Greater is He

This past fall, I started a new trend that I never thought I would ever start. I actually started reading for fun. I know, I still can't believe it, but seriously, I really enjoy it. It all started when I read The Shack and then moved onto Joel C. Rosenberg's 5 part fiction series about the end of the world and then it just continued on from there.

I was blessed with some more books this Christmas and I'm a big fan, but anyway, to the point of this blog, I just finished reading House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti and I'm a fan. It is a supernatural thriller involving a killer, a house, demonic activity, four unlucky strangers, and rules to a game that has to end at dawn. It's pretty intense. I'd say it's kind of like a supernatural version of Saw almost (not that I'd recommend you going to watch Saw but you get the idea).

I won't give away much but there's one part of the very end of the book that made me laugh out loud. Let's just say it was an example of the verse:

You, dear children are from God and have overcome them, because the one that is in you is greater than the one that is in the world

1 John 4:4

So I laughed at this scene but also just sort of stopped and thought about how true it is that God is greater than anything we may face. Every circumstance, every problem, and every demon of hell can come after us but that doesn't change the fact that they are powerless to He that dwells in us.

In other news, I've been working quite a bit on my message for Sunday. I won't tell too much about it other then it's called "Pivot Point" and we're taking the whole concept of "New Year's Resolutions" and kicking them to the curb! We'll talk about how worthless they really are and look at a better alternative!