Created to be....

    I was sitting in my house one night, flipping through channels, and I came across a special nature program on PBS. Some where off the cost of Australia, I think once a year, many different types of animals both land and sea come to eat. I thought to myself, " These animals gather at the same place every year without any doubt of whether or not they will be fed." Now I understand Matthew 6: 25-26 more clearly. It says "If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds." -> Message Translation. Surely these organisms are not doing all that we do. So you may ask, "What are they doing?". It's simple; THEY ARE ONLY BEING WHAT THEY WERE CREATED TO BE!! Can a fish be a snake? Can a shark decide that it wants to be crocodile? No, they will die and so will we if we continue to operate outside of God's divine will. If we follow these examples and be who we were created to be, we will soon realize that God will do everything else.
   I Kings Ch. 17 starting at verse 2 reads: " and the word of the Lord came unto him (Elijah) saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide theyself by the brook Chrerith, that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And  the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook." We see here that as the prophet Elijah moved in obedience, there was already a way made for his survival. Maybe God has not told you how He would do it, but He told you that He would do it. He told you that He would supply you with all that you will need. Why wouldn't He! You've moved in obedience! Walk the path; provision is already in place. Protection, opportunity,and favor, God has been there and has lined it up. The vision that we have looking foward may not be clear but go in faith. God honors those that trust and obey. Let's stop going against the grain. Let's stop doing all of this extra stuff, therefore making our lives more complicated. Let's be what we are supposed be, the people that God himself has called us to be. I say this to you while saying this to myself first. "Everything is already there; just move and stop trying to figure it out.You'll go crazy."
Editor-in-Chief Macy C.James

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