But first, I came across this quote the other day by Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt from his book, Everyone Belongs to God. Immediately my heart resonates with this, but I realize how it is polar opposite to the way I used to think when I was younger. The hope then was to go from seeming powerlessness and helplessness to acquiring the knowledge and power to be able to fix things for myself and others. But time and reality has won me away from such misguided notions.
You must learn to accept your weakness, your own poverty, and your own limitations, especially when the going gets rough. It is just through your weakness that our Savior can do his work (2 Cor. 12:9). He can manage what you cannot!…It’s often better not to get too involved in other people’s affairs, wanting to have a say in everything, because most of the time we don’t really know what the right step is. In the end, only God can work things out. Especially where there is sickness, poverty, or strongholds of temptation, you will have to realize your helplessness. You don’t need to be a knight in shining armor who is all set to kill the devil – no, we must learn to step back in faith and hope and keep the power of Jesus firmly in the center.
Brad and I discuss this quote on last week’s podcast because I wanted to know how he would think of it. I now think we are at our most powerful when we put no confidence in our own abilities and can then allow God’s grace and strength to shine through our weakness. If not, we become the annoying fix-it person who is out to get everyone else to do their bidding.
Now an important note about updates from our websites: FaceBook has made it more difficult for you to view feeds from pages like Lifestream.org, TheGodJourney.com and FindingChurch.com. It is part of their strategy to increasing access through advertising and to create an addictive environment so that you will find it difficult to avert your eyes from FaceBook. What began as a way to connect people is now a full-fledged advertising venue. Talk about mission creep!
However, if you’re missing these updates, you can restore them by going to the corresponding FaceBook pages: Wayne Jacobsen (Lifestream), The God Journey, or Finding Church, clicking on the “Liked” tab (see picture above) and in the drop-down menu click on “First” instead of using the default. If there are updates on those pages, they will now show up at the top of your feed. You can do this with any pages you want to follow and with the profiles of your friends and family by finding the drop-down menu under “Friends.”
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Excellent word. So true.
I often say, “If we think God is really using us – and secretly feeling good about it – it’s probably not true. And it’s most likely that He is using us when we are totally unaware of it. “When did I see You naked, poor, hungry?” is what those said being rewarded by the Lord. I think it will most likely be so with us as well……
It’s actually the tab next to the ‘liked’ tab. It usually says ‘default’ and you just click on it then select whichever priority you want to change to
Ha ha. It seems that on some pages the tab is ‘following’. Either way it’s always the tab next to the liked tab to the right. That doesn’t sound complicated at all does it?! Maybe just delete both of my posts I seem to be just confusing and complicating the matter further… A bit like like most ‘churches’ then… Ho Ho ho