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Another “Truth” Unlearned
“God will never give you more than you He can handle.” Unlearned the hard way, Binsey, Tree Thoughts Adminstrator Please follow and like us:
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When God Unbuilds You
I feel your bad time. I’ve been there. The there that feels ragged and gut wrenching. You feel at times like your life is over. You need comfort. May I offer some? You can only lose that which wasn’t eternal. Seems harsh, right? Seems like you will forever have to live in a world undone, washed away, blown away, stolen. What is left? When all is taken down is there anything left? Yes! Your foundation which is Christ. He is enough. Trust this for now. He IS enough. And when He becomes enough you will find He is rebuilding a new structure, a glorious one; one you never dreamed you…
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You were changed in Him!
“Brothers in the context of our inclusion in Christ, we are blameless; we participate in this heavenly identity. We have become fully acquainted with Christ Jesus as the Ambassador and Chief Priest of our confession. Our lives co-echo the logic of God’s eternal conversation in him.” Heb. 3:1(Mirror Word, trans.) This life seems to move and radiate with such shifts, sometimes they seem to contain such ecstasy and at other moments such devastation. As a people of experience, we sometimes think and begin to believe all these moments added together define our person. Yet, in the midst of it all there is a whisper. There is a voice, an echo,…
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When God Takes You Off Your Throne
It’s not easy to be your own God. Think of all the variables you must foresee, have access to, manipulate and mold to your best interest. It’s a heavy task. So heavy, in fact, you will be emotionally and spiritually spent at the end of most days. You will sink onto your sofa for some distraction, take something to help you sleep, and wake up the next day with the same dilemma: If I can’t trust God, I have to trust myself. But wait! Because you are the Lord’s beloved, the day will come when He relieves you of those fragile substitutes. One by one, they must be exposed for…
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“Take My Yoke Upon You,” Matt 11:29
The Yoke You Can Give Up Yokes speak of confinement, heaviness, work. But what of the yoke described in Matthew 11:29 as “easy, light, and restful”? Is this a yoke from a different world? A yoke which is beyond our experience today? Right here? Right now? No. It’s ours and it’s ours right now, today. This is the yoke offered by Christ to all of His followers. This yoke takes hold of the mind of Christ as eagerly as Jacob took the firstborn’s birthright. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that a freely…
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Piece by Piece, Francis Havergal
“The Master has not put a chest of poetic gold into my possession and said, ‘Now use it as you like,’ but He keeps the gold and gives it to me piece by piece just when He will and as much as He will and no more.” Frances Havergal (1836-1879) Please follow and like us:
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Being and Doing, Major W. Ian Thomas
BEING AND DOING Major W. Ian Thomas This is a divine vocation into which you have been redeemed, as “His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that you should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10) can only be fulfilled in the energy and power of the One who indwells you now by His Spirit, as He walked once only in the energy and power of the Father who indwelt Him through the Spirit. Of Himself He said, “I can of mine own self do nothing” (John 5:19), and of you He says, in John 15:5, “Without me you can do nothing.” How much can…
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How to Hear the Voice of God, A. B. Simpson
“Years ago a friend placed in my hand a little book which became one of the turning points in my life. It was called True Peace, an old medieval message and it had but one thought–that God was waiting in the depth of my waiting to talk with me if I would only get still enough to hear Him. I thought this would be a very easy matter, so I began to get still. But I had no sooner commenced than a perfect pandemonium of voices reached my ears, a thousand clamoring notes from without and within, until I could hear nothing but their noise and din. Some…
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Book Review: Three Free Sins, by Steve Brown
No one would ever accuse Steve Brown of not having guts. In his new book, Three Free Sins: God’s Not Mad At You, Howard Books, 2012, Steve uses those guts to take on your insatiable appetite for being good. Here are some of Steve’s hard to hear insights: Self -righteousness is just another name for self-sufficiency. It is a horrible trait for a number of reasons. First, it is always a lie. Nobody is that righteous, and hardly anybody is that sufficient. Second it requires a mask. And if we wear that mask long enough, it will make us phony and empty. Third, it will cause others to label…
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#2 Slow Is Okay
“Before He furnishes the abundant supply, we must first be made conscious of our emptiness. Before he gives strength, we must be made to feel our weakness. Slow, painfully slow, are we to learn this lesson; and slower still to own our nothingness and take the place of helplessness before the Mighty One.” A. W. Pink (1886-1952) Please follow and like us:
