God, Bruce Almighty, where we should look

Posted January 4, 2014

Walking closely with God is mandatory for every Born again Christian.

And yet all too often we tend to run ahead or lag behind. Until, of course, things heat up. Then we stick to God like glue.

I know this because this has been my life.

Even in my closeness with God I often do not allow Him the space to do the work that He wants to do in me and my life, to bring me into wholeness.

But all that is about to change. I believe that He is calling me to walk closer with Him than I ever have before.

In the movie Bruce Almighty there is a scene where God rejoins Bruce after he has misused some “godlike” powers he has been given.

God finds him “parting the red sea” of tomato soup. What God says to Bruce during that scene was so subtle that when I first watched the movie I did not notice it.

When I finally did notice it, it blew me away.

In that scene you could tell that God realized that Bruce simply did not get who God was, because if Bruce did he would not be acting the way he was.

So God said gently, “Come take a closer walk with me.”

I love that. I thought at first he said “Let’s go take a walk.”

But what He in essence said was “Bruce you think you know me and what I am all about, but come and walk closely with me and find out who I really am, and in the process who you are.”

So Bruce walked with God.

At first He kept his eyes so on God that he never even noticed where God took him.

When He finally looked away He realized that He was walking on water.

That is how it is supposed to be.

That is God heart for us.

We are supposed to keep our eyes so fixed on God that He is able to do the miraculous in and through us.

We limit God by our disbelief.

He tells us In Isaiah 41:10

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you.

I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

If things are hard in your life then look to God.

If things are great in your life that look to God.

Allow Him the space and He will lead you to places that you never thought you would go.

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Bible Verse = Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation, 3rd ed. (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2007), Is 41:10.

Photo = © Alis Photo – Fotolia.com

He holds this…so we don’t have to worry!

I know not what the future holds, but I do know who holds the future. ~ Homer

A Great Anthem for the Christian new year

when the odds are forever in your favor

Posted December 31, 2013

Filed under Thoughts on Trusting God

I left my job yesterday to prepare for the call that God has placed on my life.

While I do have some income coming in, all the little incidentals like food and heat, lights, and clothing are no longer guaranteed.

But I am really OK with not knowing how these many many things will be provided for. Why?

Because the job is not my source, God is!

I know that with God in control of my life, the odds are forever in my favor.

God has led me to step out in faith and to trust Him to take care of me and my family.

Because first God spoke to my heart about trusting Him, then I stepped out and I allowed God space in my life to do the work to step-by-step to built up my faith,I am able now able to step into the future that He has called me to.

This world is not our home.

We are here for such a short while. We need to be less about comfort and more about doing the Fathers business.

If the enemy knows that he can control us through our money, then he will make sure we spend a life focused on self, and never fulfill the calling that God has placed on our lives.

If we can just switch our thinking from trusting in our bank account to trusting in God, then nothing will be able to shake us.

How are your odds looking?