BBD 04.25.16 Chaos (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1724^th

Burning Bush Devotional

25 April 2016

Chaos

For God is not the author of CONFUSION but of peace,
as in all the churches of the saints. – 1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good
conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts,
do not boast and lie against the truth. This
wisdom does not descend from above, but is
earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and
self-seeking exist, CONFUSION
and every evil thing are there.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the
fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. – James
3:13-18 NKJV.

Workers from two construction companies
competing for a construction job in China engaged in a demolition derby against
each other. Several bulldozers rammed into each other, one was knocked over,
with the operator running for safety, and then other workers with a different
machine attempted to upright it. Meanwhile, passenger cars fled this way and
that, trying to move out of the way of the dueling behemoths. The chaos was
brought on by the intense competition for construction work since the real
estate construction sector is down two-thirds from a year ago. The
investigation into the incident has not been completed with details about
arrests and injuries still unavailable. (Yahoo News 04.18.16)

Dictionary dot
com defines Chaos as: “a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.” The demolition derby scene that occurred in China is a
picture of total confusion, disorder and chaos. It was brought about by “self-seeking.” Neither side in the battle cared about the other side.
There was no attempt to negotiate some type of shared work on the construction
project. It was either all, or nothing. If the two owners of the construction
companies had contacted each other, and met together; maybe it would have been
possible for each company to have some work.

Envy and self-seeking creates what? It creates confusion,
disorder, and chaos. The more there is of envy and self-seeking, the greater
the confusion, disorder, and chaos. However, it is worse than that as we are
told in James 3:16, “For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.” “Every evil thing,” that
takes in a whole lot of territory, and there is nothing good in any of it.

The cure for envy and self-seeking is this: instead of
putting yourself first, put God first. “Seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness… (Matthew 6:33).” Instead of demanding your way, your rights, be a
peacemaker. We are told in James 3:18, “Now the fruit of righteousness is sown
in peace by those who make peace.” Seek the wisdom from above, which only God can give. His
wisdom will make you “…peaceable, gentle, willing to
yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy
(James 3:17b).”

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
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(my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max Boothe,
Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. I am in
need of prayer as I have resigned as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Cordell, Oklahoma and am now seeking God’s direction for how I am to serve Him.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1724^th

Burning Bush Devotional

25 April 2016

Chaos

For God is not the author of CONFUSION but of peace,
as in all the churches of the saints. – 1 Corinthians 14:33 NKJV.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good
conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts,
do not boast and lie against the truth. This
wisdom does not descend from above, but is
earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and
self-seeking exist, CONFUSION
and every evil thing are there.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the
fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. – James
3:13-18 NKJV.

Workers from two construction companies
competing for a construction job in China engaged in a demolition derby against
each other. Several bulldozers rammed into each other, one was knocked over,
with the operator running for safety, and then other workers with a different
machine attempted to upright it. Meanwhile, passenger cars fled this way and
that, trying to move out of the way of the dueling behemoths. The chaos was
brought on by the intense competition for construction work since the real
estate construction sector is down two-thirds from a year ago. The
investigation into the incident has not been completed with details about
arrests and injuries still unavailable. (Yahoo News 04.18.16)

Dictionary dot
com defines Chaos as: “a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.” The demolition derby scene that occurred in China is a
picture of total confusion, disorder and chaos. It was brought about by “self-seeking.” Neither side in the battle cared about the other side.
There was no attempt to negotiate some type of shared work on the construction
project. It was either all, or nothing. If the two owners of the construction
companies had contacted each other, and met together; maybe it would have been
possible for each company to have some work.

Envy and self-seeking creates what? It creates confusion,
disorder, and chaos. The more there is of envy and self-seeking, the greater
the confusion, disorder, and chaos. However, it is worse than that as we are
told in James 3:16, “For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.” “Every evil thing,” that
takes in a whole lot of territory, and there is nothing good in any of it.

The cure for envy and self-seeking is this: instead of
putting yourself first, put God first. “Seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness… (Matthew 6:33).” Instead of demanding your way, your rights, be a
peacemaker. We are told in James 3:18, “Now the fruit of righteousness is sown
in peace by those who make peace.” Seek the wisdom from above, which only God can give. His
wisdom will make you “…peaceable, gentle, willing to
yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy
(James 3:17b).”

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle A., Shane Hall, Reta
(my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s sister). Please also pray for Max Boothe,
Nathan Reed, Brent Baker, and Tommy Merrell.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. I am in
need of prayer as I have resigned as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in
Cordell, Oklahoma and am now seeking God’s direction for how I am to serve Him.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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