Gee, this makes #3 post for today. You can tell I've got time off between Christmas and New Year's. Well, I came across a quote that comes from Robert Murray McCheyne. It says that "God loves men who are likenesses of Jesus and that a holy minister is an awful weapon in His Hand."What about the rest of us who are not ministers...what we Presbyterians call teaching elders?!! It seems to me that any one of us could be an "awful weapon" in His hand in any way He wants to use us; especially if we "take up the whole armor of light and pray at all times in the Spirit for all the saints!!" It seems to me that Noby Jo who I wrote about two posts ago was an "awful weapon" against Satan's schemes in the lives of 5,000 people who did not commit suicide. Whether they ended up committing their lives to Christ was not mentioned, but there's always that distinct possibility.
It seems that Jesus view of John the Baptist, that he was greatest born among women, but less than the "least" in the Kingdom of God indicates that we don't have to make a name for ourselves in the annals of human history but can kick the Devil from one end of the world to the other in the power of the Spirit as He gives us opportunities and courage. Check out Colossians 4:2-6, something I've prayed for all of you Christians worldwide: "Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person."
Only God can be awesome...you can be awful in His Hand and awe-filled if you want!
Wanna try?
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