Have you ever wondered how the Christian culture has shifted so much in the last 30 years?
The answer is simple: people have created different versions of the Bible. Verses are cherry-picked, distorted and twisted until the original message is no longer recognizable. Far too many Christians are not reading the Bible for themselves. They run to YouTube or a local prosperity-driven church and eagerly absorb fabrications that tickle their ears. Here at Bible Breadcrumbs, we fight this head on.
I’m very passionate about spreading the truth of the gospel in a world rampant with lies and tricks from forces unseen. As Christians, it is very important that we surround ourselves with biblical teachers and leaders, so that we stay rooted in the truth. “As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friends” (Proverbs 27:17). There are an abundance of false teachers out there imparting a narrative that is contrary to the one preached in the New Testament (Matthew 7:15-17; Galatians 1:8).
God is not a genie in a bottle that you take off the shelf whenever you need Him. He created you to have a genuine relationship with you that far surpasses you getting everything you want when you want it. God is not the “fun aunt” who gives you candy when your parents say no. He is a refiner. “He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness” (Malachi 3:3).
Are you waiting on a prayer to be answered and you can’t figure out why God is silent all of a sudden? Has it ever occurred to you that maybe He is refining you, purifying you, so that you reflect more of Him? If God was a genie in bottle, would you ever learn anything if He rescued you from every burning building you found yourself in? No. Give a man a fish he eats for a day but teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.
The same applies to you.
If you find yourself deep in the flames think about what you can learn instead of blaming and resenting God for not dealing with all your troubles so that you don’t have to. Jesus Himself didn’t leave this world without scars. As a Christian, you’ll acquire a fair bit of scars yourself, but every one of them is evidence that God is with you, refining you for something greater. So, will you step into the flame boldly as three Hebrew boys did (Daniel 3:16-28), or will you forever be defined by your fear?
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