Job - Faithful to the LORD

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

   I am reading the Bible in a chronological Bible.  At this point I am in Job.  He did so much right in the eyes of the Lord.  Yet, satan was allowed to try to turn him away from the LORD.  

  Through losing everything Job remained faithful to the LORD.  Did he understand?  No, definitely not.  Did anyone else?  No!  His wife told him to curse God and die.  His 3 ""friends" came, sat quietly for seven days before speaking, then basically they became accusers that Job had done something wrong in the eyes of the LORD.

   Job rebuked them, but they still maintained he had sinned and was reaping what he had sowed.

   How often in our world is this our plight as well?  People accusing you or assuming you are to blame for something that was, in fact, not valid at all.

   How quick we are to point fingers and not accept the blame ourselves.  Then once this happens our pride will not allow us to admit we were in error and go to the party offended and apologize??

   Words hurt, words last, words cut deeper than the sharpest sword.  The old saying when we were kids;  "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me" was basically to try to get people to forgive and forget.  We can forgive, but forgetting is near impossible as the words cut very deep.

  I am certain all of us have been on either end of this situation. or possibly both.  A hard pill to swallow and hard to admit I was wrong.  I have had to do this with my daughters and it is difficult, yet necessary.

   Where are you today?  As Job wondering why?  Or as his friends pointing fingers and accusing?  Read Job.  It will make you think.  Thank you for reading. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and grace

Johnny

UNCLEAN????

 Good morning everyone.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

   What is unclean to you?  Exactly what does this mean?  Hands are dirty? Foul language from someone?  Clothes dirty?  OR............could it be......it might be..... .. it could be what comes from the inside of you....HMMMMM!

  In Mark 7:  14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:  15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

  You can give your heart to Jesus, and your heart is still with Jesus and you know you are saved.  Then why do I have these ugly and evil thoughts.  Our hearts are with Jesus, but our mind has to have a reset so we think and believe what comes out of us.  Jesus says what enters us does not defile or make us filthy, BUT, what comes out of us.

  Hey, did you hear about..............and continue with dirty words or a dirty joke, or possible gossip.  This comes from the mind, and until the mind is as pure as the heart you gave to Jesus, vile and ugly things may come out.

   Jesus is talking about the food that goes in,  goes to the stomach, and then out of the body. So Jesus declared all food clean.  Yet, what comes out of a man is what makes him unclean.  Our mind may have evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.  All these come from in side, our minds.

  Can they pollute our hearts?  Jesus says this evil comes out of men's hearts.

If you are struggling with any of these thoughts just take time, on bended knee, or arms held upward, however you pray, then give it all over to God and let HIM take the unwanted evil from you.  You have to proclaim it, stand on it, and KNOW THAT GOD WILL TAKE IT FROM YOU.

   I do hope you followed me today.  This message is more to me than anyone else.  Ugly thoughts pass through my head daily, I do ask forgiveness, yet as Paul, why do I do what I know not to do, and don't do what I know to do.

  Thank you for reading.  Your feedback is always appreciated.  Or just delete. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny