this is my new book: Validation: Us or God

Introduction
I want to say this right at the beginning: This is not going to be a popular book because this is not a popular topic!

It’s HUGE though and it applies to many so EXAMINE what I am saying and check it out for yourself!

I can understand why I am where I am and why I am how I am. This is not a simple place to be and to read what I read in the Bible is again not a simple thing to know but for God I am happy to do it.

There are 2 kinds of people in this world: very few God lovers and very many self lovers. The God lovers are only interested in God and the self lovers are only interested in themselves.


 
Book
Creation by God is thoroughly documented the Bible.

God started out visually living with us His creations. Once sin began, He stopped visually living with us but He continued living with us, His creations, no longer visually but in many other ways. He has never been absent. Per the scriptures, the word of God, He always knows where we are in fact He knows what we are going to say before we say it! So it’s clear that we mean a lot to Him.
We were created to bring glory to God and He developed every day of our lives BEFORE we were born, so do you think that He left out validation at the time He created us? I don’t. So is our need for validation just for us personally or a mistake or lack in creation? I think that it is just for us personally because we are more interested in making ourselves happy than in making God happy. In short it’s us or Him and as humans we choose us.

A thing that I want to add but God made this clear too is that we’re all forever beings which means that our debt to our children never ends which means that our retirement and life insurance only applies to this world because we are forever people. Therefore our goal shouldn’t be to pass on our retirement or life insurance money rather to help our children to choose to live a forever life. Money will mean nothing as our life continues but destinations will! So while leaving money may be important, it’s only important to this world and our time on this world is very short so our goal should be to prepare our children for forever lives NOT just monetary lives on this Earth.

So validation apples to forever and that should change our goals!

Zeph 1:11
Moneymaking has had its day. The god Money is dead.


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This scripture makes it crystal clear that money is NOT the answer to life which is 100# different from what we are led to believe in this world so see? This is not a popular topic! And since the scriptures call money a god then what we are encouraged and our children are encouraged to do is to deny God which is not odd because Satan (who denies God) is managing this world and God tells us over and over again to worship Him and not to fall for the lie! But unfortunately our society tells us to worship the god, money and everything is based on that.

After God lived with His creations, He saved the Israelites from a life of slavery, fed them, kept their clothes from wearing out, sustained them and gave them a new land all the while telling them to worship Him, but did they listen? NO! Then He sent prophets but did His creations listen to them? NO! So He sent Jesus and He was killed! So this is not a popular topic! It never has been and it never will be.

God’s judgment day is coming and as human creations we have got to start following God and not the liar of this world. Believe me, I know that this won’t be a popular thing to do but if it was then more than a few would find the road to Heaven as the scriptures say.

I also know that this is not going to be an easy decision. I was in a very high paying position with an unparalled future and married with a great house and car but I have lost my job, my family and everything else but I know that with God I have more now but it does not agree with this world. I want very much for you to experience what I have.

The big thing that I see is that people have an incredibly strong desire and this world strongly supports it to please themselves! But there is far more that you can get from God than you can get from this world! Redefining words like: miracle, love and perfect by humans means nothing compared to what God does. So it’s time to experience the real thing instead of the make believe. Right now humans meet their own standards which may or may not meet your expectations but I want for you as a human to experience God’s standards which will always blow you away! The scriptures say that God will do more than you ask or imagine and He does!

The biggest problem that I have is that humans are taught from day 1 that they have to make something of themselves which is the worship the god money thing so they always try to make the most money and have the best job! I have been there so I know! So you think that you have made it at some point, but let me ask you this: did the children of Israel ever think that they had made it?
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Did money bring the plagues on Egypt? No, God did.
Did money part the Red Sea so the Israelites crossed on dry land? No, God did.
Did money make their clothes not rot for 40 years? No, God did.
Did money conquer their enemies and give them the promised land? No, God did.
Did money feed them for 40 years? No, God did.
So is money a god to be worshiped and sought after? No, but God is and you can see money but you can’t see God.

The Bible is filled with stories of God creating, God helping people and what God needs from us but mankind has always wanted something MORE from themselves as if the fact that they have been created isn’t enough.

God’s message in the Bible has not changed one bit. We have changed a lot and our needs have changed but God’s message has not.

This is what God’s word says about the Israelites:
Zech 7:14
They turned a dreamland into a wasteland."

I’m trying to help this not be your case too! You can either learn something or blow it off but your future depends on you and you alone. The people who believed in God were not part of the majority or well thought of by others but their faith will save them and I want for us to join them.

God already knows that this will be hard and that’s why He said: I have overcome the world. So trust in Him and not your employer!


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Don’t take life into your own hands! Life is a gift from God so give it to Him. There’ll be no questions or if’s, and’s or buts. I fell into the lie that life depended on me and I found out that’s not true. God gave us the ability to think but instead of seeing it as a gift humans have put grades, degrees, jobs and money on it so it’s no longer a gift it’s just a way to make money therefore validation goes to us instead of our creator.

There are human standards that have been set to qualify things as “proper” which everyone looks for to do things and to get more money. So humans have competitions to prove among them who is the best. There is literally no discussion about God’s purpose in creation and plan for lifestyle it just revolves around money and being someone who was created and has had lots of money but believes wholeheartedly in God that is not only improper but stupid. There is nothing that I don’t see and nothing that I know is correct per the Bible but absolutely no one will talk to me! This is a situation where the clay is telling the potter what He did. How can anyone tell the creator what He has done and that they do or don’t like it and that they can make it better?
Read this scripture because this is what I see:
Matt 5:8
8 "You're blessed when you get your inside world — your mind and heart — put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

This world tells you that validation of yourself is not only good but necessary however the clay does not need validation! The potter deserves our validation though. If we think that we do something well then we should thank the potter for building us that way instead of looking for validation for it.

Something that I see happening and scripture does not agree with it is that the created fully dedicate themselves to the created instead of the creator. In other words people fully dedicate themselves to their careers instead of to God which doesn’t make sense because your company can’t help you in eternity but God can. Your company can give you good things on this Earth but not beyond, only God can. But getting people to focus on Eternity instead of just this World is very hard!
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It’s not about success! So why would you need validation?
Matt 10:21-23
21 "When people realize it is the living God you are presenting and not some idol that makes them feel good, they are going to turn on you, even people in your own family. 22 There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end. 23 It is not success you are after in such times but survival.

Here is Jesus view on validation:
Matt 10:32
32 "Stand up for me against world opinion and I'll stand up for you before my Father in heaven.
My chance for success in this world is gone and I’m only 53 so I could be very unhappy but instead I’m very happy because now I see things as they are in God’s world and I want very much for you to see what I see. I don’t want for you to be fooled into believing a lie, I want for you to know the truth!

The fooling has gone on for a very long time and it has gotten bigger and is more common than I could have ever imagined! It just seems normal to say: the way of the world, but the world is being run by Satan so the way of the world is more like the way of Satan but because it is so prevalent it just seems normal but it’s not and my goal is to teach you that the way that things are is not good and to get you to follow God’s way instead of Satan’s way.

If you follow God’s way then you’ll go to Heaven and if you follow the much more common way of Satan then you’ll go to Hell but either one is for eternity and once life on Earth is done for us then our decision and our destination is set and done. So our life on Earth is our training time for an eternity!

Everything is geared to please people! People want very much to please each other i.e.: other people; and only other people. In other words: the created wants to please the created or the clay wants to please the clay but the potter is just totally disregarded!
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What is “usual” or “normal” is just the way of this world which is being run by Satan so be unusual and abnormal and promote the way of God. It’s ok to be unusual or abnormal because I am and God loves me!

Another thing that I read all the time in the scriptures in that people like your father, mother, brothers, sisters, spouses or children may totally abandon you! I know this because it has happened to me and would I have chosen to have this happen? NO! But it has and my faith in Christ hasn’t been affected at all; it’s just as strong as ever, maybe even stronger.

Absolutely everything is based on how well you (the clay) do but you NEVER hear about how well the potter did. It’s all about the clay and the potter isn’t even mentioned or thought of.

Jesus said: Matt 12:30 "This is war, and there is no neutral ground. So to stand with Him you will stand against the world because this is war.

This is the world we’re in: Matt 13:19-23
19 When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn't take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person's heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road.
20 "The seed cast in the gravel — this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm. 21 But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it.
22 "The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard, and nothing comes of it.
23 "The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams."


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Can you see why this is a war and our input counts?
Jesus told another story: Matt 13:24-30
24 He told another story. "God's kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. 25 That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn. 26 When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.
27 "The farmhands came to the farmer and said, 'Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn't it? Where did these thistles come from?' 28 "He answered, 'Some enemy did this.'
"The farmhands asked, 'Should we weed out the thistles?'
29 "He said, 'No, if you weed the thistles, you'll pull up the wheat, too. 30 Let them grow together until harvest time. Then I'll instruct the harvesters to pull up the thistles and tie them in bundles for the fire, then gather the wheat and put it in the barn.'"

Jesus did some explaining: Matt 13:37-43
"The farmer who sows the pure seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the pure seeds are subjects of the kingdom, the thistles are subjects of the Devil, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, the curtain of history. The harvest hands are angels.
40 "The picture of thistles pulled up and burned is a scene from the final act. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, weed out the thistles from his kingdom, 42 pitch them in the trash, and be done with them. They are going to complain to high heaven, but nobody is going to listen. 43 At the same time, ripe, holy lives will mature and adorn the kingdom of their Father.

Jesus took the time to explain God’s kingdom: Matt 13:44-50
44 "God's kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidently found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic — what a find! — and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field.
45 "Or, God's kingdom is like a jewel merchant on the hunt for excellent pearls. 46 Finding one that is flawless, he immediately sells everything and buys it.
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47 "Or, God's kingdom is like a fishnet cast into the sea, catching all kinds of fish. 48 When it is full, it is hauled onto the beach. The good fish are picked out and put in a tub; those unfit to eat are thrown away. 49 That's how it will be when the curtain comes down on history. The angels will come and cull the bad fish 50 and throw them in the garbage. There will be a lot of desperate complaining, but it won't do any good."

Although the Pharsees and Saducees are no more their yeast is very abundant in Churches through bad teaching: Matt 16:6
Jesus said to them, "Keep a sharp eye out for Pharisee-Sadducee yeast."

So be aware that it is there.

Let’s now discuss who needs validation. The driver or the rider? The driver! Well, surprise again: Matt 16:24
24 Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am.

So validation belongs to God and God alone which is 100% opposite of what most people believe but it was the same problem for the children of Israel. God did incredible things to show them that He was in control but they wanted to be in the driver’s seat so God finally let them drive for awhile. And with the one who created the world and me being in the drivers seat of my life, I’m feeling pretty good!




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