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WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT

God Allows All, God Gives All

All things come from
me, your God
and no other.
Even things that come
from the world
and the people in it come
to you through me.
God allows all, God gives all.
In me you have everything
and nothing is needed.
I am a great giver.
You are a poor receiver.
Do not look from others
what only I can give you.
All is nothing without me.
A gift is not a gift unless it
comes from me

Dr. Don’s Reflections

Before I knew Christ I would look at the many gifts that I got from my family, my friends, my efforts in business (like the money I made) my homes, my travels, and everything good that happen to me as coming from others or the world itself. 

Sure I thought God was blessing me but I was the one that made the money to buy the big house.  I was the one that created the relationship with my family and friends. Wasn’t it me and my personality?  My degrees in education were a result of my academic performance, wasn’t it? Sure I was being blessed by God but only as a result of the effort, I put out.

When I think of that now, I wonder how did I ever get so self-centered?  Was it taught to me by others?  Was it my insecurities and fears?  Was it my need to feel a sense of accomplishment, a sense of importance?  Why did I not realize that my every breath was a gift from God because he allowed it to be?

To get to the point where you look at everything in your life as a gift from God is a journey. And I had to take that journey with Jesus Christ with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. My adversaries, Satan, Self, and the World wanted me to think it was all me. How prideful!

God had a plan for me despite all my prideful self-serving acts. He wanted me to see him as the source of all gifts. To do that he had to give me many gifts and take many away.  If I were a quick learner it would have only happened once or twice and then I would have figured it out. However, with me getting his gifts and losing his gifts it had to happen over and over. God wanted me to look at him as the Giver of all and no matter how many lessons it would take that is what he would put me through until I got it.  Well, I get it now.

Dr. Don’s Comments

When you walk with Christ long enough you begin to understand that everything good is connected to God.  Even good that comes from bad is connected to God. You cannot have good without God and you cannot have God without God.  It is that simple or should I say that complex.

As a human, you think so many things which come from the world and others in it are part of humanity.  But that is not so. Humanity would not be here if it were not for divinity.  Everything good in humanity has a divine origin.

You get beautiful gifts for your birthday from family and friends bought with the money that they earned in working in this world. That money and work would not be available if it were not a gift from God.  All gifts you received from others and the world, in general, are from God.

Having the view that everything you have or get is a gift from God no matter what the worldly source is, is in itself a gift. Your realization that all worldly gifts are from God is brought about by the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Because as you mature in your walk with Christ you are given these gifts which are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. And just an aside here, fear of the Lord is not being afraid of him but rather you are in awe of him.

In receiving these gifts as God wills you understand that every gift from others and the world are from God and every breath you take is a gift.  With God, living is a gift and God is willing to give it all to you, you just need to be ready to receive it.

Ask God today to bless you with a different attitude about what you have and what will be given to you. Ask him to give you the humility to realize nothing happens in this world without God allowing it to happen. Ask him for the grace to see your life and everything in it as a gift for in doing so you will live a life of gratitude to your creator.