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Who does what?!

June 11, 2010 by Fritz

Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

If I read this right, noticing who does what, my life focus is not finding rest, refreshment, guidance, defence, or anointing for myself – that’s His role in my life.

My job is to walk1 close to Him in obedience, trust Him when I’m made to do things I don’t particularly want, and choose not to fear when situations look threatening.

Just doing that I won’t need to chase “goodness” and “mercy”, they’ll chase me.

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-fritz

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Everyone is someone’s sheep

June 10, 2010 by Fritz

“The Lord is my Shepherd,” – Psalm 23:1a

In the short time Bob Dylan passed through Christianity he wrote a profound song, Gotta Serve Somebody, with the chorus:

…You’re gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.

The Bible put it this way:

“his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness1

Like a teen thinks dressing like every other teen somehow expresses individuality, one may feel under no rule but one’s own. That is an illusion, ask any advertiser; they have known for years we all follow someone or something like sheep!

Thank God, because of Jesus, we can become his sheep; He’s a better shepherd than the other ones!

– fritz

1 Romans 6:16

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>Proof reality is more than physical

June 9, 2010 by Fritz

>Some reject the notion of anything real which can’t be experienced in some way by one of our five(5) senses. God is, therefore, discounted as either non-exist or unknowable.

Beginning with this thought as a “given” there is little due diligence on their part to investigate if it’s factual and they are unaware their acceptance of the very idea, itself, proves it wrong.

Dallas Willard put it this way:

“Your thought or your wish for for a candy bar or for success in your profession is a trivial example of something you are sharply aware of and can describe in some detail. But you do not touch or smell it, nor would stronger light or glasses enable you to “see” it better. It simply does not have the characteristics revealed to the physical senses. And that is no objection to it, for if it had such properties it would not be a thought or a wish. This observation is associated with the fact that a thought or wish is not localizable in space” The Divine Conspiracy, page 91

If there are some things knowable, describable, and acceptable without the five senses, why not others?

One could say ideas, wishes, and intentions can have no life of their own, if that is so who keeps and promotes the ideas of freedom in the midst of bondage, democracy in the midst of dictatorships, or love in the midst of indifference? If these can persist outside our current experience, why can’t something or someone else?

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” – Jesus (Revelation 3:20)

Something to ponder for today.

-fritz

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