Once There Was a Man

[Bamboo_Chicken]

Once there was a man who dared God to speak.
"Burn the bush like You did for Moses, God, and I will follow.
Collapse the walls like You did for Joshua, God, and I will fight.
Still the waves like You did on Galilee, God, and I will listen."
And so the man sat by a bush, near a wall and close to the sea, and waited for God to speak.
And God heard the man, so He answered.
He sent fire, not for a bush, but for a church.
He brought down a wall, not of brick, but of sin.
He stilled a storm, not of the sea, but of a soul.
And God waited for the man to respond.
and He waited . . .
and He waited.
But because the man was looking at bushes, not hearts; bricks and not lives; seas and not souls, he decided that God had done nothing.
Finally, he looked to God and asked, "Have You lost Your power?"
And, in disbelief, God looked at him and said, "Have you lost your hearing?!"

- Max Lucado

 

[karen_trustlord]

Thanks - that was good! Let's not miss that holy fire.

 

[Bamboo_Chicken]

- we also need to remember that we shouldn't focus on one point and expect God to do something miraculous there - He's working His miracles everywhere, everyday.
Smile and God Bless,
Steffi

 

[Elijah_A]

- we also need to remember that we shouldn't focus on one point and expect God to do something miraculous there - He's working His miracles everywhere, everyday.
Smile and God Bless,
Steffi

Very inspiring, Thanks =)

 

[ronaldp]

That was a nice post. We sometimes ask God to prove himself to us. But the fact is He doesn't have to prove anything to us because He is God plus He has already proven his work to us. Look at the sea and the mountains, better yet look at yourself and you have your proof of God.

 

[macspetra]

It is a good reminder that God answers in a way that we don't alwys see. We can get so focused on seeing answers in only one way and miss the blessings that come a different way. We need to open our hearts and see the world thorugh God's eyes so that we don't miss a single thing.