“When we set about accounting for a Napoleon or a Shakespeare or a Raphael or a Wagner or an Edison or other extraordinary person, we understand that the measure of his talent will not explain the whole result, nor even the largest part of it; no, it is the atmosphere in which the talent was cradled that explains; it is the training it received while it grew, the nurture it got from reading, study, example, the encouragement it gathered from self-recognition and recognition from the outside at each stage of its development: when we know all these details, then we know why the man was ready when his opportunity came.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
GENESIS 9-11
6“Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.(9:6)
JOURNAL
The spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted. So God led him to a place where he would be challenged. This is training, this is testing, this is what any good coach and every good athlete accepts and does themselves. Willingly to encounter difficulty and face your enemies and face challenges. This is how we were designed to grow and learn. God is raising up Jesus, he is training him for the challenges that will come.
Thinking of it this way is so cool. It makes so much sense and yet I never thought of it as being an intentional plan of God. God led him there, this was not a surprise attack, God was training him and preparing him.
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’e ”
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
The spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted. So God led him to a place where he would be challenged. This is training, this is testing, this is what any good coach and every good athlete accepts and does themselves. Willingly to encounter difficulty and face your enemies and face challenges. This is how we were designed to grow and learn. God is raising up Jesus, he is training him for the challenges that will come.
Thinking of it this way is so cool. It makes so much sense and yet I never thought of it as being an intentional plan of God. God led him there, this was not a surprise attack, God was training him and preparing him.
Thinking of it this way is so cool. It makes so much sense and yet I never thought of it as being an intentional plan of God. God led him there, this was not a surprise attack, God was training him and preparing him.
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’e ”
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
MATTHEW 4:8-11
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