Biofuel Faith

Sounds weird, looks weird, and even hard to believe but scientists are taking Mustard Seeds grown in California and making a biofuel! These tiny seeds will be grown in the off-season as not to take the ground of normal food crops during their normal growing time. These mustard seeds will produce biofuel for buses and other transit vehicles in our own country.

The size of our faith required to trust God is compared to a Mustard Seed in Matthew 17:20. If we were to have enough faith as the size of a tiny mustard seed we could "move mountains"! How does that work?

Oswald Chambers says, " Faith brings us into a right relationship with God and gives God his opportunity. He frequently has to knock the bottom out of our experience to get us into contact with himself. God wants you to understand it is a life of faith - not a life of sentimental enjoyment of his blessings - that pleases him. Faith by its very nature must be tried. And the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God's character has to be clear in our minds so that we remain true to God whatever he may do. 'Though he slay me, ' announced Job, 'yet will I hope in him.' This is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole Bible." (emphasis added)

So as we 'run out of gas' in our own lives of faithless living, shouldn't we just add a drop of faith (about the size of a mustard seed) into our life? This is not a faith in myself or any other thing in my life. This is faith in God - who you can't see, hear, or touch. You must experience a relationship buy trusting in the One who Created you. Don't ignore Him anymore - put your faith in him.

Rest in him.

And relax.

Sounds weird, looks weird, and even hard to believe, but faith works that way!

Filler up, please!

Obedience vs. Knowledge

Are you ever afraid to cross over bridges? Guess it depends upon many factors ... how long, how high, are there guard rails on the side, is it cloudy, or who is driving? Right!?

When we are trying to simply get from one side to the other, and we've not been on this path before it gets a bit precarious at times.

What happens when someone in authority tells us what to do ... to cross over somewhere you've never been before? Do you resist or do trust? Guess it depends upon many factors ... how long, how high (are the demands), are there guard rails, is it clear what is on the other side, or who is driving? Right!?

It's so different when it is my idea compared to someone else telling me to do it, especially when my parents, boss, or even God tells me to do something I really don't know I need or want to do.

When obedience is truly applied for the first time in your life you have no idea what to expect on the other side. All circumstances of crossing over are unknown, you've never experienced this before. The next time you are challenged to crossover, you act on knowledge and not true obedience. Another way to consider this would be: obedience requires trust, when knowledge depends on experience.

So what, you say? Living life is so much more exciting and rewarding when we obey. Please don't misunderstand, living life with knowledge is good and proper. Look at the picture above. What if you were the person who was told to build that bridge? You had no idea that so many people depended on your obedience, so many would benefit from your actions, and think of accomplishment and reward. It would last and span for lifetimes! The knowledge you would bring into that decision, and the knowledge you would accumulate through that obedience would be priceless. It would take faith, another word for trust, to begin such a task - a journey.

What are you facing today that you are resisting? Is someone telling you to do something that you know is right, but you don't know how to do it? That's familiar with so many of us. We depend upon ourself too much of the time. We tend to do things in life our own way. Much like our parents, teachers, and coaches who know what is good for us; God has created us to trust and obey Him. The problem is we resist and accomplish little in our life.

Today - build a bridge. The reward is great and the benefits are endless. The bridge maybe something as incredable as the one pictured above, or it may be a simple bridge of trust in the God of eternity. Truth is, we are all heading somewhere. Where are you going?

A Summer Vacation - Pause

When traveling home from any family trip I try to capture every memory possible in my tiny pea brain. I want all of us to remember these times for later in the year or years to come we replay those moments, laughs, smells, and sounds of what we took time and energy to do. We can pause and enjoy time away.

My lovely wife Marie can see this picture of herself and know that the waves and sky she was gazing at was a moment of work that was erasing in her mind - easy on the eyes as a smile beams on her face. Casual in heart, mind, and spirit - we all need a pause. Why do we struggle so much, worry when we need not at the work and life left behind for this slight pause? It really pays great dividends when we do this, and in so many ways.

Pause today - remember your vacation from years gone by, or even from last week. I bet you will recall giggles, sounds of your life, even moments of silence just being together. Yes, there are always some stress - but that takes back seat to other front seat riding. I love it!

Ready for my next Pause ... where to now?

Logan, The Angel Cowboy

When we are having a tough time and things are not going well ... take Logan's advice!

God will ALWAYS understand, run to Him.

(Click on the Title above for the message from Logan)

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