1Co 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
When a person becomes a new Christian he or she learns that changes in that persons life need to be made. This is a world of resistance, physical friction is everywhere, because this is a physical world. You and I need to learn how to live in this physical world. But best of all we can learn how to live in this physical world in a happy manner as well developed human beings. As well as physical friction there is also mental friction. With no friction life would be smooth sailing with the wind always at our back guiding us and no head winds to slow us down. Our world without friction is fiction. Life does have much friction. And well developed people can deal with life’s friction in ways that undeveloped adults can only dream of.
What is an undeveloped adult? This is a person who is in some way struggling with life because of some undeveloped item that has not been realised in that persons personal being. A well developed person who is the person most of us wish we were, and very few of us are. But there is good news.
Is there hope? Yes there is much hope and that hope comes from God. Gods way is different from the ways of the governments, or the businesses. Gods way is the honest way with much hope, hope for everyone. Hope for every man, woman and child. Gods love is there for the taking. But you cannot love somebody without trusting that somebody first. So you must learn to love and trust God. It may take some time for a person to learn how to love and trust God.
Gods way is a way of choice. You get the choice to follow God or not. But to follow God you need to know that God exists, that God is real. There is much to learn when you decide on that wonderful day to become a child of God. You must learn to live a new life. You must learnt to love people, all people. You must learn to be forgiving and trust God that it is right to forgive everyone.
There is so much that we do not understand. So much that you will know if you keep learning and trying to find the answers to Gods ways. But like anything lost, you will not find it unless you first look, and then persist and keep looking.
So you must develop as a person. You must grow as a Chrsitian. This takes time. One of the first things we have to realise about our life is that we may have been treated badly during the past and because of that we may also have treated others badly. We have to admit to ourself that life can be hard, as it sometimes is.
We people are like radio receivers. We cannot get Gods message if our receiver is fogged up. We need more than quiet time. We need to be able to receive Gods help. An example is that if your mind is clogged up with hatred, or sarcasm then you will not be able to receive loving kind help from God because your mind is focused on harmful thoughts that block out Gods message of love, Gods message of love to you. Having quiet time with a clogged receiver is not much help at all. Even if you read directly from the Bible you still will not get Gods message if your mind is clogged with bigotry, hatred for your fellow human, or any other negative thoughts or beliefs. A person with these negative thoughts and beliefs will read the verses negatively and the verse will be biased with that persons negative beliefs. It certainly will not be Gods beliefs or thoughts of love for you.
Society today seems to be bent on us wanting this and that. We struggle to be happy with the simple life. We want more and more. We are seldom satisfied. Instead of wanting what the neighbour has we need to learn to be grateful for the things that we have. To be satisfied means that you and I will not worry about getting things that we think that we may need. it also means a relaxed mind in many ways.
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All the best from James Martin Sandbrook.
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 9:55:54 PM.