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--- In bodybuilderslord@yahoogroups.com, "nip.melvin"
<nip.melvin@...> wrote:
>
> Thank You..I am new to this group and your message was the first i
> read....that was AWESOME ! What an encouragement! I am now
starting my
> day EXPECTING GREAT THINGS! Be Blessed Man Of God! [:D]
> --- In bodybuilderslord@yahoogroups.com, "Tim" <tm_files@> wrote:
> >
> > The Holy Bible says trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean
> > not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him and He will direct
> > your path. How can we do that? What risks do we take?
> >
> > You have just finished scaling a canyon rock face. You are on top
> > appreciating God's amazing creations: the canyons of bright red
and
> > orange, laced with wonderful shadowy patterns of dark brown. An
eagle
> > soars overhead in a sky of ultramarine, blue filled with puffy,
> > cotton candy clouds drifting lazily past. You feel the gentle
breeze
> > on your sweaty forehead as you pray to God, "Father God, thank You
> > for this wonderful life of mine!"
> >
> > By the power of the Holy Spirit God answers, "I want you to go
> > forward over to that next rock face." You look and realize that
rock
> > face is across a canyon about one hundred feet away from where
your
> > standing. You say to yourself there is no way that I can repel
> > forward from this canyon to get across to the next. I have to go
back
> > and repel from where I came up from. A thought then says, "NO! I
want
> > you to move forward to that other rock face."
> >
> > You answer to yourself, "This is crazy! I'm listening to this
> > gibberish!" Then God says, "I am your God, and I say to move
forward
> > to that other rock face." You think, "This is stupid. I would
have to
> > jump a span of one hundred feet to even touch the top." The reply
> > comes, "Don't you believe it's ME talking?"
> >
> > You are disgusted. You can't believe in the unseen or you can't
> > believe God wants you to jump one hundred feet. Actually, you blow
> > off this whole "mind-talk" and go backwards repelling down where
> > you've been.
> >
> > That night you have a dream. You are standing on the top of the
rock
> > face you scaled. God tells you to move forward to that rock face
one
> > hundred feet away. You say to God He is crazy! God responds, "Just
> > believe that it's Me talking and be obedient to what I'm saying."
> > You are EXTREMELY afraid! You yell at God, "PLEASE HELP ME DO WHAT
> > YOU WANT ME TO DO!!!" God replies," I'm here with you. Just DO IT"
> >
> > "Alright God!" you exclaim. "You want me to kill myself. Here I
go!"
> > You step back as far as you can go. You blast off with all the
energy
> > of a trained, well-muscled athlete, running to the edge of the
> > canyon.
> >
> > You leap high into the air like an eagle starting to soar down the
> > canyon. Suddenly! you fall. And more important, your fall is
broken
> > as you hit solid ground unhurt. You get up and realize there was
> > an "unseen" ledge under the edge of the rock face. You never
noticed
> > it while you were on the top. You were so busy thinking that God
> > wanted you to jump one hundred feet across the canyon that you
never
> > expected a plan "b" direction. Then you look and there is a sign
on
> > the ledge that reads "Simpson Trail." A path leads down the rock
> > face across the river below and up to the other side where God
wanted
> > you to "leap" across in the first place.
> >
> > Then in your dream you say to God in disgust, "But God it'll take
a
> > whole day to travel on this path. Why don't' you just give me the
> > strength to jump across the canyon." God laughs.
> >
> > We live our lives, meeting our responsibilities with all the
training
> > and experience we have acquired for the tasks before us. At times
we
> > have high points but usually we go through our day with less
passion
> > than what God wants for us.
> >
> > So God by His Holy Spirit tells us to "jump some canyons." He
wants
> > to run risks so we can believe in Him and His humongous love for
us.
> > God wants to walks with us through His Spirit.
> >
> > But we listen with ears that have been trained from what we have
> > experienced in the past. So we are clouded from the miraculous
> > possibilities that can be before us by the power of God's Holy
will
> > for each of us. When God told me He wanted me to be minister to
the
> > fitness community I thought, "Yeh, right God!"
> >
> > Then even more important God said He wanted me to use
bodybuilding as
> > an introduction piece for me to witness the Good News of Jesus
Christ
> > to a lost world. God-willing, trying to be obedient, the goal is
to
> > be a bodybuilder in a posing brief witnessing, saving as many
people
> > as possible from that eternal lake of fire. This direction is
> > definitely "cliff-jumping." But with God He can make a path down
the
> > canyon, across the river below, and up the far canyon to the other
> > side, all for His Glory!
> >
> > So how do we trust in God and lean not on our own understanding?
We
> > acknowledge Him and what He is wanting to do in our lives. We
listen
> > to Him, and strive with all the passion the Holy Spirit can give
us,
> > to be obedient to what He wants us to do. And by this trust, comes
> > faith, and by this faith comes hope. Then we can discover all
> > those "Simpson Trails" giving God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the
Holy
> > Spirit the glory for leading us in this miraculous and joyous
plan!
> > God wants us to run risks.
> >
> > This message is taken from the verse:
> > "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
> > understanding; in all your ways, acknowledge Him, and HE will make
> > your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5&6. In fact all of Proverbs is
an
> > important book to live by. Take a look.
> >
> > If you want, also, take a look at www.musclebound.org,a ministry
of
> > information and inspiration.
> >
>