On the road to Syria–on his way to kill and exterminate Christians–with the world at his command….Paul was radically changed and became part of the greatest “religious” movement of all time……..

 

As I was getting ready this morning and preparing my heart to speak this evening…..I cried out to the Lord and asked Him to give me a word SPECIFIC to the group I was speaking to today.  And the Lord always delivers…….

 

I wrote down the words:

 

Quit Trying To Make God Be Like You

 

Wow.

 

I think that is so true.

 

Born under law.  Born into sin.  Born under conformity and the pressure to fit in….

 

Many of us do just that.  We make God who He should be in accordance with who we are.

 

And so the dance begins…..He is perfect and so we try to make sure that we show Him that, we too, are perfect.

 

Romans 4  18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him

 

God tells us NOT TO CONFORM and then to BE TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our mind.  What if that is not a word about doing but a word about letting go.  What if He is telling us to quit trying to be perfect and put on some “act” where we somehow try to please the Him?

 

Abraham was a messed up man in the twilight of his life…..yet he had faith in God and just simply believed…and worshipped…and followed.

 

What if I took that verse and put your name?

 

  • Against all hope, Ed in hope believed and so became….just as it had been said to him
  • Against all hope, Bill in hope believed and so became….just as it had been said to him
  • Against all hope, Jordan in hope believed and so became….just as it had been said to her

 

 

We are never going to work into perfection in our own flesh.  We will never make ourselves “look” perfect by acting like we have it all together.  We are never going to fit in with the world…..and we don’t need to put on a show to fit in with the Lord.

 

So why don’t we just believe Him and let Him carry out His promise in us……

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J