Ecclesiastes 3:20
BOTH WERE MADE FROM THE DUST,
AND TO DUST THEY BOTH RETURN.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
I have heard this verse taught in funerals, I personally think that it should be taught every sunday.
I had to go to the dentist a couple of weeks ago, a gentle reminder that I am dust.
I hope to get to this place in my life where I will never forget that I am dust.
I am human, I am not a god.
I am human, I am definitely not God.
When I am full of the awareness of my human nature, of the simple but true fact that I am human, then it is so easy to humble myself before God.
It is more than easy, it is a relief. I come to this place of saying "I am so glad You exist. I am so glad I can depend on You."
God is God.
I am not.
I have been strugling with gardening. It seems all kinds of plants pop up everywhere, so simply and so naturally- except for the ones I plant. These just seem to have such a hard time...I have read the instructions on the envelope and I have followed them...but then there was that week with the sun extra hot and the snails and... well, those seeds just haven't done that well.
I sit on the grass and think about it all...a sweet reminder that I am not God. I cannot produce life.
I am glad. it is truly a relief.
My two young boys are far from my side, but I now understand-fully understand- that I am not God. The one thing these boys need, I cannot provide: FEAR OF GOD.
Only God can take them to that spot. And God is by their side...He will provide.
I sigh with relief. My boys will be fine.
I am not God. I cannot open the eyes of people to the things in God that I now see. Only God can do that. Only God can touch hearts. Only God can open eyes. Only God can give ears to hear.
Only God.
And I am not God.
When I stand in this place it is so easy to remain humble before God.
It is easy to say "You keep your throne, it is righteously yours. You keep it, I am frail, weak, and easily broken....Your throne is no place for me"
I sometimes wonder if all the emphasis on prosperity and healing hasn't done us some harm. I wonder if the reason those are favorite topics is the feeling of strenght and independence that such things bring forth.
Again, it is a heart matter. Healing is not wrong. Prosperity is God's plan. But where is our heart? Is our heart seeking these things out of a strong desire to become independent of God?
Is our heart seeking to be able to say "I am god?"
Family problems- what a pain! how we love to run away from them! We will do anything to forget they are there. All kinds of "solutions" we will invent. Simply to forget they are there. We may even get real busy in the church...facing them takes us only to one place: We are frail, we are limited, we are easily hurt, we are human, we are not God.
And we hate to be reminded of such.
Me, I am so glad God has opened my eyes to such reality.
I am so glad that He has taken me to this place where it is so much easier to humble myself before Him.
I even run to this place. This place of becoming aware that I am totally in need of God.
Totally dependant on Him. Totally in need of Him.
The result is a sweet and gentle song:
"God, I am so glad you are God.
I need you today, I have life to face, I need you to be God in my life.
There are storms everywhere, my life depends totally on Yours.
God, my children need of you too. I do not think they are aware of it yet,
but I am, so I bring them before you. Please be God in their life...and
bring them to this very same place.
God, I am glad that YOU are YOU, what a delight to know YOU.
In Jesus' name, amen"
And suddenly I realize how terribly fearful it must be to awaken to the reality of one's humanity and not know there is a God on whom one can depend on... and a fresh zeal runs through my veins: "I must make God known...people must know there is a God on whom they can depend"
AND TO DUST THEY BOTH RETURN.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
I have heard this verse taught in funerals, I personally think that it should be taught every sunday.
I had to go to the dentist a couple of weeks ago, a gentle reminder that I am dust.
I hope to get to this place in my life where I will never forget that I am dust.
I am human, I am not a god.
I am human, I am definitely not God.
When I am full of the awareness of my human nature, of the simple but true fact that I am human, then it is so easy to humble myself before God.
It is more than easy, it is a relief. I come to this place of saying "I am so glad You exist. I am so glad I can depend on You."
God is God.
I am not.
I have been strugling with gardening. It seems all kinds of plants pop up everywhere, so simply and so naturally- except for the ones I plant. These just seem to have such a hard time...I have read the instructions on the envelope and I have followed them...but then there was that week with the sun extra hot and the snails and... well, those seeds just haven't done that well.
I sit on the grass and think about it all...a sweet reminder that I am not God. I cannot produce life.
I am glad. it is truly a relief.
My two young boys are far from my side, but I now understand-fully understand- that I am not God. The one thing these boys need, I cannot provide: FEAR OF GOD.
Only God can take them to that spot. And God is by their side...He will provide.
I sigh with relief. My boys will be fine.
I am not God. I cannot open the eyes of people to the things in God that I now see. Only God can do that. Only God can touch hearts. Only God can open eyes. Only God can give ears to hear.
Only God.
And I am not God.
When I stand in this place it is so easy to remain humble before God.
It is easy to say "You keep your throne, it is righteously yours. You keep it, I am frail, weak, and easily broken....Your throne is no place for me"
I sometimes wonder if all the emphasis on prosperity and healing hasn't done us some harm. I wonder if the reason those are favorite topics is the feeling of strenght and independence that such things bring forth.
Again, it is a heart matter. Healing is not wrong. Prosperity is God's plan. But where is our heart? Is our heart seeking these things out of a strong desire to become independent of God?
Is our heart seeking to be able to say "I am god?"
Family problems- what a pain! how we love to run away from them! We will do anything to forget they are there. All kinds of "solutions" we will invent. Simply to forget they are there. We may even get real busy in the church...facing them takes us only to one place: We are frail, we are limited, we are easily hurt, we are human, we are not God.
And we hate to be reminded of such.
Me, I am so glad God has opened my eyes to such reality.
I am so glad that He has taken me to this place where it is so much easier to humble myself before Him.
I even run to this place. This place of becoming aware that I am totally in need of God.
Totally dependant on Him. Totally in need of Him.
The result is a sweet and gentle song:
"God, I am so glad you are God.
I need you today, I have life to face, I need you to be God in my life.
There are storms everywhere, my life depends totally on Yours.
God, my children need of you too. I do not think they are aware of it yet,
but I am, so I bring them before you. Please be God in their life...and
bring them to this very same place.
God, I am glad that YOU are YOU, what a delight to know YOU.
In Jesus' name, amen"
And suddenly I realize how terribly fearful it must be to awaken to the reality of one's humanity and not know there is a God on whom one can depend on... and a fresh zeal runs through my veins: "I must make God known...people must know there is a God on whom they can depend"
posted by thisfool @ 4:31 AM
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