Monthly Archives: February 2011

Have They Won?

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Why do you walk so softly?  And why is your joy not shown?  Have they won?  Did they stifle your mouth?  You fear their ridicule and keep your joy to yourself.  Have you asked why? 

They protect their sin with a great energy.  Look at how they stand against the One who made them.  When they keep your mouth shut they perceive a great victory.  Yet we know of a day when victory will belong to the one stifled. 

Hold your chin up.  Straighten your back.  Speak of your joy with boldness and accept what comes.  How can we think He endured such things so that we can shuffle around like beaten folk?  Consider that Day.  Let yourself stand before Him and give account of your beatings.   How have we suffered for His Holy Name?  And what does He ask of us?  Perhaps He asks too much.  All the more shame to us. 

By His Grace.

SHOUT!

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Great cheers go up from the crowd. 

 Thousands voice their joy. 

And this was only a super bowl. 

Now multiply that sound by a billion. 

There is a Great Cheer about to sound as we gather in His place to honor our salvation.

Keep your hope.

By His Grace.

Good, Righteous, Godly.

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Many people would tell you they are living a good or righteous life.  How many would testify that they are living a godly life?  

There are many who are doing good deeds.  How many are doing godly deeds?

Many are turning from evil to follow after a good and productive life.  How many are turning from evil to follow after God?

There is One Way, Jesus is that way.  It is in the leading of Jesus that the truly godly life is found.

Do not turn to good deeds without the leading of Jesus.

Do not turn to your own brand of righteousness, rather accept the Lordship of Jesus in everything you do.

There is no life in man or the work of his hands.  Life remains in our God Jesus.

By His Grace.

Not for Long, My Enemies.

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I am a sinner saved by Grace.

And by the Lord I’m led.

I soon will lay my blood aside and fall among the dead.

The words He’s given will remain and when I’m gone be read.

By His Grace.

Regarding the “Way”

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Here’s a healthy conversation about Christianity in action.  

http://askanatheist.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/cogic-mother-wont-acknowledge-atheism/

Bamboo in a Storm.

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I look at a tree sway in the wind.  It is winter, so there are no leaves on the trees.  The tree is 100 ft high and swaying about 15 ft back and forth.  I consider the power placed on the roots as this tree sways back and forth.  What tremendous pressure is placed on the roots.  No man has to climb such a tree very far before he realizes the danger posed to him from the weight added to this pressure on the roots.

I remember that the Church, and even the individual people of God, are considered as branches in a tree.  How the world and sin place pressure on the people of God.   They buffet God’s people as the wind buffets this tree I see.  How the pressure on the roots, Jesus, grows as sin around us increases.  And I am given pause to consider how mighty must Jesus’ promises and strength be for the sake of His Church.

“Lord, what kind of tree must You have created here.  That we should be able to climb to the top of Your promises and remain in safety.  No sins or plots by men can come against You and Your people that would tear at the roots You have created.  What kind of tree might You be?”

He replies, “I am a mighty oak.  All who are of me can ride the storms with perfect safety.”   But does the Church, the people of the Sovereign God, realize who they are?   Do we see them living as though they are grown from the roots of a Mighty Oak?  No, sadly, we see our brothers and sisters living as though they are simply tiny branches of an over grown bamboo tree.  They live as though they are transplanted into a spindly tree and grown in a storm.  The fear of breaking is about them like a mist. 

Take heart, O’ people of God!  You are of the One who cannot lie!  He has promised to bring you home.  So why do you doubt?  Praise Him and accept His Holy will in your life!  Rest as did our Lord in the boat!  Sleep with comfort in the midst of death and carnage.  You belong to the Holy One of Israel, the Mighty Oak of Heaven!  Raise up with the strength of those who BELIEVE!

By His Grace.