Haha funny stuff.
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Too much credit? September 16, 2009
Something to think about today…
I had a friend of mine that absolutely refused to change the oil in his car. One day, it blew up. Not enough oil for the engine to operate properly. When I talked with him on the phone he was furious…not at the car…not at his lack of diligence…not at his folly…but at the devil. He went on rebuking the devil on the phone for five minutes…then got mad at me because I didn’t join in the festivities. When I suggested that the problem may have not been the devil but his own lack of diligence in changing the oil in his car…let’s just say I became the devil. 
We need to grow up. Here is why.
A co-worker snapping at us, another driver cutting us off on the road, getting an unexpected bill in the mail, a household appliance breaking down, etc…that isn’t warfare folks…those are opportunities to demonstrate the character of Jesus. To place our faith in him. That is also what non-charismatic people call…living life.
Stuff breaks, people have attitudes, and driving to work everyday is a faith experience in itself.
We have a tendency to blame EVERYTHING that doesn’t go exactly according to plan on the devil. Sometimes we need to stop and ask ourselves this simple question…Is the circumstance that I am currently facing caused by my own foolishness?
Seriously, it may not be the Devil attacking you. It may be your own foolishness that is beating you.
Or…
It could be God trying to talk to you. He is telling you that it is time to change. Time to readjust some attitudes, some bad spending habits, destructive patterns of behavior…maybe your circumstances is His way of dealing with your unbending will that is conflicting with His…I dunno.
But I do know, we give the devil too much credit.
He is a DEFEATED foe. CRUSHED by the POWER of JESUS, and is so powerless against our Savior that all we have to do, as Christ followers, is just “resist” him and he will flee.
Does a believer experience warfare and seasons of demonic attack?
Absolutely.
But, if you are always fighting against what isn’t…how will you know what is?
Have a great day. Thanks for reading.
Bone deep September 10, 2009
Some simple encouragement today.
A few months back, I flipped over the front of my mountain bike during a ride with one of the guys.
If you follow me on twitter, then from time to time you will get random pictures of all the nasty cuts and bruises. I like sending them out because my wife thinks I am a stud when she sees them. Anyhoo, this one was different.
It wasn’t a cut, gash, or a scrape (like the usual culprits)…it was just a crazy but random spill and my wrist, while trying to stop the fall, caught the majority of the force. I didn’t really notice it at the time…but a few hours later it was bothering me. Really bothering me.
Now, months later, if I bend it a certain way and hold it there for any amount of time it will begin to hurt again. If, I sleep with my head on it then it will give me problems during the day. The wound is bone deep.
Meaning…It hasn’t healed. And, that it isn’t on the surface so I can’t see it.
Some things in life can be like that.
The Bible has this to say about why Jesus died.
Jesus didn’t come to clean us up on the outside only. He came so that those hurts that run bone deep can be healed as well.
My prayer is that over the next few weeks and months that our church experiences the sweet presence of Jesus that heals the bone deep wounds that only He can see…that only He knows about…that only He can heal.
His death on the cross was about so much more than just salvation…it was also about liberation.
Have a great day and thanks for reading.
