Wrapping up the story with a big red bow!
The thing that drives me nuts about life is not knowing things. I mean that. I don't enjoy the hardships when they come. Sometimes scabs get ripped open and bleed again. Those wounds will not heal. They pain my go but they've been ripped at so often, they'll leave scars.
If you've been following along, I told you a while back about a dream I had. The crux of it was that in the dream a voice said that something that was forbidden to me was now OK. In the dream, I kept arguing with the voice; saying "God said no" over and over again. I told you about the little battles that I waged with myself because that didn't make sense. I couldn't find scriptural basis for it. I can for other things, but not this one. It just didn't seem right and it finally got to the point where a lot of prayer took place about it.
I mentioned that this was something I could have tried to do but in the end it would have been an act of disobedience. I'm not big on disobeying God these days. God isn't who I need Him to be; He is who He says He is. He doesn't change like shifting sands.
But sometimes the Evil One can try to trick us into thinking it was God. He tried it with me. It didn't work. It very well could have. But what saved me was the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan by using God's word. Jesus replied with a verse of Scripture on His own. There's a reason I go to church; this one particular Sunday saved me from a lot of grief. And I don't read my Bible like I used to.
This stuff is just for review. The meat and potatoes is coming up next.
God is and He answers prayers. I got my answer before the sun went down last night to one of my dilemmas. It was pretty much what I expected but my problem was that there was a part of me that wanted it to be true. I mean, I knew, but I didn't want to know at the same time, you know? I needed to know though, and after much prayer, the Lord took mercy on me and in His divine Providence, supplied the answer I needed.
I quit asking why a long time ago but sometimes God explains the why after the what. I drive by a particular church every work day on my way to the base. Today's sign on the church sign says:
"Strange Doctrine Will Lead U Astray"
Still don't believe in God?
Yeah, it's all just coincidence.
Listen, do I think God caused all of this? No. Do I think I had a dream and it kind of ignited a little battle within? You bet! Do I think it was caused by the Evil One? It wouldn't surprise me. But those are just speculations. What I do know is what God did with that set of events. He used them to teach me a very valuable lesson about being careful about what you listen to. That's a good lesson. I still believe He speaks to us through the things we see around us, but I believe that's not exclusive to God.
This one hurt to learn. The ones that do tend to be important and this lesson will last a lifetime. What got me through it, as I said, was not knowing what to do besides wait and pray and let God sort it out, was a whole bunch of what NOT to do. By not doing what I knew NOT to do, I avoided something. I learned something. And nobody's life got messed up in the process.
God is Good all the time! Praise God for lessons learned!
If you've been following along, I told you a while back about a dream I had. The crux of it was that in the dream a voice said that something that was forbidden to me was now OK. In the dream, I kept arguing with the voice; saying "God said no" over and over again. I told you about the little battles that I waged with myself because that didn't make sense. I couldn't find scriptural basis for it. I can for other things, but not this one. It just didn't seem right and it finally got to the point where a lot of prayer took place about it.
I mentioned that this was something I could have tried to do but in the end it would have been an act of disobedience. I'm not big on disobeying God these days. God isn't who I need Him to be; He is who He says He is. He doesn't change like shifting sands.
But sometimes the Evil One can try to trick us into thinking it was God. He tried it with me. It didn't work. It very well could have. But what saved me was the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan by using God's word. Jesus replied with a verse of Scripture on His own. There's a reason I go to church; this one particular Sunday saved me from a lot of grief. And I don't read my Bible like I used to.
This stuff is just for review. The meat and potatoes is coming up next.
God is and He answers prayers. I got my answer before the sun went down last night to one of my dilemmas. It was pretty much what I expected but my problem was that there was a part of me that wanted it to be true. I mean, I knew, but I didn't want to know at the same time, you know? I needed to know though, and after much prayer, the Lord took mercy on me and in His divine Providence, supplied the answer I needed.
I quit asking why a long time ago but sometimes God explains the why after the what. I drive by a particular church every work day on my way to the base. Today's sign on the church sign says:
"Strange Doctrine Will Lead U Astray"
Still don't believe in God?
Yeah, it's all just coincidence.
Listen, do I think God caused all of this? No. Do I think I had a dream and it kind of ignited a little battle within? You bet! Do I think it was caused by the Evil One? It wouldn't surprise me. But those are just speculations. What I do know is what God did with that set of events. He used them to teach me a very valuable lesson about being careful about what you listen to. That's a good lesson. I still believe He speaks to us through the things we see around us, but I believe that's not exclusive to God.
This one hurt to learn. The ones that do tend to be important and this lesson will last a lifetime. What got me through it, as I said, was not knowing what to do besides wait and pray and let God sort it out, was a whole bunch of what NOT to do. By not doing what I knew NOT to do, I avoided something. I learned something. And nobody's life got messed up in the process.
God is Good all the time! Praise God for lessons learned!
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