Fires, pestilence, disease, floods, earthquakes, storms, Financial uncertainty, and all those bad things. They leave us quite unsettled don’t they.
In the midst of our unsettled minds, do we realize that it is our sin that has unsettled The peace of eternity?
Even so, many people still blame God for all their trouble. Truth is what it is.
A man sits pleasantly
In his overstuffed chair.
Happily he stares out the window,
At the peaceful world out there.
I see it too.
Like all the rest of you.
But I also see something more.
I see the fabric of War.
The tapestry of nature;
Love, Hope, Faith, sure.
But I see through to the other side,
Those things to which those three are blind.
Engaged against a cunning foe,
Who employs the joyful and much more.
He sits and lurks among the leaves,
Watching, waiting, peace to deceive.
Be at peace old man and be there till,
Your Sun goes down and your body lay still.
You’ve escaped the blood you’ve escaped the Valor,
But what will you say when your skin is clay pallor?
White hot seduction screams contentiously by;
Tracers cutting air, in a bloodthirsty line.
Till one of them strikes through my vulnerable thigh.
Then angry, YES, am I!
Who is to blame?
It’s not you, it’s not me.
It’s the fabric of War!
Why, old man,
Can’t you see?
The time of repose is not in this life.
This is the place of blood, death and strife.
I’d rather be wounded, approved and endure;
Living strong in “The Faith of HE who is Sure
But do rest and enjoy the picture you see,
Whether stillness of beauty, or the warring disease.
Do not let your soul be caught shaken my friends.
But fight, oh do fight, to the promised strong End!
Love has a name. So does fear. The first is referred to as Light. The second is utter Darkness. Where there is no light, the darkness muses like a toxic fume. But even a lantern can dispel enough for a man to work.
Food for thought.
As I drove along in the dark last night, I let my thoughts drift to the nature of heaven. With whatever my imagination could provide, I thought about peace, living creatures, a safe and inviting environment, and a people that will never again know any sin.
I tried to think of heaven millions of years passed the day of judgement. I thought of a place where what is here is never mentioned. They do not remember the wicked greed of man. They do not remember sickness and death. And for eternity this will be their life.
As I woke up this morning I tried to consider my thoughts about heaven. I recognize that they are only based on what I can perceive here. And then I found myself amazed at how little God has revealed about eternity.
His message to man does not contain the indescribable beauties of his heaven. God and all his creatures have lived in splendor for millions of millions of years. But exceedingly little information has been given to man.
Partly, the restraint has to do with our language. And partly the restraint has to do with the frailty of this creation. But more so, the restraint has to do with God’s will toward Man.
God is not interested in making us happy here. The entirety of this place is designed to cause us to hate it. Nothing is stable. There is no secure place. Nothing is friendly unless it is manipulated. And the strength of our bones wears out so that we can no longer manipulate.
The entirety of this place is designed for faith. We have hope in faith alone. We are to put our trust in the Living God and His Holy Son Christ Jesus. Even the very character of our mind is full of unrest and unpredictable behavior.
God did not desire that we should live at peace here. It is God’s desire that we desire his peace. So instead of describing what is his, he tells us that he is firm and true, peace, safety, strength, purity, and that his promises are fully reliable.
The nature of this place is designed to test the heart of every man. The question hangs in the sky over the head of every man here:
“Do you desire what you have; this place full of chaos and unpredictable things? Or will you open your heart to honesty; looking about you and confessing the true nature of this place of testing. And that you yourself are not able to do one right thing.”
If we will turn to God out of despair, for the sake of the things we can see that are wrong, he is willing to embrace us. But if we want to dig in our feet, and live in this place of lies, full of rebellion, full of unbelief, full of hatred for our fellow man and for God, we will suffer unto death then be cast away as unprofitable.
If you want to know the glories of heaven, listen to the righteous words of God and do them. Allow yourself to believe in the Holy Son of God, do not harden your heart with restraint.
Read his Holy words that HAVE been sent us. Believe them and stop second guessing the Holy Word of the Living God. Listen to your conscience and confess your sins to him. Ask him to strengthen you in the things that are pure and right. Then do what you are told to do.
All of these things can be gained in Christ Jesus. He has promised, and is reliable, overcoming this place of chaos is possible. Heaven can be attained if we listen to him. Then we will know the nature of the eternal heaven of the Living God. Then our language will be like his, for the place of our perception will be an eternal place.
So many like me desired to know what is in heaven. What a perfect example of wasted time. A better deployment of the minutes is to teach myself godly restraint, and this according to His Holy Word and the prompting of His Holy Spirit.
May God have mercy to grant understanding to those who read these words. Those who desire will hear. Those who hate God will stop up their ears.
In Christ Jesus, the Righteous and Holy Son of God, I pray. Amen.
By His Grace
I have heard so many say that they just wish all this drama would go away. What they usually mean is the turmoil between people. And they’ve even made cutesy names for those who can’t seem to be at peace; names such as “Drama Queen”.
I will thoroughly agree that it would be good if the trivial anxieties were put a side for what is real and true. But I have to differ with the majority of the populace who look for peace and tranquility in this place.
Think of all the money that is spent trying to find peace and tranquility. Think of all the productivity that is lost because men try to escape the reality of life.
Their brother did “this”. Their sister did “such”. Their enemy pursues them, and they’ll tell you about it. Men talk behind their back, but don’t they do it too?
The rich go on vacations, and buy expensive toys. The poor get drunk or turn to drugs, or violence or more.
So the rich are known as righteous, because they afford all the things the others cannot afford. See how division grows like mold.
Why then do men strive so hard to find tranquility and peace? Every day and night the rich and the poor are pestered by a drama they choose to ignore. If they thought they had trouble in this place, they are destined to encounter more.
The Holy Spirit of the Living God calls out to the minds of men. “Come gain eternal wisdom, and leave these things behind. Come worship the living God in Christ. In there, is peace for your mind.”
But in our worship of the Living God, another drama appears. Our sins go with us, and we find ourselves full of holy fear. Isn’t this where men turn back, refusing to come near.
Return then, to the drama of your flesh. Spend all your time and money trying to cover it up. You will die in drama, and then face the living God. You will drink from that bitter cup.
There is peace to be had, but its mixed with fear. For He’s Holy, and Holy, and Holy! No sin can be brought near. How then can peace be upon us, when we hold what we call dear?
You fight a losing battle, all of you make your own peace. There is only one place to find what you seek. All men will be salted with fire, whether or not they come for release.
His name is Christ Jesus, the Holy Son of God.
By His Grace
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