{"id":1045,"date":"2013-05-29T05:55:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2013-05-29T05:55:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T09:55:08","slug":"gods-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/2013\/05\/29\/gods-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We are not here in Mwinika Land because we are the best people for the job. We are not here because of our talents and abilities\u2026 we are here because we are not able – and we know it! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It is when we are emptied of ourselves, barren and know we are unable \u2026 that we see HIS ability in filling us with all that He is. Then we can say with Paul: when I\u2019m weak, then I am strong!<\/p>\n

God wants to reveal Himself in this world through us. He will not do that when \u201cI\u201d am still in the centre of my life. That \u201cI\u201d must die\u2026 and then He can LIVE through us and be JESUS in this world!<\/p>\n

Will we ever truly understand God\u2019s economy? When I die, I truly live. When I\u2019m weak, I\u2019m strong. When I\u2019m less, I become more\u2026 Who is last, will be first\u2026<\/p>\n

No, we can\u2019t understand this because our nature strives and drives and wills for exactly the contrary! We want to survive on our own terms, but sadly, that only leads to death; death now in this life in all that we accomplish through our own efforts. It will come to nothing and will mean nothing in a hundred years. It cannot birth anything that is life or gives life, because my nature – Adam\u2019s nature \u2013 is in its core: dead.<\/p>\n

When I live for myself, I die.<\/p>\n

What do you strive for? What is it that challenge you? Look up into the loving eyes of Jesus, and let Him do it through you. Your part is to be willing; To give up yourself and to let go\u2026 and let Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are not here in Mwinika Land because we are the best people for the job. We are not here because of our talents and abilities\u2026 we are here because we are not able – and we know it! \ud83d\ude42 It is when we are emptied of ourselves, barren and know we are unable \u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}