When you think of eternity, who’s there? When you think of eternity, what time is it?
Eternity is not marked with time as much as it is with places. Much like the Sun would not know what day it is. He simply keeps his place.
Who is in eternity? We are, my friend.
A man will lack sleep. He will let go the essential to focus on his desire. The night is witness to his shadow on the wall, busily pursuing his ambition.
Suffering comes in variety of form as he disciplines himself to his intention.
He loses friends. His house becomes unkempt. His belongings rot away. His reputation suffers irreparable damage. With extremely keen focus, he chases after his desire with the most excellent of discipline.
Discipline has specific marks. Ideally chaos suffers defeat through discipline. But even in chaos (wicked abandon) a man may cause damage to everything and everyone else; that he may pursue his desire.
See how every man has intense desire within him.
The question is, intent. To what does a man’s desire aspire?
By our nature our desire is bent toward selfishness. But if a man will turn his desire toward the Holy One of God, discipline becomes the roots of life.
With excellent abandon of all that is around him, men pursue with diligence the discipline of accomplishment. If this is true in the things that are useless, why not turn our discipline to what is Eternal Life?
I watched a woman drive by me. With both hands on the wheel, she watched carefully straight ahead. But the car spoke louder of her character than her attentiveness. It was a rusty beat up old boat from the eighties.
Obviously, she is trying hard to do the best she can with what she has.
But I wondered about her hope. Being a born protector, the woman is concerned about her family, children, parents, friends, sickness, stability. Does she know how intensely greater a protector is the Lord Jesus?
Has she learned to be protected? Does she have joy inside all that dutiful good habit?
Setting a man on one side, and a woman on the other, consider their characteristic behaviors. If a man could lay his hands on the father of lies, he would tear and punch and kick and scream venomous violence, as he tried to take down his foe. How would this woman act in the same environment?
Would she huddle with her children in a darkened corner? Or with excellent fearless violence, would her face explode with fierce anger as she rushed to dismember this one who has harmed her so; this one who threatens her great instinctual desire?
Would she cower in abject terror, or would she do as Peter has told her: Be fearless! Believe! Live your life in Christ with complete peace of heart. Show no fear, trusting that God is greater than you.
With all that he has, I watch Man search for peace.
Entertainment and distractions abound.
Yet Peace eludes him with the agility of eternity; avoiding without boundaries.
Entertainment and distractions abound.
Peace lives and thrives in the brilliance of perfect righteousness; the place where the eye of Man is not fit for perception.
All the while:
Entertainment and distractions abound.
He who abandons the futile path of discovery, can go nowhere else but the path of the Holy Lord God Almighty.
There he will find Peace, pleasantly and joyously waiting to receive him.
Who will be patient enough to abandon the pursuit of entertainment and distractions?
This one is likely to find Peace.
His name, is Jesus the Christ of God.
From eternity to eternity, Christ Jesus acts on his Holy Father’s Word with absolute obedience and immediacy.
Jesus, The Christ, is the same yesterday today and forever.
What man can count any of those things among his belongings?
Do we need Jesus’ strength? Is the Sun a ball of fire?
When God says, “Do this”, we say, “OK”.
God considers His command to be eternal and binding. Our “ok” means, “We will think about it”.
Notice any problems here?
We: Live, Die, Face Judgment. Jesus or die twice.
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