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You are not God!

    Well of course I’m not! But do I sometimes act like I am? When things don’t go my way, when my loved ones hurt… why do I get frustrated, and sometimes even angry? Because I‘m faced with the reality that I’m not God! I’m not fully in control as I thought I was… or as I would like to be. And I face the very same ugly pride monster that brought about the fall of Satan himself! The very same ugly pride monster than Satan then used with Adam and Eve… “you will be like God!”

    We have trouble accepting the fact that we are dependent creatures. We are not the Creator. And we have accepted the lie that this is very negative. We make God out to be some narcissistic figure who created humans to enslave them and so we are always seeking ways to do away with “the chains” as Rousseau would say. 

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    Indecisiveness and Failure

    Why do we sometimes think and rethink and then rethink again daily trivial decisions? We don’t want to fail. 

    Why don’t we want to fail? You’d think that’s common sense. Why would anyone want to fail?

    But let’s dig a bit deeper. What’s the first thing we think of when we fail? It usually isn’t the mistake itself as much as it is people’s perception of us after the failure, especially if it’s people whose opinion of us matters… people we’re trying to impress. 

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    Who am I?

    The search for identity is one of the “big questions” that we all face sometime in our lives. 

    But unfortunately we tend to look for the answer in all the wrong places. We long to belong, we long for someone or something that can satisfy our deep longing for identity. Some try academia and degrees. Others try work. Some try material possessions and wealth. Others try relationships and popularity. Some even try ministry. All to satisfy their innate desire to belong. 

    What if God created us for something so much greater? What if CS Lewis was right when he wrote, “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world?”

    My friends, let us seek to discover who we are by returning to our Creator. God has granted you and me our only accurate ID card. He actually paid an eternal price for it. Only an eternal God can satisfy our eternal souls. 

    Only by knowing Him, can we discover our invaluable uniqueness and matchless individuality. Don’t settle for anything less! 

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    What’s that in your hand?

    During Moses’ long discussion with the Lord, trying to convince Him that he is not fit for the job that God saw he was fit for, God asks Moses this seemingly strange question: What is that in your hand, Moses?

    He asked the disciples how many fish and loaves of bread the little boy had to feed the 5,000.

    He asked David how many stones he had to fight Goliath. And many many more examples…

    And He is asking you and me: What is that in your hand? Let’s not underestimate what the Almighty God can do with the little we feel we have. Let’s give our all to Him and believing, let’s get ready to amazed!

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    The Rock

    The Lord has been impressing upon my heart repeatedly the truth that He is the Rock and I feel compelled to share a few thoughts.

    If He is the Rock, then why build our lives on the sands of circumstances, other people, money, fame, emotions, ego, etc..? The shifting sands around us are endless. The loud voices that each seem to want to pull us in different directions can be unbearable. Our own pride and seeking the accolades of men tugs at us. Fluctuating emotions can give us quite the roller coaster ride! Even our desire to self-actualize, to feel effective and fulfilled in our jobs, clouds our vision of what is eternally important. Our children and trying so hard to literally do everything for them, could turn them into “trophy children” rather than on route to their part in God’s grand story. 

    Yet in the midst of all of life’s craziness, He calls us to “be still and know that I AM God.” He has not called us to some external refuge. He Himself has become our Rock of refuge against the fiercest of storms. For with a single word He orders the storms to be still. 

    Dear friends, let us stop looking for refuge elsewhere. Let us stop depending on shifting sands that could kill us, but rather firmly hold on to our only Rock of refuge in these turbulent times in which we live. Let us be like the wise man who built his house upon the Rock.

    Time is short. Carpe Diem, Coram Deo (Seize the day in the presence of the Lord).