From the Rabbi's Desk
We as humans are a driven race! Every year people line up to climb Mt. Everest, for what purpose; just to climb back down and say they did it! Think about all the time, effort and money that went into sending astronauts to the moon, for what purpose; just so as to beat the Russians there and to say we did it! How about all the space exploration going on now, for what purpose; just to say we did it? Is it because we are a driven race and have to explore and accomplish things just to say that we did them? Man has gone to the extreme and has taken life threatening risks at great expense for little or no reward, other than to go up and then come down just to say that they did it. Yet, when it comes to reading the Bible and discovering Messiah Yeshua through it, which when we do, rewards a person with eternal life with God in heaven, they do not want to do it! There is no greater height, there is no more rewarding journey, there is no greater thrill than perusing after the knowledge of God. That is because there are no limits to what we can learn and there is no end to what we can apply to our lives from the study of God and the Bible.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
I have been studying the Word of God going on forty years, yet I have still not ascended high enough nor have I journeyed far enough to glean all the truths and insights His Word contains. This should be our passionate purpose; this is what we should be driven to do as humans, because unlike all the thrills the world and space have to offer, we will not come back empty after doing it!
Hi Ellen here…We have all heard the truism: "Let go and let God", easier said than done – right! When you are struggling with something…something that is stealing your peace and eventually allowing a breach in your faith and you leave being under God's authority and come under the authority of the evil one…watch out as everything around you will fall apart. Been there? I have! Thank our Lord in heaven who has given us the Holy Spirit to convict us, give us a nudge, pick us up and direct us in the right direction. He whispers in our ear "…let go…let God." It takes practice so do not waste too much time or energy but "shema" the voice of the Lord. Remember "…it is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." Deuteronomy 31.8
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Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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