Image via Wikipedia
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.
Image via Wikipedia
A man who desires to hear the good of God through Christ will listen with all his ears. Though the body of man is adapted with only two ears, the Lord’s wisdom requires far more. Much like the creatures of Revelation chapter 4: “8And the four living creatures, each one of them
having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
“HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD
GOD, THE ALMIGHTY,
WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.”
We listen to the activity of ourselves and others. We listen to the lives of animals. We listen to our dreams, in which we search for truthful meaning. We listen to the works of man such as he has applied his hand to build. We listen to time, past, present and promise. And we listen to who we find ourselves to be.
1. What are we doing?
2. Are the animals at rest while they do the day’s work?
3. Is there any importance, at all, to the dream I had last night?
4. What wonderful truth can we hear from a building, road, airplane, fence, and other such things?
5. Is the noise which can be heard by history, now, and yet speaking a truth for the current moment?
6. What noises do I hear from the man I’ve come to be?
The Word of God found in the Bible is valuable beyond our understanding. But we are also given senses which enable our “listening”. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27)
We reject the simplistic view that God can be found in nature alone. For He has given us a Holy word for guidance. We are able to read. And if we’re not able to read, we know someone who can. But the combination of all creation and the Holy Word of God can enable us to listen with all our being.
By His Grace.
Image via Wikipedia
“to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.” (Psalm 18:26)
How we perceive God and what is good, depends on the state of our heart. Each man receives the value of his heart. A little child’s innocence will allow it to hold a worm with wonder and joy. But one who is older and jaded will regard that worm as ugly, hideous, and worthless.
Purify your heart from wickedness and you will begin to see the purity of God’s creation. We say, for instance, that we forgive someone for what they’ve done. But for most these are just words. A little later and they will find themselves hashing the incident over again with hatred. The forgiveness God demands does not come from a wicked heart.
A godly man will wake in the morning to the sound of peace in his heart. He knows he has entered into a place where he can accept the will of God regardless the circumstances. A wicked man will wake to consider the hatred he harbored the day before. He counts all the offences against himself and others. He looks for this same hatred in everyone else, for it resides so deeply in himself. While a godly man will see beyond the actions of others to the reasons why they might do what they do.
The righteous man will consider death and suffering a task the Lord has presented for him to endure. And will gladly accept the task, for he knows the Lord is pure and loving. A wicked man will consider the same two tasks as hideous and revolting. He will desire to be rid of both. And will accuse the Lord of being too harsh.
We encounter life according to our own level of love or hatred. A wise man will hear these words and consider his own heart. The day is coming when our hearts will be shown for what they really are. There will be no place to hide and no excuse to use. Today is the day of testing. You are tested by the world around you. Are you shown as a man of God? You are tested by your own actions. Are you a man of God? You are tested by the Lord. Are you a man of God?
By His Grace.
The “Arm Chair Quarterback” makes the plays with his fat pork.
And rails against the legs of those who fiercely play the sport.
He’s at a loss to cause a win. He only uses noise.
And those who play with all their heart gain money from those boys.
There’s ones who rail and cuss all day, and gather against the Lord,
They’re much like they who sit to watch and yell in one accord.
They ridicule, chide, and mock, at those eternally bound souls.
As though they too could pick it up and winsome walk the coals.
“The players rustle all their might, yet they are men like us.”
“So too these folk, these ‘righteous folk’ who preach at me, ‘You must’.”
They testify that all the work the Christians hold so dear,
Is just a noise the players make. “They win because we cheer.”
By His Grace.
Image via Wikipedia
A curious place in life I stand, twist the brothers of the board.
Those men who kill the Lord Most High, then boast among the horde.
And a curious place in life I stand twist the brothers of the Promise.
Those men who handle the Holy Word, yet gladly suffer foolish.
A curious place in life I stand In this battlefested land.
I neither fit midst the sinful crowd, Nor the people of the God’s Hand.
Stripes of hatred scar my mind. And they’d have done so greatly more.
And I beat them back with tools in kind, Till I found the sacred store.
And then I found, to my chagrin another loss I suffer;
The holy ones will stand me not, and cast me to the other.
For I brought the war to the feet of those who cared to suffer loss.
Perceived I was to war and war. I cared not any cost.
They spoke the words, but action’s missing. Now what was I to do?
Should I ignore The Lord’s soft kissing, and act like one of you?
There’s no room for me among the throngs; not earth nor heaven bound.
What shall be said of this man I am? I’ve lived as I saw how.
So I’m hung between the lost and saved. I hover up and down.
And here I’ll stay with out stretched arm, till He brings me a new gown.
___________________________________________________
The above is an indication that I am not where I should be. Yet is it a picture of where I am. It is also a picture of the rebellious of this world, who hate the Lord and His commands. And it is a picture of a body of people who think they own the commendation of the Lord of Life.
The world is a war ground. And this is the result of rebellion toward God. If we don’t hear the sounds of war in our front yard, it doesn’t mean there is no war. God instills in His people a certain measure of His Truth. And it is the instilling which causes all manner of turmoil among us. All men are a people of rebellion. Those who desire to understand more of God’s truth will encounter resistance from those who do not. And the more truth we find or desire, the more intense will be the opposition. The central portion of the conflict will always center around obedience vs rebellion. And those who strive to obey will be fewer than those who rebel. Yet one thing must be said regarding those who strive to obey. Once the Truth of God is tasted, there will be no turning back. I know this causes frustration in those who would wish this war to end. But God’s Truth is a transforming power. And once transformed from a solid liar to one who desires to know the Truth, there is no turning back.
It would not be proper to air our filthy laundry before the world. But I find the word “our” is a bit mixed in this generation. Corruption in teaching and in action have entered the Church, to the point that it’s hard to tell where it starts or where it ends. What is called the church today often would not qualify as part of the war. Men have come in to render her powerless and nullify this war. They adopt every kind of teaching in the hopes that embracing the enemy will end in peace. There will be no peace among men as long as there is even one person who remains in rebellion against God. And so I speak against the diluted body of people who call themselves Christians. I could name a pig “Christian”. That doesn’t make it a child of God.
By His Grace.
By His Grace.
Image via Wikipedia
Look at the Glory of God revealed in the world. Consider that no man has ever built a walnut tree. This is the work of God given to man that man might consider the Glory of He who cannot lie. He provides for man. Man does not provide for himself. Consider the animals He has given us for food. Consider the plants He provided for our health and strength. Consider the air He has provided for the lungs He created. Look at how continually God provides regardless the sins of man committed in His Holy Sight. Look at how He has caused the ocean to obey His limits. Consider how He has commanded that man should perceive His Glory in the works of God’s hand. The miracles of God’s Glory surround us. And only the disobedient will consider the works of their hands as more important than worship of God. He has made the way clear to man. Worship the Lord God Almighty only. And turn away from all boasting and sin before His Holy Throne. How can we worship in truth if we remain outside His Glorious provision of Jesus as our sacrifice for our sins? Will you refuse Him who calls from Heaven? And do not mistake the “calling” of God toward holiness. We are created to worship the Lord of Life. We are not created to seek the works of our own hands.
By His Grace.
We: Live, Die, Face Judgment. Jesus or die twice.
My new buddy
Stubborn And Courageous Adventures Reflecting the Father's Heart to The People.
History Repeating Chronicles
Words From There 