His response might be, "IF he's hungry enough, one bite at a time".
I pray our sharing here leads your thought life and resulting responses to a life that becomes more Godly with each waking moment then enjoyed.
Who are the hero's of this fallen world and what makes them to shine?
Are they hero's because they are responders? Are they only hero's by comparison because so many fail to respond?
Could it be because the responders are not asleep?
Eph 5:14
"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
NIV
God is not only a big God but it is also said of his children close to the same things.
The day when God's Glory is revealed for the "All" that it is, will also be a glad day for those which are and have in deed proved they were appointed as "His Glory".
John 17:4
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
NIV
John 15:8
This is to my Father's glory , that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
NIV
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
NIV
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed
NIV
How unfortunate would it be to eventually find yourself standing on the edge of eternity while surveying its depths ONLY then realize that you had walked right past opportunity without "Taking" notice?
The vague version of this might suggest the need to stop and smell the roses, yet is it enough to only consider such opportunity as if a wafting fragrance that also fades away as if a life that's been lived and with a purpose?
What is purpose and who does your purpose serve?
Does purpose in your life serve the rescuing thoughts that would otherwise have you cling to the propensities which result from "Ignorance"?
I try to encourage others when the word "Ignorance" is heard to NOT resist the reward potential that's embedded within it IF and when properly received.
Ignorance is not a malady or symptom, instead it's more of an mental address or "Mindset". I invite you to explore its root word "Ignore".
Ignorance reflects the mindset and confession of someone which makes the claim they do NOT and or DID not know to do something differently.
Shame on the other hand is a much harder word to swallow.
The intent of shame was intended to lead to "Repentance" (to turn from). The "Intent" of this word can only have its way once the "Believable" (sincere) confession made for having thought, said or done something wrong.
Humanity suffers from lack of vision and that lack of vision manifest as the absence of the knowledge (wisdom) of God. The world is being over ran with "Said" knowledge yet the wisdom of God is not in much of this same dispensation in terms of truly "Knowing" anything beyond formulaic methodology.
When I use the word "vision" I don't mean the simple ability to see and then script the blue print of an invention.
What I mean is the ability to interpret the blue print of God for the realization of life eternal already provided?
Before you read the next few words consider the "Perp" that managed to blend in with the crowd. Shortly afterwards they realize they've been "Made" (culled out by the winnowing eyes of over sight)
If we have been told and have truly received (believed) enough that we conclude not only we've been made, but we've also been made "KNOWN" and for a purpose, how might that interpret as your life now lived?
Do you only do what you do because you realize you are observed OR do you do what you do because of the one that has loved you since before you were realized by others?
How great or small are our excuses when considering God's grace?
Can His grace be appreciated without faith? Is it seen only as a grocery list we carry as if going shopping hoping to see our tangible needs met?
Is God's grace something that can simply be conjured without having ever stopped to premeditate by way of what we are attempting to claim as "Faith"? What have we learned and how has what we say we have learned also changed us?
Could it be that finding the "Way" to be transformed comes only through the renewal of ones mind?
When is Gods grace sufficient? When is it enjoyed? When is it present and then "realized" as "Mercy"?
Is it only when you're in control or when you've seemingly lost control over (the ability to move of influence) the "One" you thought you "Knew" so well?
How much differently do we respond to those that refuse to Love us the way WE think they should?
Could this be the fertile context where familiarity then multiplies in the shape and form of contempt?
God's Grace that is sufficient enlarges through the process of being transformed through weakness.
Such grace does become sufficient because one soon realizes that without it they WILL eventually find themselves "Lost" and they dare not to go down that road.
Jesus came to DO what?
Was it to promote the works (purpose) of the devil or to defeat them?
What do you see within you?
Could you handle the shame if You were to hear coming from the mouth of Jesus, "get behind me satan"?
Is what you see moment to moment all "Good"? Or are you only passing judgement on what you think others see as your life being lived out?
Have you judged only according to what you want others to "Know" about what is considered "Good" in Gods eyes?
Is it only Gods eyes we're concerned about or is it also those eyes that are watching us from day to day as we go about our "Affairs" in this life?
John 16:3-4
They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.NIV
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.
They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. NIV
John 15:10-17
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
This is my command: Love each other.
NIV
The method more often chosen in settling many divisive religious arguments usually interprets in favor of the "Individual" which paints their own version (vision) of eternity.
This eternal picture is like the rendering of a small child that paints a picture of how they see their world where the sun is a bright yellow radiant ball that's been cast above whatever is depicted below it.
If that child has never been made aware of anything else what should one expect to see as their own rendering?
What's amazing to me is that one of the most "Resisted" miracles even among said believers IS where Jesus and the Apostles made evident the raising of the dead.
Could Him having said, "Don't be amazed" also mean don't believe (be convinced) that I am NOT able to also raise you from the dead"?
Enough to where His words direct our thinking to the future reality where we THEN find that all that have died will also be raised from the dead?
Consider this, When Lazarus was dead and beginning to smell (stinketh) who was then raised from the tomb, did he (Lazarus) have any say in the event taking place OR was it that his body simply responded to the sound of His (Jesus') voice?
If some did have their choice as to whether or not be raised from the dead, might some choose to remain in the grave in light of what they're about to have to THEN face?
This is spoken from the mouth of our Lord with respect to those that have passed through the opportunity of time given.
John 5:28-29
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out — those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned
NIV
That is to say NOT like the prisoner who's trying to tunnel their way OUT, but instead are outsiders that are trying to tunnel their way in to a bank whose "Legal" entrance ha since been closed.
Jesus portrays this portal as if a doorway as if the only way into true "Life" which does exsist in the eternal realm. A doorway not only where He stands, but also the doorway that is Himself.
Luke 13:24-25
Make every effort to enter through the narrow door , because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door , you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.'
"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
NIV
They simply wake up one day and discover their own time has drawn to a close. When this happens was it knowledge that was wasted or was time wasted while being surrounded by the opportunity of divine wisdom and knowledge concerning that which lies ahead?
Titus 1:1-3
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
NIV
How often do you pray for your daily Bread? How often do you reflect on such a man that is too lazy in that he is not willing to leave his hut to go and gather his daily bread?
Should he then eat and then benefit of another's toiling?
Life is not simply about remembering or forgetting. Life is not only about abiding by rules and regulations or laws that must not be broken. Life that is eternal is about relationship.
Relationships that will prove to be everlasting as if fruit that has "Seed".
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