If my car caught fire right this instant, I wouldn't care one bit about it.
My siblings cared not one bit to hear the gospel message, for all their smarts they threw up a wall to God. Nota one ever came to me and asked why or how I was stronger than my years or why sickness and disease passed by me
even tho they all knew I had been baptized in 94. That's how God's kingdom works; God calls whom He wants, and doesn't call whom he doesn't want. No one comes to salvation unless God calls him. If you or I think you know a candidate for the Kingdom, we intercede for them,through prayer, but a thousand gospel messages will bounce right off that person, until God makes His move.
My Mum musta spent her whole life interceding for me. Just less than 2 months after I was baptized, she had a massive heart attack at night, and moved on, at age 60. Now, I was not the favorite child, so I'm sure Mum prayed for all five of her kids. (My Pops was an avowed atheist, or some days, just agnostic, so I got nothing from him). God choose me. God moved on me. I rejected Him at least two times but the last time, it was pretty clear, AJ better capitulate.
Here it is
Proverbs 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
I spilt no tears for them, nor for Pops. They stared right at me for years, seeing my strength, and my health, and the source of these was not hid from them. Yet they chose not to accept Jesus. There is no justifying such foolishness. I spilt no tears for them, nor for Pops.
And so it was with Israel, having God in their midst, yet they went whoring after other gods. gods of wood and stone, and cast metal. So GodAlmighty abandoned them, and left them under a curse. Do not weep for the accursed.Let the dead bury the dead.
The same is right here on FABO, not one of you is interested in my health or strength, and take it as bragging. Oh, I'm bragging all right; bragging on the God who plucked me off the broad path that leads to destruction, and instead He put me on the narrow path that leads to everlasting life; the Why of it is anybodies guess. But He did more than that; He led me to read the Old Testament, in the which are the blessings and cursings listed one by one for the WHOLE world to see. GodAlmighty testifies to them saying they are for ALL generations. I am just claiming my rights. and my promises. Any Believer can claim those same promises. But the "church" has put up a wall between those promises and the pew warmers, saying all that was done away with at the cross. The church is a LIAR! And not just about this.
If GodAlmighty calls you or anyone, just say yes, and read your Bible; starting in the FRONT of the Book!
All that I have is because God made me a steward over it, for the time He has allotted me; namely 70 years, 80 if by reason of good health. If satan took it all away right now, I would shed no tears.
Here's a miracle for you:
4 years ago we were blessed to receive a wonderful 66pound dog, whom we grew very fond of. I became a steward over him, and we showered him with love.
Yesterday, my wife and I went to a nearby city for supper.When we returned to our car at 9:52PM, our precious was not there. We spent an hour looking and calling and then I called it off, it was too dark and it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. My wife , bless her heart is not a Believer, and she was heart-broken.
When we got home, I reired to my prayer-closet and asked God; that if it seemed good to Him, I wouldn't mind to have this dog back.
So first thing this morning as soon as it turned light, we dashed back to that city. I went straight to the cop-shop to make inquiry, but they were closed until 9AM. We were over an hour too early, so next stop was the vet-shop who opened at eight. I waited the two minutes, then upon entering , inquired as to where they take found animals on account of mine was lost. They directed me to a nearby town. When I got there it was 8:30. Here I was told that they had, just about 10 minutes ago,received a call from the copshop to come and get a dog that matched the description I had just given. So the nice attendant makes a few calls and finds the dog still at the copshop, and oh by the way, she cancels the dogcatcher truck. So off we go, back to the bigcity copshop. It is now 9:02 . Ok so I go in, cuz now they are open; and there lies my dog. So I spend about 10 minutes in pleasantries, and off we go.
We get home, let me guess just before 9:52AM, less than 12 hours later.
This is how the Kingdom works. Miracle after miracle.
Who takes a super-friendly, well-trained, handsome, found-dog to the cops? Why was my first stop at the cop shop? The dog was already in there,the first time I got there, but the place wasn't open yet.Why did I get to the first vet shop just two minutes before opening-time? Why did I get to the pound in the sister city just 10 minutes after the call came in about a found dog needing pick-up? Why had the dog-catcher not yet gone out? And I get back to the copshop just 2 minutes after they open the doors to the public?
Com'on, you gotta see God working behind the scenes here, to answer my prayer.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
righteous man just means Believer, don't get hung up.
Sure, you can chalk this all up to coincidence, believe what you will. But when things like this happen time-after-time-after-time, it gets real. I can't believe I was so desperate to hang on to my pagan world! I truly was a fool.
I don't love my car; I get excited by how well it runs, that is all