Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief. JOSEPH ADDISON
Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to Him; [He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. (Proverbs 16:3, The Amplified Bible)
I like the way The Amplified Bible puts this scripture verse, Roll your works upon the Lord. The King James has it, Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. How difficult it is when we are going through a trying time to turn everything over to God. And when we use the word commit, it seems at times like we are going to pull something out of the mud, in order to release it. Im not trying to change the value of the word commit in this scripture, its just that roll your works upon seems an easier way to get the ball rolling, so to speak. Probably the hardest part about committing to something is making the first move to become selfless enough to give to something other than ourselves. I like the idea of rollin it over. Its not like we have to pick up this heavy load and carry it somewhere to get rid of it, we can ease it moving in the direction of God by rolling, and before we know it God is helping us with it. I think that in the process of turning our will and our life over to the care of God, the first change of heart that becomes willingness, will roll as if it were going down hill once started moving. Ive often said that there was a thousand miles between God and I until I took the first step, and then God came the rest of the way. So it is when we roll our cares over to God. Once we start the rollin God helps with the rest of the job. Its all a matter of the will. When we become born again, God leaves our will in tact. Our life choices are up to us. When we learn through experience to try and make our will line up with Gods will, we begin to see the advantage in having spiritual and supernatural help. I cant do it on my own. I am so grateful that a loving God, full of grace and mercy, has been patient with me through out the years, and has shown me how to get the ball rollin. God has done for me what I could not do for myself .JRE
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
This Beatitude is among the half-dozen most important verses in the Bible. When you possess the spiritual meaning of this text you have the Secret of Dominion, the secret of overcoming every kind of difficulty. It is literally the Key of Life. It is the Jesus Christ Message reduced to a single sentence. This gnomic saying is actually the Philosophers Stone of the Alchemist that turns the base metal of limitations and trouble into the God of comfort or true harmony.
EMMET FOX .The Sermon On The Mount, page 27
Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to Him; [He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. (Proverbs 16:3, The Amplified Bible)
I like the way The Amplified Bible puts this scripture verse, Roll your works upon the Lord. The King James has it, Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. How difficult it is when we are going through a trying time to turn everything over to God. And when we use the word commit, it seems at times like we are going to pull something out of the mud, in order to release it. Im not trying to change the value of the word commit in this scripture, its just that roll your works upon seems an easier way to get the ball rolling, so to speak. Probably the hardest part about committing to something is making the first move to become selfless enough to give to something other than ourselves. I like the idea of rollin it over. Its not like we have to pick up this heavy load and carry it somewhere to get rid of it, we can ease it moving in the direction of God by rolling, and before we know it God is helping us with it. I think that in the process of turning our will and our life over to the care of God, the first change of heart that becomes willingness, will roll as if it were going down hill once started moving. Ive often said that there was a thousand miles between God and I until I took the first step, and then God came the rest of the way. So it is when we roll our cares over to God. Once we start the rollin God helps with the rest of the job. Its all a matter of the will. When we become born again, God leaves our will in tact. Our life choices are up to us. When we learn through experience to try and make our will line up with Gods will, we begin to see the advantage in having spiritual and supernatural help. I cant do it on my own. I am so grateful that a loving God, full of grace and mercy, has been patient with me through out the years, and has shown me how to get the ball rollin. God has done for me what I could not do for myself .JRE
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
This Beatitude is among the half-dozen most important verses in the Bible. When you possess the spiritual meaning of this text you have the Secret of Dominion, the secret of overcoming every kind of difficulty. It is literally the Key of Life. It is the Jesus Christ Message reduced to a single sentence. This gnomic saying is actually the Philosophers Stone of the Alchemist that turns the base metal of limitations and trouble into the God of comfort or true harmony.
EMMET FOX .The Sermon On The Mount, page 27