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>Sacrifice is not the only thing required…

March 1, 2010 by Fritz

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And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. – Genesis 15:9-11 (KJV)

Abraham was interacting with God and was called to present a sacrifice, which he did; but he did something more.

The bible makes a point to mention that when the buzzards came down to feast he drove them away.

The significance?

Whenever we purpose to do something for God, a sacrifice of our time, talents, or treasure, there is always something that tries to spoil it. We must, like Abraham, be alert to and drive away any attitude or action that would try to make our offering of less value.

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>Fish, not the only thing grilled that day…

February 26, 2010 by Fritz

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(John 21:17) He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

(John 21:18)Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

(John 21:19b)…And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. (KJV)

On the beach, over a piece of grilled fish, Jesus grilled Peter with one question over and over, “Peter, do you love me?”

With every, “Yes, Lord”, Jesus pushed further. Feed my lambs. Feed my Sheep. Feed my sheep. Follow me, even where you wont want to go.

It’s easy to follow where I want to go, no love required for that. I love my independence but need to love Jesus more than that independence.

It is not too late to give the right answer!

Peter gave the right answer, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you!”, and with God’s help he followed through; with God’s help so shall I.

An interesting aside, Jesus did not say to go where he would send, but follow where he would lead. Being sent puts me in front but following his lead puts him in front, the closer the better.

– Fritz

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>A Threat does not a Disaster make.

February 24, 2010 by Fritz

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And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose;” – Acts 27:42-43a (KJV)

Paul’s was a prisoner on a ship bound for Rome when a storm hit. The guards, who would forfeit their lives if any prisoner escaped, recommended their death.

But God told Paul he would witness for him in Rome (Acts 27:24) not die along the way.

A centurion stepped in and saved not only Paul, but all the prisoners for Paul’s sake.

I have this problem with things “hanging over my head”, so to speak, threatening to fall at any moment and, yes, one day something is going to fall (the death rate in this world is, still, 99.99999% – Enoch and Elijah being the only exceptions so far), but a threat is not a disaster and God has his “centurions” ready to step in at the right moment.

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