Message #2511

[cizz]

Hey brother! Thank you for sharing more with us on this topic. I'm having to read and re-read for you have given so much to think on in this topic!

Have you heard this one?
"God is not interested in our doing His commandments, He is most
interested in having a relationship with Him."

I'm stumped at this one, how can any not be doing His commandments when they are in relationship with Him? Is that not what the relationship is with Him, so He can lead, teach and have you doing His works? I'm like most people it takes someone else to help me see myself...most of the time I'm blind to what I'm saying and doing and knowing this about myself I also know that all humans are like this...who better to show us ourselves but Him? In my relationship with Him it is me that is the one that is always pointing out what others are doing and not doing to Him as if He didn't already know!  But I have found that He wants me to see what I'm doing and not doing instead because I'm truly blind in that...

When we do God's commandments, our actions enable God to provide for
the needs of the poor and needy. When we refuse to do God's commandments,
we by our actions, show God to be unable to provide for the poor and
needy.

This would be like limiting God and placing Him under man's control and authority..do we need God or does God need us? If I fail or refuse to provide for another in need, then it is me that fails...not God, He never fails, I can not honestly say to any that He will not refuse...I would be a lier in that because I have known Him to refuse me many times in certain things and I have learned to respect Him when His answer is NO..It is only when I put that respect toward Him into action of remaining in my faith and trust of Him to know what He is doing that He will usually then go forth to explain and show why He had refused me...


 We consistently hear the "trust God" motto, but the fact remains that God
uses people to provide for the needs of others.


I think this is very true! I see Him working with me in everyone I meet and know. For me, He without doubt uses everybody, rather they know it or not...most of the time the other person doesn't even know until I share it with them that God used them to help me! They have no credit until He does..and the same goes for me, I have no way of knowing when God uses me to help another until they reveal that secret to me. That is a joyous thing when it happens! Everybody gets edified in that!  That's like a pat on the back you didn't even know was coming to you!


After the brook dried up, God did not miraculously add water to the brook.
He instead sent Elijah to the widow who then gave Elijah the last cake she
had. It was not until the widow provided Elijah his need, that God worked
a miracle to provide for the needs of the widow, her son and Elijah.


Brother if you don't mind I will break this post right here and start another so it won't be so lengthy, you actually brought me a great blessing with your example of Elijah and the widow! The Lord truly brought me to remembrance of something that happened in my life along those very lines, something I had never considered before..