The King's Invitation

Looking for meaning in your life? Wondering why you're here? Feel like there must be something more? Tired of trying and struggling to make sense of it all? You are hearby invited to find the answers...

Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding..." My prayer is something you read here will encourage you to draw closer to the King and enter into His service, and if you do not know this King of Kings, I am honored to deliver His invitation to you. An invitation... to come home.

Know that you have sinned, turn away from your sin, ask Jesus to forgive you, and allow Him to live in you - accept His invitation, accept His gift of salvation, accept His offer of everlasting life with Him.

don't fear the mountain

kingsinvitation | July 23, 2008 16:07

Ever wonder why there are mountains in our path we have to climb? Why there are giants we have to face?

The real question is… how do we approach those obstacles? When the men Moses sent into Canaan to spy out the land returned, all but two feared the giants in the land and wanted to turn back. Joshua and Caleb, however, viewed these obstacles differently. Caleb said, “The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. Only rebel not against the Lord, neither fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.” (Numbers 14 : 7-9). While the others feared, Joshua and Caleb wanted to press forward. Caleb said the giants would be their “bread”. They would eat them up. When you eat it makes you stronger, it renews you, it builds you up. How was it that he had this view?

Forty-five years later, after the land of Canaan had been conquered, there was still one stronghold of the Anakim, or giants. That was the mountain of the Anakim, and the city of Kirjath Arba, Arba being the name of the king of the Anakim. Caleb was about 85 years old at this point, but what did he say? “Give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.” (Joshua 14 : 12) Caleb still had no fear of those giants, he had no reservations about tackling that mountain. He didn’t try to avoid the issue, he said “give me that mountain.” He didn’t try to go around, he marched right up the mountain and faced off against the giant, like David did against Goliath. They took the mountain, the city was renamed Hebron, and there was finally peace in the land. What did they know that we don’t?

Think of 100-year-old Abraham, having been promised by God a son in his old age. The book of Romans tells us that Abraham, “being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about 100 years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.” (Romans 4 : 19-21). What did Joshua, Caleb, David, and Abraham have that we are missing? They walked daily with God, so the knew Him, and knowing Him, they trusted in His promises. They understood God knows the end from the beginning. Instead of focusing on the “problem” they walked by faith in the sovereignty of God, without trying to figure things out for God. God doesn’t need our help, he just wants our faith.