WHO IS IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES?

D.L. Moody (1837-1899), the founder of Moody Bible School in Chicago, was planning a campaign in England to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with thousands of people. Before Moody came to town it was said that an elderly pastor protested, "Why do we need this 'Mr. Moody'? He's uneducated and inexperienced. Does he think he has a monopoly on the Holy Spirit?" To which a younger, much wiser pastor responded, "No, but the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on Mr. Moody."

Friends, wouldn’t it be great if these words could be said of you and of me? That the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on our lives, on our words, on our passions, on our gifts, on our hearts, and on our minds? In LUKE 10:38-42 and then six months later in JOHN 11, Jesus wanted both Mary and Martha to know the LEADING, the COMFORT, and the DIRECTION of the Holy Spirit during this crisis time in their lives. But they were so beat down over Lazarus’ illness, and then his death, that they started depending on themselves instead of on Jesus. And they learned the FAITH LESSON we all need to learn …

FAITH LESSON …

When we get our eyes off Jesus
Christ and start depending on our
own strength instead of the strength
of God’s Holy Spirit … discouragement
and depression won’t be far behind …
and usually we’ll end up trying to blame
God for the hard times we’re going
through.

Godspeed.

read.think.pray.live.

Gregg