September 28, 2009

  • Excellent Reminder!!


    This devotional from Pastor Roy is so true! Read this carefully and
    take to heart the thoughts here concerning HOW we share the truth with
    others. 
     
    Blessings, Bee

    “Without a doubt, we are living in a world controlled by people who are
    in open rebellion to God. Working with hard hearted people requires
    that we respond to them in ways that powerfully confront them with the
    love and holiness of the God we serve.  When we give people eternal
    truth, it’s important that we see ourselves as God sees us.  We aren’t
    telling people what we think, we are telling people what God thinks. 
    If we apologize for God’s truth as we share it, it is clear that their
    rebellion is stronger than our conviction and we won’t be trusted or
    believed.
      When God called Ezekiel to be His prophet, He equipped him
    to serve effectively in that dangerous time and place.  God promised
    that He would make his servant stronger than his enemies and unafraid
    of their rebellious reactions.  God promised him conviction that would
    effectively confront their rebellion.




    The key to our effectiveness in sharing God’s truth is based on that
    truth having it’s genuine effect on us first.
      God doesn’t want us
    going around using his truth as a club that makes them look bad and us
    look good.  He wants us  to wrestle with the truths He has given us as
    people involved in the same cultural setting and in the same time
    framework.  He wants us to have come to terms with His truth at a heart
    level, not just a head level.  People who attack others with truth on
    the head level stir up guilt, anger and resentment, but are powerless
    to get people to react to the love that is always behind God’s warnings
    to us.
      If God didn’t care about bad people, us included, He wouldn’t
    warn us, He would just do away with us.
      We are here as part of God’s
    safety net to warn the few around us that are looking for truth and a
    genuine relationship with God.  There is no way we can know the effect
    God’s truth will have on others, but faithful obedience requires us to
    focus on obedience, not the outcome.  May the Lord help us to never
    give up the eternal ministry He has given us in our time and in His
    plan.
    “    Pastor Roy

    Ezekiel 3:8
    But look, I have made you as obstinate and hardhearted as
    they are. 9 I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So
    don’t be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are
    rebels.” 10 Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into
    your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself. 11 Then go
    to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign
    LORD says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or not.”

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