The Fruit of Razor Blades

A few days ago I preached the "Do You Want to Go To The Mountain" message to a live audience of about 2,000 and media audience in the millions. That did not matter to me becasue of Mary. Not Jesus mother but a single mom of two boys that was in the service that night. She was one of the last ones to come up and speak with me after the service. She said she had been touched by God through the message and that she was ready to be "free" and go to the mountain! She wanted to experience HIS GLORY as the message shares. Before she walked away I received from her some of the "fruit" produced by God's Word in her that night. We often never see most of the fruit from the power of the preaching of HIs word. I am not concerned about ever seeing it becasuse it's God's business not mine. But I actually held the evidence of the "fruit" God produced in her that night. Right before she walked away she handed me a container of razor blades. They were huge and she had been a cutter. She was ready to use one of them one final time to end what she deemed as a life of misery. But, upon handing them to me she said, "I know God wants me to give these to you!" There I stood holding in my hand large razor blades handed to me by a woman who had just been touched by His glory. I never thought of holding the fruit of God before but the other night I did...and Mary nor I will never be the same again. We don't have to hold the fruit God produces but, should HE ever allow it, take hold of it as a revelation of HIS GLORY, that changes your life!

Next Day Roast

We have rash of the need for the "new"on our hands. There seems to be a passion for something to be new for to be relevant. Many are saying we need a new message or we need to repaint the message of Jesus. The new wave of promotion is about something being a secret the no one has ever discovered in God's Word or the Christianity needs to be revised for a new culture. There are some valid thoughts that have come from these promoters. However, what was cooked in the oven yesterday is sometimes even better today. I loved my mom's roast. But it was even better the next day. It had soaked all night in the gravy and it was awesome. It made a great sandwich too! Have you read what God cooked in John Owen or Jonathan Edwards dozens of years ago! The truth they shared makes a great sandwich before bed! Try reading them. You might just realized that God's word has an embedded relevance to it that has brewed and cooked in people's hearts for years. I am getting my own food from my own study. But it sure is good to sit and eat with them at a table. Go back and discover some of the "old" stuff and how good it is today! Why, it's from the WORD.