Friday, May 19, 2006

My Gentle, Gentle Abba God

1 Peter 4:10 - As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (NKJV)

if i have received it, God wants me to minister it... or He wouldn't have given it to me....

am i like the guy who buried his one talent? well, why did he bury it.... he was afraid. he thought his master was a hard man, a taskmaster..... but he was not, he was a gracious master... "well done, good and faithful servant.... enter in to the joy of your lord..."....

so it is with our God. He is not a hard Master, a taskmaster... he's not gonna whip me if i do it wrong. if He gives me a talent, monetary or as a literal talent, He intends me to give it. if He gives me a song, He intends for me to minister it to the brethren, else He would not have given it in the first place....

... i buried my gifts, yes.... because i had some fear of my Gentle Abba God. He is so gracious, He shows where we are not yet where He wants us to be in such a gentle way... He corrects us in such a gentle way.... if i stumble in my song, He will simply help me back up, and say "try again, My child".... just as He is now helping me back up, and saying "try again, My child"....
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THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

The Radical Summons: "Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

"The Spirit never loosens where the Word binds; the Spirit never justifies where the Word condemns; the Spirit never approves where the Word disapproves; the Spirit never blesses where the Word curses." —Thomas Brooks

‎"God receives none but those who are forsaken, restores health to none but those who are sick, gives sight to none but the blind, and life to none but the dead. He does not give saintliness to any but sinners, nor wisdom to any but fools. In short: He has mercy on none but the wretched and gives grace to none but those who are in disgrace. Therefore no arrogant saint, or just or wise man can be material for God, neither can he do the work of God, but he remains confined within his own work and makes of himself a fictitious, ostensible, false, and deceitful saint, that is, a hypocrite." --Martin Luther (W.A. 1.183ff)

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