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Profits

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The prophet of God is valuable.  Who then are they who disagree?

There is profit in the words of the prophet of God.  Who then are they who disbelieve?

It is intriguing that men prefer to ignore the messengers of God, when profit and loss are household concepts.  By this we can say that men are, by their very nature, lousy accountants.

For this they run the business of their life as if to fail.  Yet in business, they will kill to succeed.  Why does this tiny wisdom escape them?

It is impossible to correctly speak of the poverty of man.  Just as it is impossible to speak of the riches of God.

When we see Him face to face, we will understand.  Until then, profit comes by faith.  All the while poverty abides in flesh.

Do not be fooled, a man is what he believes.  Profit or loss, which do you choose?

By His Grace

You Go Ahead, I’ll be Right Behind You

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In the days when this place of testimony was being dug out of eternity, men came to me to say I spoke too harshly.  Did they not do the same to all God’s prophets, teachers, and servants?  So I stuck to what I heard and relayed it as accurately as I could muster.  It has become a bit tamer but not as a response to their urgings.  I have come to realize certain understandings and have written them here for all to read.  So there is no need to speak them again.  Ask me and I will testify the good things of God to man.  And I will not hold back.

Some would desire to return to peace among men; a peace which is absent of the word of God’s judgment.  I will not go back.  I cannot go back.  And He will guard my way with a rock strewn path behind me.  Briars have grown over the place where I once slept.  No one has come to clear them away for the sake of the peace of man.  I have been blessed to taste that the Lord is Good.  And I will, in no wise, go back to that of man.  Instead, I urge all to reach to the place where I now stand.  Reach this place and run beyond me.  Become my elders, all of you.  Come, take from what God extends to all men and gain what is above me.  Become my teachers.

You who would desire the word of God remain closed up in His people are acting foolishly.  For if you will not listen to His words from us how will you stand when you appear before Him and hear His own words spoken to you directly?  I ask you to reconsider where you stand as you mock His people.  There is an accounting to be made.   And, regardless how you believe it, God will gather all people in a place where they will testify individually before Him.

While you consider these words (all these words) I will continue to walk toward the fulness of His will for me.  Billions are greater than I.  Yet there are billions who have yet to bow to their knees before Him.   I can make no accounting of where I stand between them.  So I will walk at a mended pace.  Catch me and pass beyond.   I will gladly spur you on.   I speak the things I do because I am compelled to testify for Him.  And I will NEVER go back to what I was.  Once a fire is built there are various reasons not to quench it.

Where do I Stand?

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Many look at the Lord Jesus and say, “That’s nice.”  Most hear of Him and His expectations for His people and turn their heads another direction.  Some hear of the Lord of Glory in Jesus and reach into their pockets to give alms to those who appear to serve Him.  And some study their entire life to learn of His secrets.

But a few will lay down pride and gain in this world to receive the Glory of His promise.  Some have given all they own to be a part of His Testimony.  Some are looking at Jesus and pondering what all this “giving of self” means.  And they are about to cast in all they own to join the Glorious war of God.

Where do I stand?  What have I left that can be thrown down for His sake?  What do I hold dear in this world?  How close am I to being counted as one who threw it all away for His Glorious Name?

To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom.   But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume.   And who is adequate for such a task as this?  (2 Corinthians 2:16 [the Living Bible])

By His Grace.

Consume Me Lord! Please!

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How irritating it must be for those who know me and those who come into contact with the mind I carry around.  Regardless the subject, I find God in it.  And what shall I say about this?

How many of me are there out there?  I’ve met less than 5.  The majority of people I meet are consumed with the things the world offers.  Sports takes a few.  popularity takes a few more.  Possessions take even more. Power, prestige, and belonging take most.  But God’s things and ways consume me.

Was it like that for the prophets?  I am not a prophet.  I am simply a man who is leaning to desire the things of God over the things of this world.  And I stand out like a sore thumb.  I know I’ve written about this before.  But the closer I get to the Lord, the more it stands out. 

I don’t want to talk about the things the world thinks are glamorous and beautiful.  I don’t want to be entertained.  I’m not interested in becoming someone of importance according to the standards of the world.  I want to be a righteous man before the Lord Most High.  And this “want” has become something close to an obsession.  People ask me what I want to do.  I want to speak the things of the Lord.  But that’s not what they mean.

I simply posted this because it is a snapshot of what it’s like to become a man who loves God more than the world.  I don’t know if it would help anyone, that I typed these words.  But This is such a marvelous quandary I find myself in, that I’m compelled to speak it.

 

By His Grace.