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The “These”

Posted in Bible Characters, Loving Christ, tagged on July 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Jesus said, “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught.” … After breakfast, Jesus said “… do you love me more than these?” – John 21:10-13 (Message Bible)

After the whole ordeal — three years of discipleship, the crucifixion, the resurrection, the emotional highs and lows — the disciples decide to go back to their normal lives.

Then Jesus appears and asks an important question — not just, “Do you love me?”, but “Do you love me more than these?” What are the “These”? The fish, the food, the fellowship, life as we want it to be.

Fishing was all many of the disciples ever knew before Christ. It was their trade, their hobby, their comfort zone.

Jesus wanted them to love him more than these — it’s the same call to us, the same question, “(insert your name here) do you love him more than these?

How would he know?

— fritz@langgang.com

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It Wasn’t About The Fruit – Guess Again!

Posted in Adam, Cross, Eve, Explanations, Jesus, tagged , , on July 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” – Genesis 3:6

This story isn’t about the fruit (it could have been any forbidden thing) and it wasn’t about the woman (the man was right there watching in silence); the point of the story is about control.

The desire for control over their lives and destiny brought misery through poor choices and unseen consequences — just as it does today.

It takes human acts of yielding control to undo the damage. Christ yielded control, obtaining by the “fruit” (results) of the “tree” of the cross what was lost by the fruit of the tree in the garden. We yield control by taking our desires, ever so strong, and submitting them to God and his word, trusting he has our best interest at heart.

Prayer: “Jesus, thank you for coming to earth, putting on humanity, and dying on the “tree” of Calvary so I can put on Christ and live in your kingdom now and always. Amen

Sound Bite: “Jesus, put on humanity and lived here so I can put on Christ and live there.1

— fritz@langgang.com
1 – Galatians 3:27, Romans 13:14

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Dried Up Rivers (or, God’s Perfect Timing)

Posted in Difficulties, Elijah, God's supply, Patience, Trust, tagged on July 14, 2011| 1 Comment »

Elijah obeyed God’s orders … And sure enough, ravens brought him his meals, both breakfast and supper, and he drank from the brook. Eventually the brook dried up because of the drought. Then God spoke to him: “Get up and go to Zarephath..” – 1st Kings 17:5-8 (The Message)

When I read bible stories I try to imagine the experience.

Here is Elijah, a prophet, camping beside a river and trusting God for his provision. But the river starts to dry up because of the drought. Elijah is smart enough to know eventually there will be no water, yet he hears nothing from God.

Did he get nervous? It doesn’t say. It does say when the water ran out God had another place for him to go and that’s what I hold on to. It may look like things are dying up, and they may, but God always has another place, another task, another opportunity.

— fritz@langgang.com

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