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Are you ready?
Are you watching?
Are you actively working through the Holy Spirit in the Work of the Lord?
The universe will see the Glory of God descend to earth. The sky will rip open with the Holy Fire of God to reveal the Lord of Glory as He comes to gather His people.
Are you ready?
Are you watching?
Are you actively working through the Holy Spirit in the Work of the Lord?
By His Grace.
When I was young, they would reward my good efforts by giving me little gold stars. Then I entered places where they might adorn my shirt with a button or a little trinket of “glory” as I moved from success to success. I entered the military. I received medals for certain accomplishments. And now I receive rewards from men for doing what they wish me to do according to their standards.
The Lord is the same way. Though we might or might not perceive it, He allows us to become adorned with certain Glory as we move from learning to learning. We enter new places of obedience and usefulness as we spend time with Him. And He is a generous God! His mercy will be poured out on anyone who earnestly and actively turns from sin and rebellion toward obedience.
He will be praised forever because He is merciful and loving. It will not be the notches of death He has had to render to the disobedient which will be His acclaim forever. It will be the loving way He holds His people close to His wonderful heart that will be spoken for eternity.
Subject yourself to His wisdom and learn. You will move within Him from place to place; from worst to better, and on to best. Submit and learn to Love in Christ Jesus.
By His Grace.
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1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to where it sets.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines forth.
3 Our God comes
and will not be silent;
a fire devours before him,
and around him a tempest rages.
4 He summons the heavens above,
and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me this consecrated people,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for he is a God of justice.
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel:
I am God, your God.
8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull from your stall
or of goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16But to the wicked person, God says:
“What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 You hate my instruction
and cast my words behind you.
18 When you see a thief, you join with him;
you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You use your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit and testify against your brother
and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent,
you thought I was exactly like you.
But I now arraign you
and set my accusations before you.
22 “Consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”
Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness so that you will earn praise or even anger from men. But in all ways please the Lord who made you. And do not refrain from speaking out in regard to the sinfulness of man. We are put in a serious condition by these words: ” “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” (Matt. 10:32)
What is it to acknowledge? Accept or admit the existence or truth of. And what is it to disown? Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.
We either stand with the Lord in this “Place of Testing”, or we stand against Him. Speak without shame. For you are bought with the price of the Blood of God’s Son. Recount your excuses on paper. Look at them and consider rendering them to the Lord when you meet Him face to face. And consider that while you’re telling Him why you didn’t speak up, you’ll be noticing the scars on his hands and feet and the hole in His side.
by His Grace.
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Ok. So you’re in love with God. Ok. So you speak about nothing without considering God in the conversation. Ok. So you wake only to consider Him first. You look at your dreams and hope there was something there. Ok. So nothing you encounter is absent of the presence of God in your mind.
And you speak, think, eat, act, and blog Jesus. And, to your amazement, no one seems to notice. What did you expect? Did you really think the world would run to you and embrace you as a brother? Didn’t the Lord say that the world would hate you? And, I know you’ve noticed, nothing you hold dear finds acceptance in this world. So what to do?
You want to help people discover the Lord’s sacrifice. You want to elevate the Lord to a prominent place in every person’s life. You see the truth of Jesus’ sacrifice as if you were right there in person. You feel the pain of knowing the fate of the majority. And you are witness to the destruction of hope the lost are experiencing. Media hold them tight. The baubles and trinkets of this world capture their every waking moment. Sin has such a tight grip on their hearts that they hate even the mention of the God of Life.
Just keep blogging. Just keep speaking. Just keep thinking God stuff. It’s ok. If no one is interested in what you have to say, then testify to the Angels. Testify to the Lord Himself. Blog so that the Lord can read what you type.
We are a people set apart for hatred by the Lord Himself. We will not find love here. We find love there. So go there! Be a Christian! Be devoted to the One who made you! And let the world do what it wishes with what you are becoming. Who are we to stop their insane race to destruction. Just keep on doing what you do for the Lord. Nothing goes un-noticed. And there is reward in His hand.
By His grace.
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I sat beside a river of blood.
There! Look at that!
That’s who I was.
Fair? What’s fair?
There’s nothing left to do.
Whisper filtered through the trees,
“I care about you”.
Too tired to move, my ears searched around.
While dimming eyes stared at the ground.
Touch on my shoulder.
Who could this be?
That even one creature could care about me?
His Name is Jesus; who’s touch I now feel.
This stream before me was all I held as real.
“I have more for you to enter in.”
His heart was heard to say.
“Your life will not be taken.
I have use for you this day”.
He made me as He wanted.
And did not discuss His plans.
And now I walk undaunted.
This dark place is His land!
“Come, I’ll show you what to do”.
“Behold. I make all things new”.
“No man has seen the plans I have for you”.
“Today, you’re mine!
For I have purchased you”.
By His Grace.
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