“Al-Rai” Thou God seest me
“And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after Him that seeth me?” (Gen. 16:13).
Everyone has a testimony. God has been busy in the lives and experiences of every human being, and especially so in these last days.
Satan, knowing his time is limited, is working feverishly to win as many converts as possible. And God isn’t? The devil would have swept away every evidence of God’s mark here, every semblance of love and grace and innocence long ago, had it not been for the resistance of our Creator.
But, although God has been working ceaselessly, much that He does goes unnoticed and unthanked for. What we need is the eyes to see how He has worked. We need to see the divine significance in millions of insertions of providence into our lives. We will be greatly surprised. Our story will continually unfold throughout eternity and will call forth unending praise to Him who died and interceded to redeem us.
Out story may not be full of exciting adventures like Jonah or Elijah, or David and Goliath. It may be as quiet as the experience of Ruth or Hannah. Most likely, our testimony will be considered lackluster by world’s standard. It all went under the normal radars looking for thrill and they never make the headlines here on Earth. But there is much rejoicing among the angels, as they follow our courses here below. Excitement isn’t what brings us to God, anyway; it only encourages hero worship. It is the turning to God through His Son in repentance what counts in heaven; it’s only through seeing the goodness of God in all His protection and watch care that leads us to Him.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Is. 30:15-18).
It’s only as we see God as the hero, a Father of true self-sacrificing love, that we find the rest and peace that changes us into His image. Conversely, a look at the history of Ignatius Loyola clearly evinces how hero worship led him to sear his sensitive conscience and create an army of ruthless torturers, the inventors of the scariest of recanting machines.
No, the wisdom from a true experience with God will be “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy” because we won“Al-Rai” Thou God seest me
“And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after Him that seeth me?” (Gen. 16:13).
Everyone has a testimony. God has been busy in the lives and experiences of every human being, and especially so in these last days.
Satan, knowing his time is limited, is working feverishly to win as many converts as possible. And God isn’t? The devil would have swept away every evidence of God’s mark here, every semblance of love and grace and innocence long ago, had it not been for the resistance of our Creator.
But, although God has been working ceaselessly, much that He does goes unnoticed and unthanked for. What we need is the eyes to see how He has worked. We need to see the divine significance in millions of insertions of providence into our lives. We will be greatly surprised. Our story will continually unfold throughout eternity and will call forth unending praise to Him who died and interceded to redeem us.
Out story may not be full of exciting adventures like Jonah or Elijah, or David and Goliath. It may be as quiet as the experience of Ruth or Hannah. Most likely, our testimony will be considered lackluster by world’s standard. It all went under the normal radars looking for thrill or and never makes the headlines here on Earth. But there is much rejoicing among the angels, as they follow our courses here below. Excitement isn’t what brings us to God, anyway; it only encourages hero worship. It is the turning to God through His Son in repentance what counts in heaven; it’s only through seeing the goodness of God in all His protection and watch care that leads us to Him.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Is. 30:15-18).
It’s only as we see God as the hero that we find the rest and peace that changes us into His image. Conversely, a look at the history of Ignatius Loyola clearly evinces how hero worship led him to sear his sensitive conscience and create an army of ruthless torturers, the inventors of the scariest of recanting machines.
No, the wisdom from a true experience with God, will be “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy,” (Jas. 3:17) because we won’t be the hero. An agonizing Savior, hanging between heaven and earth, will be.
Everyone has a testimony. God has been busy in the lives and experiences of every human being, and especially so in these last days.
Satan, knowing his time is limited, is working feverishly to win as many converts as possible. And God isn’t? The devil would have swept away every evidence of God’s mark here, every semblance of love and grace and innocence long ago, had it not been for the resistance of our Creator.
But, although God has been working ceaselessly, much that He does goes unnoticed and unthanked for. What we need is the eyes to see how He has worked. We need to see the divine significance in millions of insertions of providence into our lives. We will be greatly surprised. Our story will continually unfold throughout eternity and will call forth unending praise to Him who died and interceded to redeem us.
Out story may not be full of exciting adventures like Jonah or Elijah, or David and Goliath. It may be as quiet as the experience of Ruth or Hannah. Most likely, our testimony will be considered lackluster by world’s standard. It all went under the normal radars looking for thrill and they never make the headlines here on Earth. But there is much rejoicing among the angels, as they follow our courses here below. Excitement isn’t what brings us to God, anyway; it only encourages hero worship. It is the turning to God through His Son in repentance what counts in heaven; it’s only through seeing the goodness of God in all His protection and watch care that leads us to Him.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Is. 30:15-18).
It’s only as we see God as the hero, a Father of true self-sacrificing love, that we find the rest and peace that changes us into His image. Conversely, a look at the history of Ignatius Loyola clearly evinces how hero worship led him to sear his sensitive conscience and create an army of ruthless torturers, the inventors of the scariest of recanting machines.
No, the wisdom from a true experience with God will be “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy” because we won“Al-Rai” Thou God seest me
“And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after Him that seeth me?” (Gen. 16:13).
Everyone has a testimony. God has been busy in the lives and experiences of every human being, and especially so in these last days.
Satan, knowing his time is limited, is working feverishly to win as many converts as possible. And God isn’t? The devil would have swept away every evidence of God’s mark here, every semblance of love and grace and innocence long ago, had it not been for the resistance of our Creator.
But, although God has been working ceaselessly, much that He does goes unnoticed and unthanked for. What we need is the eyes to see how He has worked. We need to see the divine significance in millions of insertions of providence into our lives. We will be greatly surprised. Our story will continually unfold throughout eternity and will call forth unending praise to Him who died and interceded to redeem us.
Out story may not be full of exciting adventures like Jonah or Elijah, or David and Goliath. It may be as quiet as the experience of Ruth or Hannah. Most likely, our testimony will be considered lackluster by world’s standard. It all went under the normal radars looking for thrill or and never makes the headlines here on Earth. But there is much rejoicing among the angels, as they follow our courses here below. Excitement isn’t what brings us to God, anyway; it only encourages hero worship. It is the turning to God through His Son in repentance what counts in heaven; it’s only through seeing the goodness of God in all His protection and watch care that leads us to Him.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Is. 30:15-18).
It’s only as we see God as the hero that we find the rest and peace that changes us into His image. Conversely, a look at the history of Ignatius Loyola clearly evinces how hero worship led him to sear his sensitive conscience and create an army of ruthless torturers, the inventors of the scariest of recanting machines.
No, the wisdom from a true experience with God, will be “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy,” (Jas. 3:17) because we won’t be the hero. An agonizing Savior, hanging between heaven and earth, will be.
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