There Are Many Ways To Know God!  Here are just a few that I have noticed folks putting into practice recently!

Some people know God as Untouchable!  He is far off and the best we can do is try and understand Him!  We can’t get close to Him and if we do, then He always seems to move.  He is so big, grand and vast that our limited minds can’t grasp much of anything about Him, except for His big vastness.  These folks believe in God, but don’t really understand that it’s possible to have a real and meaningful relationship with Him!  God is big and vast, but He is also close and personal, don’t miss Him!

Some people see God as an Enforcer!  They think:  He is out to get me and can’t wait for me to mess up!  Because we all mess up and sin, we think that the enforcer God is going to punish us by getting us back for our bad behavior.  Whenever anything bad happens in our lives, we tend to blame it on ourselves and some mistake we’ve made. God is righteous and holy, but He is also loving, merciful and gracious.  He loves you and is not out to hurt you, but to help you.  Trust Him and you will be amazed!

Some people see God as Father!  And this is exactly Who He wants to be seen and understood as!  God loves you and wants what is best for your life!  You have made mistakes and probably gotten caught up in some pretty big sins, but God the Father still loves you, wants to forgive you and has a pretty amazing plan for your life!

Matthew 1:23 it says:   23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 

That is exactly Who and What God wants to be in your life – WITH YOU!  Open your mind, heart and spirit and receive Him – you will be glad you did!

I hear a lot of people say:  “I would if I could!”, but I am not really sure that we mean that, because the truth usually is we can, but we won’t!  We are good at making excuses, often when we say: “I would if I could!”, we are really just being to lazy to come up with a real excuse.

Stop living a would have, could have, should have life!  Figure out what God created you for and understand that He has specific things for you to accomplish today.  Go after those things for His glory and man’s blessing!

Colossians 3:23 says:  “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men…”  You know what you need to do, now go do it and you will be glad you did!

We think thousands of thoughts everyday.  Some are self-generated and some come from the influence of others.  What we see, smell, touch, hear, taste and feel all have an influence upon our thoughts.  Out past, present and future all have the capacity to direct our thoughts.  Our thought can travel in a negative or positive direction.  Our thought can take us toward our goals and dreams or away from them!

I’ve discovered that  a thought can be right or wrong, true or false and it really does not matter, it still has the power to influence and direct out lives.  The only thing a thought needs to give it power is belief and when thought and belief collide there is an explosion of potential.

This can be good if the thought is right, true or positive, but it can also be bad if the thought is wrong, false or negative.  This is why we have to be careful with out thoughts and our beliefs.  This is why God’s Word is so important, because it teaches us how to master both.

Proverbs 23:7 says:  “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he!”  Ouch!  When I was a little boy growing up in church, we used to sing a song that said:  “Be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears what you hear, be careful little hands what you do, be careful little feet where you go and be careful little mouth what you say.”

It then says:  “For the Father up above is looking down in love, so be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears what you hear, be careful little hands what you do, be careful little feet where you go and be careful little mouth what you say”

Good advice if you want to harness the incredible power of one little thought.  Take some time to give this thought some power and you will be glad you did!