The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?
Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"
Genesis 24:5 NIV
Lesson#4 Acknowledge the problems.
So often in our church or ministry or our personal life we are not great at acknowledging, naming, giving clarity to the problems, the difficulties, the barriers...
There was an 800km camel ride required, finding the right person, convincing her to come 800km back...to marry a stranger!
It's easy to overlook the barriers.
To be naive about them.
Whether it's church, ministry, work, study, flatting, family...our inner world, our thinking, emotions, our heart...life really.
On this mission, our unnamed servant acknowledged the barriers, and that might help us to do that too...
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#genesis24
#pray
#hegoesbeforeme
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#somethingtochewon
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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