ONLY God creates!

 I heard something profound while watching Cesar Millan, “The Dog Whisperer”. He said to one of his clients that his Grandfather told him to never go against Mother Nature”. He went on to explain to the client what that meant to him. He understood it as God created dogs to be dogs, and humans try to humanize them. So in order to understand dogs, we have to understand their nature. 

The first thing that came to my mind is the World goes against God’s nature ALL the time. In nature, you can’t plant an apple tree and then decide you want oranges to grow from it! It doesn’t work that way! 

God created me to be of brown skin and woolly hair, just like Jesus; however , the world (which is Satan’s domain) doesn’t understand or know God’s Word enough to know He created humans in all shapes, sizes and color! So instead of realizing God created me or you (if you are reading this) to be brown, white, tan, reddish (which is Indian color) or in between. God knows who we are and how he created us, it is the world who defies anything God created and daily oppresses His creations; striving to oppress, and destroy it by their inability to realize the more they think they are ending a life, God plants millions more elsewhere. He is the God of the Universe, not just the God  of America! God is the ONLY one who creates! Satan can’t create, he only destroys! 

Genesis 1:27 AMPC 

27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Life can be a struggle and there are things in life that seem insurmountable; and years of struggle take a toll on you! If it wasn’t for God and His Word that daily reminds me of His power and how I can Trust him to fight my battles and be victorious; it would not be worth standing tall and knowing the battle is not mine; but the Lord’s! 

John 16:21-33AMPC 

21 A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world.

22 So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).

23 And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am].

24 Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I Am]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.

To be honest it does seem like birth pains living in a world full of hate, oppression, color barriers, shame, and guilt, or as Cesar Millan describes, “Going against Mother Nature” - ones natural being! 

However, we are to count it all joy!

James 1:2-4 NKJV 

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

You will look back and see how your trials brought you out better than you were before, and the legacy you left for those to also reap God’s goodness in many generations to come! 

What legacy would you want to leave for others who will come after you? 

Never give up or give in! 

"downs and UPS”!

We can’t continue to live as the unsaved! Wandering around in ditches, holes, and condemned houses- Literally! God lives in us, for those who are saved, and since our body is His dwelling place, we can no longer be slaves to sin. In other words, our sinful nature is still not yet free from suffering and pain that keeps us in bondage, even in our thoughts, words, and deeds - if we do revert back. 

Ephesians 4:17 AMPC  

So this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds.

He took on His own body what we all accept in today's society, as a way of life! Think about, He took everything we suffer today, and gives us all the good He has, and we want the former more than that latter. Many of us do want it, but our words do not coincide with our actions. So be firm in your convictions and follow through with them, no matter what you have to give up to obtain good! It could be a wayward friend, eating fast food everyday, or even not getting enough rest.

I Peter2:24 AMPC 

“He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.”

None of us are born righteous, but to be born again (Baptized) we are given a free gift many of us have not yet fully received. We throw it in a dumpster and pretty much our lifestyle is in that dumpster too. This should NOT be when God wants to do so much good in you and in your lives! All He wants you to do in Trust and Believe in Him! 

Romans 3:9-11

“Well then, are we [Jews] superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin [held down by and subject to its power and control].

10 As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one.

11 No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God.”

I believe there are many who have committed themselves to God and do live a righteous life; but more have become aloof and complacent in their quiet time with Him, which does not keep their minds and hearts at rest. Over time, they become agitated, fearful, doubtful and many other negative emotions that can overtake them. It's imperative to daily be in God's Word; as well as communicating with Him in prayer. 

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing"

 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Hosea 4:1-11 AMPC 

Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, love, pity and mercy, or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.

2 There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another.

3 Therefore shall the land [continually] mourn, and all who dwell in it shall languish, together with the wild beasts of the open country and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall [perish because of the drought] be collected and taken away.

4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove [another—do not waste your time in mutual recriminations], for with you is My contention, O priest.

5 And you shall stumble in the daytime, and the [false] prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother [the priestly nation].

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

7 The more they increased and multiplied [in prosperity and power], the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

8 They feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on their iniquity.

9 And it shall be: Like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their doings.

10 For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall play the harlot and beget no increase, because they have forsaken the Lord for harlotry;

11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart and the mind and the spiritual understanding.

How determined are you to obey and serve God?

It does a heart Merry!