Heart Thoughts – Wineskins
Chris Tiegreen writes, “Do we take the time to ponder which of our own wineskins have attempted to accommodate Jesus and failed?….On what points are we rigid? Where do our expectations lie? Do we insist that Jesus bring about our own vision for the future? Do we try to constrain Him to our church structures? Do we rely on methodology in our ministry? (They)….may be good, but Jesus will not fit. He defies constraint. The Lion of Judah cannot be tamed.”
Jesus said in John 3:8, “The wind blows wherever it pleases.” We cannot control the wind. Why do we seek to control He who is the Source of the wind? Joubert’s quote is powerful. The less we seek to define Almighty God, the more we may know Him. And the desire of His heart, His greatest desire, is that we know Him. He is a mystery. He says so Himself. But He invites us to enter into His mystery, and behold Him to reveal Himself in its midst. To do that, we have to let go of all of our presumptions about Him. I had a very great friend who has since gone home to Him. One of the favorite things he used to say was that he had an “Oops theology.” As in, “Oops, I guess I was wrong.” Old wineskins can never live in such a theology. Only new ones can. He will never violate the truth and authority of His Word, but we must know that our limited minds cannot begin to understand how deep, high, and wide His truth really is.
I continue to grow older, and my natural skin is losing the soft, flexible feel it once had. Yet it is my fervent hope that the “skin” of my heart remain as tender and pliable as that of a child. How about you? In the spiritual realm, we’re all wineskins. Are we old ones…..or new?
Blessings,
Pastor O
I am His
“Unworthy. Imperfect. Unloved. A failure. As a mom. As a wife. In life. In everything. With my hands and my mouth I have managed to wreck everything in my path.”
We all have these same struggles and can be thankful that not only does God know us, He also knows exactly what is needed in our journey that will transform us into the image of Christ. We are all a work in progress and the Master is performing His work. We need only release ourselves to HIS work and trust Him.
For we are God’s masterpiece…Ephesians 2:10
Once again…I have failed.
The dishes are unwashed in the sink. Nothing has been accomplished due to pain and sickness. The house is still a mess. There are still bits of the failed attempt at dinner on the floor.
After months of just trying to get through homework. Of leaving-yet again-an item needed at one of the kids schools at home. Of forgetting to sign permission slips. Study for tests. Losing study guides. Forgetting important events.
I’ve yelled too many times at the kids. Left one in tears. The other hiding under a blanket.
Apologized one too many times. Only to turn around and do it again.
And once again, a permission slip has been lost. Something else has been forgotten. Been let down.
I’ve failed. Again. The doubts and self-contempt start to seep through, and it happens. Those thoughts start to fill my…
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Walk in Love… a song I wrote based on Ephesians 5:1
Everything about my walk with Him revolves around obedience- to do all the little things He asks of me.like stopping to help a strangeror to pray with someoneor to write this song and share it with you 🙂
Source: Walk in Love… a song I wrote based on Ephesians 5:1
Thank you Julie for another example of obedience and for the thought stirring song and report.
What step of obedience will God call us to today? Will we willingly follow HIS lead? Will we step out in faith, in obedience, with full confidence that what we are asked to do is all about our willingness to follow HIM? We we, you and I, say yes to God today?
I pray our answer is Yes, LORD YES!!!
Blessings and Peace to you,
~Robert
loved
And in that moment, I felt the Lord answer me-because she loves you, “Don’t change a thing! Just keep sitting like you are.”
Source: loved
Such a great lesson for all of us! God has placed people in our lives to convey HIS love for us through the body of Christ. There is no doubt of the love these sisters have for Julie and what a blessing for everyone that the moment of blessing was not lost.
May this serve as a lesson to us all to slow down and bask in the love of our extended family and that of our Father!!!
Blessings and Peace Always
~Robert
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