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El Teleferico! Cable Cars!

Good morning my beloved my beloved in Christ.

I trust you are all well this morning and ready to go forth this new week, with our Heavenly Father before us.

•“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” Psalm 125:1-2

I have never been a big fan of amusement parks and the only reason I went to them was because of some of the mixed up ex-girlfriends I had in the past.

One in particular loved going to El Teleferico in El Salvador (See Pictures and youtube link).

👇 El Salvador’s Disneyland 👇

https://youtu.be/44FHxG8k4ro

This amusement park was fantastic; it was a mini Disneyland in the smallest country of the Americas.

The only issue (for me) was that to get there you had to go up using cable cars which travelled slowly in high altitude and were suspended in mid-air, as it was located in the pinnacle of the San Jacinto mountain.

During your trip up there in one of the cable cars you could feel the coldness of the wind due to the height….the same wind would shake and swing the cable car back and forth, whilst being able to enjoy the fantastic lanscape of San Salvador (if you had your eyes open that is).

I am quite rugged and fearless…well..until, I got on one of these cable cars (I suffer from an extreme fear of heights).

I remember once during my ascent to the pinnacle where the amusement park was, on a late night trip to see all of San Salvador and it’s beauty as well as to enjoy a dinner, rides and fireworks…there was a power outage (common in El Salvador during the rainy season)…I was left hanging there with one of these mixed up ex-girlfriends who just loved the fact that we were stuck in mid-air.

I, on the other hand had never been so devoted to prayer like I was that night and at that very moment.

The cable car would simply swing back and forth due to the sudden stop and lack of power.

It bounce up and down as the cables would also be in constant movement due to the high winds and rain, whilst I tried to stop my heart from jumping out of my chest.

We were stuck for almost 45 minutes in pitch darkness, coldness and boy was I freaking out.

Life is a bit like a cable car…you may feel like you are in mid air balancing back and forth, bouncing up and down; moments of of happiness and euphoria, moments of anguish and despair, moments of laughter and tears, moments of courage and others of fear.

There are moments where we are at the pinnacle, others where we feel like we are in abyss, moments where we are going at maximum speed and others we are standing idle.

Like the cable carts which have a specific run, we may find ourselves in a vicious circle going around in circles without a specific destiny.

It is clear that we must live life to the fullest and it is worth going through all circumstances of life; we learn many things by it as they give us some great experiences and lessons which help us not to repeat the same mistakes again.

What we should not do is to find experiences and emotions in the wrong places, more so if these things and places are just transitory which won’t lead us to anywhere.

Sometimes we don’t realize that we are gambling our life away, searching for that light in the wrong people, vices and/or material things which leave us the same or worse than before.

We may think that these things are not bad until we come to a point when we realize that perhaps we had been wrong in focusing our efforts and energy in certain things or people.

Like when I jumped on a cable cart for the first time, I had many expectations.

First that that wire would not snap, second that it would take me to the top and back without a glitch; not counting on being stuck in mid-air without electricity at 9:30pm.

It is until the full run has finished that you realize wether or not it was worth it.

Going to the Teleferico in El Salvador sure was worth every minute of it, where I can look back and say “I am glad I did that, I can now share it and use it in my “...Just a Simple Preacher!” Devotional for Monday 06.04.2020!

The important thing is to know where it is that we want to get to and what we want to achieve in our lives.

If getting to where your destiny means that you must get on a contraption like a cable car, even if this thing gives you many different types of emotions you will know that you are only a “passenger” and that these are only temporary feelings.

On the other hand, if you want to get to a specific place you know you will board transport that moves forward and takes your life to another dimension.

It may not give you the same emotions as a cable car may; but you won’t be exposed to certain dangers.

•“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” Psalm 125:1-2

We must fully trust in God, no matter what happens.

Whether we are at the pinnacle or at rock bottom, during happiness or tribulation; it does not matter.

We are on the right track, in the right vehicle with the right driver and guide, Jesus.

He will surprise us with new things each day, He will manifest Himself to us daily, He will teach us new things and allow us to experiment who He really is.

This adventures with Him cannot and will never compare to anything that we have lived up to date.

Today is the day that you need to let God change the direction of your life. He wants you to get off the cable car and to stop going around in circles in life.

He wants to open new doors for you that only He can open and no man can shut; He wants to close doors that only He can close and no man can open.

With God by our side we cannot be shaken; He promises us that He will sorround us with His Love, Mercy and Protection.

Let Jesus into your heart today. He knew that you’d be reading this Devotional today.

Allow Him into your heart, He’s knocking at your door.

Let Him in.

The Guerrilla Hike!

•“On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.” Genesis 22:4

Good morning my beloved in Christ; I trust our Lord Jesus has continued to bless you and your loved ones in abundance.

It is my prayer that this new week is also one filled with His grace upon us all.

Many years ago..in 1993, I remember getting on a bus at 5am in Santa Tecla (my hometown) in El Salvador trying to get to a small and distant country town across the capital city of San Salvador, a place which had seen many fierce fighting and bloody battles during the civil war during the 80’s.

I remember that the bus dropped me off in Aguilares where I was met by a couple of my students; Ulysses and Marcelo who were going to take me on a Guerrilla Hike……which would only take “a couple of hours”

6 hours in total, my first lesson on what a couple of hours meant in Guerrilla terms).

We walked for hours up and down hills and mountains; through coffee plantations, sugar cain fields, private properties, crossing various streams and rivers, as well as walking through really tough terrain.It was an great experience that I still look back and reflect on.

When nightfall came, It was so dark that I could barely see my hand in front of me. Ulysses, my young student and guide (I was only 5 years his senior) had a small torch and an old compass which he used to navigate.

He fully trusted that it worked, I didn’t. At 12am we arrived at a small country house in the middle if nowhere.

We were greeted by Ulysses’ parents who were extremely poor but the most hospitable people I have ever met.

They had some fresh coffee (made in a bonfire), hot tortillas, red kidney beans and cream to warm our bellies.

They also had a hammock ready for me to rest my sore back and feet. (I was totally wrecked) Ulysses said to me with a typical country boy smile “Teacher Carlos, you have arrived.”

All I remember saying was:

“Thank God for that and thank God for this hammock”.

•“On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.”                   Genesis 22:4

Picture God sending Abraham to a place he doesn’t know.

He will only discover this place until God tells him he has arrived.

” …..I will show you.” Genesis 22.2

Women tend to understand this concept better than men.

When I ask my wife Mirna what she is going to buy at the mall she usually says:

“I don’t know, when I see it I’ll know it, then I”ll buy it.”

There are things we know of but can’t explain. We as christians have God’s anointing and we know the truth.

•“But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.” 1 John 2:20

This is what happened to Abraham:

• “On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.” Genesis 22:4

Abraham found the place!!

There is nothing better than to find something which you had lost or like Ulysses said to me when we arrived at his parents house in the middle of the mountains somewhere in the depth of Aguilares:

“You Have Arrived”.

When you are out at sea, all the waters look the same, that’s when you need your GPS or at the very least a compass…with these things available you know that you will make it back to land.

If you see someone who is enthusiastic about the things that they don’t see, watch them closely.

Two things; it is either they have not taken their medication or they see things you can’t….that can be scary at times. 

Why do these people become so exited about the things that are invisible? Well, they have learned to use their spiritual GPS or spiritual compass.

David defeated Goliath because he was the only man who had faith to know that he could do it; he knew that this was also a crucial time in his life.

If he had not taken this opportunity, he surely would have gone back to being a simple shepherd.

When your opportunity comes Get Up and Say “This giant is mine!” It does not matter how many people run away from it. God has given you a spiritual GPS, a spiritual compass…which is FAITH.

When you use your faith and trust fully in the Lord…He will say to you… “You have arrived”.

We all have a Spiritual Compass!

LEARN TO USE IT…Start TODAY!!

“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” John 14:13-14

Please pray for our Christpoint Church Melbourne.

God Bless You All.

Carlos Corado

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Jeremiah 33:3

“…Just a Simple Preacher!”

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