It’s About Time!

June 9, 2018June 1, 2018 / Mark Brady / Leave a comment

Old Testament time: Mankind was given “time” by God. He created light, and separated it from dark. He called the light “day”, and the dark “night”. That was day one. (Gen. 1:3-5) Pastor Robert Morris says, time gives us stability, and rhythm to life. During eternity, there will be no need for time. Jesus operates in a whole different realm than we do. He is not bound by time. He can go back in time, and forward in time, in no time.

Abraham’s wife, Sarah, had time reversed for her body and appearance. She did not look like an old grandma when she had Isaac at the age of 90, but like a beautiful young woman. So much so, while Abraham was camping in Gerar, he lied, and said she was his sister so he would not be killed for actually being her husband. (Gen. 20:1-18)

New Testament time: When Jesus’ mother, Mary, asked her son to turn water into wine, while at a wedding, he answered her request. One of the wedding guest commented the host saved the best wine for last. Good wine takes 2 years to make. How did Jesus do it? I’m not sure, but I believe he could, can and did. Mary believed as well. (John 2:1-11)

Your time: I heard a testimony the other day where a kid closed the car door on his hand. His mother prayed that his hand would go back to how it felt 2 minutes before the accident. When she got done praying, he said his hand didn’t hurt any more.

Why am I sharing this? There is a realm, we who call ourselves believers, need to move into. The realm of possibilities that Jesus lives in. A realm that is not bound by time. Being “Christ like” can be for these days, and not just after we arrive in heaven. Why now? Because as we approach the last days our faith will need to be stronger. We will need to know the impossible has always been possible, if we just learn to believe it, and ask for it, like Mary did. We don’t have to know how, but that it can be done. The Holy Spirit is sharing this with others around the world. Jesus will help us and welcome us into this new realm of believing and living. In fact he will probably say, “It’s about time!”

Boxed In?

July 8, 2017 / Mark Brady / Leave a comment

20170708_220718 One thing that makes moving successful is having enough, and right size boxes for your stuff. Moving works best when you have the time to put the right things in the right size boxes and number them, and then keep a running list of what is in each one.

When it comes to moving spiritually, what size box do you try to put God in? Do you cram Him in a small one, because He is only a “small” part of your life? Or does the God you serve fit in a refrigerator box? How do you list the contents of the box you put God in? That probably depends on what you think of God and His power. Maybe it is limited by your experience with Him so far.

We’re human. Our mind has limits, but when it comes to God we shouldn’t limit Him at all. We should never put Him, and His abilities in a box. Instead of saying, “Why can’t God…?” we should say, “My God can…” When you start living with this kind of thinking about God you will begin to find your life outside the box.

No Barriers

July 5, 2015 / Mark Brady / Leave a comment

I work for a global company, and they force us to take training courses. These courses range from safety to customer information, to company standards. But last year they started making us listen to some motivational speeches. This past week I listened to one such speech that really moved me. It was given by Erik Weihnenmayer. It’s okay. I didn’t recognize his name either until he was introduced as the first blind man to climb Mt. Everest. I recalled hearing about him on the news.

Erik’s speech was truly amazing just as he and his life is. Here he is blind, but has adopted this mentality of “No Barriers”. In other words there really is nothing holding you back from obtaining your goals but you. He described being blind and climbing Mt. Everest as “reaching out into the darkness”.

We live in a very dark world. Perhaps you are facing a mountain in your life and you don’t see how you are going to get around it or through it. Has it dawned on you to go over it? Maybe you just lost your job, or you are now taking care of an ailing parent. Or maybe God has called you to do a certain task. The one thing Erik said about reaching the top of a mountain is this, “It takes a team.” Team up with others who are facing the same mountain as you. Do life together. Encouraging each other. Team up with God who can help you with any mountain, if only you believe there are no barriers.

Mat 17:20 “Because you’re not yet taking God seriously,” said Jesus. “The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, ‘Move!’ and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn’t be able to tackle.” (MSG)