Hard hits and great Godly gifts last month. I am amazed at how little we actually control. We may be fooled into believing that Circumstance + Response = Outcome, but if you have ANY relationship with God you know this to be untrue. Amazingly, this is a concept preached and supported by so called "Christian" success wizards - those guys that run around the world doing seminars and selling ideas. If they really do have a genuine relationship with God Almighty I have no idea how they came to this conclusion.
God never ceases to amaze me. Some days I feel I've messed up so much I'm just waiting for God to strike me down. I get the feeling that some form of punishment is inevitable. Then God graciously blesses. I am humbled.
I'm not pretending that our behavior has no ramifications. I don't mean to suggest that we have a ticket to be screwballs. But I now work in the sales field, and nothing is pushed more than this 100% accountability theory. Let me explain. I have no problem accepting the failures and knowing they could have been avoided with some proactive anticipation. It's the unearned successes I have a problem claiming credit for. In other words ... all in all God is in control. We can forecast, speculate, hindsight, organize, interpret, review, analize, etc. In the end, there is one answer - God's purpose.
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