Friday, August 26, 2011

THE EMOTION OF BEING A BB IN A KINGDOM BARREL

Little is not a positive thing. Who sets out to obtain little education, make little wages, and accomplish very little?

Regardless of what we wish or envision, when God gets done putting us through about ten or twenty years of church boot camp we find ourselves broken down to nothing that He might build us back up.

Little is a kingdom necessity. From experience with God and His Word, I now would guess that each of the "heavy hitters" in the kingdom--whom I both enjoy and find benefit in reading their materials and hearing them speak--could share grave days of being smashed to zero-istic size.

Little. Nothing. Mustard seed. Nobody. Dead. All signify a zone we normally wish to avoid; yet each is found to be essential for vast and abundant church life!

A disciple gradually learns a trade secret that few choose to believe; power really is perfected in weakness. It isn't found in either pedigree or degree. Power is only found in the Spirit of Jesus.

The emotion of being a BB in a kingdom barrel is exhilarating because one never knows what in the global world He is going to do next.

Hang on! Jesus is here!

1 comment:

Evelyn Ragsdale said...

First off, thank you so much for your blogs. So very good! So very encouraging and inspiration!

I became a Christian 56 years ago. Thankfully, I've learned and grown a lot and hope to (and plan) to continue learning and growing, but many times I do feel so very little. Jesus. To even begin to come close to His being and lifestyle, no way. Forever thankful for His love, understanding and mercy. How blessed we truly are we can not comprehend.