD (Genesis 4:3), how would Noah have known clean from unclean animals (Genesis 7:2)? Didn't all of this happen before the Bible was written? Apparently men knew of GOD before the Bible was written. Cavemen? We aren't descendants of apes, or as in any evolutionary process, where the originating species disappears. The Bible talks of the "original creation" of man, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden; not men living in Caves! We read about the devastation after a tsunami; I wonder if the "Great Flood" left even more Devastation where caves were the only source of shelter? And what about those already dead? 1 Peter 4:6, "For this is why, the Gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the SPIRIT the way GOD does." Everyone will, or has, experienced the Presence of CHRIST and the GOSPEL, and may or may not accept or reject JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR! DID CAVEMEN GO TO HEAVEN?
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