tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post1142854024621911217..comments2023-10-04T18:01:43.464-05:00Comments on Dads Teach the Bible: Einstein 2Mike Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-44979603695553448102012-07-14T14:32:40.633-05:002012-07-14T14:32:40.633-05:00Would it not be the case that if you try something...Would it not be the case that if you try something with fleshly energy and then change to doing it through the power of God you are in fact doing something different?Mike Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-65194864523696790002012-07-14T09:36:00.443-05:002012-07-14T09:36:00.443-05:00Can only agree with this principle. Your example ...Can only agree with this principle. Your example is a lot like sitting at a table laden with an extravagant abundance of food, just looking and expecting that's eating and getting the nourishment needed to live.<br /><br />There is no substitute in life for deep personal immersion and rigorous application of God's Word, taken in to our lives and digested (Jer.15:16). Otherwise we won't really grow spiritually and will starve to death or become very sick.<br /><br />I would offer one small caveat on the general idea behind the statement on insanity. I can think of times in my own life (too many, but not near as many as there have been I fear) where I tried to do very good, even godly things but in my own fleshly energy. The very same thing done when I turned it over to God and trusted Him rather than myself produced a far different result.<br /><br />Jesus summed it up famously in John 15:5: "...apart from Me you can do nothing." <br /><br />Except screw it all up, of course...chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631165961382647198noreply@blogger.com