I was watching Glenn Beck the other day. And I was still thinking about the simplicity of how we can come into relationship with the Lord. How in the world can this be??? I'm not putting Glenn Beck in the same category with Jesus by any means, but I truly believe he understands the importance of God in our lives.
He made a statement about us as American citizens in the midst of this roiling sea of delusion, confusion and lies. He said we seem to be looking for some difficult solution. Sometimes the most obvious one is the simplest. Where are we headed? What does the future hold for our children if we don't come up with answers now?
It's the same way with God. We have stopped coming as little children, with a lot of faith and trust, to Jesus. Instead we think we have to strive to get there. We have to make it so complicated that it seems impossible for some. Could that be why there are many who don't make that choice because they've tried so hard to be good and do good and fail because that's our nature? Yesterday I mentioned that we can't work for our salvation; we just receive it.
If we come with an uncomplicated belief, as little children, that Jesus (and only He) saves, it's only as simple as calling out to Him with a true heart. He will hear you and know if you are being true. If you are, there's nothing stopping Him. And then you will notice a change take place. So will others.
Glenn Beck, talking about our nation and what he foresees as our future, said this generation needs to teach the truth to our children about this nation and the principles by which it was formed, the hearts of the founding fathers and their focus and dedication to God. There is a connection between God and country that I cannot even attempt to explain. But slowly truth is being covered up. God is being removed and we are being fed lies that we can live without Him. It's not just up to the Church to lead us to Him but it's up to the parents to show them. That means we have to know Him.
Beck brought up the story of Moses when he led Israel out of captivity and into the wilderness. The Bible tells us, in a nutshell, Israel complained at one point so much God sent serpents in their paths. These snakes bit people and many died. They "came to their senses" and admitted to Moses they had sinned against God so Moses prayed to God for them. (They were too afraid to approach God on their own.) God told him to make a serpent of bronze and put it on top of a pole! He then was to tell the people that if they looked up at that serpent they would live. Seems like a pretty strange thing for God to request, but look at the simplicity of it...just like He asks us to do, look up and live.
Beck brought up the story of Moses when he led Israel out of captivity and into the wilderness. The Bible tells us, in a nutshell, Israel complained at one point so much God sent serpents in their paths. These snakes bit people and many died. They "came to their senses" and admitted to Moses they had sinned against God so Moses prayed to God for them. (They were too afraid to approach God on their own.) God told him to make a serpent of bronze and put it on top of a pole! He then was to tell the people that if they looked up at that serpent they would live. Seems like a pretty strange thing for God to request, but look at the simplicity of it...just like He asks us to do, look up and live.
Don't look to the government, to people who don't have the same power as God. God/Jesus is the great I AM, the name above all names. Acts 4:12 puts it this way: Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Look at those words, no other name under heaven. Not our government who we might see as bringing us to some time of trouble. But God...can see us through difficult times, if we believe.
Beck later said: "The message of this story [of Moses] was 'look to God and live.' There are going to be a lot of answers [concerning what we need to do to fix this country]. A lot of them will be complex. Don't dismiss the simple one. It's not about you, it's not about me. It's really about our children and their freedom. Freedom to look to God to live." Sometimes that's the simplest thing to do, yet we don't recognize it. We try in our own strength, with our own wisdom, to come up with an answer. Sometimes we just frustrate ourselves doing that. The answer is God. He is not the author of confusion (1Corinthians 14:33).
We need to know what truth is. It's that simple. Do we live believing the lies of our enemy or do we look to God? Do we believe the lies of those in power in our country or do we search for the truth? We need to know the truth. We find the truth when we receive it through Jesus Christ, when we put our trust in the God of this universe, just like our founding fathers. Simplicity. He is the I AM ( for everything you need).
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding...
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