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Mr. G

visioncgbc | February 28, 2008 08:54

Last night during Vision we talked about fighting for Jesus.  My question was, have you done it???  What happened??  Jimmy Harwell talked about an athiest that he'd had a debate with years back.  She'd asked him how he believed in a God he couldn't see.  His reply to her, "Do you feel the wind during a wind storm?  You can't see that, but you know it's there."  He talked about that for a while, and he really gave good examples of how to proclaim Christ to those who just want to detabe about it.  I sort of found it interesting that the discussion had been about a God that she felt you couldn't see.  It's interesting because now Jimmy is living that truth in a very real way.  Jimmy is blind.  His blindness started as an adult.  I'm encouraged to see that after the initial shock, he sorted through the mud of doubt, and felt wind of the spirit even though he could no longer see it.  If you see Jimmy in church you always see Mr. G.  Mr. G is Jimmy's guide dog.  You can't pet Mr. G when he's working, so as tempting as it is, you just can't.  But Mr. G allows Jimmy to be more independent.  Last night as we were leaving class, Jimmy was in front of me.  The were double doors and one side was closed.  I didn't even think to warn Jimmy, but really I didn't have to.  He tapped into the door, and just made his way around, it was no big deal.  I thought about the faith it takes to do that.  But, really there's two choices.  One, stay home, be afraid and do nothing.  Two, prepare to the best of your ability, and live your life.  Jimmy has chosen the latter.

Hebrews 11: 1-2The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.  3By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see. 4By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That's what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice.  5-6By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God." It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.  7By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.8-10By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going. By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise. Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.  11-12By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said. That's how it happened that from one man's dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions.

What kind of life would Jimmy have if he said, "I'm too scared of a guide dog.  It won't work."?  Or what kind of life would Jimmy have if he didn't utilitize Mr. G.  If he just said, I'm only going to use him in case of an emergency"?  This is the life of the majority of Christians I believe.  Including me.   We shake in fear, or at best say "I'll use my faith, but only in case of emergency." 

When's the last time you heard from God and acted on it?  Has it been a while?  My prayer is that we'll hear from Him today and ACT.  Not wait, and think, and ask opinions.  That we'll show Him we believe Him. 

Dear God,

Please intervene in our lives.  Please Holy Spirit offer up the prayer that needs to be prayed that we don't even know how to articulate.  God please show your might when we believe you can, 'cause we know before we believe you won't.

Thank you God.

Amen

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