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The BIG Picture
"Collected
wisdom from the journey."
from Doug
Perry - www.FellowshipOfTheMartyrs.com
- May, 2007
Introduction
To tell you the
truth, I'm not sure what this book will be when it's finished.
The things that I write are “from” me, but they're not
really “by” me. I got used (and it's possible that I
got in the way and it didn't come out pure), but the goal is to
simply be a conduit for wisdom that touches people's hearts. This
book in particular is intended to be a compilation of some of the
deepest things the Lord has shown me over the last couple of years of
this wild faith walk.
Some of these have
been printed before and may be familiar to you if you've read the
other books. But I've never really pulled the bits of wisdom
together in one place. Some of those other books were about specific
topics and it wasn't the right place to explore the nugget of wisdom
just for the sake of wisdom. My hope is that this book creates
more Fear of the Lord in you and expresses His bigness in a more
personal way. I hope the prayers embedded in this book will
lead you to a deeper walk.
This is not a
systematic theology book. I'm not trying to answer all the questions
and solve all the problems here. If anything, I'm going to ask more
questions than I answer! I want to simply expand horizons and
point out that it might not all be as simple as we want to believe
– and yet it's all so perfectly simple that it's been under our
noses all along. I know it's a conundrum and I don't care. His
ways are NOT our ways. And it's a good thing, too, because our ways stink.
I don't know what
the “market” is for this book. I don't know who the target
audience is. I know that the “natural” man is going
to have a really hard time with some of this stuff. I expect some
pastors and theologians to toss this into their fireplace with
prejudice. I tend to say things that substantially disrupt systems
and structures that have become trusted and relied upon. It's bad
enough for the folks in the pews to have their faith shaken, but the
guys up front who house payment depends on it can get really
irritated. My goal isn't to irritate or to do harm. I just want
to speak Truth and sometimes that disrupts things and people don't
like it. But if I don't speak what the Lord gives me to speak, then
I'm going to be held responsible for all the consequences and the
ripples of the consequences.
But, as always, I
accept responsibility for anything there that isn't pure. If it
is in error and causes any to stumble, may the Lord put it all
on my head. I'll try my hardest, but you have to understand
that I see through a glass darkly, too. I'm learning the same
as everybody else and what I know today is just what I know today.
Tomorrow He might just expand my horizons out past the limits I
didn't think I had anymore! I don't know what all is out there,
but it's really pretty and He's really big. I don't want you to
take my word for anything. Go study the Word of God and see if
what I'm saying makes sense. Take it to the Lord and ask Him to
confirm it to you by whatever means you're able to hear Him.
In the meantime,
let's get started with this:
Father God, we
come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ and ask You to pour out
wisdom on us. Please bind up anything of the enemy or anything of us
that would keep us from hearing Your voice and receiving all that You
have for us in this time. If there is anything in this book
that isn't pure and isn't of You, please let it fall harmlessly to
the ground and not stick. If there is anything true and perfect
here, please write it on our hearts and show us what to do about it.
Thank You for Your promises that we can always come to You and ask
for wisdom and You will give liberally and without reproach. Even if
we abused it last time, You'll give us more. Please pour our
Your Spirit and teach us the deep things of God. I'm sure You
want us to know You better, so I'm sure this prayer is inside Your
will. Thanks in advance for answering it. We ask all of this in the
Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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