Good Morning Peeps! How are you doing this throwback Thursday morning, good I hope? Are you having a good work week so far, I sure hope so? Have a good and very Blessed day today! - May God Bless You and Yours In 2018 and Beyond!!! - “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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“This is the day that the Lord has made! I will rejoice and be glad in it!”
The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “That Was A God Thing!”
By a show of hands, how many of you in my virtual audience have ever heard the term, “I was just lucky I guess?” Explaining how something happened to them where they felt they had no control over the outcome and it just all worked out in their favor? (read John 15: 5-7 verse), “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire. And they are burned. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” With this train of thought, and or line of thinking, it was placed on my heart this morning to talk about, “That Was A God Thing…” And AMEN goes right here! Now I’m sure if you pondered on it enough, you could come up with numerous times over the course of your life where you had some “WOW” moments that literally left you puzzled and dumbfounded at how you were able to accomplish something that you never thought you could accomplish couldn’t you? I know I have quite a few! For example, just yesterday, my son Dawson received his grades in from the final semester of his Freshman year in College and he had all A’s, and a 4.0 GPA for the semester. What’s very impressive about that, is that he also made the Presidential Scholars List for the second time in his first year of college! Me personally, I never made the Presidential Scholars list in college, nor did I make all A’s and nor did I have a 4.0 GPA in college either LOL! Of course I had to brag on Dawson on Facebook, and there were a lot of people that said “Dawson is smart just like his dad.” I even joked that he got his smarts from me….and believe me, that really IS a joke! I’m not in the least bit stupid, but my son is way smarter (book wise) than I ever dreamed of being! So how do you explain his intelligence? Was it his mom? Hmmmmmnnnn, maybe but I’m going to put my money on that it was just “A God Thing!” And “AMEN” goes right here too! I think Dawson was blessed from birth to be smart like he is. That is the only explanation that makes sense, to me at least.
I can tell you, that I too have an unexplainable incident recently that would also fall under this category. As many of you may know, I have hinted around towards the fact that I have been working on a book for the past two years. It is a book of devotionals like what you are reading right now. I never dreamed I would ever write a book, and ironically had no desire to. But this past Friday May 4th 2018, I received confirmation in the form of a press release from my publishing company, that my book had just been released for sale to book stores all over the world! Now I have to give credit where credit is due, I would have never done this if it had not been for my longtime former landlord and good dear friend Miss Nancy! She urged me to…….wait, who am I fooling, she “hounded” me daily for the past two years to put these into a book form so that more people could be blessed by them! And when I say “hounded” me, that is exactly what I mean! LOL! I stressed to her, that when I started this journey 18 going on 19 years ago of sharing the Word of God, that I never approached sharing my devotionals with any intentions of profiting from them. That was never my intention nor desire. It wasn’t until she put it to me this way, “what if that is God’s will of how He wants you to bless more people than you already are, and also how He has it in His plan to Bless you?” that I even considered changing my mind and proceeding forward with it. It has been a very long and tedious journey, but I can finally say, “To God Be The Glory,” as of last Friday May 04, 2018, I AM a real life Published Author! WOW! I'm still in shock that it actually happened! “The Third Eye Perspective” book of devotionals is now on the shelves of Amazon, Xulon Press, and Barnes and Noble to name a few for $15.99. It is also on eBook for $7.99. How can I explain, that what I never had the desire to do in the first place, is now a true reality, except for to say “That Was A God Thing…” and AMEN goes right here also! For everyone who I have already told about it, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for the encouraging words, compliments, and request for more info on how to purchase my new book. I appreciate it more than you know! But again, “To God Be The Glory!” It is to Him that I give all the credit, Praise, and Glory to for blessing me with this gift of creative writing, and the desire to share it for the Kingdom of Heaven!
Okay, let me get back to this devotional. I know you are probably waiting for some Biblical examples of “That Was A God Thing…” am I right? The first would be found in the book of Genesis, in the early chapters. It is when God created the Heavens and the Earth by just saying, “Let there be…” As I have told you before, this is the reason why God is the only one true God in Heave and on Earth. All He has to do is just “speak,” and He can create anything he wanted to, like a perfectly sustaining solar system of planets, but especially Earth in SIX days! The Bible says “and on the Seventh day He rested.” Name me another so-called God who can do this, I’ll wait? The next example can be found in the book of 1 Samuel 16 chapter. God sends Samuel to Jesse’s house to anoint young David to be the next King of Israel. Jesse had multiple sons, but it wasn’t until Samuel had met young David, that he realized that none of the others in the house at that time was the one. That’s when Jesse told Samuel about his youngest son, David who was out in the fields tending to the flock of sheep. Upon meeting him, Samuel recognized right away that it was young David whom he had been sent there to anoint as the future new King of Israel. This is an epic “That Was A God Thing.” The next one that comes to mind, is when the Israelites were fleeing Egypt and Pharaoah’s army. It can be found in the book of Exodus (14 chapter). They had gone as far as they could go and come to the Red Sea. With Pharaoh fast approaching, the Israelites had nowhere to go. That’s when Moses heard God speak to him and he held out his staff and the Red Sea was parted. The Israelites were able to flee through the bottom floor of the sea. Once all of them made it safely to the other side, the Lord closed the sea back up, drowning all of Pharaoh’s army in the process. That my brothers and sisters was “A God Thing!” And Amen goes right here! The last one I’ll list, is a very familiar one. It can be found in the book of Luke (8 chapter and 43-48 verses). It is the story of the woman with an issue of blood. She had suffered with this bleeding issue for 12 long years. She had spent all of her resources seeking cures and yet nothing anyone she went to could heal her. She heard that Jesus Christ was passing through her area, and went to see if she could see Him. She knew that just one touch from Jesus and she would be healed. What she didn’t count on, was the huge crowd that also wanted to see Him. The Bible says, that “she pressed her way through the crowd, but was unable to get to Him. All she was able to do, was touch the hem of His garment and she was made whole.” That my brothers and sisters is also “A God Thing!” And AMEN goes right here too! Can I leave you with a question to ponder today if I may?
“If you know that you have experienced some “That Was A God Thing” in your life, are you doing anything for the Kingdom of Heaven as appreciation in return? Can I Get An AMEN?”
“Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ! Afterall, isn’t that EXACTLY what He did for us on the Cross?”
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