Wisdom to Share (and a bit of lamenting)

My pastor is an amazing teacher of God's Word but in reviewing the notes from today's sermon I came upon this phrase in dealing with how to keep filled with the Holy Spirit:

Having faith in Jesus' character, acts and words, not feelings or circumstances.

Ponder that statement. How many times do we let our feelings or circumstances get us off track? We have an amazing source of strength in Christ and we let other things distract us. We have the ultimate source of wisdom and strength and we trust in ourselves instead of the One who went to the cross. The feelings and circumstances leads to Stinkin' Thinkin' (props to the pastor again) while the character, acts and words of Jesus leads to wisdom, comfort, love and eternal life. We (2 x 4 firmly implanted in my own eye) must put our faith, continuously, in Christ through prayer, the Word, service, praise and fellowship (again, props to pastor). Keep the eye on the Prize!

Posted by Tim at January 30, 2005 10:28 PM