Comments on: Still Not Get It http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/ Feed people the Word of God Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 Daniel Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:24:55 +0000 http://www.feedoneanother.com/?p=1137#comment-3331 Thanks Mark for sharing your thoughts. That “something” to me, to put it generally, is our broken, imperfect humanness. One may ask why did God create us imperfectly? I think He did so we have to look to Him for everything, so that we need Him. I have struggled for most of my life with looking at my fellow man in a negative way because I know we are flawed and lost without God. I used to think we humans are generally bad without God in our hearts. This kind of thinking kept me from loving others as I should. God recently made it clear to me that this kind of thinking was looking at things backwards. You see, God is so big and so good that He can do anything. He can change a person’s heart without blinking one of His magnificent eyes. He can change a world just as easy. Thanks Mark for sharing your thoughts. That “something” to me, to put it generally, is our broken, imperfect humanness. One may ask why did God create us imperfectly? I think He did so we have to look to Him for everything, so that we need Him. I have struggled for most of my life with looking at my fellow man in a negative way because I know we are flawed and lost without God. I used to think we humans are generally bad without God in our hearts. This kind of thinking kept me from loving others as I should. God recently made it clear to me that this kind of thinking was looking at things backwards. You see, God is so big and so good that He can do anything. He can change a person’s heart without blinking one of His magnificent eyes. He can change a world just as easy.

]]> By: penny http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3330 penny Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:51:26 +0000 http://www.feedoneanother.com/?p=1137#comment-3330 The something is our sin nature. Until we meet Jesus face to face we will struggle with wanting our own way, thinking it is all about me, and sin. God knows this and has a wonderful plan in place to deal with our sin. It all started in the manger and ended on the cross. Sunday Alan challenged us to remember that cross. I had my rock with me yesterday and remembered when I felt it in my pocket. Yes Peter was amazed and I am too. God loves us so much He sent His Son. The something is our sin nature. Until we meet Jesus face to face we will struggle with wanting our own way, thinking it is all about me, and sin. God knows this and has a wonderful plan in place to deal with our sin. It all started in the manger and ended on the cross. Sunday Alan challenged us to remember that cross. I had my rock with me yesterday and remembered when I felt it in my pocket. Yes Peter was amazed and I am too. God loves us so much He sent His Son.

]]> By: Mark Brown http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Mark Brown Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:42:24 +0000 http://www.feedoneanother.com/?p=1137#comment-3320 LOL...naaa..just trying to figure it all out sir! LOL…naaa..just trying to figure it all out sir!

]]> By: alan scott http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3318 alan scott Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:21:07 +0000 http://www.feedoneanother.com/?p=1137#comment-3318 mark... thanks for this! u da man. (i don't care what peter says!!!) mark… thanks for this!

u da man. (i don’t care what peter says!!!)

]]> By: Jon Franz http://www.feedoneanother.com/2009/12/still-not-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Jon Franz Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:28:06 +0000 http://www.feedoneanother.com/?p=1137#comment-3304 Good question, Mark. I think the "something" is the notion that we can do life on our own. It's our natural desire for independence from God. Ultimately God will grant independence to anyone who insists upon it for the duration of this life. For the believer, however, it is inconsistent and illogical. To have turned to Him as the only way to life and freedom, and then turn away from Him for independence is to ignore the truth and power of the original revelation. Personally, I slingshot back and forth between delusions of independence and realizations of total dependence. Fortunately God does not get dizzy watching me go back and forth. He really does love me – and you too. Thanks. Good question, Mark. I think the “something” is the notion that we can do life on our own. It’s our natural desire for independence from God. Ultimately God will grant independence to anyone who insists upon it for the duration of this life. For the believer, however, it is inconsistent and illogical. To have turned to Him as the only way to life and freedom, and then turn away from Him for independence is to ignore the truth and power of the original revelation.

Personally, I slingshot back and forth between delusions of independence and realizations of total dependence. Fortunately God does not get dizzy watching me go back and forth. He really does love me – and you too. Thanks.

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