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					<title>Faith or Insanity</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<category domain="main">getting fused?</category>					<guid isPermaLink="false">28@http://chapelhillchurch.org/fusedblog/</guid>
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You know what I want for you?  For you, whoever is reading this?  I want you to want it.  What is it?  It is whatever God wants from you, and I mean whatever.  I want that myself.  I want that so bad that sometimes I think it drives me to the precipice of insanity.  I seriously wonder sometimes.  My thoughts don&#8217;t always seem completely rational; my actions also teeter at times.  I try to seek what it is that the Spirit wants from me, and often when God&#8217;s Spirit speaks&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t much human sense.  

Do you think that is incorrect?  Well, let&#8217;s look at some of Jesus&#8217; requests.  Check out Matthew 19 when Jesus tells a young man who follows all the rules and would be considered a great young person.  Jesus says, &#8220;Leave it all&#8221; and the young man just &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; do it.  That makes no sense; it isn&#8217;t a sin to have money.  

What about Matthew 8, when Jesus says to another man, &#8220;follow me&#8221; and the man replies, &#8220;let me first bury my father&#8221; and Jesus responds, &#8220;let the dead bury the dead.&#8221;  What?  It is a respectable, honorable, rational request.  However, Jesus had a bigger and better plan.

I am not saying that everything rational is not of God, what I AM suggesting is that sometimes we need to look beyond the realm of human rational and realize that God&#8230;and when I say realize, I mean REALLY realize&#8230;has a much bigger, better, and somehow more rational than any human could have.  Does this seem a little &#8220;out there?&#8221;  I think by most people&#8217;s standards, it may be.  I think some people might say that I have absolutely lost my mind.  I can reply with complete assurance that if I am insane, He is my insanity and to be honest, I am ok with that.

I don&#8217;t mean to just be spouting off, but as I read through the Bible, I see things that jut seem completely crazy by human standards and yet, they are the will of God.  I see rivers and seas parted and people walking around on dry land, I see rains come that flood the earth and just before the rains come a guy finishes building a boat that he as worked on for decades, I see a man called to kill his son, I see a slave turn into a prime minister of a world power, I see a teenager killing a veteran giant in one on one battle, I see (numerous times) an small army defeating a HUGE army just because God is with them, I see things like this and much more.  Now, think about it, don&#8217;t these things seem completely unreasonable?  

I don&#8217;t mean to go on a rant here, but I am just curious how big we believe God really is?  If He is who He says He is, what hinders us so much?  Do we believe in the unbelievable?  I mean, if God leads it or calls us to it, could He accomplish the unbelievable through us?  What if God calls you to do something irrational?  Would you be willing to get a little crazy?  Are you open to hearing God calling you to do something a little stretching, just so He can glorify Himself through you?  

I am not suggesting you do crazy things for craziness sake.  We have to ask, &#8220;Will it bring Him glory?&#8221;  If He calls us to do something, are we willing?  I want you to want &#8220;it", I want you to want what He wants.  It will stretch you, and it will change your perception, but it may be exactly what He wants for you.
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<p>You know what I want for you?  For you, whoever is reading this?  I want you to want it.  What is it?  It is whatever God wants from you, and I mean whatever.  I want that myself.  I want that so bad that sometimes I think it drives me to the precipice of insanity.  I seriously wonder sometimes.  My thoughts don&#8217;t always seem completely rational; my actions also teeter at times.  I try to seek what it is that the Spirit wants from me, and often when God&#8217;s Spirit speaks&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t much human sense.  </p>

<p>Do you think that is incorrect?  Well, let&#8217;s look at some of Jesus&#8217; requests.  Check out Matthew 19 when Jesus tells a young man who follows all the rules and would be considered a great young person.  Jesus says, &#8220;Leave it all&#8221; and the young man just &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; do it.  That makes no sense; it isn&#8217;t a sin to have money.  </p>

<p>What about Matthew 8, when Jesus says to another man, &#8220;follow me&#8221; and the man replies, &#8220;let me first bury my father&#8221; and Jesus responds, &#8220;let the dead bury the dead.&#8221;  What?  It is a respectable, honorable, rational request.  However, Jesus had a bigger and better plan.</p>

<p>I am not saying that everything rational is not of God, what I AM suggesting is that sometimes we need to look beyond the realm of human rational and realize that God&#8230;and when I say realize, I mean REALLY realize&#8230;has a much bigger, better, and somehow more rational than any human could have.  Does this seem a little &#8220;out there?&#8221;  I think by most people&#8217;s standards, it may be.  I think some people might say that I have absolutely lost my mind.  I can reply with complete assurance that if I am insane, He is my insanity and to be honest, I am ok with that.</p>

<p>I don&#8217;t mean to just be spouting off, but as I read through the Bible, I see things that jut seem completely crazy by human standards and yet, they are the will of God.  I see rivers and seas parted and people walking around on dry land, I see rains come that flood the earth and just before the rains come a guy finishes building a boat that he as worked on for decades, I see a man called to kill his son, I see a slave turn into a prime minister of a world power, I see a teenager killing a veteran giant in one on one battle, I see (numerous times) an small army defeating a HUGE army just because God is with them, I see things like this and much more.  Now, think about it, don&#8217;t these things seem completely unreasonable?  </p>

<p>I don&#8217;t mean to go on a rant here, but I am just curious how big we believe God really is?  If He is who He says He is, what hinders us so much?  Do we believe in the unbelievable?  I mean, if God leads it or calls us to it, could He accomplish the unbelievable through us?  What if God calls you to do something irrational?  Would you be willing to get a little crazy?  Are you open to hearing God calling you to do something a little stretching, just so He can glorify Himself through you?  </p>

<p>I am not suggesting you do crazy things for craziness sake.  We have to ask, &#8220;Will it bring Him glory?&#8221;  If He calls us to do something, are we willing?  I want you to want &#8220;it", I want you to want what He wants.  It will stretch you, and it will change your perception, but it may be exactly what He wants for you.</p>
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