BBD 08.18.16 The God Factor (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

18 August 2016

The
God Factor

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever
brighter unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do
not know what makes them stumble. - Proverbs 4:18-19.

If you do a search on Google for “dumb criminals” you will receive more than
96,000 results. No doubt you have heard many times about dumb criminals, dumb
crooks, or stupid criminals etc. Many of the individuals labeled in this way
possess a high intelligence, and so at least in that area of just brain power,
they are not stupid, they are not dumb.

Here are a few of the recent accounts of people who have engaged in criminal
activity with the appearance of a lack of intelligence:

In Fox Point, Wisconsin a man attempted to rob a Tae Kwon Do studio. Obviously,
that was a mistake!

In Pensacola, Florida a man burglarizing a convenience store was caught when he
tripped on his jeans. The burglar was fleeing the store with his arms full of
cigarette cartons, and was unable to hold up his jeans, and carry the cartons
at the same time.

In Fredericksburg, Virginia an intoxicated man somehow got into a state
trooper’s apartment, and went to sleep on the sofa. Not long afterwards the
trooper returned home, and you can guess the outcome of that.

In Chicago a man impersonating a police officer with a fake gun ordered two
real off duty officers to leave the area.

In Cape Haze, Florida a man robbed a gas station, but ran out of gas before he
could leave the area.

In San Francisco, a construction worker was burglarizing vehicles using a
sledge hammer to break in. However, in one of the burglaries he left behind the
sledge hammer, which had his name engraved on it.

In Cleveland, one man had for some reason, called 911 to report a couple of
suspicious persons. In the process of getting a description of these people,
the 911 operator was told to hold on, and then the operator heard the man
complete a sale of heroin.

In France, a burglar planned to drill into the bank vault, but instead ended up
in the bank’s restroom. Alarms were sounded, and he was quickly arrested.

Bennie Wint had been on the run from the law since 1989, but was recently
arrested after being stopped for a tail light being out.

Then there was the man seen running out of a store carrying a cash register,
and the police officer who just happened to be turning into the store parking
lot thought that was suspicious.

There are countless more incidents of criminals who appear to commit very
stupid mistakes, or are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the
wrong thing. I would submit to you that many of these incidents are not a
result of a lack of intelligence, but instead of the God Factor. As the writer
of Proverbs puts it, “The way of the wicked is
like darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.”

If you have been stumbling around in life, maybe it is time to do things
differently. Solomon makes this suggestion as to how to change the outcome in
your life, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and
depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones
(Proverbs 3:5-8).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at 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 Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie.

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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

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.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

18 August 2016

The
God Factor

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever
brighter unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do
not know what makes them stumble. - Proverbs 4:18-19.

If you do a search on Google for “dumb criminals” you will receive more than
96,000 results. No doubt you have heard many times about dumb criminals, dumb
crooks, or stupid criminals etc. Many of the individuals labeled in this way
possess a high intelligence, and so at least in that area of just brain power,
they are not stupid, they are not dumb.

Here are a few of the recent accounts of people who have engaged in criminal
activity with the appearance of a lack of intelligence:

In Fox Point, Wisconsin a man attempted to rob a Tae Kwon Do studio. Obviously,
that was a mistake!

In Pensacola, Florida a man burglarizing a convenience store was caught when he
tripped on his jeans. The burglar was fleeing the store with his arms full of
cigarette cartons, and was unable to hold up his jeans, and carry the cartons
at the same time.

In Fredericksburg, Virginia an intoxicated man somehow got into a state
trooper’s apartment, and went to sleep on the sofa. Not long afterwards the
trooper returned home, and you can guess the outcome of that.

In Chicago a man impersonating a police officer with a fake gun ordered two
real off duty officers to leave the area.

In Cape Haze, Florida a man robbed a gas station, but ran out of gas before he
could leave the area.

In San Francisco, a construction worker was burglarizing vehicles using a
sledge hammer to break in. However, in one of the burglaries he left behind the
sledge hammer, which had his name engraved on it.

In Cleveland, one man had for some reason, called 911 to report a couple of
suspicious persons. In the process of getting a description of these people,
the 911 operator was told to hold on, and then the operator heard the man
complete a sale of heroin.

In France, a burglar planned to drill into the bank vault, but instead ended up
in the bank’s restroom. Alarms were sounded, and he was quickly arrested.

Bennie Wint had been on the run from the law since 1989, but was recently
arrested after being stopped for a tail light being out.

Then there was the man seen running out of a store carrying a cash register,
and the police officer who just happened to be turning into the store parking
lot thought that was suspicious.

There are countless more incidents of criminals who appear to commit very
stupid mistakes, or are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the
wrong thing. I would submit to you that many of these incidents are not a
result of a lack of intelligence, but instead of the God Factor. As the writer
of Proverbs puts it, “The way of the wicked is
like darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.”

If you have been stumbling around in life, maybe it is time to do things
differently. Solomon makes this suggestion as to how to change the outcome in
your life, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and
depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones
(Proverbs 3:5-8).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie.

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. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

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
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org