[Discoveries] 09-04-07 Lions and liars (part two)

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and 
killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him. -- 1 Kings 13:26*/

If you meditate on this chapter, you can probably come up with several 
reasons why God did what he did, but I'm going to focus on just one of 
them: God hates second-hand religion.

Remember junior high school? Boy likes girl. Boy is too chicken to tell 
girl. Boy makes discreet inquiries to see if maybe girl likes boy. 
Pretty soon there are layers and layers of people between boy and girl.

That might work for junior high, but it doesn't work in the adult world. 
If I had to ask some guy what my wife thinks, that would only make me 
angry. I have a relationship with her and I don't need, nor want, any 
go-betweens.

The man of God let a word from someone else supersede the word he 
received from God.

It's good to get counsel from others, but there's no substitute for 
building your own relationship with God. Your pastor, your friend, some 
prophet, no other Christian has a pipeline to God for you. When you 
became a child of God, you got your own pipeline to God, and God wants 
you to use it.

God wants a direct relationship with you. Everything else is just 
frosting on the cake.

And I think this is good news. God cares enough about you, about me, to 
want a direct line of communication between us and God. You are not an 
underling far down on the organizational chart. You are His son or 
daughter, and He wants to sit down and talk with you.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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