Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Very Moment.

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A busy bazar scene

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A man fixes a flat on his car alongside the highway.

One answers the phone.

One drinks his first sip of coffee for the day which has dawned.

One pulls the covers back for a good night’s rest.

A couple argues over money.

A couple races to the motel room for a moment of adultery.

A man pulls the trigger in a violent crime.

A little baby is born through horrible pain.  And the joy is about to take hold.

Billions of situations will be playing out at the very moment when God appear to earth.  Where will you be then?  Have you made preparations with Him for that moment?

By His Grace.

Peace? Not for me.

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Night Sky 2

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After I had posted the last post I went to facebook to post a link to it.  I found it curious that I balked at posting that link.  I am just a man.  I too have a desire for friends and love from others.  But I was forced to consider where my allegiance is due. 

After posting the link on facebook I stepped outside under a black sky.  Silence enveloped me as I viewed the distant stars.  I listened to the peaceful sounds of nothing.  The world is asleep.  The stars obey their position in the night sky.  The plants wait for the coming sun.  And ungodly men dream of ungodly desires. 

Then, in my soul, I saw the sky rip open with a roar.  The Holy God of Israel will appear with violence.  And this “peace” the world now experiences will come to an end.  There will be no more night silent.  Eternal Day will appear!  And there will not be a delay in its coming.

It is right and good to speak the truth of God’s wrath.  When it comes upon the earth there will be no delay.  There will be no mercy left in that day.  And man will eat his ungodly ways with bitterness.  Should any of His people shut this message up for the sake of man’s love?  NO!

Regardless my ability to be a holy man of God, God’s will is about to come to the world.  And nothing will stop Him.  We have been, and are constantly, being warned.  I will not restrain the words.  May the peace God had before the sins of the world came to be return to Him.  And may He receive the praise of those who love His appearing forever.

Sleep world.  Sleep well.  For you will need all the rest you can muster for the Day which surely comes.

 

By His Grace.

The Faint Rumblings.

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Another day, another lightning storm. This was...

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The world around us is beginning to crash to the ground.  Listen to the sound of destruction.  It comes from the hills.  Like distant thunder we hear the faint rumble of hopelessness and death.  Listen!  Be still and listen with all your heart.  The approach is in progress.  It is an approaching “storm of wickedness”.

God has promised that man will endure a horrible time in the last days.  His wrath has been held back for thousands of years.  He has been patient and loving for everyone who will call upon Him.  And He has shown mercy on the godless and ungodly as they mark out their days in rebellion and cursings toward the Holy One of Israel.

But listen.  Can’t you hear that faint rumble?  It is the collapse of man’s ability to fend off chaos.  Man has determined that he is able to bring about peace on this world.  How can there be peace in a world of limited resources?  How can there be peace anywhere without the Living God directing the ways of man? 

They have thrown His Holy Commands aside in favor of pleasure and pride.  Now they begin to pay the price.  And as the Day comes closer, the price will increase.  God will be glorified.  And rebels will be subjected to humiliation, defeat, fear, and destruction.  Listen to the faint rumble. 

By His Grace.

Waiting in the Wings

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long hallway, possibly to the library

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The Lord has tasks waiting in the wings.  He is looking for men and women to accomplish them.  He is watching the sea of man and looking for those who will dedicate themselves to His will.  He’s looking for obedience above and beyond the expectations laid down by the Church.  He is looking for those who are willing to die for His name.  And not just willing to die if someone asks it of us.  But willing to die now, tomorrow, and forever.  Die to our desires within us that war against the Glory of God’s Honor. 

How deep is your desire to serve the Lord God of Eternity?  We were made to serve Him. So isn’t it right to ask each other, “How deep is your desire to serve the God who made us?”  The Lord has tasks waiting in the wings for certain men and women to accomplish.

 

By His Grace.

What is the answer?

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Clock

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When you went to bed last night, was the day over?  Had the day become history?  And had all the worries of the morning become written down in your experience of reality?  Yes.  These things are true.

It is also true that when we die our life in this bag of flesh will become “over”.  Our testing will have become history.  All our worries will become written down in our experience of reality.  Yet.  All these things are true.

Speak to yourself.  Ask yourself this question out loud:  “Is it too much to ask to obey the Lord for the short years He has given you to live?”  And listen closely to the answer you give yourself.  Your flesh will balk about that.  “I don’t want to obey!  What?  Are you stupid or something?”  What will your soul speak to you as an answer? 

 

By His Grace.

Almost Home!

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...Hope...

God has granted you a soul within a body.  With this granting comes restrictions and expectations.  But also with this granting comes a wonderful promise. 

We are created to do the will of He who made us.  We are not created to seek our own pleasure.  And there is an accounting at the end of this place of testing for every soul created.  “How did you do with what you were given”?  This will be the question.  Did you seek the Lord of Life who made you?  Or did you vent your strength on everything selfish and evil?

Now, during our testing in this body of flesh, we are tempted to count our days as too much for our ability to handle.  Not one of us has gone without that thought.  But what should be our response to such a thought?  Shall we say we are too weak?  Shall we say we don’t know what to do?  Shall we say there are no answers to our deepest request for strength, wisdom, and dedication toward God’s demands?

Though we often resort to such foolishness, it is not God’s desire that we lose our hope like that.  We are born, just a few years ago.  We now live somewhere in between that initial place and our death.  Ah!  Our death.  The end of the test!  For those who commit themselves to the task of serving the Glorious God of Eternity, death is a friend and a release into a magnificent reward for service well accomplished. 

So take hope!  Lift up your eyes!  Strengthen your walk!  You are almost HOME!  Keep the faith and do not fail to give Him the Glory He deserves.

 

By His Grace.