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Indescribable Concepts

Oct7

Indescribable;

*Beyond description

*Beyond words

*Unspeakable

*Inexpressible

*Unutterable

*Incommunicable

*Too “awe-full” for words

*Too wonderful for words

 

We have no concept how big God is.

Psalm 150:1 (NAS)

Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

 

We have no concept of the price Jesus paid for our lives.

   Romans 3:24 (NIRV)

       The free gift of God’s grace makes all of us right with him. Christ Jesus paid the price to set us free.

 

We have no concept of eternity.

 Isaiah 43:13 (NAS)

“Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?”

 

We have no concept of heaven.

 2 Peter 3:13 (NAS)

But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

 

We have no concept of hell.

Revelation 20:14 (NAS)

         Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

 

We have no concept of how choosing Him, will change everything.

  Joshua 24:15 (NIRV)

   “But suppose you don’t want to serve him. Then choose for yourselves right now whom you will serve. You can choose the gods your people served east of the Euphrates River. Or you can choose the gods the Amorites serve. After all, you are living in their land. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

 

We have no concept that He knew us before we ever were.

     Jeremiah 1:5 (NAS)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

 

We have no concept that He chose us already and we just need to choose Him back.

          Psalms 132:13 (NIRV)

          The Lord has chosen Zion.

(That’s you if you know Him.  If you have not had your Significant Encounter with Him yet, please visit the rescue page on this blog) 

       That’s the place where he wants to live.  (In your heart)

            

John 15:19 (NIRV)

If you belonged to the world, it would love you like one of its own. But you do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world.

 

We have no concept of just how much God wants to love on us.

 Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

 

We have no concept that He wants to tell us great things.

    Jeremiah 33:3 (NASB)

        ‘ Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

 

We have no concept that He wants to lavish us with grace and love and mercy.

Ephesians 1:7-9 (NASB)

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him.

 

We have no concept that when we rejoice, so does He.

Romans 12:15a

Rejoice with those who rejoice,

 

We have no concept that when we cry, He does too.

Romans 12:15b

and weep with those who weep.

 

We have no concept that He wants to hold us when we’re hurting.

  Job 36:15 (NIRV)

But God saves suffering people while they are suffering. He speaks to them while they are hurting.

 

We  no concept that He wants to heal us when we’re sick.

     Psalms 30:2 (NIRV)

Lord my God, I called out to you for help. And you healed me.

 

We have no concept that He wants to find us when we’re lost.

     Luke 15:24 (NIRV)

This son of mine was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ “So they began to celebrate.

 

We have no concept of how much He wants us to be like Him.

        John 5:19 (NIRV)

Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.

           John 14:12 (NIRV)

“What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. In fact, he will do even greater things. That is because I am going to the Father.

 

We have no concept of how He wants to have us dream with Him forever.

                Daniel 2:28 (NAS)

However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

 

So here it is.

The whole truth and nothing but the truth.

 

Indescribable right?

What concept do you need Him to be for you?

Can you TRY to describe it?

 

 

It’s Always There

Oct5

Lately I’ve been noticing a certain topic that keeps repeating itself.

Whenever I turn on the radio, it’s there.

Whenever I’m in church, it’s there.

When I wake up and when I go to bed, it’s there.

When I speak to my family, it’s there.

When I’m driving to town, it’s there.

When I’m working and when I’m playing, it’s there.

When I’m cleaning my house, it’s there.

When I’m doing my laundry, it’s there.

When I’m reading or writing, it’s there.

                                What is this thing you ask?

                                What is this thing that I cannot get away from?

                                No matter what I’m doing, it is there?

                                                                                           It’s the ability to choose!

If I choose not to turn on the radio, I can live in silence.

If I choose not to go to church, I can miss out on community.

If I choose to wake up too early, I can be tired all day.

If I choose to stay up too late, I can be crabby tomorrow.

Either of those choices effects how I treat my family.

The way I choose to drive to town determines if I am late for my appointments.

If I choose to work too much, then I won’t get rested.

If I choose to play too much, then I won’t accomplish my goals.

If I choose not to clean my house, I’ll likely be embarrassed if company comes unannounced.

If I choose to do no laundry, that will bring on a whole lot of loud talkin’!

If I choose not to read, my learning will suffer and

If I choose not to write, well then, I’ll explode.

Can I tell you that I never really had any concept of choice until I was an adult with children!

That’s a long time.  So sad.  So much time wasted on choices that OTHERS made for me.

There’s the silver lining.

Every cloud has one you know.  

God is restoring FULLY every one of those choices for HIS glory!

What the thief has stolen, he has to give you double for your trouble.

                     Wait.  Stolen?  What does that mean?

Simply this.

I was not taught that I had a choice.  I knew nothing of choices.

Since I knew nothing of choices, I did not know that even in the not choosing, I was making a choice.

By not making a choice, I was in essence, making a bad choice.

Proverbs speaks of the wise woman building her house. 

The unwise woman tears hers down and she knows it not.

I knew it not.

Our good choices, our bad choices, or our no choices at all,

cause us to live with or without the very things that are ours through Christ Jesus.

The enemy of our souls, uses our indecision and our unawareness of Gods plan for our lives

 to steal away the gifts that God our Father wants to lavish on us.

What does God want to lavish us with? (Lavish = generous or abundance to the excess !)

*         Grace

*         Peace

*         Mercy

*         Love

*         Prosperity

*         Provision

*         God’s Goodness

These things become more and more evident in the life of a believer as they seek His face.

We can look forward to these things growing in our lives when we make the choice to follow Him.

(If you have not made this choice yet, please visit the “Rescue” page on this blog for that opportunity)

So. 

What stands in the way of making good choices?

Can I perhaps help you make better ones?

The choice is yours.

Proverbs 14:1  The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

John 10:10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Exodus 22:7b  the thief, if he is caught, must pay back double.

Job 36: 11, 16, 21, 26.  If they obey and serve Him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.  He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.  Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.  How great is God – beyond our understanding!  The number of His is past finding out.        

Rocking Chairs and Tornadoes

Oct3

 

With all the news as of late about natural disasters, it is really difficult to

“Be not afraid.” or “Fear not.”

Some events in our lives may make us feel like we are in those disasters,

even though physically, we may not be.

You know what I mean don’t you?

Are there things going on in your life that have the potential to

strike sorrow and fear into you?

If we compared these disasters, what would we find they have in common?

 I never gave this question much thought until I heard Nate Berkus recount his experience  of being swept away in a tsunami.                       

In the water with him were telephone poles, barbed wire, parts of trees and people’s homes …. and people.                                                   

All these things were swirling around him and beating his body, all the while he was fighting for his very life.

Is that how you feel right now?

 

        Is the debris of your life beating you while you are struggling to keep                              

your head above it all?

Are sorrow and fear and loss threatening to engulf you?

Do your circumstances feel like they are beating the life out of you?

   Consider this picture.

 

Your life is the tornado.

Debris is flying everywhere and the mayhem of it all is causing you mass confusion.

You are swirling around with this mess and there is no exit.

This is not too much of a stretch, if you are like many of the people you know.

The fact is, you may recognize some of those folks in the havoc, right along with you!

 

              Now push the pause button, and consider a different picture.

                      

The tornado is still there.

The debris is still flying and the mayhem is still circling you.

HOWEVER

 

The difference is that YOU aren’t anywhere to be found in the mass confusion.

YOU are firmly planted in the middle of the eye of that storm.

YOU are seated in a rocking chair.

                                                 What does that mean?????

Firmly seated in a rocking chair, in the eye of the storm?

 

The peace of your Father God is planted deeply in your heart.

 

YOUR heart is full of the knowledge that He is aware and in total control.

To be sure, there still may be sorrow and loss, but YOU do not have to live with fear.

 

How do I know this?

First off, I’ve had my fair share of living in fear. 

Secondly, the Word of God plainly states that if you know Him,

If you receive what His Son Jesus did for you on the cross,

then you need not be afraid.

(If you do not have the assurance of Jesus’ saving grace,

then please visit the “Rescue” page on this blog.)

I believe the word of God to be true. 

Every word.

So when He says not to be afraid (found over 80 times) in the Bible,

I choose to obey.

Notice I said “choose”.  Being afraid is not a sin.  

What you do with it could be.

You get to make that choice.

The only thing you are to fear is God.

That is a different fear.

Not spooky, creepy fear,

but a fear that is defined as being in awe of Him.

 

Here’s the ask.  For today. 

Use the following verses in your circumstances.  Today.

We can truly only do it for today.

Choose to let God be in control of your chaos.  Today.

Choose to sit in that rocking chair and relax while He takes on everything

that would set your heart to fear.  Today.

This is not an easy task.  The world we live in caters to fear.  Its goal is to make us afraid.

Just look at the nightly news.  (No wait, maybe you shouldn’t)

At any rate, giving your fear to God will get easier with practice.

Note: Remember ~ Doctors practice.  Lawyers practice. Athletes practice.

Why do they do so?  To get better at what they do.

I encourage you to practice not being afraid,

to sit and rest on your rocker, while God handles things.

 

Psalm 34:9  (NIV) Fear the LORD; you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.

 Lamentations 3:57  (NIV) You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”

Isaiah 41:10  (NIV) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 (AMP)  Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.