Take Back the Dream

Take back the dream?  Who took it?  Why can't you just go out and get what you want?  As long as there is someone to blame, responsibility is averted.  Many drive right around these endless descriptions of road blocks, and move right to what they want, and get it.  Education, innovation, productivity, etc.  Let's start talking about what it takes to make something work in the real world, and and stop the endless chatter of what it will take to make things fair.

The primary motivation of leaders such as Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright, and Louis Farakan is to stir up a deep suspicious conspiratorial message that blames and casts judgement on others and leaves the accuser free from getting their own lives into a state of being more productive and effective.  If Daniel in the bible as a slave could bring the entire kingdom to its proverbial knees, any level of past oppression or wrong on a group of people can be overcome.  As long as the sheep listen to this foolishness, they will stay weak and without influence, and be subdued by these wolves in sheep's clothing that wield power and claim that some form of fairness will be granted by those evil government leaders that are holding back justice.  If getting justice was a matter of race, then Obama should have been able to grant them justice, but there isn't any form of action that would either help or satisfy.  It is time to stress responsibility and highlight those who decide not to wait around in the complaint center, thereby showing that one can make something out of their lives if they step up and do what is needed.  Here is a quick list to hit on.

1. Don't have children out of wedlock
2. Stay in school and get a career path defined
3. Work harder than anyone around you
4. Be generous
5. Love your enemies
6. Speak words that help and heal
7. Don't let alcohol control you, and stay away from drugs
8. Honor your parents
9. Go back and do it all over again.

Real men

The Idea of a real man conjures up images of a guy on a Harley or wearing a hard hat or a tattoo. Others include being a successful business owner, sports figure etc. Did any of these images make Jesus a real man? Is there any doubt that Jesus was a real man? He was a "man's man" but I would rather call Him "God's man".

Jesus is fully God and fully man just to keep our theology on track.

I have this strange fear that because of my incessant tendency to compare outward features of people I see that if I were to see Jesus on earth, I would have dismissed Him quickly as not being great.

Jesus was a great man because of His OBEDIENCE!!! He didn't call the shots. He did what His father commanded and said what His Father told Him to say.

John 5:19
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

2 Corinthians 10:5
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

By His power according to His word, let's pursue being a man - God's way.