"No Comparison"

"If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:" (Psalms 124:2)

  Understanding the reality of the situation, is something that takes on a whole new reality when we are looking at it with spiritual glasses on. I heard a message yesterday about David and Goliath and the weapons at David's disposal; like, it could have been anything he felt God telling him to use; he could have used a feather if he wanted, because the battle was really not his, but the LORD'S! And then the message went a little sideways, and started to be about giving God 100% verses 90%. The pastor used the example of giving 90% in your marriage, as if your spouse would be alright with that or not. Be that as it may, there is no comparison between the two relationships; our ability to give 100% is flawed, and any attempt to think otherwise will just confuse the situation. God, on the other hand, His .000000001% is greater than our 100% could ever be! That is the real message, because without God, my 100% is totally useless and is filthy rags! Which reminds me, I was going to use another closing Scripture yesterday, and I wrestled with it and the other for nearly fifteen minutes; but I think it still will work for today. There is something that is vitally important to our walk that we need to get straight, right from the get-go: If we are not in Christ, we cannot walk; and if we are not in Christ, we surely will not stand! That is the complete game-changer! You want to be 100%, then there is the Way to get it done, otherwise there is no hope, whatsoever...

"For since the beginning of the world men hath not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." (Isaiah 64:4-8)