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George Washington Faith

June 19, 2011 by Fritz

George Washington

I believe in George Washington. That is, I believe he was a real person, our first president, and did many good and heroic things. I even heard of someone who had the actual hatchet George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree — it had been through three new handles and two new heads but they said it was the real thing!

But I never knew George Washington — only what I was told.

I used to have “George Washington Faith” in Christ.

I considered myself a Christian. I believed God existed, that Jesus died on a cross and walked out of the tomb, and would some day judge the world. I prayed, tried not to do bad things, sometimes went to church and owned a Bible but I never had met God, personally — didn’t even know I could. I lived for myself and as I saw fit, and had an excuse for everything.

Then came the day, around two in the morning as I recall, when I saw I needed more — that God expected more. He wanted me so I gave him “me” and discovered what the Bible really meant about being a believer!

Any demon can believe facts,

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. – James 2:19

Faith is more — it’s knowing the person.

— fritz@langgang.com

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Bread From Heaven

June 18, 2011 by Fritz

“Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. [I am] the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.” – Jesus (John 6:35b, 49-50)

They all knew about manna — their ancestors were hungry and God nourished them with “bread” from heaven. It was God’s miracle through Moses, so different they called it, “Manna”, which literally means, “What is it?!”

When Jesus’ audience asked him for a miracle like Moses gave, he said he was the miracle itself.

Like manna was given by God to satisfy hunger, Jesus satisfies the gnawing hunger for something more. Unlike Moses’ manna which sustained a short while, eventually going stale, and breading worms, God’s true “living” bread is always fresh, satisfies for ever, and gives unending life.

Of course, they had problems with metaphors.

Sound Bite: Jesus is not the miracle worker, he is the miracle itself.
Prayer: Jesus, don’t just give me bread, be my bread.

– fritz@langgang.com
See also: “What He Is, Not What He Does” – June 9, 2011

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Not All At Once

June 17, 2011 by Fritz

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. [But] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. – Exodus 23:28-29

If we take Israel’s Promised Land symbolically as experience of our Spirit filled life in Christ1 then this little verse shows why God doesn’t immediately change everything in our lives, all at once, when we first enter Christ.

God promised to even send hornets ahead of Israel to clear out their land but only as they would be able to occupy, otherwise nature would take over instead. Ever see an unoccupied house, a neglected garden, or someone who bought more home than they could maintain? It’s the same spiritually — God cleans up our lives as we grow and are able to keep it clean.

We may not be able to make some needed changes this year or next but God understands and tenderly leads. He will eventually get to it all when time is right — He is doing the same in those we love, too.

-fritz@langgang.com
1 – Promised Land Symbolism – June 15, 2011

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