Daily Archives: October 14, 2011

The Light’s on. Where’s the War?

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It gives me great peace when the words of Christ Jesus are challenged by others.  It’s not that I go looking to pick a fight.  But the slightest mention of His name or the judgment to come often raises the hatred in God’s enemies.

One thing I note, is that though they will rail against me, they do not pursue me.  This had bothered me just a bit.  Till I remembered that when the Light comes on the vermin of God’s creation scatter.

 

By His Grace.

Talk to the Hand

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Stop! Now talk to the hand

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With the proper lawyer, enough money, or a good poker face, you might beat the IRS in a court battle.  In the litigation surrounding an incident between you and any other human being, you might succeed in gaining what is not rightfully yours.

But when it comes to the Judgment of God regarding you, the strength you depended on to beat your brothers out of money, power, social standing, or any other highly prized gem of this world will be lost.  Here we stand before men able to keep secrets.  There is no such thing as a secret before the Most High God.  Here, men know when they are using a lie to gain.  There, there will be no such tool of advantage available to anyone.

I urge all men to consider this truth.  For now you can wave all this off as foolishness.  When you appear before Him, there will be no “waving off”, or “Talk to the hand.”

By His Grace.

Trials.

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TRIALS ARE LIKE FIRE

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What shall we do as times of adversity fall upon us?  If we belong to the Lord, there is only one response to adversity of various kinds:

2 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.”  (James 1)

We consider such things as from the hand of our Father.  We are being allowed to suffer for the sake of His name.  We are being taught to obey regardless the cost.  And we are to ask to receive wisdom in our plight, so that we might obey with a steadfast heart.

I did not write this as a cute little slice of scripture.  This is a real life answer to real life problems.

May Your Holy Will be done as Your wisdom and understand directs.  You are my Lord, Teacher, Master, Father, and Love.  You alone are God.  And You will purify Your people!

Amen.

By His Grace.