Leveraged

The etymology of the word leverage is the combination of the English/French base meaning “polished or smooth” and the Greek suffix ikos meaning “at”.  Careful review of the Bible reveals that the tongue, manipulation, skin, roads and rocks are all referred to as “smooth”.  All articles which may be leveraged to achieve an outcome.  Even the rocks which David collected for his meeting with the Philistine were said to be smooth.  I guess he was planning on employing some granite leverage to Goliath’s forehead, polishing him off or smoothing out the road before them by removing this aberration.

Archimedes (287BC-212BC), a Greek engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor and astronomer said “give me a lever long enough, I’ll move the world” was seventeen years old when the Septuagint was completed in the Greek language. Finally, Greek scholars for the first time could read the Hebrew Scripture in their own language.  What a glorious time that would have been.  I often wonder if these gifted, learned men were curious enough about God to have sought out the text for examination.  How livid would historians become if I perhaps recommended that his inventions were leveraged by an encounter with the Truth of the Most High God?

Are they perhaps too polished to accept the rough edges of unsolved hypothesis.  They seem to have swallowed the Evolution thing, replete with “still missing link” and a slew of unsupportable conjecture.  Perhaps they wish to smooth out their own guilt for the sins of an ungodly, atheistic attempt to free themselves from the absolute certainty of eternal judgment.  I prefer to leverage my future by believing the truth of the Lord instead of hiding among the rocks seeking solace from the Wrath of the Lamb.  I pray in love that those opposing the Lord have a change of heart, repent and receive His infinite mercy and grace.  But excluding that divine work, Lord may Your enemies be scattered and uprooted and their mockery silenced through righteous sentencing.  Praise Jesus.

Nothing without Him

In the midst of self importance one seeks legacy in a country where cash is king.  It used to be how many cattle you had, now the measure is the abundance of sinful luxuries you possess.  What occurs to the billionaire when faced with a heart attack or when a family member dies.  Where then is his wisdom?  Proverbs 28:11 A rich man may be wise in his own eyes but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.

It is the blood that matters.  The blood that we commonly share which gives us the breath of life, ferrying oxygen and water to our cells.  It is the blood of family and holding dear the human treasures which contains the spiritual gold.  It is the cleansing for sin which exists in no other faith but that of belief in Christ’s sacrifice.  It is the optimistic confidence reflected in this crimson shade.  It is the truth of life, which no man may avoid.  Without the blood we are lifeless husks of mortality.  With the blood we have hopeful insight to eternity free of sin, pain, death and separation.

Thanks be to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob whose promises are true that we share in the blood of our eternal salvation.  Praise Your Holy, Glorious name King Jesus.

Blind surrender

What would a blind man do to protect himself or free himself from his disability?  Many adapt, overcome, compensate using their remaining heightened senses, but most have no problem with humility in asking for assistance.  What will we do to see beyond our own spiritual blindness?  Will we cry out as the Master nears hoping to catch His attention, knowing that He our only opportunity for healing?  Would we unreservedly throw ourselves at the feet of the Almighty begging Him to have pity upon our circumstances?  Or possibly would we decide to remain in the darkness, doing our best to survive at the mercy of a world subscribing to the “survival of the fittest”?  Oh, Father I cry out to you in my blindness, save me from the darkness.  Bring me into the light, where I may behold Your Wonderful Face.  Heal me and let me sin no more against You.  For without your assistance I am destined to blindly stumble through this life and miss the next.  Let me love as You have first loved me.  Praise Your name, Merciful, Heavenly Lord, our Savior and Righteous King, Jesus.  Amen.

Canaanites and Giants

I cannot convince or justify merely declare.  You will have to give an account for your lives.  I will not be there as your advocate or witness for the Lord of All sees ALL.  What have you accepted, befriended or tolerated which the Lord calls us clearly to drive out and separate from ourselves?  We want the blessings but we don’t want to do what it takes to receive the blessings.  We want the reward but are unwilling to run the race.  We want the food but are unwilling to work.  Take what the Lord has given you.  Possess the land and when you have demonstrated your obedience and trustworthiness He can trust you with greater responsibility and stewardship.  Demonstrate grace through humble satisfaction and joy.

Stop the entitlement philosophy in your own heart before you accuse the youth around you.  Where do we think that they learned this practice?  “Practice makes perfect” is a horror story when what we are practicing is self service.  Everyone want us to be politically correct preachers of peace and flowers.  I simply cannot do that and be obedient to the Lord.  However, this argument is not about me, it is about how closely we are adhering to the Lord’s commands for us as His betrothed.  I will tell people about the Lord’s Infinite Love, but I will also tell them of His Holiness, Righteousness and that He always keeps His promises.  We are failing in our duties as Christians because we don’t want to be perceived as Bible-Thumpers or worse yet Fanatics for Christ.  We are living defeated lives and then blaming it on any convenient culprits.  If we clean up our own act then we can be an example, assistance or conviction to this world suffering sin’s entropy.

This world is falling apart and yet collectively we are willing to try every ridiculous theory except the one that guarantees success, obedience to our Creator, God.  Our country has been going downhill ever since we entertained and widely adopted philosophies in opposition to the Lord’s Eternal Sovereignty.  Roughly around 1850 when men developed ideas like, “God is dead” and “Evolution is the Origin of Species”, they had finally become wise unto themselves.  They finally had alternative explanation for our creation and thus found what they believed to be “permissive disobedience”.  What is worse we don’t even fight them though we know explicitly that their path leads directly to Hades.

Consequently, we have seen a steady decline of the foundation and fabric of what made our country fabulous.  Denying that God is there will neither save us from His accountability nor His vengeance.  Our national blessings are gifts from the Lord.  Conversely, our downfall is proof positive of removal of His hand of blessing.  Christians that are not shouting this truth are either afraid, disobedient or God help us complicit in the world’s debauchery.  None of these three choices is explainable or tolerable according the Lord’s Word.  I cannot tell you what to do if what I suggest, you do not want to do.  Obey the voice of the Holy Spirit within your heart and you will be victoriously effective for the Kingdom, don’t listen and you may be lucky to only end up smelling of smoke for eternity.  Jesus be praised.

http://youtu.be/N17Ifgt9B2U  No more Christian tag lines – Jim Commentary

How’s your laughter life

What do you think about while you are headed on the path?  Do you dream of what shall come, do you plan carefully your next year’s adventures or do you fuss and fume over circumstance?  How’s your laughter life?  Does your wife, your daughter or your best friend giggle in anticipation of your smiles?  Has this world consumed your light or do you bring life to the room and deep, big-bellied laughter to conversation?  Have you the Spirit of joy?  Do you know the precise moment that your thoughts turn from mere reflection to sour your mood and control your day?  Do your thoughts capture you or are you the master of the audience within your head?  Do freedom, laughter, joy and forgiveness naturally reign in your brain or do you have to battle to produce a chuckle or wipe away frown?  The Joy of the Lord is our strength, we must never forget that our enemy is defeated.  Love, joy, peace and laughter are weapons and shields against the darkness of the adversary.  Evil cannot win because it consumes, love will always win because it creates, supports and edifies.  Laugh in the face of misery, spread smiles to a burdened crowd, master your thoughts and bring them under the authority of the Lord Jesus.  For just as sin may be committed in thought so shall victory be won on the field of perception.  I heard the most interesting statistic, sorry I cannot remember the source; a woman of fifty years old laughs five times a day where a girl of five laughs five hundred per day.  It is impossible to skip and frown, try it, you’ll laugh yourself silly.  Though we must age we do not have to grow old.  Hold on to those glorious things of the child that are pure, innocent, joyous, thoughtful, optimistic, trusting and loyal.  They will armor you against this ravenous world seeking to consume all that is good.  Armor up with Christ and remind the enemy he has lost and Love has won.  Praise you Lord God Almighty in the name of Jesus.

You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.  Psalm 16:11

http://youtu.be/AHsUGQAdHRo  Chuck Missler Chapter 20 Revelation, The Millenium.  REJOICE FOR THE LORD REIGNS, FOREVER

December 3, 2011—Relevant Holy Spirit update to entry of November, 9 2011 entitled “Twenty Two” * There are twenty two letters in the Hebrew alphabet.  There are also twenty two chapters in the book of revelation the 22nd being “Eternity”.  Summation;  22 represents a sense of urgency for Eternity.  Do you have it?

Children of “The Book”

Sometimes you don’t know how to do a thing but you still have to do it.  Befuddled, I believe is the appropriate term for the feeling that accompanies floundering around in the dark hoping that there is a light switch.  When we just look at the world from the time of Jesus’ ministry on we are wishing for only the action scenes, no character development, no plot, no mystery.  When you see His picture in its entirety, everything else pales in importance and you shout, run, beg, and drag others to the canvass so that their eyes may behold His glory.  I am just a stage hand but this night I have beheld Greatness.

The Bible is a complete document from Genesis to Revelation telling the same story throughout.  An amazing adventure about God’s love for a predominantly, disobedient, questionably salvageable planet full of humans.  A book about a love so grand that it defies all human understanding, logic, time and probability.  This tome about a Father who left paradise, set aside His Glory to join us in our frailty, mortality and temptation.  Sixty six perfectly-crafted, perspectives that intertwine in their uniqueness but never contradict. Chapter and verse that  consistently, harmoniously and supernaturally combine to reveal the mosaic theme of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In our pride we have misused it as pretense for the most devious acts.  In our misunderstanding we have badgered people into trying to reach perfection which was never its intention.  In our lust for power a select few have coveted its meaning and rationed it out  to the starving like government cheese and bread.  We have argued, debated, rewritten, misinterpreted and twisted the Word in our naive collusion with the devil’s strategy.  We have done everything but accept it, live by it and tell everyone we meet about Him.

It is time for Jew and Christian alike to see that we spend eternity together as one family and understand the majesty of His Plan.  Together we must face our collective adversary, alone we are less than effective.  Lord give us unity, give us love, grant everlasting peace to Jerusalem and all its inhabitants.  Glory to Your Name, King Jesus.

http://youtu.be/RjGYSGbAEUM  Return of the Nephilim?  Solid doctrine prevents deception.  For further supporting information search chuck missler ufo’s and nephilim.  Do not be deceived my Brothers and Sisters.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=373377  Birth pangs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUIkYhEnZfc  Mystery Babylon teaching on Revelation 17 & 18 by Chuck Missler

Sheep’s Irony

How many times have I tried to manipulate the Lord?  How fruitless my attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of the Lord.  Twisting, turning, concealing, running, hiding, misdirection all the moves of an unrepentant man desperate to escape the reality of eventual, righteous and inevitable judgment.  My actions, SEEN BY GOD reflect upon Him as I have accepted the position of Holy ambassador.  How can I entertain even the thought of any employer, father or king accepting disgraceful performance/behavior on the part of a person charged with the responsibility of representation and relationship building?  Forgive my foolishness, indecision and frivolous behavior.  Like an employee stealing from the till in full view of digital cameras I only deceive myself in believing I am somehow getting away with something.  Somehow, something, somewhere, these are indefinite adverbs reflecting uncertainty.  Is that really where I stand with the Lord, uncertain of His Holiness, uncertain of Whom I serve, uncertain of His judgment?  Lord, I am amazed you even consider me worthy of breathing.  Thank You that it is Your righteous, holiness, mercy and grace on which I depend and not my own.  Praise Jesus.