If a man is a friend of God in Christ Jesus, he will receive from the world the same things God receives.
Count the cost.
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Dedicated to What?
Question of the day:
When you left your pillow this morning was it to seek your own will and the will of others, or was it to seek the will of the One who made you.
(As our day begins it is also likely to end. How many days then? Is there a day coming when this will change? When?)
Fruitless Abandon
With agony of soul, I woke up this morning. I saw God’s desire clearly laid out; “Bring my word to the people that they may have life.”
I looked to the people and saw how they reject this call! I saw how they turn their face from anyone who will be bold in Christ. And the agony grew.
Oh! How much He is willing to give! How fearful we are to receive! All the while, today will end like many others have; fruitless for eternity, filled with fear, perplexed at the growth of wickedness, and resigned to simply endure.
Let everyone examine. Is this right?
Rather, Be Trivial
We are taught to give up.
We are taught to be trivial.
“Do these things and you will be satisfied.
Abstain from the things of God;
See how complicated and unknown are God’s things to man.
See how many versions of God scream to be first.
See how it is right to give up the search.
Be satisfied with what you have, and do not seek more than is reasonable.”
Rather be trivial.
Rather live with the love that you have.
Rather be diligent with the things you already know how to do.
Perceive the beautiful things of living life;
among your fellow men,
Among the sustaining of this world.
Among the limitations of chaos,
Among the decaying pattern of this place,
And among the innate desire to laugh.
Truth says clearly:
“You KNOW this is not the sum of things.
You KNOW there is More to be had.
You KNOW the ways of man are not the fullness of life.
You KNOW you will one day cease here.
You KNOW you will be inspected with absolute scrutiny.
Do you KNOW the name of the One who will inspect?
“The Faith”
“The Faith”
Teaches what is Holy;
What is unknown,
How to understand,
How to endure,
How to “become”.
Temptation must come;
In the form of ailment,
In the form of beckoning toward sin,
In the form of fear,
With the threat of destruction,
Yet with the opportunity to glorify the Living God’s Holy Son.
Do we understand these things? Of course we have. The question to us all is this:
Why do we not apply what we know we understand?
Entertaining Them to Death
It would be very pleasant if this post were to reach a certain set of ears. But I’m not stupid. The ears that need to hear this aren’t listening. I’m writing this post because I passed by a church put a small rodeo on its property.
There is a rather popular belief in today’s church. It is a belief that says, “If we provide entertainment the people will at least have an opportunity to listen”. So these churches provide all kinds of entertainment for the masses.
I could go on and on about how ridiculous this approach is. But for the sake of bland truth, I’ll just make the following statements.
All day long, everyday, every night, everywhere without ceasing, entertainment is king of this world. How deeply and irrevocable is the desire of the flesh to be entertained. But the desire of the Spirit of God is to bring men to understanding in the things that are not of the flesh. It is God’s desire to reveal the grandness of His Majesty.
We do men no favor by giving them what they want. In fact we harm them. What is it about the Living God that is similar to Man’s ways? What right does man have, to throw the mud of men’s filth on the body of Christ? Isn’t the revelation of the Living God’s Christ stupendous enough in its own right? And isn’t that simple laziness to revert to entertainment.
I guess we have to ask the question, are we lovers of men or lovers of the Most High God’s Holy Son. The answer is quite personal, for we will be commanded to give a personal accounting.
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