A flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safety except one man who said, "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level rose a jeep came to rescue him, the man refused, saying "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level rose further, he went up to the second storey, and a boat came to help him. Again he refused to go, Belying, "God will save me. I have faith." The water kept rising and the man climbed on to the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, "God will save me. I have faith." Well, finally he drowned. When he reached to GOD, he angrily questioned, "I had complete faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers and let me drown?"
The Lord replied, "Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat, and the helicopter?"
The only way to overcome the fatalistic attitude is to accept responsibility and believe in the law of cause and effect rather than luck (As you Sow you shall reap). It takes action, preparation and planning rather than waiting, wondering or wishing, to accomplish anything in life. You gotta step out in Faith. But if God says Wait! Then you gotto wait.
When you place your onus on God and step out in faith as Peter; who obeyed the command of God and stepped into the Sea and walked as on dry ground; you would also see the works of God in your life clearly manifesting His majesty.
Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles of the telephone. You wouldn't call someone like that lucky, would you? Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences don't happen. GOD helps those who help themselves. Luck is an excuse mortal men make.
Moral of the Story:
We have to move out in faith than to remain idle waiting for the storm to pass. Stop excusing yourself by saying that "It all depends on luck" or "the right time is yet to come". In the book of James we see clearly; that "faith without works is dead."
The Lord replied, "Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat, and the helicopter?"
The only way to overcome the fatalistic attitude is to accept responsibility and believe in the law of cause and effect rather than luck (As you Sow you shall reap). It takes action, preparation and planning rather than waiting, wondering or wishing, to accomplish anything in life. You gotta step out in Faith. But if God says Wait! Then you gotto wait.
When you place your onus on God and step out in faith as Peter; who obeyed the command of God and stepped into the Sea and walked as on dry ground; you would also see the works of God in your life clearly manifesting His majesty.
Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles of the telephone. You wouldn't call someone like that lucky, would you? Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences don't happen. GOD helps those who help themselves. Luck is an excuse mortal men make.
Moral of the Story:
We have to move out in faith than to remain idle waiting for the storm to pass. Stop excusing yourself by saying that "It all depends on luck" or "the right time is yet to come". In the book of James we see clearly; that "faith without works is dead."
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