The ones who love God have three things happen to them.
They are despised on this Earth while they love the one who made them. Somehow such open love is considered illicit.
But when they leave this place they go to be with the one they have loved so dearly. They are ushered into Eternal Joy with open arms. For they have proved they love him more than these.
And the third thing that happens to them is most fascinating. Their name, their words, their actions, are all rolled onto a pedestal called Legend.
Man is curious. He will despise and kill his enemy, then he will raise his enemy to Legendary status. With the same words he uses to lie, he now tells fanciful stories about this one who is no longer among them. By this, the work of God’s people is multiplied many-fold.
In these three things, the love of God is greatly glorified. See how the wisdom of God works to glorify love, life, righteousness, Justice, compassion, grace, and mercy. And all these things are in the being of his holy and righteous son Jesus!
So be it.
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What?
If someone will inherit the things of God in Christ, why wouldn’t he or she be extremely passionate about the coming promise? Even if that person’s faith is extremely small, you would think there is an unquenchable joy and yearning for the things of God’s promise.
But if that person truly believes what God has said about his people, how could they possibly resist sharing the joy?
Maybe they don’t understand what God has said. Maybe they don’t know what God has said. Both of those can be rectified by reading the New Testament.
But why would anyone who believes these things choose to live like the world lives?! How could such a joy be pushed down to silence? How could such a person have so much fun in the ridiculous and useless trivia of this world? You would think their longing for the place God promises is so intense that none of the things here give them any joy it all.
I’m trying to help everyone see. And I just don’t understand why they don’t. I don’t want to infer yucky thoughts toward people. But I’ll admit I’m running out of excuses.
I Owe, I Owe
Work hard to buy a house.
Work hard to raise your children.
Work hard to be dependable.
Work hard for an education.
Work hard so you can play.
All these great things, done for us.
I can’t remember what that’s called.
What are we willing to do for the One who made us?
What are we willing to do in response to his promise of eternal life?
How do we give
Thanks?…….
Praise………
Friendship……….
Fearless abandon……….
Fellowship……..
Let’s see now, what’s that called?
The Luckey Ones?
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
The godless think they are enroute to their own pleasure. They neither consider that God sees, nor that he can do anything about them. Ignorance and willful abandon are their are gods. And doesn’t their pursuit of pleasure demand slothfulness? They obey diligence just enough to get what they want, and no more. Violence, greed and pride are the mantra of their every step. Hatred and destruction are their prime reasons for life. “Destroy your enemy, then you can have their goods. Love others just enough to steal them blind.
These are real life zombies. They walk about and do, according to the rules of death. But they are not useless, these people of self-will. God is directing them to the path of his people. He allows them to float about in reserve until he needs them for his purpose. Then their path is brought to bear down on his people.
Men and women of The Faith come to believe this is true. Maturity in Christ demands such a perception. Righteous obedience to the Lord requires that mindset. The peace God gives his people proves that His Holy will is being done in all things that come to them. Nothing, nothing in Christ is arbitrary!
Your path moves in a straight line toward eternal life in Christ. The wicked mill about in their chaotic endeavors. Where does your path intersect who? Think about this with all earnest thought.
Happenstance belongs to those who are godless. Luck belongs to the dead. Chance belongs to the groping blind. But to those who believe by The Faith born from God: “You have intended it for evil, but God has intended it for good”.
Gather your holy wits about you and walk with confidence. If the Living God is your God in Christ, you have no room for doubt. If that’s not so, then why does James instruct us to say, “If God is willing”?
(Please don’t let these words sit on my blog. Have the guts to share them with someone. Let us do as God commands, “Encourage one another in the Holy Faith”. Look around. Who else do you know that speaks words like these? Why should you share trivia only? Why not share life? Or are you really ashamed of me, as I have come to suspect you are?)
The Unpopular Desire
The antonym of adultery and greed is faithfulness.
I don’t want their bodies. I don’t want their possessions. I don’t want their accolades. I don’t want their love. I want their souls to love God eternally.
Proof By Adversity?
“Frivolous” Humanities Helped Prisoners Survive in Communist Romania
(I tried to comment on the writer’s article in his page. But his page would not accept a WordPress login. So I make this entry in my blog in the hopes that it will reach the writer. Who knows, perhaps it will also reach a soul somewhere else.)
In that writers article he describes how the government legislates its own morality. The writer says that he found the government’s methods and its operating premise to be at fault, simply by humanity’s insistent efforts to circumvent unjust laws.
The writer says this: “If the study of literature or history were really that pointless, a government trying to control the minds of its subjects would not go to the trouble of putting humanities students and professors in jail.”
Isn’t the same thing true of Jesus? Part of the proof of his royalty is the venomous activity of his enemies. And if all of Jesus is true, proved by the activity of his enemies alone, wouldn’t it be wise to consider his words. If he is truly life are we wise to ignore him?
Words From There 