Simply God
Gods Messages of Love and Encouragement
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The Simplicity of God and Jesus Pro 8:4-9 "To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
Pro 8:4-9
How often have you opened the Word of God, start reading, and said, I just can’t get a grip of what I am reading? Well today is your day. Your Father in heaven is going to water your roots and he is going to show you how simple he has made his Word. As for me I can really understand how it is to start reading God‘s Word and hit that awful wall of frustration and no understanding. The dark angel used this to covered my eyes throughout my youth. I hated to read period! I would not read anything and this frustration stagnated my relationship with our Father and our Lord. God knew he had to do something before the dark angel destroyed my life with him. He knew the life I was walking was a hapless random spiritual relationship. What I was trying to do was, hang onto God and Jesus without a meaningful relationship. I had no direction and tried to manipulate God. I wanted God, but I also wanted the world. You can’t be great for God and Jesus by living in both worlds. Some time in your life you have to let go and let God help you to his Kingdom. This is a life-giving change.
I finally ask God, will you please help me so I can help others. He said, if you want to help other you have to do what I ask. He said, I want you to get a pencil and pad; grab your sword and start reading. I said Lord, I already tried that and it is not working. He said to me, have you been reading my Word for yourself or reading it to have wisdom. I told him, I was probably reading for myself and I still don’t have a clue. God said, this time when you read the Word, write what stands out for you and then let me show you my simple truths. I did just that and the truths started to jump out of the pages. Wow! My mind felt like it had been jump started with a bolt of lighting. The truths of his Words were actually being stamped into my brain. I was banging on the door to know more of God’s wisdom. I said to God, now I want to know how these truths worked. God said, now as you read the truths, listen to me, because I want to know how simple my Word can be. This will help you to prepare others that are lost and to have a relationship with me. All the years I tried on my own it never worked, but when I truly asked that I need to change, he filled my pool. This was amazing. I still use this same plan he gave me 20 years ago.
I had now entered Gods sweet spots. This is the spot that you begin to spend more time with God and Jesus than you do the world. Your thoughts and God thoughts are walking the same path. This is where the rubber meets the road. He has you where he wants you and that is listening to him. You need to become a good listener. God can now work and help with our issues. Even today he is still working with me and my issues. All of us will have issues until our journey ends and don’t let anyone tell you different. In a way it is good because it keeps you close to God and Jesus. If you think about it, if you don’t hear God speaking to you, how do you know he is real. God reality is based on a relationship of knowing and hearing him. He really wants to help you with his word and he is ready to move mountains to do that.
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When pastors and evangelists preach, they try to convince you to change your lifestyle now. This is not their fault. They know that they have to do this. They have to get you close to God because time could be short. That is not equipping and preparing. Equipping and preparing means giving you the tools of the trade. That is living God’s Word and how to plan to do this. The Word teaches that pastors are to equip the servants. All that time convincing and not equipping is destroying God’s world. Jesus equipped and encouraged God’s children and changed the world. What is our excuse?
We need to divert all our mental and physical abilities to become like Jesus and begin to feel these changes in our bodies. We have to stop becoming people of behaviors. Over many generations, we have reacted to what we have seen and heard and to the pleasures the world has given us. We don’t look and listen to God anymore, because he doesn’t give us what we want when we want it. When the world sees this, it gives us what we want and we take it. We are not patient enough! God gives us what we need. As long as the world dangles that carrot in front of our faces, we will continue to pull that heavy, burdensome load of sin and pain. It is only by seeing and hearing what God does in this world to bless his children that will show us how his grace and greatness will tower above our fears.
About the Author
Rick Richards lives on an orchard in southern Ohio with his wife of forty-one years. They have two kids and two grandkids. Rick struggled for many years trying to understand God’s plan for reaching the kingdom. He knew that the Word was the answer, and God had to make it simple. Rick was saved when he was twelve, and he knew who God was, but at eighteen, he was lost and confused. He had no idea what he wanted to be. God finally sat him down the hard way and gave him two choices. Rick has been writing God’s messages for more than twenty years and never knew why until now.