Knock and use the right key

Have you ever known someone that repeated the same action over and over again and knew it was hurting them? Did ever want to just take them and shake them and until stupid falls out? Well, so have I and I'm sure I had the same affect on someone else as well. Why can't we use what I call the "right key" method, where you keep trying all the keys on the chain until you find the right one to open the door. If you find a key doesn't fit then don't use it again or you'll get the same result, an unlocked door. Discard and try a different key. There should really be only one key to each door God puts before us. There are doors we open and walk into that are not where we should be and are dangerous places to go. But we have so many doors God gives us to open but we keep using the same keys that don't work. The same can be said when God says to knock, and it shall be opened unto us. So why aren't some of us knocking and using the right keys? Why do we repeat so many bad habits that hurt us when God constantly shows us the way we should do things?

He shows us the keys to a blessed, healthy life and a holy life with peace yet we choose to walk into ungodly and unhealthy situations. God shows us what works everyday in his word and it's all written out for us. It's like finding unburied treasure or walking into an open door finding something more precious than gold.  So stop using those old rusty keys that don't work and stop going into places that we force ourselves into. Jesus is so inviting and welcoming that we don't need a key to get into heaven, we just have to knock. However, with life ups and downs, bad habits and situations we have keys called solutions and answers given by God and we seem to mingle them with our own sets of keys. When god gives us a key to a problem color code it and recognize his will so we won't choose our own.

Pain greater than your desire

This title was inspired by a friend of mine Amanda Hill and her blog post "Greater Desire", she posted a wonderful message about going through pain much greater than your desires in this world in order to be in a place where you absolutely need God. Last night a another friend of mine was in that place. I'm not completely sure if what she is going through is the absolute pain she needs to totally submit to God, but it brought her to a place where she knew the only thing to do is pray and seek God for an answer. Without all the details, her life is going in a direction where God is calling her and she is going through some pain right now to get there. She moved into a house this summer that was for sale and it sold yesterday, and boy did she pray for help. God answered her prayer and now she has a couple of homes to choose from. Praise the Lord! Faith some times means going through pain first in order to hear God's voice, but on the other hand a blessing can increase your faith as well. Which one do you prefer? This post is inspired by Amanda Hill's  Keys to balance

" Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator."  (I Peter 4:19)

You Must First Believe

         What can I say that you that you don't already know? Believe.... it is a very orthodox word that's been around for well..since the beginning. I need not to say it for the first time but to remind us all to do just that, believe! Our faith in Jesus Christ is so important that if we don't have it we have nothing. We look around and see the very creation created without one finger and yet we question it without regard for the very air we breathe. Our lives were planned from the foundations of the earth and we can't seem to fathom that it can be true.

          Our children from the beginning of hearing sound, believe we are the momma and dada without even understanding what the words momma and dada means. They just know we are taking care of their needs and they believe it. Children believe in a creator, they believe in Jesus because we tell them God is real even if we can't see him. They believe because they are innocent and their minds are vulnerable to what ever an adult tells them. Why can't we be like the children and just believe because the bible tells us so?

          The reason why is because as adults we have grown out of our innocence and have been subjected to too many lies and deceptions. We can be like sponges in the beginning but soon the sponges get dirty and bacteria grows. Like a sponge filled with bacteria, whatever it touches it spreads the bacteria around. We have to soak up the blood of Jesus Christ and be filled with the Holy Ghost to be new and clean again, if that makes any sense. We need to be cleansed and washed in his blood through baptism. However, before that could ever happen, sincere belief, faith in Jesus Christ  with all our hearts must take affect.  We must step out in faith and believe that god will fulfill his word. We can not waiver and doubt no longer, fear is not an option! Noah believed God when he said it would rain 40 days and nights and out of faith he started his 100 year or less mission to building the ark. Abraham believed God for a great nation, promised land and a blessed seed. Wow....What faith he had! What kind of faith do we have?  


"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
(Mark 1:15)


Abram believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness (Gen 15:6)