Texting Hallelujah!

Texting Hallelujah!

“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5 ESV

How many times have I come to God with my hands outstretched, saying, “Lord, use me”? Yet my hands are already full: full of my own abilities, talents, wants, and strengths. So, when God uses me, who gets the credit? I give God an off-handed credit but am all too ready to modestly beam with pride in the accomplishment, as if it were all me anyway. Fool that I am! Instead, God wants me, and you, to come to him with arms outstretched—and empty—so that he can do his work, his way, to his credit and glory so that the outcome will have eternal consequence. It’s a mystery, but a true source for living in joy and experiencing the miraculous! “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5 ESV

. . . “God wants me, and you, to come to him with arms outstretched—and empty.”

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Doug Isaacson is a Christian who is amazed at the love and grace of God! The father of five wonderful adult children and the grandfather of thirteen amazing grandchildren, he is a retired businessman with over four decades in the credit and finance industries, municipal and state government, and executive management of Tribal corporations in Alaska. He has served as a Preaching Pastor and is a Writer. He currently serves as Managing Member of the Tree and Sky Group. During the Cold War, Mr. Isaacson served in the US Air Force as a Russian linguist. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; a Masters of Divinity from Western Seminary, Portland, OR; a Certificate from the University of Idaho Legislative Energy Horizons Institute Energy Policy Planning Program; and received certificates from the Army War College National Security Seminar and the 69th National Security Forum of the Air University and Air War College.
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