DID YOU EVER FEEL LIKE GOD MIGHT AS WELL BE A MILLION MILES AWAY?

Did you parent ever tell you? Hey you live by faith not by your feelings?  I would feel chastised when I  would bring up this issue  of GOd being so distant?  Its one thing to quote  Bible  verses, it quite another to EXPERIENCE  God Jehovah  God in your life.. and  know that you cant explain it away?

Hagar felt this way.. you remember Hagar, the poor servant girl of Sarah and Abraham. She was hired to serve the family,but through no fault of her own, treated badly by Sarah. Sarah , if you remember the story was childless and unable to bear chldren,. SO Abraham slept with  Hagar, Sarah was do distraught with her situation, that she felt compelled to run away.

I wonder how it must felt, Hagar an Egyptian was considered less than a Israelite, a lower class if you will.  Out in the Judean desert, stars all around, she looked to God for help.  She named her first born Ishmauel,  and had an experience with God. I dont know if it was an appearance, a theophany or an angel, all we know.. is that she called that place. "El Roi"  meaning the God who sees me.

Wow what a wonderful name. In our study of Gods names, none is more endearing, than El  Roi.  What a comforting thought..  To some it might be suffocating to think of God is looking over my shoulder, but I look at it differently.  The omnipresence of God is everywhere.  " the  eyes of the Lord are everywhere, beholding the evil and the good"  Ps. 120 says that He is a God ' that neither slumbers nor sleeps."

We long for a more intimate experience with God, as the  Israelites had,.. and God  wants to reveal himself to us.   Enjoy this link at the bottom, that furthers expands this theme!

Its not wrong not want to feel God or experience Him. Its what the great men  of God wanted this, just read the Psalms!

Jehovah El Roi, He is the God that sees, and has  NOT  FORGOTTEN YOU!

http://airmiles.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/praying-the-names-of-god-el-roi/

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

We are looking at the names of God. There are many names that mean a great many things, for instance:  David means "man after God's own heart" and Emmanuel, means "God with us."

Jesus the  Author and Finisher of our Faith.  Heb 12;2,3

When we  name our kids, we try to give them something thats meaningful.  The names of God are like facets of the perfect diamond. The more you show it, the more the sun reflects the brilliance of that light!

In this world of turbulence and change, there are few things that we can count on!  Death and taxes, NO!.. more than that! Jesus not only is  God,but doesnt change!   He is the author and finisher of our faith.  We dont serve a dead person,  (Mohammed) Islam, Hindu, or some other religion.  We serve a risen Saviour!

MISSION ACCOMPISHED!  I dont know if you remember Peter Graves is the TV series Mission Impossible, but Jesus started  a movement when he went to the Cross, and  will finished it when he comes in Glory to Judge the world!  He is the Alpha and Omega the Begining and the End!  I am glad that He left the portals of glory to become as man.

I recently watched Tom Cruise in Ghost Protcol, the whole movie built toward a climax.. Tom was tasked with stopping a nuclear attack on America. Among his feats was playing Spiderman on the Burj Tower, in Dubai!  He was suspended from cables a thousand feet in the air, this tower was about 2700 feet high!.. Time after time, he was thwarted in catching the evil nemesis, Kurt Hendricks,(Soviet nuclear scientist)  but he persisted. With the help of his team,  he was able to thwart the nuclear missile and avert diaster.

A Greater tragedy was avoided at Calvary. When Christ uttered, 'It is Finished" and the battle was over. Galatians 2:15 says that Christ triumped over the forces of evil by by making an open spectacle of them at the Resurrection.

The  TAKEWAWAY:

We  already have declared  victory:  John says, Greater is  He that is in you, than he that is in the world! This victory should carry over into  our spiritual lives and our  personal and careers.  He accomplished the ULTIMATE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, and made it possible for every man and woman to spend eternity with Him.

WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO WE CAN FINISH!

A rebuke to me and many people.  You are known by what you finish and how well you finish.!

We have been  tasked with the greatest mission of all, not to save the world from nuclear disaster but to play a role in  saving the  world,sharing the gospel of the good news of salvation. Let us not fail to do this!

Read  Heb 12:2,3

GOD THE ALMIGHTY!

GOD ALMIGHTY

 What do we think of when we think of the word Almighty?   GOd is referred to as the Almighty Isaiah 9:6 and Psalm 24:8.  I think of the sun and its massive size and awesome power. In fact awesome doesnt even come close to describing the power of the sun.

Recently I viewed a program by NOVA on the sun. The sun and its core that is the nuclear reactions deep inside its core produce the energy that powers our universe.  Many thousands earth could fit into the sun, the heat near the  sun is millions of degrees.

Even the solar flares that produce solar waves that hit the earth  reach speads of 5 million miles an hour. Whoa, thats is incredibly fast and not only that, the earth shield has for the most part absorbed this sun impact on us. The incredible burst of energy  from the sun are so powerful that is God hadnt designed a natural shield, the ozone layer to protect, it  would fry us in short order!

One  partially burst of the suns flares could melt out infrastructure and put us in the Dark Ages, for months, even years!

Thank God  its placed 93 million miles away!

God is so Mighty and yet so genius that he designed the sun, which in itself is a mindboggling feat. He keeps the sun in its orbit, (imagine if it it flew out or orbit)??! He designed the earth to be protected and the planets to stay in perfect alignment!   Without Gods powerful hand at work, holding all things together, there would be no  civilized world as we know it!

It always amazes me at these so called educated people that try to imagine a world without God. It all happened by chance.. when all around them life is teeming with evidence of design, right under their own nose!

I love the song..

Praise to the Lord the  Almighty the King of Creation

All my soul praise Him for he is thy health and salvation

and so on..

COLOSSIANS 1:17   tells us "He is  before all things, and by Him all things consist"

God is the bonding agent, the creator, and the sustainer of this Universe we live in. THis gives me pause and a reason to glorify and worship Him. Whenever we get a 'little big for our britches" just remember that "HE KNOWS OUR FRAME AND REMEMBERS WE AR BUT DUST"

The very atoms, that power the nuclear energy of the sun, are present in us and our own energy cycles!

GOD THE ALMIGHTY, gives us every reason to love and serve Him, but He doesnt force us. Im glad I have Hin on my side!

Here here you are guys and gals. the link to NOVA and their awesome lineup of programs. I hope youll stop to reflect on God the Almighty!


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/search/results/?q=sun&x=0&y=0