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Saturday, November 26, 2011

WHAT ONLY GOD CAN SEE IN US


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WHAT ONLY GOD CAN SEE IN US
You are about to read a most interesting and encouraging word from the Lord so prepare yourself to enjoy it. Not one person has been born by accident. When a man and a woman join their bodies in intimacy [hopefully after holy matrimony] God takes the substances within her and begins to fashion a human being into His likeness. He uses the chromosomes from the mom and dad to give the child some of its features and traits. Then He imprints their identification upon their fingers with prints that are theirs alone. He’s never used them before nor will He ever use them again. This alone should make us all feel “special”.

Many believe nothing is more valuable than a diamond and they might be right. Let’s use the analogy of us being one. Right off the bat at our birth we’re admired, and in many cases, treasured by our parents. One thing for sure, we certainly are all treasures in God’s sight for He’s invested a lot for us. Not only has He taken the time to “knit us together” in our mom’s womb but He’s made some executive decisions as well. Within us He’s placed special gifts, talents and abilities that no one can take away. They are almost like the medulla oblongata or that lower portion of our brain that is programed to help us breath without conscious effort along with some other “automatic” functions that help us survive.

Once we’re old enough the Holy Spirit sets about liberating us from the curse of sin for it dwells within everyone, or in our lower nature. He begins by allowing us to understand the Gospel message as revealed in the Bible. It says we’ve all fallen short of the glory of God and unless “modified” can’t spend an eternity with Him in Heaven like He desires. So He brings us under conviction by the Holy Spirit who works in our consciousness. We need to recognize the guilt feelings when we do wrong are also a gift for then will we seek relief from God. He’s tells us the Truth, Jesus came to save sinners and we’re in need of Him. Once we understand God’s plan of salvation and submit by receiving Him into our hearts, placing our full trust in Jesus and His work on the cross, God will send His Spirit within us to stay.



But let’s not get excited for He’s still at work in us. We’re still much like a rough and very valuable diamond, but not yet a “gem stone”. For example, after a long time of inspection a diamond cutter will locate the flaws before he very carefully breaks a stone. To do this he uses a chisel that’s been set in a heavy block of wood and a special mallet. He’s marked the exact spot on the diamond using a microscope and where he will perfectly rest the stone. Then with ever so much care he strikes it with his mallet, not too hard or too light.

Then he chooses the best part to begin the process of creating a valuable gemstone. We are like the diamond and should expect God to whack us at some time in the early process. He will not allow any part of this world’s effects to remain on us. With great care the gem cutter removes more and more of the stone until one day He says, I’m satisfied. But He’s not done for now comes the time of polishing the stone to a luster worthy of His Glory.

Can you see God’s plan from the beginning was to have us as His own? Once we’ve received Jesus the process began and throughout our life God has been at work. This is why the scripture tells us to “rejoice in all things”. Some things that happen were extremely hard and we wondered as to way we were going through them, now you know.

After Michangelo finished his sculpture of David most who’ve seen have said it’s perfect. One man asked him how he was able to do it. His reply is like the one God will use if we ask Him about ourselves. He said, “I simply took everything away from the stone that wasn’t David.” Once we’ve received Jesus by faith God is going to do the same thing, everything about us that isn’t Jesus, He’s removing. Let’s thank Him even before He’s finished. If we do, the cutting and wacking may not be so painful.

In His Service,

Capt. Ben Marler

OLD DESTIN THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
(photo shared from Chiceaux's Photostream)