Put to the Test by Oswald Chambers

. . . called to be his holy people. — 1 Corinthians 1:2 Thank God for the sight of all you haven’t yet become. God has called you to be one of his holy people, you’ve had the vision of what he wants, but you aren’t there yet by any means. God calls his children to the mountaintop and gives them a vision. Then he sends them down into the valley of everyday life, the valley where the vision will be put to the test. It’s in the valley that most of us turn back, because it’s there that we must prove whether or not we’ll be the chosen ones. We aren’t quite prepared for the blows that must come if we’re going to be turned into the shape of the vision. Are we willing to be hammered into shape by God’s hand? The hammering always comes in commonplace ways, through the circumstances and people we encounter in our daily lives. There are times when we know God’s purpose for us, times when he’s given us a vision and we see it clearly. Whether this vision will be turned into actual character depends on us, not on God. If we prefer to bask in the memory of the vision, we’ll be of no use in the ordinary stuff of human life. We have to learn to live in reliance on what we saw in the vision—not in ecstasies and conscious contemplation of God, but living our ordinary lives in light of the vision. We must do this until the vision becomes a reality. Every bit of the training God is putting us through is leading us to this goal. Learn to thank God for making his demands known. The little “I am” always sulks when God says, “Do.” Let your little “I am” be shriveled up in the face of the great “I am who I am” (Exodus 3:14). God must dominate our lives. Isn’t it startling to realize that he knows where we live? That he knows the burrows we crawl into? He’ll hunt us up like a lightning flash. No human being knows human beings as God does.

Full Salvation part 2

I Urge you. A Gospel address by Pastor Frank Hunting

God wants you to know side 2

God wants you to know. By Frank hunting

This is side 1. Click below to view on youtube

God spoke to me on a football field

Is Faith Blind?

Blind Faith. Is faith blind? Some people say I can’t believe in God until I see Him face to face. Well the bIble says that no one has seen God but many people claimed to see Jesus Christ when he walked this earth. Jesus said “if anyone has seen me he has seen the Father” Let’s ha look at some verses in John Chapter 14. This is from the Living Bible, a wonderful paraphrase of the Bible that was first published in the 1970’s. Jesus Speaking 14 “Let not your heart be troubled. You are trusting God, now trust in me. 2-3 There are many homes up there where my Father lives, and I am going to prepare them for your coming. When everything is ready, then I will come and get you, so that you can always be with me where I am. If this weren’t so, I would tell you plainly. 4 And you know where I am going and how to get there.” 5 “No, we don’t,” Thomas said. “We haven’t any idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the Way—yes, and the Truth and the Life. No one can get to the Father except by means of me. 7 If you had known who I am, then you would have known who my Father is. From now on you know him—and have seen him!” 8 Philip said, “Sir, show us the Father and we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus replied, “Don’t you even yet know who I am, Philip, even after all this time I have been with you? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking to see him? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I say are not my own but are from my Father who lives in me. And he does his work through me. 11 Just believe it—that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or else believe it because of the mighty miracles you have seen me do. Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you do not know Me yet, Philip, nor recognize clearly who I am? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. “ I have shown here a picture of a terrible dust storm we found ourselves driving in one day in South Australia’s Riverland. It was hard to see what was coming around the bend. We did have the advantage of seeing a vehicle in front of us that was helpful to a certain extent. It is a bit like driving on a dark night in the Australian country landscape where you have to be on the look out for Kangaroos who might suddenly jump out in front of the car. Often we have found ourselves on a dark night driving on the Hay Plains in NSW. A long straight road with lots of mainly nocturnal Kangaroos. On these occasions allowing a semi trailer to stay in front of us to “pave the way” can give us some degree of safety. The headlights off the front vehicle give us a bit off a view of what lies ahead. Also note the guiding marks on the road. The Bible is our guide. Showing us the way. Faith is not blind! We are not left in the dark We have the guiding light of Jesus to show us “the way, the truth and the life”. He is this. And for additional reason for faith we just need to observe the world around us. Consider the words in Romans 1. 19 For the truth about God is known to them instinctively;[e] God has put this knowledge in their hearts. 20 Since earliest times men have seen the earth and sky and all God made, and have known of his existence and great eternal power. So they will have no excuse when they stand before God at Judgment Day.[f] Everyone who is Christian or not is in awe of then world we live in. Is it here by chance. Not likely! So what about you? Have you put your trust in Jesus? We only have whatever is left of our time on earth to make that decision.