Desperation

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

A few years ago I read a story about a young man that was it pursuit of the keys to success. It had an indelible effect on me and revealed more to me than the desire for success. It seems he had questioned many that he admired and remained unsatisfied. One day while walking along a lake he saw a man that he had heard of but never met. This man had a legendary reputation for being a sage among his colleagues. He approached the old gentleman with respect and timidity hoping that he would engage in dialogue with him on his vast reservoir of wisdom. He introduced himself and knew that his question would need to be succinct. His question was simply in all you have learned over your in your entire life time "What is the single most important thing to becoming a success?" Without hesitation the old...

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Aug

31
10

THE UMPIRE

by Dr. Randall Worley (Transformational Thinking)

I was recently talking to Bob Jones who I have known and greatly respected for over twenty years as powerful prophet. He shared with me a vision that he had over twenty five years ago about a baseball game being played between the Lord's team and the devil's team. It was the bottom of the ninth and the Lord's team was at bat. I will not share in detail what happened in the vision other than to say the line up of batters was love, faith, godly wisdom, and grace. You can deduce the outcome of the game. 

Our conversation was the catalyst for this article. The Holy Spirit retrieved something from the archives of my memory concerning the peace of God that functions as an umpire. The principle originates in a passage in Colossians 3:15, "Let the peace of God rule in your heart." The word translated rule is umpire...

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Aug

24
10

As they walked

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

"He appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into another country." The seemingly serendipitous appearances of Jesus following His resurrection hold powerful meaning to those who can perceive the moments. For forty days He is appearing and disappearing to His followers. He appears to a woman in a garden, to men behind locked doors, to men by the sea,  In this particular instance He appears to two men that walked with Him for an estimated seven miles without recognizing Him. The context of these appearances disclose the importance of perception. When He appears to Mary in the garden she mistakes Him for a gardener and asked Him if knew what they had done with His body. When He spoke her name her perception that had been blurred by the trauma of His death was altered to recognize Him. She had supposed Him to be the...

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Aug

11
10

DIVINE HARMONIC

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

The strings of an instrument produce sound as a result of being held taut in a precise tension. For example a guitar requires constant tuning lest it be sharp or flat. The tension we feel is the stretching of our lives to connect heaven and earth, producing a divine harmonic in a world of dissonance. Whatever is troubling you maybe really tuning you to come into harmony with His voice. Truth is held in tension. The daily tightening and relaxing of our experience is the mystery melody He desires to play through us turning struggle or sorrow into song.

David illustrates this tension in Psalm 42: 1; 7-8 " As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O god. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and...

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May

04
10

The Quest To Comprehend What We Have Apprehended

by Dr. Randall Worley (Transformational Thinking)

I suppose that I have read hundreds if not a few thousand books in my life and heard untold hours of teaching. Like most people my retention is minuscule in comparison to the volume of information that I have been exposed to. To apprehend implies that we have merely caught a truth and are seeking to grasp or comprehend it. I think this must be the reason "faith comes by hearing" and not just simply having heard something. This does not suggest that repetiton alone guarantees realization.

We live in a time unlike any previous generation that is known as the "information age". I have been told that there has been more advances in technology in the last five years or so than in all of recorded human history. Yet with all of this information that is only as computer click away there is not a proportionate transformation. It is...

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Apr

20
10

A HAND WITHIN AND A HAND WITHOUT

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

The tedious process of shaping a piece of pottery whether it is be a priceless vase or a crude earthen vessel is fundamentally the same. Constant pressure is applied within and without while making countless revolutions on a wheel. The hand within is His, and the hand without are the hands of those to whom we submit. It is the balance of pressure that gives the vessel integrity. The hands of a skilled potter can perceive the slighest imperfections that cannot be detected by the naked eye. The purpose of the pressure is to reveal tiny imperceptible air bubbles that if not removed could cause the vessel to crack when put into the intense heat of the kiln. The contents could be lost if it were not for the unremitting commitment of the potter.

Judas is probably one of the most tragic stories in all of scripture. His very name...

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Apr

13
10

WHATS WRONG WITH YOU....IS PROBABLY WHATS WRONG WITH ME

by Dr. Randall Worley (Transformational Thinking)

After years of being involved in organized religion, I am daily awakening to the reality of God's presence being the priority over all our principles and practices. I have discovered in discussions with others that are coming to this same realization there is the propensity to have an aversion for what we now believe to be the sterile and monotonous practices of "religion."  The one caveat is that we can become what we have contempt for. I am reminded that the quickest way to become a pharisee is to become adept in identifying them.

Rising to new levels of revelation and encounter in God can foster in us a condescending attitude towards those that don't have an appreciation for the "deeper" things. We should never forget that if it were not for the grace of God we too would still be going through all those tired religious motions that we...

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Feb

16
10

The Hinge

by Dr. Randall Worley (Transformational Thinking)

The doors we walk through everyday in our homes, offices, or places of business all swing on hinges. We never really think about this small and unnoticed mechanism that grants us access. The door of our destiny too can hinge on small acts of obedience. The significance we seek for may be in what seems insignificant. We can be looking so intently for what we should do that we look right through the obvious.

I personally have a propensity to complicate things way too much. As a result I am susceptible to "mental logjams". A logjam is a jumble of logs trapped in a river. This primitive method of transporting logs to a saw mill where they are fashioned into building materials is blocked by a single log. One log wedged against hundreds of others can obstruct the flow.

One simple act of obedience could release you toward the fulfillment...

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Feb

10
10

The Pathology of Truth

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

It is difficult to know why we do what we do. Our motives are often very mercurial. We all know what it is like to have the subliminal audio incessantly playing with gnawing questions of "why did I do that", "why did I say that" pulling us into a vortex of self doubt. Am I selfish or selfless? Am I prideful or clothed in humility? Do I need to be noticed or am I content to be anonymous in my acts of kindness.  Trying to sort it out in our psyche alone compounds our confusion.

Psalm 51:6 drips with the pathos of David coming to the realization that only God can reveal to us true motives. "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt me me to know wisdom." David was describing in graphic language the means by which God reveals what our...

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Nov

11
09

Intensity and Intentions

by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)

I have not posted anything in several months on our site due to being tested by intense situations. My dispearance from the site was critical to the timing of reapearing. Elijah was out of circulation for 31/2 years after delivering the word to Ahab. Paul was out of circulation for 14 years before emerging again. Sometimes we need to be covert rather than overt.  The title of this writing was forged out of what I have experienced in the last several months.  I have come to understand that we can endure the intensity of any situation if we have unmitigated trust in His intentions.

This is a time in which anyone with a revelation of the coming of His kingdom will endure much tribulation. Jesus said "through much tribulation we enter the kingdom." I am in no way glorfying pain and struggle but it is a part of the curriculum....

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Oct

14
09

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