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February '04

The Ant and The Elephant
Do you remember the story of the Ant and the Elephant? An elephant crossed a shaky bridge and a tiny ant sat on the elephant, just behind the huge animal’s ear. The bridge shook as they crossed, and when they were safely on the other side, the ant said to the elephant, “My word! We made that bridge swing all right, didn’t we?

"Adam, I need a Hand”
The Bible says that God created the heavens and the earth in six days ending it with man. But, (apparently), some details of creation was left unfinished; because the animals were still unnamed...

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof (Gen 2:19)

Can you imagine that? God brought all the animals to Adam like he was their father; and he gave them whatever name he liked.

So I asked myself, was it that the God who individually named each of the billions upon billions of stars, (Psalm 147:4) had run out of names? Or was there more to this gesture than meets the eye?

A cursory search through my bible surprisingly yielded some equally strange questions:

- At the Garden of Eden, why did God have to visit Adam and not the other way round?

- Why were the Israelites asked to march around the wall of Jericho even though it had nothing to do with its downfall?

- And haven’t you read in Numbers 14:14 where Moses actually talked God out of destroying the children of Israel? Was the all-wise God all of a sudden in need of advice about the consequences of His actions from a man?

The point is, dear Friend, God wants to get man involved in His work; the incidences just mentioned and others I’ll later site clearly show the depth of relationship God wants to have with man. Like a dog does when playing with her pup, He sometimes makes us do things that He would normally do. John 6:5,6 shows Jesus demonstrating this principle, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

The Genesis of the Revelation
Now, in order to appreciate this we need to look at our position in creation. Psalm 8:5 says that at creation man was placed a little lower than the Elohim. I believe that God intentionally honoured man to tell the rebellious Devil, (formerly Lucifer, the highest creature then), that a powerful creature does not threaten him. This high position made the Devil to burn with envy; he stole that position from Adam; but guess what God did? He took man to an even higher position, He sent Jesus to raise and make him sit in heavenly places in Christ, (Eph. 2:6). That’s how high placed we are in Christ.

However, it looks like many a Born-Again Christians have a tee-wee wrong idea of who God is. Some approach Him with trepidation and uncertainty. To them, God is like a harsh albeit rich father who has to be begged and cried into answering their prayers. They take the holiness and awesomeness of God to the wrong conclusion - "too great to be approached”.

Others do worse, they leave Him out of their lives completely: they feel He’s far too big or too busy to be bothered by their petty woes.

But there exists the wise ones, who dare to take Him at His word, and take Him as their partner.

Matthew 6:33
God didn’t say to me, "Seek ye first the kingdom of Greg", He said, "you take of my business (kingdom), and I’ll take care of the business of your kingdom (i.e. needs, desires, expectations).

Do you believe these things, (John 11:26)?

Can you handle it? Can you accept the fact that the creator of the universe abides in you? Can you come to grips with the fact that He who owns the cattle upon the thousand hills, (Ps 50:10) asks you to give Him 10% of your income? And how about what Paul calls the foolishness of preaching? (1 Cor. 1:21)

The bible says we are co-workers with God, (2 Cor 6:1), and the purpose of this message is to dare you to upgrade to that level. It takes faith though, for without Faith it is impossible to please God. God wants to involve in His work at a deeper level.

Now things all of a sudden look different; service becomes a privilege; every work for God now becomes a not-to-be-missed opportunity because it’s an honour to be working with God.

God’s saying to you, "we are going to transform lives, you and I; we’re going to change this world". It’s just like flying around in Air Force 1; except that it’s not the president of the United States that you’re flying with, but the commander-in-chief of the entire universe. Isn’t that incredible?

"Nice Try Greg, I Saw Through That”
I know that's what someone is thinking right now.
 "Humph! Tag Team my foot; this is just another way to make do those dirty church work." 
Well Friend, you sure would be missing those, (what's that word again?), fringe benefits.

I am not saying that divine blessings are tied to, or are commensurate with your work for God; but how many persons would like their partners to, (for example), be sick all the time. In those tag team wrestling matches, the wrestlers never allow their partners to suffer. They stretch their hands, stomp the floor and shout out for their partners to come on and make a tag.

That's the kind of partner I have; and He's a powerful one at that. Anytime the enemy buffets me around, left, right and center with his arrows of pain, temptations and trials; I do not despair, all I do is turn to my partner and make the tag.

Friend, if you aren't deep into God enough to call Him "partner", you're missing a lot, (and that's just saying it modestly).

God Bless You.  

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