Cry out to God

Posted on November 8, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

How many times did David fall to his knees in desperation, fully acknowledging and proclaiming to Almighty God that without Divine intervention he would certainly have perished? With absolute clarity David knew there was nothing that could be done apart from God. This factor was repeatedly emphasized in David’s worship music, poetry and prayers to God seen throughout the early Old Testament. It is instructive to consider that the only lasting troubles with which David contended were always preceded by his lack of inquiry of God’s Will. When David acted on his “own” understanding, he always ran into trouble from which he arose crying out to God for assistance. Considering these factors it is safe to assume that asking and following God’s direction is always the best course of action, especially for those of us eager to avoid temptation, sin and disaster.

My admiration for David lay in his steadfast faith in the promises of God. Sure there are those who will always point out his human failings, and this is rightful, as God would have us learn from our Brother’s grave mistakes in departure from God’s Will. However, we should fairly look upon David’s knowledge, belief and dependance on Almighty God for every good thing that came to him, his family and the Nation of Israel. David also understood his own shame, knowing that God would forgive him in his humility and repentance, that the sins of a Father may last for generations. I so much look forward to speaking with David and loving him for the stance that he took in defense of the faith. I may not avoid my own fall from Grace, but with reflection and remembrance of David’s misgivings, I have a greater opportunity to avoid sin and shame. Thanks be to God for the knowledge He has provided through review of the lives of prophets, kings, saints and unbelievers.

Those of us in disaster must follow David’s example and cry out to God for mercy, intervention and succor. There is no salvation but God through Jesus Christ. Often I weep seeing Christians who have yet to give up on their steadfast independence and self reliance. I feel that God must be waiting on so many of us to surrender. It is a travesty to see Christians who will not cry out to the Father to heal them from illness, save them from circumstances, provide strength through wisdom or feed their hungry bodies and spirit. The Lord is waiting for us to give up and seek His guidance, love, mercy, provision and grace. We must remember that we serve a patient God to whom a thousand years is but a day. We do not have that same luxury. My advice is learn from David’s devout dependance on God and his catastrophes when he neglected to seek God’s Will, both pointing toward the same wisdom in consulting, crying out to and obeying God’s direction. I see your pain, suffering and frustration, I too once denied my resistance to God’s Will. Please cry out to God for relief, He is faithful to complete the work that He started in each of us, work that can never be done without His intervention.

Father, this is Your life I am living. Have Your way, guide me, teach me and deliver me to freedom through wisdom, grace and hope in Your Loving Kindness. Forgive me for the times I set out on my own path, especially those where I avoided Your counsel. Let me never stray from this blessed relationship. Don’t allow me to make mistakes that will have lasting impact upon my children and their children’s children. Let me be remembered as a man after Your Heart. In Jesus’ Name I pray.

Self Measure

Posted on November 7, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Why is it imperative that each of us find an identity to fulfill our individual or corporate objectives? What is the foundation upon which that identity is formed? Does it take crisis to shake us from an individual or group identity that may have been ill developed or conceived? These are my questions for You, My Lord, Almighty God, Father of Heaven and Earth. Lord, I fear it is essential that we either find our identities in Your Word, Your Perspective, Your Will or we will eventually be ushered toward an individual/group identity that is contrary to Your Principles. Father, why does it, so much matter what I believe about myself?

Since my self perception is this important to my adequacy and effectiveness, could perhaps, my chosen identity be a reflection of my heart and soul. If my self identity is misaligned with Your Will must I suffer a particular level of chaos to be shaken from this affiliation, indoctrination or influence? Is my identity, and the discovery of that identity essential to my created purpose? If I align myself with an identity that is alternate or contrary to Your perspective, do I simply become a tool for Your unfolding plan for humanity? Is it as simple and as complicated as submitting to Your identity over my own, is this the key to efficacy in good measure? Father, is what I believe about myself a clue toward the importance of knowing You? Show me the importance of image Lord.

If I think that I will never measure up to God’s Grace then I most assuredly am mistaken in my Christian understanding. It is established that none of deserve redemption, for the Bible elaborates that the wages of sin is death and that the works of even a righteous man are as filthy rags to the Lord. So, if I continue to look at myself and “judge” that I am unworthy, then I continue to view the world through my worldly/fleshly prism. You have been forgiven, that means “you”. There is no further condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Often it is wonderful to repeat God’s Word, but do we take it a step further and begin to walk in the belief turning what we’ve heard into faith? It is a wonderful thing to approach the Lord, in the quiet moments within our prayer closet, humbly and contritely acknowledging to God that we continuously fail, but that should free us from carrying that judgment back into our daily walk.

Taking that condemnation or superimposing over your life is assisting the enemy in his efforts to make you feel inadequate. Can we all come to an agreement, that we will accept God’s opinion of us over our own? I think that will allow each of us to remain consistent within our range of self-image, never to hard never to lenient, humbly deferring to God’s Holy Word regarding our own righteousness or guilt. We must inevitably arrive a point where we look at this world, including our own reflection, through God’s framework. We have been forgiven, we have been made whole, we have been redeemed to God, the war between us is over, when He looks upon each of us He sees His perfect son. That is all the perspective that I need. I must find myself hidden in God through Christ, my image protected by God’s eyes set upon me for eternity.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/developing-a-positive-self-image-431948.html The late Pastor Adrian Rogers on healthy self image.

We all search for meaning

Posted on November 5, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Life, what is to be done with it? There is a spectrum of possibilities on this issue, ranging from life’s insignificance to the opposite where each human was specifically crafted for larger purpose. On one end chance, over billions of years via shear opportunity, a chemical reaction created a specific chain of events resulting in human life. I shall not argue these differences for sake of staying clear of argument about the existence of God, for I believe that review of the significance of life accepts His existence as precedent for further discussion.

On the other end, life has a specific purpose to train us for our eternal participation in God’s created universe. If it is chance to which you subscribe then each interaction of this life is simply orchestrated by luck, coincidence and chemical interaction, leaving its meaning solely up to how each individual reacts to those chance environments and occurrence.

Here is where the “survival of the fittest” mentality is born, for in this ideology the strong will eat the weak and those of low constitution shall never prevail when subjected to ravages of time and chance. This has never panned out as weak humans remain even after the tens or hundreds of millions of chance and evolutionary impact. Certainly there have been evil men, Hitler one of the most atrocious, who believed that evolution needed a bit of assistance to eradicate the weak. This just demonstrates the desperation involved in this life ideology, for if life were simply about the strong surviving, then we would never have thought Hitler evil in the first place, for he would have just been fulfilling the evolutionist’s mandate. If I truly believed that evolution is the guiding power and authority governing man’s finite existence, then it would need no assistance from me. Rather I would be struggling against its ominous impacts, chance near death experiences and inevitability.

Praise be to God that this is not the True meaning of life. Thanks to Almighty God that this mediocre experience, called life may be transformed into abundant blessing through organized relationship with our creator in realization of His designed purpose for mankind. Jesus Christ put it succinctly in John 10:9-10 when He said, “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Living this life as if it is all that man can ever have breeds the contempt inherent to evolutionary ideology. Praise God that this is not the end and that He may instructively utilize my weakness for His Glory and the good of mankind. We are all precious, each of us. Some of the noblest gestures and campaigns in mankind’s history were when the strong stepped in to defend, help or help to strengthen the weakest of our brethren. Evolutionism preaches a desperation inherent to the “thief” Christ mentioned in the previous passage. For satan would have us invest all of our eternal opportunity in the finite moments of this existence, incorrectly believing that your lot in this life is all that we may achieve. He would have us give in to the desperation of our circumstances instead of concentrating on God’s promises of abundant life “in this lifetime”. Yes Christ promised that His coming made it so that we “may have life and have it abundantly”. That abundance only comes with a belief in something beyond “ourselves”. It only comes with faith in God’s capacity to transform our circumstances or transform us within our circumstances so that abundant living is possible. Those confining themselves to the finite, fickle and marginally powerless religion of evolutionism have determined that they will leave their access to abundance entirely up to chance. They have had the possibility of abundance stolen by the thief, we also know as the roaming lion, who has effectively deceived them into giving up their birthright into the citizenship of heaven.

Look, I do not know what stimuli prompted those who subscribe to the religion of evolutionism to seek that limited path. I just know that I cannot adhere to such desperation when the choice of abundant life beckons me follow. Why narrow your vision focusing on the limitations of this lifetime when a full scan of the universe demonstrates the Glory of possibility and purpose? I know that God made me for a specific purpose to His Glory. I believe that the living of this life is its own purpose, that I can never be separated from that purpose and that eternity awaits my completion of this segment of infinity. This is not all that I have and that makes me a powerful man even in the face of my obvious worldly weakness. I am acquainted with eternity, His name is Jesus Christ the King of God’s creation. My kinship to Him transcends any impacts that this life has in store, for I shall be with God, forever and forever, servant to a Righteous King who deserves my everything and promises me abundant, Life.

A light touch on the elbow

Posted on November 4, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Often the most unappreciated, hated and frankly entirely loving statement ever made by a friend, family member, pastor or colleague. When someone cares about you enough to put themselves in the painful position of being the person who ushers you away from the edge, usually receiving anger, angst, recrimination and down right contempt, they are taking a chance that you may never forgive. But that is what people who love us must do in order to save us from our own unwise actions, until such time that we have greater discernment. This is especially difficult for more mature Christians dealing with new believers. Often, though people have been saved by saying a prayer and putting their trust in Jesus Christ, they remain likely to rely on previous experience, understanding and “frankly” bad habits to make important decisions. It is terrible to step into someone’s life and gently beckon them away from the precipice, but it is much worse to stand there and watch them in the pit of despair having not taken a moment to help them avoid disaster.

Responsibility is responsibility. Please don’t go to the other extreme of the pendulum and assume that I am recommending to inject ourselves into every aspect or situation in the life of someone about to make poor decisions, for often the Lord will counsel you to step away and turn them over to His hands. However, if we stand there and because we want to be liked or dislike conflict to the point where we watch our brothers and sisters fail miserably, when a kind word at the right timing could have helped them avoid chaos, then we have also failed.

This becomes especially difficult when dealing with anointed persons within the Church Body. Many times Pastors, elders and senior members of the Church forget to watch their own steps and place themselves in danger of falling great distance. For instance, are Churches being true to the direction of the Lord? Are they caring for orphans, widows, the sick, impoverished and perishing within their own neighborhoods. Have they adopted rituals that have nothing to do with keeping our lamps fueled and brightly shining the love of Christ in our cities? Are they making sure that the sheep within the Church Body are safe, properly trained, fed and prepared for each of their own calling in ministry? Are Pastors and elders encouraging Church members to “go out” into the world to find the lost and the lame so that they may be healed through the Power of the Holy Spirit and the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Are they allowing the Holy Spirit to guide sermons, worship and Church program decisions or have they compromised with the world to make sure they are financially sound business managers? Is the menu guiding the preparation of Spiritual Food or is the Hunger for Spiritual Food guiding what is being served?

We owe it to each other to be gentle, honest, genuine and accountable in each of our Church bodies. We owe it to each other to break down the barriers to service placed in our Churches by enemy desires to separate parts of the body via false misconceptions and unworthy doctrinal differences. We owe it to each other to speak truth and love into the lives of our loved ones, often chancing their contempt when we see that people are walking in a manner inconsistent with the Glory that God has bestowed upon them through salvation. We owe it to God to point out poisons, false teaching, immorality, questionable practices and slippery slopes to aid each other in avoiding temptation, backsliding and lackadaisical thinking associated with complacency and comfort. We have a duty to each other to watch out for each sister and brother in Christ. I would rather have you dislike me or hold me in contempt for pointing out a potential misstep then to watch you fall when I could have pointed out the hole before you’ve seen it.

Lord God please give us discernment to know precisely when to act and when to step back. Give us near perfect understanding of our shared responsibility to each other. Let us never violate the sanctity of relationship by showing actions inconsistent with the love we have for one another. In the Name of Lord Jesus I pray.

What now?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

How long have we been collectively napping, as a nation, as a faith, as individuals? Plodding along on that widely cut, well-lit boulevard, chattel headed to the drowning promises of abandon. Analyzing our apparent capacity to ignore the Holy Spirit’s prompting and prophesied, seasonal signals and wonders, we are left assuming that only crisis will wake us from slumber. Will the next great indicator be ignored as well? What will happen for Christians, who now seem willing to overlook; pestilence, war, self-idolatry, demon worship and eroding foundations? How will Christians handle the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple, soon to rise? Will the enemy provide adequate excuse for this major Biblical occurrence, most certainly he will?

Will it take Israel’s decimation of its enemies, the desolation of Damascus and Southern Iran? When will it become clear to Christians that the Bible is true, that it has always been and remains the inerrant word of Almighty God? The Muslims believe,. why don’t we? Just recently they assassinated the head of the Temple Rebuilding Group in Israel, for they understand that if the Temple is rebuilt this is an unavoidable sign of the Glorious Appearing. Where does this leave Christians? Do we continue on our march to self interest, refusing, denying and continually ignoring the Lord’s prompting to do the work while there is still remaining light? What will light the fire in our spirits, what circumstance would be of sufficient impact to prompt us that, “now is the time at which we can no longer ignore our duty to God”? Will it take nuclear conflict, global pandemic, one world government, one world currency, a horrific demonic figure adorned as a saint? These things are most certainly not far off. Or perhaps will it take a rapture of the faithful, leaving those who thought they believed at the mercy of the sudden realization that Jesus had been speaking to them when he said, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:21-23.

I cry out to You, Oh Lord, my Holy God for those who are not yet convinced of Your Coming. Father, I was once in their position and You opened my eyes and my heart to the Truth of Your Word. Father, please wake them from slumber, call them to be washed in Your Word, so that they may enter the labor for harvest while light remains. Forgive me for my laziness in telling everyone about those things which certainly and shortly come to pass. I love You and I love them. Please awake their hearts. In Jesus’ Name.

Thinking, doing, reviewing

Posted on November 2, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Why did Jesus tell us to target the thought? Is there a sin or noble action that is free from the thought that sponsored it? If I am lustful, it is not the stimuli that sponsors the sinful action, it is the imagination of my mind which precedes any acknowledged or hidden sin. Equally, doing good for the Kingdom must first be contemplated before action ensues. This is a natural process of humanity, to think, then do and then review our actions and behaviors. If this process is inhibited at any point it instructs the resultant impacts. For example; if I capture an evil thought that originates from my flesh before it may be encouraged by powers and principalities of the air, uttering the name of Jesus, then I will prohibit the propensity/probability of some sinful action. I will in fact has saved myself, not only from the material sin but also eliminate the guilt which invariably follows. I have been set free from the power of sin and death, I no longer need to follow through with the action that follows the thought. That is truly free.

This natural process must also be projected upon our actions for the Kingdom. If we leave ourselves engaged in our own corrupted thinking, deviance or self worship, then we will never act on the prompting of the Holy Spirit when directed to accomplish the Lord’s Will. We must practice employing the bellows of our own internal fire, by heading the prompting of Spirit and following through with “action”. Just as in the sinful review this willful surrender to the promptings of the Holy Spirit will increase our remembered response to God’s direction. We will remember what it felt like to respond to God’s command, leading and advice, effectively preparing and training ourselves to respond in kind at the next opportunity. Whatever is fed will grow. If we feed healthy review of actions taken at behest of Spirit filled thinking, the growth will be unavoidable and recognizable as Truth. That simple reason is why we should be washing ourselves in the Word of God, for this showering grows faith which leads to right thinking, action and reflection. God’s word will never return void, it will always produce growth, life, learning and maturation. If you want to grow in God’s Will, then shower daily in the washing of God’s Holy Word.

We that believe are free. What we do with that freedom still falls under the parameters of “choice”. Will we embrace the surrender to Jesus by willingly complying with Spirit’s leading, guidance and reproof or will we accept redemption with a return to the compromised thinking of our previous lives? It all comes down to thinking, action and review. Whatever we commit to practice we will eventually master. Will I master following God’s Plan or encourage the poisonous actions of God’s enemies. There are only two positions in this journey, aligned with God or against God, which best describes your life?

Shaped

Posted on November 1, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Who am I? A spirit comprised of the building blocks from God’s created universe, resembling Him and to some extent every molecule around me? Is that me, the pure, man as I was originally intended? Or am I a compilation of all my experiences, the smells, tastes, repeated breaths and memories of this affected globe? If I were able to remain clean, untainted, shouldn’t I be able to select my memories? Don’t the things that I remember become a part of the whole, just as the bruise from a stone left beneath my foot for too long may cause a slight hitch in my giddyup? Am I free from the stimuli, pain and shock, or am I simply a conglomerate of the good things that happen along this roughshod road? If this were true then the new age thinkers would be somewhat correct, I would be able to cleanse myself of the filth of this world, eschewing bad energy for that which is fine and wholesome. But that is not what I am, my memories have become part of the whole, although sometimes I wish they could be extracted. I am encouraged or diminished by what my eyes sees, what my body feels and what my mind thinks or the stimuli which impact me in my wanderings.

I must be careful therefore, what falls before my eyes or the diet upon which I feed them. Yes, in Christ, sanctification follows redemption, I most certainly will be freed of these impurities by the Potter’s Hand, but not now. Honestly, I don’t know that I would want Him to remove everything I have suffered, learned or experienced. This world has effected me as the brutal trainer it remains. It is easier to love people having known my own weakness, having been subject to bullying, brutality, hunger, fear and sadness. My bruises give me a special kinship or understanding for those who have suffered equally. Perhaps this is meant to lead me to greater understanding of Christ, as I learn to rejoice in the sharing of His suffering. For isn’t it proof of faith to be seen by everyone else as a servant of the King to the point of being included in those who share the contempt of humanity. They cannot hurt Him anymore but we are often recipients of their hate, fear and mockery in transference. Do I want to escape this opportunity or share in His live being lived through me?

It may be God’s intention for me to be transformed into the spirit being I was originally intended, but what then was the purpose of my time spent in this crucible? Shall I become something more than when I entered, shaped by my experiences, my eyes and my memories or be stripped of every unwanted facet, revealing the pure intention? That seems logical. That somehow I will have been prepared for the next phase in my existence, the hereafter. If these things that I think, hear and see, truly become part of me, then I certainly want to manage my memories, selectively preparing my mind for eternity. If it will all be stripped away from me revealing the untainted, immutable center, then my life stimuli matters nil. Since God tells us in Philippians 4:8, ‘Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.‘, then we must assume that what we see, think and hear does have a greater, lasting impact on our soul. I may not be adept enough to escape the bumps and bruises, or am I certain that I would wish to, but there certainly are some experiences, stimuli and visuals that may be easily avoided by choice.

Lord give me the strength to forgo those things which do not edify my spirit. Teach me and direct me toward those things of good rapport that may strengthen my soul in preparation. Thank you so much for the experiences that are meant to educate me, hone me and shape me for Your intention. Praise You Lord in Jesus Holy Name.

This very day

Posted on October 31, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Retirement savings, leisure street, vacation to warm settings and rest. Planning for the welfare of my grand kids, such that every waking day is spent in performance, limiting prayer. What have I become that all the priorities, plans and initiatives of my home, church and personal time surround the bullet points, time lines and plateaus organized in my own strategic focus? What then of God’s Will, can I orchestrate service to the Lord into my list of priorities, when these must get done now in order to achieve our economic and social goals? How do I juggle the increasingly diminished moments I am given as the world becomes more complex and picks up speed? Can I slow it down or do I simply step back and forgo those plans of personal prosperity derived from my own toil? What would the result be if I gave it all to God and let the chips fall where they may, even forsaking the fear of growing old and having no fall back position? Do I believe.

Today I spent money on welfare for the homeless and it felt right, given from a joyous heart, yet it was money we did not have to give. Everyone around is pressuring to pull back on tithe and pennies freely given for the bills they must come first. Really? That isn’t the Gospel as I remember it. I have always been a bit envious of the widow and her two last mites. Do I believe this day that the Lord is Faithful, True, Reliable and Honest? Did He say that He would provide for “all” my needs according to His riches and Glory in Christ Jesus? What then should happen to me if I gave all my money for the Kingdom and my fears were proved out, leaving me destitute, my family disenfranchised, my security shattered? How should I then change my view of God, having walked in faith, counting sight unworthy? See folks, I have been there, homeless, worried, harried and alone. God never failed to show up, providing me exactly what I needed when I needed it, whether, food or friend or Shelter in His Word.

How then can I convince those around me that it is never solely upon me which they depend, for if that were so, they should certainly be left dissatisfied? I can provide a reasonable living but God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. I can love, comfort and encourage, but God knows every hair upon your head and knew your name in the womb. What then of my pride at failing those around me? I am sorry, but I am insufficient to your expectations. I will love you and do my darndest to assist, provide, prepare and follow through, but it is God who invariably brings the blessing. Even if it is by my hand that the work is done, providing coin, it is God who gave me breath, hand, talent and endurance. Without His provision we would certainly be lost and our collectives fear realized. But that is not the case, for even this day, I am surrounded by God’s Blessings of hope, heart and safety. I am thankful and happy to depend upon the Lord, for me, He is enough. If He does not provide for my needs then there certainly is a reason and an eventual blessing following that lesson.

Even this day, I will love Him for that is all that I have to give you is the love He first gave me. Jesus be praised.

No more, “Right Nows”

Posted on October 30, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

That urge, the one that tells you that you must do something “right now” or the world is going to fall apart is not from God. God is love, love is patient, so likely the directions that include waiting on God are the only messages directly from the Lord. That is not to say that the Lord will not sent you urgent warnings to action or movement, but they will be specific and clearly meant for His glory and your protection. When you have that obsessive, I’ve got to do this thing right now feeling, it is important to remember the structure of the fleshly language and sin.

The flesh wants satisfaction, Now!. It does not embrace wisdom, Godliness, purity, patience and endurance, it consumes and looks for the next bite, plate, escape or passion. It will not give in to reason telling you that it is okay to wait, pray and think another day. It screams, NOW in every prompting. Understand the voice of God, practice listening to Him and His voice will become distinct in the crowd of noise and demands pulling upon your heart strings. Waiting produces a quality in humans that is absent in the sensory fulfillment range of understanding and action. It is difficult to wait, typically something that is waited for is better, more lasting and significantly more fulfilling than the instant gratification of fleshly wants and enemy promptings. Therefore God and His prophets continually counsel us in the Bible to Wait upon the Lord.

It is important to mention that in your waiting you must continue to make preparation for that moment when the Lord does direct action, so don’t just sit around waiting to hear the audible voice of God or His angels, prepare. Learn, walk, disciple, teach, stretch, study, pray, fast and Pray again for this is the preparedness of every Christian. In humility and knowledge of my relationship with God, I must wisely wait. For I can be guaranteed that if the enemy is using my fleshly obsessive components to get me to do something now it is meant to cause me to forgo God’s blessing upon which I was meant to wait in faith. This is how he steals, kills, destroys Christian blessings, by making sure that we are late, early or miss the Divine opportunity around the next bend.

Father, teach me again humility and understanding that often begins with waiting upon Your Will instead of pursuing my own. You know my dreams, especially those nearest my heart that coincide with resembling You. Let me achieve the best in life, preparing for the next. Let me only chase or wait upon those things You have prescribed for my blessing. Lead me, let me not lead myself into danger or disaster. I love You Lord, in Jesus Name.

Beyond valuation

Posted on October 29, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

How precious you are. How precious are you? What a difference it makes to change the word order in these two short sentences. We live in a world that seeks, in human estimation, to put a dollar or monetary valuation to everything. How then may we as humans escape this pecuniary valuation assigned to the human life? The unfortunate answer is that we cannot when discussing these things without contemplating, discussing and integrating God’s perspective and understanding of humanity. This simple distinction may be the strongest influence in loss of life and under appreciation of human worth. What then is the difference in these two life perspectives? The enemy wants nothing more than to prohibit our conversation and review of these concepts, as asking these questions immediately points our hearts toward understanding and knowing God.

If you had to sum up the entire Bible in one sentence, you would inevitably be drawn to a single passage in the Book of John, 3:16. This verse encapsulates the foundation of our limited Sovereign understanding. Yet, just as in our review of the atom, we are left in awe regarding how complex such a tiny statement truly remains. “For God so loved the world”. Six words that seem at the outset innocuous, yet when contemplated, meditated and discussed are the basis of the root of humanity. Why did God love this world, it appears unworthy of such priceless estimation? That is exactly my point. We seek to see through our own eyes, tainted by this propensity to place a valuation of our own accounting upon everything living or material. We cannot understand God because we see things as worthy or unworthy, we have no understanding of the term, “unconditional”. We have no balance through which to justify, weigh or estimate “life”, except that which is provided through God. It has nothing to do with our worth as humans, it has to do with the characteristics of our AMAZING CREATOR.

He is capable of loving that which we find unlovable. He is faithful and true and will forgive the most awful sin just for the “price” of trust, repentance and belief. We cannot begin to comprehend this type of love, a love that would give a perfect child as ransom for all the other “unworthy” lot, to save them from their hopelessness. To look upon this type of valuation we must leave our humanity behind for a period of time, as continuing to place a value upon everything, prohibits the tools necessary to this contemplation. We cannot understand because we lack the requisite tools. It is the same in our evaluation of the sub atomic particles. Each time we have broken them down to their individual parts we realize that the argument has become “more complicated” as we begin to see that there are universes within universes, within strings, dimensions and forces beyond our reckoning. We so much want to bring things in to the light of our own human definition and in so doing lose the capacity to see the “forest through the trees”. Loving man has nothing to do with man’s worth or works. Just as in an atom, the sub-components are priceless because they reflect the complexity of God, they invite us to relationship.

The next time you feel depressed, unworthy or undervalued, remember that God’s economy is different than human limited understanding and estimation. He loves you because He loves you. Therefore, since you are priceless to God, you are priceless to me. He gave us the greatest gift that He could possibly give, the life of a perfect child, spent for the sole purpose of eliminating the barriers between sinful man and a Holy God. If you ever doubted how much you are worth and feel useless, unworthy or just another toothpick and a great big jar, take a moment and remember how much God loves you. Value is a human thing, life has estimable worth, to God it is worth “everything”. That is why He gave Jesus, the Christ as ransom to buy you back from your captors, sin and death. They can never touch you again, you belong to the King of Unconditional Love, the God of this universe and every universe. Be loved, be strong, be true.

http://youtu.be/W-pLRM0rgjE God is better from Francis Chan Jam