Just think of that, He does give us a rich store of salvation, wisdom and knowledge but do we have that loving fear to surrender to Him. We are so consumed with our own pleasure and comfort we forget there is no peace like heavenly peace. We try and fill our lives with meaningless treasures or idols and we stop fearing the Lord. I went and saw Dr. David Jeremiah on Thursday and he shared this story: A man in Haiti was trying to sell his house for 2000 dollars and he had a man not that well off offer 1000 dollars. He told the man; I will sell it to you for a thousand but you need to let me keep ownership of this one nail in this beam. He agreed and bought the house. A few years later the man wanted to buy the house back but the new owner wouldn’t sell it to him. So the man that owned the nail put an animal carcass on the nail in the house and it started to smell so bad the man ended up selling it back to him. Dr. Jeremiah concluded with this “If we even leave a small peg in our lives for the devil he will use it.” The lord is our treasure and all we need to know and learn from. We can’t say we love God and still want to live a life that is of the world. This can never be a statement that comes from our mouth, I fear the Lord but I still need to do this or I am comfortable doing that. What pegs do we have in our lives that give the devil a foothold? Open God’s word and ask for the wisdom and knowledge that He offers us all and then surrender to His will and remove all the pegs that keep you down. Amen
Isaiah 33:5-6 “Though the Lord is very great and lives in heaven, He will make Jerusalem His home of justice and righteousness. In that day He will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord will be your treasure.”
Just think of that, He does give us a rich store of salvation, wisdom and knowledge but do we have that loving fear to surrender to Him. We are so consumed with our own pleasure and comfort we forget there is no peace like heavenly peace. We try and fill our lives with meaningless treasures or idols and we stop fearing the Lord. I went and saw Dr. David Jeremiah on Thursday and he shared this story: A man in Haiti was trying to sell his house for 2000 dollars and he had a man not that well off offer 1000 dollars. He told the man; I will sell it to you for a thousand but you need to let me keep ownership of this one nail in this beam. He agreed and bought the house. A few years later the man wanted to buy the house back but the new owner wouldn’t sell it to him. So the man that owned the nail put an animal carcass on the nail in the house and it started to smell so bad the man ended up selling it back to him. Dr. Jeremiah concluded with this “If we even leave a small peg in our lives for the devil he will use it.” The lord is our treasure and all we need to know and learn from. We can’t say we love God and still want to live a life that is of the world. This can never be a statement that comes from our mouth, I fear the Lord but I still need to do this or I am comfortable doing that. What pegs do we have in our lives that give the devil a foothold? Open God’s word and ask for the wisdom and knowledge that He offers us all and then surrender to His will and remove all the pegs that keep you down. Amen
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2/17/2011 05:18:17 am
AMEN! I just read where Jesus said we cannot serve two masters. Therefore, we must be our own master and do what we want to do, or we must take Jesus as our master and do what He wants us to do. It is impossible to do both. I guess we all have to decide just what Master we want to serve.
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