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<blockquote data-quote="Rescue1" data-source="post: 528650" data-attributes="member: 280"><p>Here is another one from the book </p><p></p><p> "FREE WILL"</p><p></p><p> What is free will? Is it something that we can't change? NOPE, free will is the freedom of choose. It is the freedom to choose what, where, when, and why we do the things we do. Free will is probably one of the greatest things God gave to us, besides His Son Jesus (besides Himself). A lot of people don't understand why or wonder why God would give them free will. Why wouldn't He just make it to where we had no other choice? He does this out of love for us, we are His creation, and He designed us so we had a choice. Now that you have a choice how are you going to act on it? A great illustration was presented to me somewhat about this very situation. </p><p> Let's begin by looking and the sun and the moon. When we have a full moon does it illuminate itself? Nope, the light you see is a reflection of the sun. Such as we should be a reflection of the Son of Man. We should shine in the darkness so bright that the darkness has to flee. However, there are going to be times when you're going to fall into darkness. Much like the Moon does when we can't see it. Ever wonder why we can't see the moon all the time? That's because the world gets in it way of the sun. Too often times we allow the world to blind us from the light. We may see where the light is coming from, but because of our pride we tend to stay there in hopes no one sees the truth. That's where we fall into this worlds grip and lose sight or the focus we have on God. We become disobedient to God, which causes us to lose hope, joy and peace. Then it becomes a blame game. It is much easier for someone to say I wasn't responsible, then they wouldn't have to claim the responsibility. If they had claimed that they were responsible then it would show how irresponsible that they are. This is where pride will kill you every time, but there is a solution.</p><p> Have you ever been in a dark room and turned on the light? The darkness seems to hide doesn't it? That's because the darkness doesn't like being in the light because it unveils the truth. The truth is we cannot do this on our own. We must accept Gods help (Jesus). How do we do this, by being obedient to His Word. Just like when we lose the moon in the darkness, its obedience to God allows it to come back into the light to shine bright for us again. Even the moon has to obey God. </p><p> We talked earlier about being ashamed of our problems. How we would much rather hide our troubles/scars from everyone because they were much too hard to share. Think about the moon. When it is at its fullest it's so beautiful and majestic that it almost mesmerizing, but if you look close enough you can see craters, cracks, and blemishes all over it where is has been beaten and bruised by everything that has been thrown at it. Yet when you step back it is one of the most beautiful thing God created. </p><p> Listen we all have scars, we all have bruises, but that doesn't mean you can't shine for God and be as beautiful as He wants you to be. Stop hiding in the dark and come to the light that is where we are most beautiful at. In His eyes!</p><p></p><p> I post a lot of these on my Facebook page. If y'all want me to continue to post here just let me know. If not, let me know also. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rescue1, post: 528650, member: 280"] Here is another one from the book “FREE WILL” What is free will? Is it something that we can’t change? NOPE, free will is the freedom of choose. It is the freedom to choose what, where, when, and why we do the things we do. Free will is probably one of the greatest things God gave to us, besides His Son Jesus (besides Himself). A lot of people don’t understand why or wonder why God would give them free will. Why wouldn’t He just make it to where we had no other choice? He does this out of love for us, we are His creation, and He designed us so we had a choice. Now that you have a choice how are you going to act on it? A great illustration was presented to me somewhat about this very situation. Let’s begin by looking and the sun and the moon. When we have a full moon does it illuminate itself? Nope, the light you see is a reflection of the sun. Such as we should be a reflection of the Son of Man. We should shine in the darkness so bright that the darkness has to flee. However, there are going to be times when you’re going to fall into darkness. Much like the Moon does when we can’t see it. Ever wonder why we can’t see the moon all the time? That’s because the world gets in it way of the sun. Too often times we allow the world to blind us from the light. We may see where the light is coming from, but because of our pride we tend to stay there in hopes no one sees the truth. That’s where we fall into this worlds grip and lose sight or the focus we have on God. We become disobedient to God, which causes us to lose hope, joy and peace. Then it becomes a blame game. It is much easier for someone to say I wasn’t responsible, then they wouldn’t have to claim the responsibility. If they had claimed that they were responsible then it would show how irresponsible that they are. This is where pride will kill you every time, but there is a solution. Have you ever been in a dark room and turned on the light? The darkness seems to hide doesn’t it? That’s because the darkness doesn’t like being in the light because it unveils the truth. The truth is we cannot do this on our own. We must accept Gods help (Jesus). How do we do this, by being obedient to His Word. Just like when we lose the moon in the darkness, its obedience to God allows it to come back into the light to shine bright for us again. Even the moon has to obey God. We talked earlier about being ashamed of our problems. How we would much rather hide our troubles/scars from everyone because they were much too hard to share. Think about the moon. When it is at its fullest it’s so beautiful and majestic that it almost mesmerizing, but if you look close enough you can see craters, cracks, and blemishes all over it where is has been beaten and bruised by everything that has been thrown at it. Yet when you step back it is one of the most beautiful thing God created. Listen we all have scars, we all have bruises, but that doesn’t mean you can’t shine for God and be as beautiful as He wants you to be. Stop hiding in the dark and come to the light that is where we are most beautiful at. In His eyes! I post a lot of these on my Facebook page. If y'all want me to continue to post here just let me know. If not, let me know also. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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