A Christ Follower: The Journey

Dear God, Please fill us with the knowledge of Your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. I pray this in order that we may live a life worthy of You Lord and may please You in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to Your glorious might so that we  may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to You The Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For You have rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of Jesus, the Son whom You  love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. In Jesus Name AMEN! Adapted from Colossians 1:9-14 NIV

Old Johnny Appleseed knew what he was doing planting all those seeds throughout his region, and he expected a harvest to be reaped that was hundreds of thousands of times greater than he had sown. He received exactly what he expected.   When he planted those apple seeds, he was intentional: He was intentional about what he wanted to grow, and he was intentional about what he did not want.  In other words he was NOT expecting peas, okra, squash, watermelon or oranges.  He was expecting apples. So he sowed the right seed , at the right time in the right place , and he did it on purpose .  Needless to say he demonstrated a fruitful life.  He demonstrated reciprocal sowing and reaping.  He indeed did reap what he had sown. Our spirituality (or spiritual journey) is of little difference conceptually:  Paul summed it up about as good as it can be said.  Sow to the Spirit and you will reap spiritual fruit.  In other ...

Judge not or you will be judged: Jesus One of the most difficult lessons I have learned is related to the law of sowing and reaping.  And if we sow to the positive we will reap the positive.  Sow to the negative and we will reap the negative.  Sow fair judgment, and we will be judged fairly. Our eastern friends call this Karma.   This is a fancy term for "What goes around comes around." Sadly, I discovered what I thought was fair turned out not to be so.  How did I find out it was not so.  I got a taste of being judged unfairly, and this put me on my knees crying out to God.  And it cost me dearly. It is NO fun being in the middle of a spiritual warfare battle field. Now I am not saying that this is all my fault.  Because it is not.  There is clear evil in the world, and if you stand for that which is good, you will be challenged.  So Sowing good can get you tested as well.  All I am saying is it is best to stic...

4 Ways Of Responding To God's Wisdom:  (1)Let it come into one ear and out the other.  (2) Get all emotional about it, but have little depth of spirituality with which to use it to make a difference.  (3)Tangle the Wisdom in our worries (even our successes) negating the possibility any fruit will be born of the Wisdom... (4)  Or simply let it take root in our hearts... abide with the Wisdom until we can stop and let God make the Wisdom make a difference in us and the world around us. SoJourner

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,and He will make your paths straight . Proverbs 3:5-6 Fully Trust God Fully Rest On God's Guidance NOT your own. Full Place All Your Plans In God's Hands He Will Make Your Journey Work. Be Blessed 2day Especially 2day SoJourner

Proverbs 2:1-5 If you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, 3 4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. Something To Think About Now be blessed 2day... Especially 2day SoJourner

Back in 1988 NASA finally got to go back into space after the Challenger had blown up over 2 years earlier.  The Space Shuttle Discovery took us back into to space.  After this big success, the Space Coast held a parade and a great celebration.  I was privileged, at the time, to be the Air Force Chaplain assigned to Cape Canaveral, and I also had the privilege of praying a prayer of thanksgiving at this great event. I do not remember the exact words of the prayer, but a part of the prayer went like this: Dear Lord, as we have now overcome many of our past  Challenges,  may we continue to move, as we have this day, to new Discovery's for the future and for the good of humankind. No one recorded this, and I am not sure with all the hoopla that anyone human,  but Dick Hauck the Discovery Commander took note.  He said, "That is a right on prayer Chaplain."  That made me think.  "What is a right on prayer?"  Well this was ...