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This entry is quite late. Tomorrows will be quite early. Both are ready now.
God's Message to me: When God sent Abram from his homeland he asked his wife to tell everyone that she was his sister. He did this out of fear that people would kill him to get his wife because of her beauty.
God knew what He was doing. If God says going someplace will make your life better there is no need to worry. It is certainly reasonable to provide for self defense. God provides us that ability for a reason. It is not reasonable to do the wrong thing out of fear. Abraham lied to protect his life when God was there to protect him. God protected his wife from dishonor and Abraham from death and allowed the situations to become blessings for Abraham. What blessings might have come if the kings he placed in danger had embraced him as a visiting dignitary instead of a prince they feared.
Promises: God keeps his promises and asks for nothing He isn't prepared to provide.
Commands: Hold nothing back. Without God you wouldn't have it anyway.
Timeless principles: Everything comes from God and belongs to God.
How can I apply what I've learned: Treat all I posses as if it is borrowed from God and He can have it back whenever he asks. Failing that He can take it back anyway.
Showing posts with label Stewardship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stewardship. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Genesis chapters 1-3
God's Message to me: Gen 1:26-28 man has dominion over all the earth and everything in it to subdue it.
Chap 2 god sanctified the sabbath (7th day, Saturday) as a day of rest.
The first job of man is to cultivate the land and control his environment.
Promises: God has provided for my needs.
Commands: I am a steward of what God gave me. It is there for me to use. I am to subdue it (place it under my control) and cultivate it (adjust it to produce better and more efficiently).
Keep the sabbath holy. God takes rest and so should we.
Timeless principles: The world around me is for me to use for my needs. I was given dominion over it all to use it.
Even God takes a rest.
How can I apply what I've learned: We are to cultivate as gardeners. Stripping the land as looters with no attempt to keep it useful is wrong. Leaving the land untouched and untended is wrong. Managing the land and it's resources for our benefit is what God made us to do. The resources were put there for us to use.
Remember that God didn't create little worker robots that just keep going. We are supposed to rest on a regular basis.
Chap 2 god sanctified the sabbath (7th day, Saturday) as a day of rest.
The first job of man is to cultivate the land and control his environment.
Promises: God has provided for my needs.
Commands: I am a steward of what God gave me. It is there for me to use. I am to subdue it (place it under my control) and cultivate it (adjust it to produce better and more efficiently).
Keep the sabbath holy. God takes rest and so should we.
Timeless principles: The world around me is for me to use for my needs. I was given dominion over it all to use it.
Even God takes a rest.
How can I apply what I've learned: We are to cultivate as gardeners. Stripping the land as looters with no attempt to keep it useful is wrong. Leaving the land untouched and untended is wrong. Managing the land and it's resources for our benefit is what God made us to do. The resources were put there for us to use.
Remember that God didn't create little worker robots that just keep going. We are supposed to rest on a regular basis.
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