"Perfect Power"

"The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly." (Psalms 118:16)

  It really makes no difference how you might feel about your position, whether you are a leader or someone being led, we are all the same in the body of Christ. This is pretty hard to understand, but the more I focus upon Jesus and His majesty, the more I can see that it is really all about Him. Yes, we all have certain issues, some worse that others; but Christ has dealt with every single one of those issues on the cross; there is nothing here on this earth that has not been taken care of, He settled the deal for each and every sin that we have ever sinned. Paul gives us this proof is Romans 5:12-21, as he expresses the connection between one man's sin resulting in death for all mankind, but by another Man's righteousness, we are all given life. Was this God's plan all along? I believe it that was, and it was God's way of making us into His perfect image. I know that I have said this before, but even before Adam sinned, the garden was not perfect; it was not perfect, because in the midst of the garden there was a forbidden fruit growing on a tree of knowledge of good and evil. I was listening to the professor the other day, I believe he was the one in charge of, or that started, the "Discovery Institute." He had some pretty interesting things to say, mostly being focused upon man's creativity and the difference between knowledge being controlled and left alone to continue to learn. I know I am not doing it any justice, because there was quite a lot that he was saying. But he kept going back to the fact that we are created in the image of a Creator, and so we are meant to be creative and always learning. The big difference between us and our Creator, is that He knows all things and we do not; besides the fact that He creates something from nothing, and we must take something to make something else, our Creator has given us a powerful mind that needs to be put to work. We can see this illustration given in the beginning, as God instructed Adam to name all of the animals. Oddly enough, it was this task of naming the animals that caused Adam to desire the woman that God was planning to make for him. God does not learn, He knows all things, and He knows beforehand every single thing that we need, including what we need to dwell with Him eternally...

"Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God -his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. This is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him."" (1 Corinthians 2:6-9) NLT