God; who created us body soul and spirit wants to be involved in every detail and aspect. How can we expect Him blessing parts of our lives we choose to be mutually exclusive or where He is estranged from? Yet we do this all the time.
There is therefore only one of two possibilities; that the Lord wants to remove a particular activity in our lives or He intends us to dedicate our efforts to the Lord and He guides our steps. It is hard to admit we want to do things that God doesn't approve; whether obvious sins or just other good things in itself that can be distractions to fulfilling our purpose and goals for the good works set forth for us as stated in Ephesians 2:10. The truth is our natural abilities are a reflection of being God's uniquely created being and no doubt ultimately all things in the end will be for His glory; even the destruction of the wicked. That is an interesting concept although I won't focus on it here.
For me one interest while I have had the time and some money to invest is coin collecting; in which I have been able to make a small profit buying as silver is rising and quickly reselling. I am testing a rarer coin I just bought to see if I finally can make some money there; often I have learned there are cleaning damage and other issues that thwart what seems like a deal too good to be true on the buying end. I think a lesson can be learned there; in regard to avoiding a get rich quick scheme. Shortcuts of anything show our lack of wisdom on an earthly sense; and no doubt always reflects spiritual lack of wisdom as well. One crucial point here is that I am in frequent communication with a friend on the subject who I trust so that I know she can pray for my success and I can be accountable as no doubt I can obsess on this hobby. She has helped me with a friend as well who I am heavily funding for now; where I need to be cautious of giving too much money to.
God; who created us body soul and spirit wants to be involved in every detail and aspect. How can we expect Him blessing parts of our lives we choose to be mutually exclusive or where He is estranged from? Yet we do this all the time.
There is therefore only one of two possibilities; that the Lord wants to remove a particular activity in our lives or He intends us to dedicate our efforts to the Lord and He guides our steps. It is hard to admit we want to do things that God doesn't approve; whether obvious sins or just other good things in itself that can be distractions to fulfilling our purpose and goals for the good works set forth for us as stated in Ephesians 2:10. The truth is our natural abilities are a reflection of being God's uniquely created being and no doubt ultimately all things in the end will be for His glory; even the destruction of the wicked. That is an interesting concept although I won't focus on it here.
For me one interest while I have had the time and some money to invest is coin collecting; in which I have been able to make a small profit buying as silver is rising and quickly reselling. I am testing a rarer coin I just bought to see if I finally can make some money there; often I have learned there are cleaning damage and other issues that thwart what seems like a deal too good to be true on the buying end. I think a lesson can be learned there; in regard to avoiding a get rich quick scheme. Shortcuts of anything show our lack of wisdom on an earthly sense; and no doubt always reflects spiritual lack of wisdom as well. One crucial point here is that I am in frequent communication with a friend on the subject who I trust so that I know she can pray for my success and I can be accountable as no doubt I can obsess on this hobby. She has helped me with a friend as well who I am heavily funding for now; where I need to be cautious of giving too much money to.
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