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12 March, 2010
Soul Snack 30/10 ... Jesus' Black Swan - B
Odyssey Marine Exploration after thirteen years of diligence no longer sailed over treasure. Project Black Swan had discovered an absolute fortune forty miles off southwestern England on the bottom of the Atlantic. These riches countless boats, ignorant to what lay beneath, had sailed over for centuries.
When we gloss on devotion, ignore the Spirit's call to His word or refuse to 'dive into the unseen' we too sail over untold riches of faith. These riches cannot be gained, because when no effort is expended ignorance must remain. It is the domain, indeed the poverty of the comfortable 'spiritual sailor.'
The depths of faith are only plummeted after the shallows of faith have been waded through.
Surely faith is the smallest spiritual muscle these days, with the largest wastage. It is the least used.
Faith is stepping into the unseen with no visible means of support.
Faith is trusting The Invisible while I still dwell in the visible.
Faith is letting go of me, and taking hold of Him.
Faith is the appeals of heaven that release me from the appeals of earth.
Faith squashes selfishness and produces selflessness.
Faith delivers boldness where there is fear.
The apostle Paul knew the riches of faith. He knew that indwelling faith was the yeast of his life. After his dramatic Damascus road encounter with Jesus, he never sailed over bullion again. He spent the remainder of his life diving into the riches of faith.
Steps of faith will look for the bullion.
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saint ..." (Eph 1:18)
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11 March, 2010
Soul Snack 29/10 ... Jesus' Black Swan - A
To this very day treasures still lay on the ocean floor.
Project Black Swan on May 18th 2007 reported finding a 1/2 billion dollar treasure from an undisclosed wreck off southwestern England. This unidentified salvage site is in a well known area for wrecks, yet is still in international waters.
How often had these treasures been literally sailed over in the centuries since the sinking?
The ignorant can sail over riches, never aware that riches have been missed.
The faith of the ancients - Moses, Joshua or Elijah are so rarely repeated.
The faith of the moderns - John Wesley, Hudson Taylor or Billy Graham rarely re-considered.
Elijah would set water alight. Jesus would change water into wine, calm it and then also walk on it.
Faith can move mountains but modern faith can't even move itself.
Who will leave the alarm clock off and trust Jesus for the simple exercise of awakening each morning? Who would leave the alarm clock 'off'? After all, He gets the sun up each morning, surely you are so much easier.
How much of our lives are simply conducted sailing over treasure, unaware that what lies beneath us is of so much more value than even the ship we are sailing in?
Faith will look, and then step into the deep.
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebs 11:1)
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