tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post1859832715081535801..comments2023-08-12T00:51:02.219-07:00Comments on The Pilgrimgram: Testing in the WatersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-86992854676327636522012-03-12T08:48:27.244-07:002012-03-12T08:48:27.244-07:00"If the rest of their journey is any example,..."If the rest of their journey is any example, and if we’re able to learn from hindsight, then it is not unreasonable to infer that God’s plan actually had more to do with water flowing from a rock at the command of the man of God, than it did with a loving Father’s provision consisting of a nasty puddle of ickyness in the wilderness."<br /><br />My times of greatest poverty have been when I think that the things I see are what I get...that is, when I think that what I see is my provision.<br /><br />But that isn't my provision, He is.<br />Even a rock that gives upi water when spoken too (or given a good whack with a stick) isn't provision.<br /><br />Provision is the One whose ear hears the word spoken, (or sees the blow) and causes what is needed to be.<br /><br />And provision seems to show up when I make a little noise (like speaking, or hitting something with a stick)expecting the impossible to happen.the other Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-5062965398515290272012-01-31T19:41:41.505-08:002012-01-31T19:41:41.505-08:00A good word, and a timely one.
I know I am reading...A good word, and a timely one.<br />I know I am reading something nourishing when it by turns encourages and corrects me.<br /><br />False, powerless faith and living in lack is being broken and falling off of the people of God. And none too soon.<br /><br />It looks as though we have only seen the beginning of the financial crisis. But the more we know God, the more comfort we can take in his willingness (even <i>eagerness!</i>) to provide our needs without money.<br /><br />Likewise, recognizing and knowing the Spring from which Living Waters flow will be critical when an epidemic pestilence is released throughout the world.<br /><br />Better to learn now than via OJT!Craig Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845022155462222614noreply@blogger.com