Peace, peace?
All my days are thankfully rude; that they may keep alive in me the necessity for holy conversion.
Go seek peace, if that is your desire. I will rather to enter the war of Christ against myself. That He may bestow upon me (come that immeasurable day) PEACE which escapes me now.
By His Grace
The world will use the Gospel of Christ as a rule of righteousness and social change. The people of the Lord Jesus know better.
God does not save his people to be instruments of world change. God saves his people that they may become instruments of Heaven. The changes that are made, because of the Christian’s presence in this world, are simply a byproduct. As we are transformed to serve the Living God in Christ, our thoughts, words, and actions necessarily influence those around us.
If you want to be a change agent in the world, for the sake of the world, then obey the constructs the world has already established. If you want to be an ambassador of Christ to the world, you need to submit your life completely to him.
There is a distinct difference. The world cannot see it. But God’s people know it, very clearly.
By His Grace
We are in the days of vivacious abandonment.
(vivacious
[vi-vey-shuh s, vahy-]
adjective
1.
lively; animated; gay:)
What is man abandoning so happily?
God
Purity
Mercy
Righteousness
Peace
Prayer
Holiness
The Bible
Humility
Holy suffering
Christ Jesus
Eternal life
Pure judgment
Justice
Restraint
Holy speech
Propriety
Godly love
Patience
Endurance
Here’s the sad part:
It is impossible for Man to be empty. If he is not filled with God, he will be filled with everything that is not God. If we give the Living God’s Christ no place among us, the ambassadors of death move in.
Look around. Do yourself a favor. Ask what day it is.
By His Grace
Man is not ashamed of his greed. He is only fearful of being exposed.
The zealots of false religion do not hide their zeal. They are only fearful that their lies are exposed or denounced.
The timid are not ashamed of their fear. They are dressed in false peace. They are only fearful that someone may rightfully ask “too much” of them.
Man pursues what he desires. And with all his strength he is zealous to gain or retain. But make no mistake, so is God!
Why should God’s people not be zealous for the things of their master? It is like man to be zealous for all He desires. Why can’t that zeal be reigned in for the Son of the Most High God?
What right do we have to fear? Where is it written that God’s people will fear? Is there such a thing as cowering in the Kingdom of the Most High God’s Holy Son? Isn’t it true that he has spoken exactly the opposite?
Men desire what they want, and with all their strength they pursue it day and night. All God’s people are purchased from man. How is it that when a man becomes a Christian he loses his desire to pursue? Before we belonged to Christ we fought tooth and nail to keep what we desired.
Who told us that the Peace of God rips desire from our heart? Capture such who say these things and put them to open shame! For the fruit of their false words diminishes the Army of our God. Our brothers fight with less strength, because the liars turn away their fellow warriors from the battle between righteousness and ungodly wickedness!
There is a war that has been since before you were born. This war will continue until God says “Enough”! Do you desire to take part? Then by all means, with what is left of your ability, move yourself to the fracas!
If you are an able Christian, with healthy arms and legs, run to the battlefield. If you were wounded and nearly dead, grab hold of rocks and grass, and slither yourself to the field of blood. Let your soul stand for Christ!
Let us endure the “holy pain”, for the sake of the glorious Lord Jesus. Let us put our selves in a conspicuous place. Let us swallow fear. Let us fight for Christ!
This place of testing is nearly finished. Will we be caught as desirous of “peace”? When the Son of man returns will he find us amiable and willingly among the ungodly and the wicked? Will he find us embroiled in friendship with the world? Or will he find us being ripped to shreds on the battlefield of godly intent?
By His Grace
I wake up before dawn and look out my window at a light dusting of snow. Out pops a little bird, hopping about in the snowflakes.
Then I wonder, “Where have you slept little one? Did you sleep among the reeds in the ditch? Did you forsake the tree limb for the shelter of the reeds?
You would have not perched yourself too deeply within them. You would have slept in a place where two hops allowed your wings to spread. You would be no food for the predator.”
And then I wonder. Where did I sleep? I slept peacefully under the outstretched wing of the Most High God. I woke to His Glorious covering. Lacking fear, I woke only to stretch my bones, and then to pray; even as the little bird sings his song of joy.
Is this how Jesus slept in the boat while the storm raged around him? Is this how Daniel slept with the Lions, for the weariness of their bodies? Is this how the Apostle Peter slept so soundly in the jail amidst the soldiers? Is this how the Prophet Elijah slept alongside the Kerith Ravine, knowing the wings of a bird would feed him in the morning?
Oh how desire rages within this servant to instill these things in my fellow man! Will you please consider the power of God to sustain your tired soul. His name is Christ Jesus, the Son of God and the Son of Man.
By His Grace
To hear your voice a afresh.
To hear your words so clear.
After a time of rest,
Without your music in my ears.
I’ve spent time with the Holy One.
I’ve listened to his voice.
He has, my love for man undone.
He’s granted me The Choice.
But lies are all you know to speak.
Such noise is vast absurd!
Such peace and truth are mine to eat.
While you feast upon your words.
Then I come across the chasm,
Back to the place of man.
To stand among the chaos,
To hear your unholy demands.
To prayer with you, or away with you!
I cannot stand your din!
For nothing here can ring as true,
As 10 minutes spent with Him.
How great is the gulf twixt man and God,
How great is the distance between?
What is the dimension of impossible odds?
How vulgar is obscene?
By His Grace
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