Why Some Great Men Fall. Part [4] 09/18/2025 (Morning thought)

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Again, in the health and fitness industry, carbs and sugars from even the very best sources have been demonized as culprits as if, in and of themselves, they can do you great harm. They cannot, if you don’t let them. God created fruit, with their sweet content, fibers, and other nutritional values and thus, when they are used in harmony with the laws of health, they could be a great blessing. In the earth, made new there will be sweet fruit and carbohydrates, and many items that now seem to be off limits for some persons.

Therefore, we should avoid the temptation to find fault with the blessings, instead of with the choices we make. In fact, many things that are anathema in the health and fitness industries, are actually good for you, when used within the parameters of God’s instructions. Water is good for you, for it comes from the hand of God to humanity as a good and perfect blessing, in so much that Christ uses it in referencing the water of life that is given to each believer.

But even though water is very good, a young man died from drinking too much water not long ago. Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder were all blessed with natural talents and if used in harmony with God’s revealed purpose they will remain as blessings. But when, like so many folks who have gone before, the blessings are perverted, they could become a curse.

Psalms 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Why Some Great Men Fall. Part [3] 09/18/2025 (Evening thought)

Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day.

The uttering of both blessings and curses has caused some persons to come to incorrect views of God, as One who inflicts punishment when a person walks contrary to His revealed will. This is generally not the case, all He is doing is telling us what is on the menu. Therefore, certain truths streaming from The Lord’s throne must now be made clear, for we are at that time when His glory is scheduled to fill the earth.

First of all, it is important to know that through our own freedom of choice we can put a good thing to a bad use, thus representing the good thing as if it were something bad, when this might not be the case. Knives could be used to cut up onions, peppers fruit, cucumbers, and your daily bread, but they can also be used in nefarious ways not worth mentioning. The same is true of guns, for in and of itself, the gun is a pretty harmless object.

But, if placed in the wrong hands or put to a wrong use, it can become a curse, as has been seen too often across the land. Guns do not shoot any person, people do, for someone has to pull the trigger. The same is true of nuclear energy, which could be used to produce megawatts of energy for billions of people, but also could be used to wipe out millions. It almost always comes down to freedom of choice in what we choose to do with something that might be inherently good.

Deuteronomy 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!