Word for Today: Completely His: The Best?
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Abraham was a good man. He also was a man of faith. In the Genesis
account, he allowed Lot to choose which way to go to send his flocks.
Both ways were fertile ground, however only One was the path in which
God intended.
Scholars of the Word will remember that Abraham later had to go back
to that land and rescue Lot from it, because the area was so full of
filthy living that God wanted to wipe it out. Abraham appealed to God
and asked that it be spared, even if there were just a few upright
people there. God agreed, but He knew the desolation of the soul in
that place.
In our lives, do we go to the left or to the right because it seems
right to us or because God told us it is right?
There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end, it leads to
destruction. THAT is what the Bible tells us.
God is gracious, slow to anger and abounding in great love. He really
wants us to come to Him, but He will not force us. He compels us, and
some come. Unfortunately, some do not, and sometimes that "some"
includes us.
Read the message below. Granted, it is directed toward Seminary
students who are seeking a life of ministry. But isn't that us, too?
That is, unless we are not really all that serious about our
relationship with our Lord.
Which way will WE go? Left, or right?
Yours in Christ,
Brian
May 25, 2006
The Good or The Best?
If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to
the right, then I will go to the left -- Genesis 13:
My Utmost For His Highest
As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and
physically gratifying possibilities will open up before you. These
things are yours by right, but if you are living the life of faith you
will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God make your
choice for you. God sometimes allows you to get into a place of
testing where your own welfare would be the appropriate thing to
consider, if you were not living the life of faith. But if you are,
you will joyfully waive your right and allow God to make your choice
for you. This is the discipline God uses to transform the natural into
the spiritual through obedience to His voice.
Whenever our right becomes the guiding factor of our lives, it dulls
our spiritual insight. The greatest enemy of the life of faith in God
is not sin, but good choices which are not quite good enough. The good
is always the enemy of the best. In this passage, it would seem that
the wisest thing in the world for Abram to do would be to choose. It
was his right, and the people around him would consider him to be a
fool for not choosing.
Many of us do not continue to grow spiritually because we prefer to
choose on the basis of our rights, instead of relying on God to make
the choice for us. We have to learn to walk according to the standard
which has its eyes focused on God. And God says to us, as He did to
Abram, "... walk before Me..." ( Genesis 17:1 ).
Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 25-27; John 9:1-23
http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php
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Brian Masinick, masinick at yahoo dot com
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/masinick/
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