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Become Part of the Bike: Trust and Lean with Him

"I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight..." (Isaiah 45:2 NKJV)

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV)

When learning to ride a motorcycle, your first instinct when entering a curve is to lean in the opposite way of the bike, believing it will counteract the weight and keep you balanced and upright.  We are hesitant and fearful of leaning with the bike, believing that we will fall and get hurt.

The thrill and success comes when we let go and stop trying to control the bike.  When we let go of this fear and lean with the bike, we navigate curves successfully.  We become one with the bike and find ourselves gliding smoothly around the snaky curves.  Motions become fluid and natural.

We go through our lives, much in this same manner.  Instead of following the path the Lord has laid out for us, we lean in the opposite direction.  We want to do what feels safe and comfortable to us.  We want to do what we think is the right path.  We don’t want to fall.  We don’t want to fail.  We don’t want to get outside of our comfort zones.

It is when we let go and lean with Him that our lives navigate more smoothly.  He sees every twist, turn, bump and obstacle in the road ahead.  He navigates us through life when we lean with Him and relinquish our need for constant control over our lives.

Let go and let God.  Become apart of the bike.  Trust Him and lean with Him!

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Faith + Nothing

Republished with permission from fellow Living Faith Baptist Church member, Josh Stone.
(Thank you, Josh, for allowing me to share this!)

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. -Romans 4:4,5

Understand this! God does not, nor ever will owe us anything! That's exactly what most people think when they add to faith+nothing. When you believe that you can do this, or do that for your salvation, that means that once you have done that which you believe is required then God owes you salvation. That cannot be! Salvation is a gift (Ephesians 2:8). You don't earn gifts. They are freely given. I guess that it's just human nature as to why people cannot comprehend faith+nothing. You will probably read about this same topic from me over and over. Why? Because it is crucial that you understand Salvation is all about Him and nothing about us. The Apostle Paul was dealing with this same problem in his missions. The Judaisers were going around and adding to faith+nothing. They were claiming that circumcision and law-keeping must be added to faith. Here's the concerning part. Paul explains in Galatians 5, that if they were to add to Grace, then Christ would profit them nothing. In other words, if you think that you have to add to Christ's finished work on the cross, then you have just cancelled out Grace entirely! It must be fully Grace, or it's nothing at all! It's so simple that our human minds can't comprehend it! At the same time, it's so deep that our human minds can't comprehend it. Surely, His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Faith- taking God at His Word, plus nothing!

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