Genie in a bottle Luke 1:37

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Luke 1:37 (ESV)
37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”

James 1:5-6 (NLT)
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.

The bumper sticker “God is my co-pilot” cracks me up. It’s like saying “God is my genie in a bottle”. Here God, can you come over and let me do this or that? Plllllllllllease?

Nothing is impossible with God – if it’s what God wants to do. We miss that last part. If you’re not sure what it is that God wants you to do, ask. God always answers. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, sometimes with a yes, sometimes with a no, he always answers. The point is that you have to be all in. You can’t be rubbing the genie bottle one second and crying out is desperation the next. Either God is everything or he’s just a bolt on kit for your own will. Don’t be divided in your loyalty.

Luke 1:37 (NLT)
37 For the word of God will never fail.

It doesn’t mean that we don’t have work to do. It might not succeed like we want it to, but that’s between God and us. Who’s the pilot anyway?

Psalm 7:17 (NLT)
17 I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

No matter what happens. He doesn’t make mistakes, but I do.

I think I’ll let him be the pilot. Ugh, I don’t like it because it goes against my nature, but it’s the way it is meant to be and it’s the best way.

2 thoughts on “Genie in a bottle Luke 1:37”

  1. I agree God always answer, we should just be able to hear him with faith… Above all, we should accept his decision not to give us something we ask, because he does it, for a good reason he knows, a good reason we know only later… He is omniscient, and all we can do is to surrender to his magnificence…..

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46