Jus waitin......
The Faithful, wait.
Countless horde, await your day. Sleep your restless sleep. Your time has come to an end in the midst of your desire. Warned, you continued on, mindless of what was coming.
Now what is your complaint? Will you complain that your dreams have been stolen? Will you desire vengeance for the plans which never found root? Will you complain regarding your current home; the darkness of your grave consumes you.
Those who remain in the Land of the Dead morn your passing. But they will soon join you, it is inevitable. These, who still strive against the Gospel of Christ, make their plans just as did you. They live as animals waiting for the slaughter.
“More grass,
more water,
more steps to take.
More air to breathe,
more sleep to take.”
To whom do you address your complaint? Do you despise the world because it did not give you your desire? Do you blame death because it has brought you to his house? Did you not know it was his intent? So now your dark heart, in your dark home, rails against the Land of the Dead?
Perhaps your greed provokes jealousy. For God lives in his brilliantly lit Palace of Righteousness. All the while His Holy Law has placed you where you are. Stripped of your gain he has said, “Enough!” And now your hands are forced to cease their work.
Your place of residence tells something about who you are. You did not desire the will of God. You desired the will of your own wickedness. You have not loved righteousness and hated wickedness. You have desired all that is evil and hated what is Good.
In your end, even now you hate the one who made you. So be it! What is yours belongs to you. What is His belongs to Him. Yours is death, destruction and End. What is His is Life and Praise and Eternity.
Now your complaint is mixed with tears that have no water, desiring to fall from eyes which cannot see. For you know those you knew in the Land of the Dead. You know they too will soon join you.
Your silent complaint will fall on deaf ears as you mingle together as one group. You would not listen nor would you teach. Now you have been assigned your rightful place.
So be it! Await your destruction with forced patience. You will work the work you are now forced to endure. The command has arrived, “Lay still and await the Holy Fire which will consume you. You will receive the wages due to your greed and praise of self.”
Cut short! Cut short is he who hates the Lord. Stopped in the midst of stride. Errant desires obliterated. A multitude of shining days reduced to the deepest of darkness. You are but Fuel to flames; ashes of ethyl substance, yet to become.
Be wise and listen, you who now thrive with self-purpose in the Land of the Dead. Hear the unspoken testimony of those whose lips are sealed. Take note of their plight for it will soon be yours.
If one of the fruits of God within us is a godly patience, I find it curious how millions of people pursue patience and miss the mark horribly. Frustration is all they get for their hard work toward peace.
Good money is spent on poor trainers. The inept teach the inept. Religions are built around the concept of patience. And while the cost of impatience is high, most people figure it’s just a part of life. “Get use to it”, they say with a great sigh.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. The Lord asks us, “Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.” How deeply the world suffers for lack of willingness to go to God. But that’s the way it’s going to be, isn’t it?
I can write until I am dead. I can teach until I cannot speak. I can display the fruit of my God until he takes me home. But unless an individual takes the initiative to go and seek the face of God, the woeful lack of godliness will cover everything they do. And they will find themselves willing partners in a destruction of all those around them.
Perhaps you were not aware that there is a remedy for impatience. Well now you’re no longer ignorant.
By His Grace
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Men create puzzles for themselves. These puzzles test and stretch their abilities, both mentally and physically. Games of various kinds are created for this purpose. Some games created by man lend that certain aspect of the threat of death to them. And these games are reserved for the “mighty of heart” among us.
With this in mind I ask you to consider the following: Man is a puzzle created by God to test His mind and strength. Consider His Patience, Mercy, Righteous Judgment, and His Perfect command of all things at all times for eternity.
He created man and gave this creation a will to choose. Then He applies Himself to watch them, draw them to a knowledge of Himself, and provoke those chosen toward all things perfect.
While men may encounter a puzzle and finally admit they are not able to complete the tasks required, this is not so with God’s puzzle. He has had in mind, from the first, the finishing of this puzzle He has created. And He will accomplish that for which He began this place of testing.
Now I see and freely admit that I have been mistaken in light of this revelation. I have called this place we live a “place of testing”. And from our perspective this is true. However it is not complete to say that only man is being tested. God has created a test worthy of His Majesty. And for this reason all praise will be given to Him at its completion. Who else is capable of solving the puzzle the Lord has created? Even the Lord Jesus gives honor to His Father by admitting there are certain things the Father has kept for himself.
Let this revelation provoke us to renewed praise for what the Father of Life has done. Let this give a glimpse to the reasons for the praise we will give and witness when we appear before His Glory. For now the “living puzzle” presents praise as best we can. At its completion there shall be a united and vibrant shaking of heaven at the sound of perfect praise. Thus will the puzzle be complete.
For this I say, “Come taste and see that the Lord is Good. His mercy endures forever. He is First in all things and amazing to behold (even through eyes blinded by virtue of our position among the pieces of His Holy Puzzle).
Amen.
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As many of my brothers and sisters, I get so very heart weary seeing people lack patience. It doesn’t seem to matter where you find them, patience is a quality of life that is almost completely ignored.
If you wait too long after the light turns green someone behind you is going to honk their horn. If you dare to say more than one sentence to the cashier you can hear the “huff” from the person behind you. People speed past the infirm and elderly on the sidewalk. The man or woman right in front of you won’t hold that door 2 seconds for you.
So what happened to considering being last as a good thing? I’m not talking about how it might be in a Church setting. I’m talking about meeting those Christians (as well as wanna be Christians) during the middle of the week. I confess that I’ve even felt pressure to leave the company of the pastor at a certain point in a conversation. So what happened?
It has to be noted that the opposite of patient living is a lifestyle of selfish concern. Hmmmmmm got patience? got selfishness?
I drive a semi-truck for a living (that is to use my time productively and to make money so I can be of value to those who need me). What do you do for a living? I have never seen the Lord drive a big rig. I have not seen it with my eyes, read it in the writings of others, or imagined it in my mind. But I will confess that the Lord knows how to drive a big rig better than any driver I’ve ever seen.
I have found something useful to relate about what we do for a living. I do not drive the semi alone. The Lord is before me, behind me, above and on the sides of me. He is
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ever-present to guide, correct, remind, and prepare. I have seen Him cut the traffic open like He did the Red Sea for His people. I have seen my reaction to situations change because He was there to instruct me. Patience has become the headlights. Endurance has replaced tired. And His love restrains my anxiety over the foolishness of people.
It is not I who drives this truck. It is the Lord leading me as I do the job He has allowed me to enter into. If I let Him drive the truck by listening to what “is”, remembering what is written about what is true, and paying attention to the “living conversation” between He and I, I do well.
What I find interesting is how I balked against this for a long time. How I thought that the Lord wasn’t all that interested in what I did for a living. But I have come to see this as a testimony. In every aspect, (if I let Him lead, and remain true to His commands) success becomes the banner over the top of every day.
Someone might ask, “Well that’s fine. But what if you get in an accident?” My friend, I already have. And I endured that chastening just as I endure the rush traffic of Detroit. Patience and truth are the leaders of everything good. They are the strength to endure what cannot be endured by man alone successfully. In every job, every rightful pleasure, and every moment sleeping, this is true. And it remains a possibility for every man who has ever lived, regardless what he did for a living.
“Thou shalt not steal.” Do not speed. Do not take up more room than you need. Count others as more important than yourself. Assume the worst is about to happen, and be ready to lovingly respond. And make it a living testimony to the efficacy of the Gospel within you. What more can we do? If, at some point, these things fail you and you stand with no concept of what to do, be patient. You are never alone. It is as if it is the Lord Himself who is enduring the situation in your place. Give Him Glory and do not worry. If He allowed it to happen to you He will carry you through it.
Learn to live like this and you will see the end of anxiety in everything. In Him, even death has no sting. What shall we say then about any other form of suffering or toil? Do not fear. For fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not yet made complete in love. And the One who loves us is true. Therefore we could certainly say that the one who fears is living in doubt. Doubt of the Lord’s promises is to call Him a liar. What more needs to be said?
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