They got it!

So I again began to think during eating the “devil’s salate“. I thought why we even are afraid of talking to unbelievers? By talking I do not mean to talk, but to fight for our faith – be strong about things.

I got to say I did not find the answer. I do not the cause. But I found kids very brave in this. In Sunday school they teach kids to answer each question by words “Lord Jesus“. We, of course, already know that we cannot answer by that everything.

We can.

Kids found out, they got it! I almost saw one US movie (by almost I mean I read about him) and the plot was that kids are born allknowing, knowing all laws of the universe. We, of course, all know it is a non-sense. Only until we find out it is true. I don’t mean the absurdity of kid’s allknowledge, but the knowledge of God’s law which is automatic, we are born with it, before we bite that fruit of snakes and loose our sight forever. Explain...

Friend of my dad has a daughter and when she was just a little girl, they went to the lake. This her daddy went for a walk with her and they met a lady of very beautiful design dressed only to tiny swimming siut. Daddy turn after her and his daugther yelled: “Dad! You’ve got mummy!!!“ Here we se, how strong kids are – it is not because of their parents but by natal God’s law.

We all born as sharp-sighters, although, later all of us will bite the fruit, which will blind us forever and we will not be able to go through our lives without a stick, helping staff, but also the educational whip. In Sunday school they teach kids to answer each question by words “Lord Jesus“. We, of course, already know that we cannot answer by that everything.

We can. Of course, we cannot answer by those words very complicated theological question, but nonbelievers do not ask those complicated theological questions, aren’t they? “Why do you belive“ “I grew up in a christian family...“ WRONG. Jesus! He is why. Family, let us be “blind“ in those interviews a little bit as these kids are.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. (L 18:17)

Do not give up! or About faith

Quite often it happens that I go to the business with huge energy and excitment, decided – but sooner, or even sooner than sooner I am pushed back by something that tells me it is a waste of tries, that I am not good enough for it and so on. Funny (not quite funny) is that we give up sooner than we can even get to the right source of objective facts about the whole situation. How can we know whether to go on in this or not?

Apostle Paul had pretty smart head, which I cannot tell about me. Then, we can look at his life as an example. Acts 14 tell about Paul preaching in Lystrae and healing the cryple by the power of Jesus Christ (Act 14:10). The crowd, later, got upset (the reasons why would take our attention from the topic with no use) and started to stone Paul. They stoned him so hard that they thought Paul was dead (Act 14:19).

Something like that happens even to us, am I right? Sometimes we start with great attitude, good faith and the excitement, at the start we even get luck and everything is going great – but then, suddenly, the failure comes, with the „stoning“. How do we react? Do we find our selves as defeated and „stoned to death“? Do we give up?

Disciples took stoned Paul out of the city, where Paul woke up and came back to the city, where he was stoned at the first place (Act 14:20). Did Paul find himself as defeated, „stoned“? No way! Paul DID NOT give up, he got up and went back – to face it as the man. And the very next day he continued with his previous plan – he went on spreading the gospel (Act 14:21).

I do want to encourage you to not give up untimely. We think the fight is lost but this does not have to be true. They can stone you to death, or even „stone you to death“, but God is faithful and he will not let us be tested beyond our abilities (1 Cor 10:13). OMG, for you can even raise people from the dead! Believe and do not be afraid to stay in our fight. Amen.