I am not beckoned to live with Christ because I am a worthy soul.
I am beckoned to display the essence of God.
He is Love, to the fullest.
He is Sustaining, to the fullest.
He is LIFE.
I am His answer to rebellion.
“They have hated me for no reason.”
They have hated us for no reason; we who receive forgiveness of our sins, and the promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus the Holy Son of God. They look on us with hatred for we say we are free. They refer to us as self righteous fools. All the while, as they look in the mirror of their soul, they see an endless loss.
I was one of those who hated the people of Christ. But God has had endless mercy on me to open my eyes of understanding.
If he can do this for me, he can do it for any man.
There is no need for jealousy. There is no need for slanderous accusations. We do not ask for pity. We ask that you should join us.
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
(Psalm 103)
By His Grace
I perceived a sadness within me. Did it belong to me?
A cursory search of my soul says no, this sadness does not belong to me. Joy belongs to me, for it is given to me by the Holy One of God.
Then to whom does this sadness belong? Doesn’t it belong to those who do not believe? Yes to those who don’t believe.
My soul stands at the door of heaven and looks back. I don’t see an excited horde rushing toward the door of Christ. I see all men milling about with frantic enthusiasm for everything that is futile.
The sadness I am feeling is that, Man is not sad at all. Like condemned men who stand against the wall of a firing squad, yet celebrate the place where they stand. Mindless and blind as to what comes next, they busy themselves with an obvious joy.
We can only speak of what we have been told. He who receives receives, he who does not receive is the source of my sadness.
So be it. God is first in Christ. It is to him I owe allegiance. This sadness will not consume me, even as a foolish enjoy consumes all men around me.
By His Grace
There was a day when men would seek out those who “knew”. At their feet they would listen intently. Even if they could not believe, they believed in that “something More”.
Is that day like today? Everyone is forced to say no.
The worldly mind praises the accomplishments of Man. The religious man praises the accomplishments of god-ward thoughts and traditions. The sinner praises his bold rebellion. But who seeks the fullness of God within His Holy Christ?
Many have come. Many have returned to the world. Who remains? Who seeks to become the intent of God? Who sits at the feet of those who know? Who remains in belief and listens intently?
What have we learned, in regard to this world? Yet what have we desired to learn of the things of Heaven?
God knows those who are His. His eye is intently set on their souls. God is not like limited man. God sees with penetrating understanding; what man can conceal from man cannot be concealed from God. You may fool me for a while, but the Spirit of God quickly points to the truth we can expect from those who belong to Him.
7 “Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.” (Galatians 6, the living translation) There will be a noticeable DIFFERENCE.
Isn’t the door of understanding from the Living God’s Christ wide open? Who is willing to enter? Who will bend their will toward all that is Holy? Those who do so will be sent.
Isn’t the world in dire need of truth? Who will “go”, that they may be sent?
Zacchaeus was evidently a man of small stature, but he was not poor. He promised to pay back double if he had cheated anyone.
In my life, I have been a man of small heart, and nearly a pauper. I am no billionaire, and what money can remove the scars from those I have injured?
But I am eternally rich in the things of Christ. It is he who will pay back double for all the injury I have made. I am wealthy beyond my possible imagination. Be patient, for justice and mercy will come like a flood.
By His Grace
By His Grace
I saw a man sitting on the ground holding a straw and pushing two rocks back and forth. I just had to ask.
“What are you doing?” he stopped and looked up at me with sort of a silly smile. “I’m trying to prove God wrong.”
“Well are you having any success?”
“None that I can see.”
“If you don’t mind my asking, how does pushing two rocks around with a straw prove God wrong?”
“He told me that playing games has no value at all, but doing everything I should and spending time with him was eternally priceless. I’m pretty sure he’s right. I’m absolutely no better off than when I started to push these rocks.”
“Well that’s not exactly true sir.”
“Okay I’m listening.”
“You’ve learned that you can’t prove God wrong.”
“Well said.”
And with that, I turned to go and do what I should.
By His Grace
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