Image via Wikipedia How am I going to control "worry?"We obviously are not able to demand anything from God. We must trust him. This same trust is essential in a marriage or a friendship. When two people trust each other they know that the other individual would not intentionally cause any unnecessary pain or put them in a situation they cannot deal with. A father may share the creation of a baby with his wife, knowing full well that she will have to go through the difficulties of birth. But they both agree to go through with it, because they love and trust each other, and know that it will create a new life. A individual may see that their friend goes to a hospital for a treatment to improve life, even though there may be discomfort, A father may encourage a child to play sports, knowing full well that there may be injuries, but that better health will result.
(Isaiah 45:9-12)"Does a clay pot argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others?Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing?Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?Does anyone dare say to his parents, 'Why did you make me like this?The Lord, the Holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future, says: 'You have no right to question me about my children or tell me what I ought to do!I am the one who made the earth and created mankind to live there.By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.'"
You can make an idol out of anything or anyone in life. A church building can become an idol to us, when all the while it is simply a place to meet and worship our Lord - nothing more. Your child can become your idol... in subtle ways you can so adore that little one that your whole life revolves around the child. Your mate or date can be given first place in your life and literally idolized. Your work can easily become your God... as can some pursuit in life. A house, a lawn, an antique car, a letter sport, an education, a trip abroad, and even that goal of "retirement."...
Your Lord and Savior wants to occupy first place. Matthew 6:33 says that when He HAS it, everything else will be added to you. How long has it been since you've enlisted your Lord's help in a private, personal temple-cleansing session? It's so easy to get attached to idols - good things, inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the center of the room, everything else only junks up the decor.
(From Come Before Winter by Charles Swindoll)
(Isaiah 45:9-12)"Does a clay pot argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others?Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing?Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?Does anyone dare say to his parents, 'Why did you make me like this?The Lord, the Holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future, says: 'You have no right to question me about my children or tell me what I ought to do!I am the one who made the earth and created mankind to live there.By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.'"
You can make an idol out of anything or anyone in life. A church building can become an idol to us, when all the while it is simply a place to meet and worship our Lord - nothing more. Your child can become your idol... in subtle ways you can so adore that little one that your whole life revolves around the child. Your mate or date can be given first place in your life and literally idolized. Your work can easily become your God... as can some pursuit in life. A house, a lawn, an antique car, a letter sport, an education, a trip abroad, and even that goal of "retirement."...
Your Lord and Savior wants to occupy first place. Matthew 6:33 says that when He HAS it, everything else will be added to you. How long has it been since you've enlisted your Lord's help in a private, personal temple-cleansing session? It's so easy to get attached to idols - good things, inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the center of the room, everything else only junks up the decor.
(From Come Before Winter by Charles Swindoll)
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