Is your (G)god in a box?

I walked to the city bus terminal to catch my ride out for the day. I ran into a guy that I've known for a number of years. The conversation quickly went to God. I think that I could talk all day about Father, and His goodness toward His children. I went to talking about my church, and the things that go on at my church. Actually, I was talking about my first experience, at a Pentecostal service. The people talking in tongues, praying in tongues, and singing in tongues.

I told him that I was expecting, for there to be snakes brought in, at any time. That was simply part of my ignorance, relating a different group of Pentecostal believers, with the church that I am a member of now. I went on to tell him that when we worship God we limit Him on what He does. I said that God can, and will do miraculous events if we will not put Him in a box.

Then my friend made the statement, that made me realize, who I was talking with. I had known of the teachings that he had been exposed to over the last twenty years, or maybe even longer than that. He was a Baptist, that had been taught that speaking in tongues, was a thing of the past. I had a flashback, of a lady being escorted, from the building, for speaking in tongues. This happened under the same teacher that my friend was exposed to.

Something moved in my Spirit that day that was telling me that this was the wrong action to take. I didn't understand about speaking in tongues them, and I don't understand much more than that now. I can tell that there is a difference in the way that people do it. When some people speak, in that way, my Spirit inside of me gets very excited, while it is going on. Sometimes, when others are speaking, I perceive that nothing is really happening.

I have said all this simply, to bring out the point. that I want to make. I believe that our Father God, has to be the most misunderstood Entity, of all time. The Bible clearly states in Mark, chapter nine, verse twenty-three: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Jesus was talking to a mere mortal man of flesh and blood. Doesn't it stand to reason, that we limit, or tie the hands, of our Father, by the lack of our belief, or the lack of our faith? Here is another way to maybe look at it. Do you think, that we limit Father, in His actions, from our lack of commitment to Him?

After all, we are talking about our Creator showing Himself strong in our lives on a daily basis. Let's take this conversation from the church home with us. Why don't we act like that we need Father somewhere besides, in the church house. It is always wonderful, when the entire Trinity shows up at church but, the battle ground of my life, is not inside those walls!! I suffer very minimal attacks while I am at church.

Doesn't it stand to reason that if we put limits on what God does, in His house of worship, that we would do the same in our home life? I need the power of a wall bringing down God in my life!! I need the power, that can part the sea back far enough, that I can walk through, on dry ground!! I need to know that when they throw me, into a furnace, seven times hotter than normal, that nobody will be collecting insurance, off of me!!

That is just three, of the many examples, that are written in the Bible. I don't understand why we think that Father has grown weak over these years. Why is it so hard to believe that Holy Spirit, still has His way. He also works through, those that will allow Him to work, in themselves, in the church setting.

I don't for one second believe that Father has changed one iota. The problem lies where that it has always been. The problem is within ourselves. If we don't have an Awesome God showing up, and showing out in our lives, and for our benefit. Then we need a change, to take place, in our lives. We need to kick the devil. Then, we need to kick him out, of our lives, and out of our bedrooms.

We need to make a fresh commitment to Jesus Christ, because our life is found in Him. He is the secret to our success. He is our source, our solution, and everything else that we will ever need.

….........Much love