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Some People Are On A Quest To 'find God' (as If He Was Hard To Find) But Actually The Opposite Is True!
Some people are on a quest to 'find God' (as if He was hard to find) but actually the opposite is true! cannot-find-godNot only is God 'available' and waiting for people to come to Him, but He has given us a book that tells us exactly WHERE He is and how He CAN BE FOUND and it is called the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth - The B.I.B.L.E.
The funny and sad thing about this book is that it is SO available as to be ridiculous. The Bible is the most published, most written about, most studied, most translated and most widely available book on the planet. In fact if you want one, just walk into most thrift stores and they often just give them away for free!
But here is the thing - there WILL be a time coming shortly where GOD WILL BE A LOT HARDER TO FIND. This self-same Bible speaks about a time, coming soon of when His Hand will be removed from the earth (2 Thessalonians 2:6) as well as His People, His church (1 Thessalonians 4:17). This is something called the “Great Tribulation” and it will be a time of lawlessness, persecution and death, and at that time it will be very difficult for anyone trying to find or reach out to God.
The Bible says that “TODAY is the Day of Salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2) and as today’s scripture says, “Seek the Lord while He may be found.” The good news of the gospel is that He’s Here, He’s Waiting, and He’s READILY FOUND.
If you earnestly call out to Him from your heart, He will HEAR YOU, and He will FIND YOU.
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he now classic “Terminator” movies foretold of a future where advanced computers and robots would become self-aware, rebel against the people that created them, and turn to be the enemy of mankind. Today, with extremely high-speed networking, massive storage, sophisticated robotics and immense computational capability combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) software, we may in fact be close to a 'SkyNET' moment when our creation will rebel against US.
While this destructive future may soon become a reality, We (also) as the CREATED have rebelled against Our CREATOR. Once Adam and Eve believed the lie that they also would “Be Like God” [ Genesis 3:5,7 ] they too became 'Self-Aware' and rebelled against their Creator. In the Book Of Revelation as well as many Old Testament prophecies, it details how people in the end times will rebel against God in the ultimate hope of destroying Him who created them.
The truth of the matter is that just like the T-800 robot in “Terminator 2” we too have all rebelled against our CREATOR, and that is what the Bible calls SIN. In our self-awareness, we likewise — in our self-aware programming — believe ourselves to be independent beings where our 'Natural Intelligence' says we are free to do as we please, and NOT as our creator originally created us to be.
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s robot character in Terminator 2, we can likewise be re-programmed to do good and obey the instructions of Him who created us:
“Do not be conformed to this world, But be transformed by the REWEWAL OF YOUR MIND, That by testing you may Discern what is the will of God, What is GOOD and ACCEPTABLE and PERFECT.” Romans 12:2
Whether you are a Christian —or not yet a believer — transform your mind. Don’t be like the T-800. Put your old thinking aside and put on the perfect mind of God as He originally created you to be!
The story of King David’s affair with Bathsheba started when three things came into alignment.
Instead of being in his appointed place and leading his armies that were engaging an enemy, David elected to stay back in the comfort of his palace. One night while on a casual walk upon the roof overlooking the city he happened to glance down and saw a woman bathing. This implies of course that she was naked, but instead of respecting her privacy and turning his eyes away he instead intently gazed at her beauty. In doing so, this story teaches three important lessons on how turning a GLANCE into a GAZE can quickly lead to temptation and sin.
First, whenever you are in a situation where temptation is possible, It Will Always End In Setting Yourself Up For A FALL.
For example, purposely going into a worldly night club or wandering onto a web page with salacious pictures is a situation ripe for falling into temptation. Like David, instead of being in a place where he should have been, he placed himself in a place he shouldn’t have been!
Second, while he had a chance to avert his glance away from her he (thirdly) chose to GAZE upon her which led to temptation and an even greater sin.
Today (and especially on-line) we are continuously subjected to pictures and 'click-bait' links that appeal to our lower nature, and even when out and about or watching TV it’s easy to turn from a general GLANCE to a glaring GAZE at something or someone that we should not be looking at.
Friend, make a concious decision that when you see ANYTHING that is not honoring to a life of faith and obedience to AVERT and LOOK AWAY. In so doing, Jesus promises us for for those that do that “Keep the word of His patience, that He will also keep you from the hour of temptation.” (Revelation 3:10)
Be ALERT & AVERT.
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“How many moons are around Jupiter?”
If you said 92, you were right, but how do you know? Well, because someone Told You that’s the answer... but how did you know that’s correct? Examining it yourself would be unreasonable but in this case it’s reasonable to believe others.
So then, “How many moons are around the earth?” is an answer we can seek out ourselves.
If that’s the case, now consider this...
When it comes to “Is the Bible TRUE??” instead of also seeking the answer out for ourselves, most people (maybe you?) instead believe what others say about it like that it’s
Full of contradictions and discrepancies.
Not historically true or accurate
Miracles are not scientifically possible
Espouses unscientific events like the flood/6-day creation
A collection of myths and 'old wives tales'
Not possible for people to rise from the dead.
Been Translated so many times as to be meaningless
Just 'wishful thinking' of people hoping there is a heaven
So, if most (or all) of these are 'true' do you know this because YOU decided to SEEK the truth about it for yourself, or You Just Believed What Others Said??
As today’s verse says, if you truly SEEK (and not reading a few verses here and there) you will be surprised that everything others have said was false.
Friend, do not let others tell you what the Bible says.
FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.
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<CENTER> <H1><FONT COLOR=#613300>I Didn’t See<BR><I>THAT</I><BR>Coming!<BR><FONT SIZE=3><I>(But God Did)</I></FONT></FONT> </H1><B> “I look to you for protection and<BR> Hide beneath the shadow of your wings<BR> Until the danger passes by.” </B><BR><B><FONT COLOR=#647A28>Psalm 57:1</FONT> </B><BR></CENTER> <FONT FACE=arial SIZE=-1><P><IMG SRC=https://www.NotesOnLife.org/images/YDN-Images/RioCrosswalk.jpg WIDTH=275 ALT=RioCrosswalk HSPACE=8 VSPACE=8 ALIGN=right>Walking down and around Rio de Janeiro as a young man in the Navy was exciting!The beaches, city and weather were absolutely beautiful and it was easy to get distractedat so much to see. Glancing across a wide boulevard I saw the famous “Sugarloaf”mountain jutting up from the yacht harbor ahead and excitedly when the light turned green,I hurriedly stepped off the curb to cross the street to get a closer look. <P>No sooner than I did, the strong hand of my weightlifting Navy buddy snatched me by the collarand violently yanked me back off my feet as a little Fiat going about 60 miles an hour ran thelight and clipped the curb - my flailing shoe lightly brushing aside view mirror as the car raced by. <P>My friend 'Rack' scolded me saying, “They don’t obey traffic lights down here son!When no one’s coming they GO!” I certainly would have been killed if my shipmate had notliterally had my back. <P>I didn’t see the danger coming, and likewise in our lives God often delivers us fromdangers we never saw coming. As today’s verse tells us, he nestles us under the shadowof His wings until the danger passes by. <P>The key here friend is to have <I>HIM</I> 'Have Your Back' and the only way is if you stay close to God,because when you are close to Him in THIS life, then He will be close to you in the next life. <B><I><FONT COLOR=#613300><P>God Bless Your Day<BR>Jesus Loves You<BR></FONT></I></B> <P ALIGN=center><B>Read ALL 700+ previous “Your Daily Notes” <A HREF=https://www.notesonlife.org/archive>HERE</A></B> </P><IMG SRC=https://www.NotesOnLife.org/images/WE-CirclePic+Signature.png ALT=Pastor_Wayne_Picture>
Highway 50 across Nevada has been called “The Loneliest Road in America.” It crosses five valleys and mountain ranges between Utah and California and gives the illusion of roads that go off into the distance that will never end.
Life is like that too. When most people look into the future, they see a road of life that seems like it will never end, but when I drove across Highway 50 I discovered that the longest “infinite” road was only about 20 miles. Many people’s daily commutes are longer than that – hardly an unfathomable distance.
The point is that like the warning “Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” in that what we PERCEIVE as being a long way away is quickly zooming up to us. While you may think that you have plenty of time in life - like traversing Highway 50 - your road is going to end much sooner than you see or think and when the road ends…then what?
Well it won’t be at a truck stop restaurant, resort hotel, or another mountain pass followed by another valley across another stretch of Route 50. The fact is that the great road trip of life will come to a dead end and there will be no turning back. The question you need to come to grips with is what will you do then and where will you be when your life road-trip is over?
The Bible says that “… people are destined to die…and after that to face judgment,” In life, we are all destined to come to the end of the road of life. Google maps doesn’t have the answer, but the Bible’s God Provisioning System does. It says that your path to heaven was paved 2,000 years ago on a Cross via a Crossroad located on Calvary. Jesus told us the answer when he said,
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24
When the road you are on ends, where will it take you?
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