The Larrikin wrote:
>
> Dear Brothers and Sisters,
> Here is a brand new devotion for you.
>
> Which Model?
>
> As some of you �old timers� know one of my hobbies is building plastics models.
> Up until recently I have built them straight from the box. Most turn out OK, but
> now I have been added �extra� pieces from photo-etched and resin kits to enhance
> the model. This makes the model look more like the real thing in miniature.
*I built models when I was a Ranger.. and found that
reading the instructions was un-needed<G> ...after
reading Hot Rod in the 60's and seeing cool cars
on the california street, it came second hand to
cut-chop and take extra parts to make dune buggies
spyder rods.. wild custom bikes with v-8 engines!
My son don't share the same passion... in fact, I sort
of scare him with the embrace of freedom that I've had
my entire life.
I've discovered that "welders" share a simular freedom
to fabricate on the fly<G> and with just a quick pencil
drawing... a fantastic wood stove can come from a wasted
water tank<G> *Combineing the two 'sports leads to a
"Mad max" version of life<G> *field expediant or
Yankee ingenuity<G>
Josh and Jen almost faint to find me happy as a bug at a
wrecking yard!
*If this is applied to my Christian life<G> it might
be you'll see me in my rusty old halo and skinny re-cycled
wings drinking that green bubble-up and eat'n rainbow stew!
-=A=-
Today I
> was thinking about a model that I�m building right now, a M26 Recovery Vehicle. I
> have two different kits to add to it. When it�s finished it will look great (I
>hope). All
> this made start to think about our Christian life. We have two models, the first is
> �straight from the box� and other is the enhanced version.
>
> The �Straight from the box� Christian does only what is necessary to keep their
> faith alive. They go along to Church each Sunday, throw a couple bucks in the
> collection. They might even have a minor role (if any) in the Church. Basically, they
> are just paying lip service to the Lord. They are lukewarm. There is a warning
> about this in Revelations 3:15-16 �I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor
> hot: I would thou were cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
> cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.� (KJV). Pretty harsh words? When
> you are cold, the Lord can convict you of your sin. When you�re hot, man, the
> loser flees from you and the Lord uses you mightily.
>
> If you are hot, then you are the enhance version. You have allowed the Lord to
> work in your life to renew your mind as Paul says in Romans 12:1-2 �Therefore, I
> urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living
>sacrifices,
> holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any
> longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
> mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good,
> pleasing and perfect will.� The Lord has transformed you into a tool He can and
> does use. He will build the best model you, you can be because you allow to work
> in your life.
>
> One of the ways I have found to allow this is to allow a man to speak into my life.
> Sometimes his words are �harsh� because I do not want to hear them, but I know
> that he speaks the truth and those issues must be dealt with in order for me to grow
> as a Christian and as a man. He is a man I can trust, after all he is my Senior
> Commander. I look back overs the years that I have allowed Paul to speak into my
> life and I can major changes have taken place. I am not the man I used to be. I am
> enhanced by the working of the Holy Spirit in my life. I know that Paul prays hard
> before he speaks into my life and I am thankful for his faithfulness.
>
> So what happens when you start to get enhanced? Firstly you get love and from
> love comes joy and from joy, peace. From peace comes patience and from
> patience come kindness, from kindness comes goodness and from goodness come
> faithfulness. From faithfulness comes gentleness and gentleness produces self-
> control. These are the fruits of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23. Against such
> things there is no law. Have you ever wonder why they are called the �Fruits of the
> Spirit�? It is because there is a bunch of them and they all come from the Vine,
> which is Jesus.
>
> So which model do you want to be, straight from the box or enhanced? It�s easy to
> just �go with the flow�, but it takes real courage to be enhanced. It is a slow
> process, but the reward is well worth it. What more could ask for than the Lord
> saying to you when you stand before Him �Well done, good and faithful servant!
> You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.
> Come and share your master's happiness!� Amen.
>
> There's a storm coming, our Storm.
> PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO A DYING WORLD
> Say to the captives, 'come out,' and those in darkness, 'Be free!'
> Isaiah 49:9
> Love in Jesus
> Adrian Bonham aka Morning Light, The Larrikin
>
> I looked to the heavens to where God dwells
> I looked into my life to see he lives there as well.
>
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