Pathway to God

Pathway to God.

If at first you don't succeed try try again, is what we keep getting told don't give up, keep trying.

How dose this fit in with God and his pathway....to him?

Ok I will try to make sense of this, people think that Christianity is easy, it a cop out of life, hmmm. I have been a Christian for nearly twenty years and has it been easy? What with rules and regulations peoples expectations of what we should be and that's before you go to church! But! Is that really what it's all about?

Well No. 

I am free to do what I want, go where I like, see who I want.

So I am just like you! The difference is I want to please God so I choose to do what is right and just, this is where things get hard I get things wrong I hit my thumb with a hammer I am likely to shout and swear like you would.

I get upset over things like you do I get angry to, and not righteous anger just pull out In front of me and cut me up in the car and watch me in the rear view mirror I am like you.

God allows things to happen in life so he can trim off the rough edges, it is my want to please God that leads me yo say sorry lord I just cursed than driver again cancel the calling down of fire from heaven. It's like your parents you want to make them proud of you, well that's how it is with God I want him to be proud of me.

 So what's with this prayer thing well when life was simpler we met with people and had a chat we didn't text or skype them we spoke face to face, now that's not as easy with God as we can't just pop round his place for a cuppa and a chat, we don't even know where he lives! The good news is we don't have to pop any where we just open up our mouths and Chat to him and he listens he even answers too, now the next bit is the had part, what did he say? How do I know what he says?

Well I have found when he talks to me and I have listened, it is often like a though i  get but it it wasn't my thought, it's thinking in the third person. 

So why is it hard well I am human my flesh wants to do fleshy things and my spirit wants to please God some days my flesh wins some days my spirit. But what is even harder is dealing with how I dealt with my self when I get it wrong. 

I know I should have done better, bit my lip more said nothing and walked away,

But I didn't then the sayings come along wwjd? Well he might not have called fire down from heaven but he dose forgive me, thank goodness.

One thing I have found on this pathway is that sin is all the same to God he doesn't like sin Weather your sin of murder theft or  treason that is not what separates you from God it's simply because you don't know God that separates you from him, to be fair you wouldn't let a complete stranger into your house would you, if you did they would at least have yo have an id badge to say they are official, so why should God let a stranger into his house?

That's why we are on a pathway, getting to know God wanting yo know God,

He's a friendly guy willing to make you his friend and wanting to be your friend.

 

Try him

Chat to him now,

Say God I want be Your friend,

Then find a good church lean his word and see what he can do for you and what you can do for him,

It ain't easy but it's worth if.

Is death the end of your chance to get to heaven?

Over ten yrs agoa friend of mine died in a mother bike accident, did he get to heaven? I don't know.

If you talk to some church leaders they will ask you: did he know The Lord? Has he accepted Jesus in his heart? If not then no!, hang on a minute we talk about a loving God who knows us so well he keeps a tally chart of how many hairs we have on our head, so if God is that interested in us do you think he is just going say "oops there's another one lost to the worlds way" doesn't sound right dose it, so where am i going here? Well I was reading the word and praying in my heart (yes I do that) and I read in scripture (john I think) and haven't read any where about God sending peopls souls anywhere other than heaven because they don't know him (it would be like a reverend  /pastor refusing to bury the dead because he hadn't attended his church) so back to my reading scripture I was reading some where in john and I felt The Lord say "it's not the fact that people don't know me that stops them being accepted into heaven, it's the fact that they don't WANT to know me"

Wow now that is more like a loving God who spends time counting the hairs on my head.

God says give it up.

So you  have been to church the preaching was heavy a message about sacrifice, give this up for God etc etc.

Well the wife and I were talking over a few thing about the Christian walk leading a house hold and so on, we get to the point where we say let's pray (yes we do that to :)) so reb starts with the words Lord what is it you want us to give up?

Now I don't know about your life, But here is a snap shot of mine, I am a little over 40, I work shifts earlies and lates (6am till 2pm 2pm til10pm) so I don't have a massive social life when I am off work you can find me at home 95% of the time I don't go out drinking, don't watch football cricket rugby or other outside sports, I don't get many chances to go to games nights, I don't have a nation of people knocking on the door of phoning me up for social events. No stop this isn't a plea for a social life this is still about prayer.

So reb prays what do you want us to give up? I immediately I have this thought why would God want us to give something up? What is to give up, eating, breathing, socialising. No God might want us to take up something. No put the rocks down a min you can stone me later. What if God wants us to take up something people aren't knocking on my door so if I take up something I can take the gospel to them, not all sacrifices are hurtful some may be enjoyable let God out the box and you might see that your not to give up but take up!