Que Hacer En Un Barco Que Se Hunde

Que hacer en un barco que se hunde.

Aquí esta la sabiduría: Si no puedes salir de la tormenta con Jesús, entonces quédate en la tormenta con Jesus.

Marcos 4:35 “En el mismo día, cuando llegó la noche, El les dijo, “Crucemos hacia el otro lado.” Ahora, cuando dejaron a la multitud, lo llevaron a El con ellos en la barca como estaba. lo llevaron a El con ellos en la barca como estaba. Y había también otras barcas pequeñas con él. Y se levantó una gran tormenta de viento, y las olas golpeaban dentro de la barca, hasta que ya se estaba llenando.

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¡Estas libre!

¡Estas libre!

         Nahum 1: “¡Mira! Caminando por las montañas, un mensajero que trae las últimas buenas noticias: ¡paz! ¡Celebre, adore y vuelva a comprometerse con Dios! No más preocupaciones por este enemigo. Éste es historia. Cierra los libros “.

Salmo 35: “Pero déjenme correr suelto y libre, celebrando la gran obra de Dios, Cada hueso de mi cuerpo riendo, cantando: “Dios, no hay nadie como tú. ¡Pones a los desamparados sobre sus pies y proteges a los desprotegidos de los matones! ”

Salmo 37: “La espaciosa y libre vida es de Dios, esta es también protegida y segura. Fortalecidos por Dios, somos librados del mal; cuando corremos hacia él, Él nos salva “.

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Siempre, Cada y Nunca

Siempre, Cada y Nunca

Translation by Afredo Magni Sozzi

“Siempre” y “Nunca” son, lo que yo llamo, palabras definitivas. Hay muy pocas cosas en esta vida que vivimos que son “siempre” y “nunca”, pero sin embargo, en la Biblia se usan las palabras definitivas, y creo que el Señor quiere que estemos involucrados con Su intención y propósito definitivos, por lo tanto Él usa las últimas palabras para que definitivamente confiemos en Él y definitivamente le creamos. Definitivamente – al máximo.

“Siempre” – en todo momento; “Nunca” – en ningún momento. Otra palabra fundamental es “Cada”, que significa todos los individuos y partes sin excepción. ¿Nos tomamos en serio estas palabras? Decimos que sí, leemos las Escrituras y estamos de acuerdo con entusiasmo, pero a menudo lo vivimos de manera diferente. Me pregunto cuántas veces digo que Dios siempre me respalda, pero cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles, ¿con qué frecuencia me vuelvo hacia atrás y me pregunto dónde está el Señor en mi vida? Cuando utilizo las palabras “siempre”, “cada” y “nunca”, es posible que no me refiera al máximo de ellas, pero, cuando Dios usa esas palabras, Él quiere decir lo que Él dice no solo hasta el extremo del universo, Él lo quiere decir más allá del infinito, más allá de donde el tiempo termina, más allá del entendimiento, sin siquiera una pequeña sombra de oportunidad El hará otra cosa que todo lo que ha prometido.

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Assumptions

We assume so, so much about everything.

We assume loved ones will still be here, we assume our health will remain good, we assume others are telling the truth, we assume the gov’t will take care of us. We assume the lights will come on when we flip the switch, the faucet will run clean hot and cold water, that the toilet will always flush correctly, that the furnace will come on, that so-and-so will always love us, or things will never work out. We assume we will always be poor, always fall short, or never be recognized. We assume we will have our sanity tomorrow when we wake up just like we’ve been in our right mind everyday so far.

Do you realize how much of our lives are built on future projections of assumptions? And do you realize how much of God’s workings in our life is not built on any assumptions but promises and guarantee’s which have never fallen short, ever in the history of the world? The promises of God are not established by public opinion. Is your relationship with God built on assumptions and conclusions or is it faith? They are not the same.

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Prioritization

Have you ever felt the Lord was challenging your priorities, all the way from your idea of what was most important to what you think is least important?

In Matt6:33, when Jesus said “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you”, do you think He was pointing out how we should arrange our priorities, challenging what we think is important versus what God says is important? i do.

i’ve read His words, agreed with His words, but often my priorities didn’t change. i can’t tell you about you, but i can speak with some authority concerning myself. There have been times in my life, long periods of time, when sitting down on the couch was more important than wiping the kitchen counter, being silent was more important than calling a friend in need, reading a magazine was more important than reading my Bible, and, i’m sad to admit, many times doing absolutely nothing was more important than talking to God. i ask myself, “Why is that so? It is ugly Lord and it must change.”

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If He Sent Us, He Will Go With Us

Joseph Ivimey in 1821commented on a section of John Bunyan’s book,  Pilgrim’s Progress written in 1678: he wrote, “Our author intimates that God sometimes communicates spiritual knowledge and heavenly joy by “dreams and visions of the night.” The Holy One “works all things after the counsel of His own will,” and employs whatever methods He pleases to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. The effect produced by dreams must be brought to a test. Here is a good, short statement expressing a rule to test concepts and dreams by….that what leads to God, must have come from God” If God has sent us, He will go with us.”

Right there is an observation and insight worthy of a lot of contemplation, “That what leads to God, must have come from God.” It is a good test of what we believe, hear, and dream….does what i hear, think, and believe lead to Christ?, and if it does, then it must have come from God, for the Lord is the only One who can lead us to Himself. Let us think and explore these things not fearing our doctrines will fall apart. And if they do come to pieces in our hands under the inspection of scripture, then they weren’t worthy of being held as the truth.

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True North

As to getting your bearing, your direction, or heading…. Arriving at our bearing requires we have a reference point of some sort. How do you get a reference point so you can draw out your bearings? Everyone has ideas, but are they good ideas? It would be easy to quote some scripture, which, don’t get me wrong, that’s a good thing, but if it’s not really owned and practiced it’s not much of an answer….it’s more of a reply that sounds good, and makes us look like we know something, but really underneath the layers of acceptable Christian-eze,  we’re often still pretty clueless. We want to own our stuff, i mean take real ownership of our situation….and not blind ownership either, which means we just agree without knowing what we’re agreeing to, or we agree just to get someone off our back. Blind ownership is really no ownership at all, so we’ve got to be more surgical about getting down to the truth of exactly what it is we are owning about the Lord along with understanding our “set and bearing” in Him.

Having your bearing means we must, simply must have a good reference point. We say Jesus is our reference point above all reference points, but our attitudes and actions often point to a very different story. We don’t need “A” bearing, we need “true bearing”.

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