Two days in a row..whoo hoo!

Just finished my lesson today and there was such a great illustration, that I just had to share it!

The question, How can I know whether the word I receive is from God, my selfish desires, or Satan? was posed to Blackaby and the following was an illustration he used to help bring understanding.

From Experiencing God (workbook) page 160

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Mounties, train men in anti-counterfeiting work. They never let a trainee see a counterfeit bill. They know only one genuine type of ten-dollar bill exists. They so thoroughly study the genuine bill that anything that does not measure up to that is counterfeit!

You can't imagine all the ways people can counterfeit money. But Mounties don't study how people counterfeit money. They just study the real thing. Anything that doesn't measure up to that is fake!

I just loved that. Applying that to our spiritual lives... Know God thoroughly and when something comes your way and you have to question it..measure it against God. If it doesn't measure up..it's not from Him.

Thanks God!

Added an interesting blog tonight. It's a group of people ( I assume scientists?) who are in Antarctica. Some really awesome pics. I haven't got a chance to read all the way through the blog yet, so not certain about all of the content. Interesting though.. :)

I thought I would get better at this with time, but I don't know :) lol.

Just wanted to share a couple of Scriptures with you that God has laid on my heart lately...

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5

He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God. John 8:47

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him... John 6:44

(all NIV translations)

I just found each of them to be right in my face lately :) Apart from God I am nothing! If I'm not hearing God it is because I do not belong to God! Only the Father can draw people to Himself! It's not about me! Duh! :)

Thanks for listening!