"Remarkable"

"My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness." (Psalms 109:24)

 Frankly, this could be anything that might cause us to pay attention; it just so happens that this is the result of the lack of food, whether forced or planed, it is malnutrition. Did you know that someone could think they know the Lord but not? There are people all around that think they have found the answer, but have been deceived and are still lost in their sins. It's rather remarkable, but it is true; there are even people who think that they are Christians, but they do not even believe that Jesus is God, or that He was born of a virgin, or that He actually rose from the grave. How is that even possible? If our spirit was a physical body, then this is what it would look like without the real Jesus, skin and bones, without any real strength or power. Pastor Jerry shared yesterday, and the title of his message was, "Do you want to be made well?" It was taken from the verse in John 5:6, where Jesus asked a man that had been too weak to move for 38 years, "Wilt thou be made whole?" What made this man the way that he was, the Bible is not clear, only that sin was involved, based upon what Jesus said when He saw him again: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." (John 5:14) Towards the end of his message, Jerry spoke about Jesus being the Cornerstone, and how we needed to be broken. It is much the same as Jesus saying, "Whoever loses his life shall save it." (Matthew 6:25) This is where we are expected to forsake all else, whatever it takes to follow Jesus; we fall upon the Cornerstone and become broken. Part of that brokenness is to accept those things that are hard to believe; things like God being able to create anything and everything from nothing, like Jesus being born of a virgin, that Jesus was God in the flesh, and that He rose from the grave on the third day, just as He said that He would. It pretty much all comes down to rejection; those that reject Him will be ground into powder. I am just assuming that there is not a whole lot of fatness there, if they can be ground into powder; but then again, with God anything is possible...

"As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever? For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best that they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening -it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are training this way. So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong." (Hebrews 12:7-13) NLT