The Way It Is! Introduction

The Way It Is! Introduction
Brad Reiches
Oct 25 2006 12:37AM

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
GodThoughtsWired!

"THE WAY IT IS!"
ONE OF SATAN'S BEST KEPT SECRETS

Introduction

"There is a reward for the righteous."

Psalm 58:11

One of my great joys in life is teaching my children, "How it is."  "How it is," I tell them, "will not change."  In God's perfect sovereignty, He has set certain universal, immutable and irrefutable  principles at work in the world, and it is our job to find out what they are and work within them.  Those who learn to do so are often rewarded with phenomenal success and achievement in virtually every walk of life, while those who refuse to accept "the way it is," are often left defeated, discouraged and dissallusioned.

For many of us, more than a few such individuals come immediately to mind.

For example, those who refuse to accept the unchanging principle of gravity, do so at their own perile.  Summer follows Spring regardless of personal preference and, God Himself declared, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease" (Genesis 8:22).  Indeed, there are certain things in this life that we cannot, and God WILL NOT change.

Perhaps the most practical example of "the way it is" is the classic principle of "sowing and reaping."  Philosophers throughout the centuries have coined their own terminology to describe it, nonetheless, the principle is timeless and unchanging.  Obadiah put it this way, "As you have done it will be done to you.  Your dealings will return on your own head" (Obadiah 1:15).  Luke phrased it similarly, "Give and it will be given to you...For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return" (Luke: 6:38).  And my own personal favorite description was spoken by the great apostle Paul,

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked;
for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."
Galatians 6:7

Tommorrow I want to share with you AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT element of "The way it is" that somehow got lost, or stolen from the Church some time back.  In fact, this "hidden treasure" is of such value and significance that, if it is not recovered soon, it will mark the end of The United States of America.

 

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