When are you going ever to learn?
What were you thinking or should I say not thinking?
How many times do I have to tell you?
"AM I TALKING TO THE WALL",
says the parent to the
INDEPENDENTLY strong WILLED child.
The child,
who is being taught to think for him/herself,
but when the child does
it usually doesn't turn out as well.
Hmm...
I can so be that child.
How about you?
The FREEDOM
to respond
the way you want to
when you want to,
because that is just
what you want to do.
The FREEDOM to be INDEPENDENT!
INDEPENDENT ~
the SELF-determination
to be
INDEPENDENTLY
FREE
from anyone,
because
SELF is leading.
Hmm,
sounds a bit like
FREE WILL
that is
SELF-determination.
Hmm.
But isn't
FREE WILL
a Christian~ese kind of word?
Yes,
but it still is
THE INDEPENDENCE
to
do what you want to do
when you want to do it,
because that is just
what you want to do.
But then why doesn't GOD step in and say.
"AM I TALKING TO THE WALL"
when we
PUT INTO PRACTICE
the
FREE WILL
to be
ANXIOUS
&
the
FREE WILL
to
DOUBT
&
the
FREE WILL
to be
HOPELESS
&
the
FREE WILL to be ____________?
BUT GOD
has provided another way to
PRACTICE FREE WILL
HIS WAY
because GOD sent HIS SON
Who is
"the WAY and the TRUTH and the LIFE " (John 14:6),
that always leads you right back to
THE FATHER~
your FATHER & my FATHER,
the PERFECT PARENT
who doesn't want to talk to a wall
because
HE is talking directly to you.
FREE WILL begins with LOVE,
HIS FREE WILL
to
LOVE you,
so you have the
the
FREE WILL to LOVE GOD
by
OBEYING HIS WORD~
“If you [really] love ME, you will keep and obey MY commandments" (John 14:15).
THE FREE WILL TO OBEY GOD
that
replaces
Anxiety with HIS PEACE,
Doubt with HIS HOPE,
Despair with HIS JOY!
When has FREE WILL lead you down the wrong path?
Is FREE WILL leading you down the path to
Anxiety
Bitterness
Worry
Fear
Doubt
&
____________?
Therefore,
let's
PUT INTO PRACTICE
the
THE FREE WILL
to be
INDEPENDENTLY DEPENDENT
on the
ONE
Who
knocks down every brick in your life
that builds the brick wall
that keeps you from
not only from
LISTENING
but also
DOING
because
"...blessed (happy, favored by GOD) are those who hear the word of GOD and continually observe it” ( Luke 11:28).
CHALK TALK 107:
OBEY
&
LISTEN to the
"GOD WHO LISTENS"
(listen to the song below)