Saturday, August 8, 2009

#. The biggest lie I was ever told

As far back as I can conjure up I remember people telling me that if I try really, really, really hard I can do anything I want. This statement has been proven false for me many times, and can be proven false easily.

In the next second I want to climb to the top of Mount Everest... or anything even more outrageous like that.

Just doesn't happen. So what do I propose to replace it with.

1 John 5:14-15 (New American Standard Bible)
" 14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. "

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They told you to try really, really, really hard ... not to sit on your arse dreaming about it ... There is a big difference there

John Friesen said...

I guess what I am trying to say is that there is something better. I believe we were not designed to work really really hard.

Mark 8:36 NIV
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

It is like a narrow path I believe. You find laziness on one side that is wrong, and working hard for wrong adjectives on the other. I believe the true answer is something else and can't be painted by two clear right and wrong definitions. I believe the true answer is in following God and Jesus