Trying to do what the mind will not allow without freedom. The freedom to imagine that day, that wonderful day when the joys of anticipation fully answered, we are free to escape that which reason limits. Understanding, a complex bundle of science and thought never matures to bouquet without the splendor of daydreamed horizon. These paths these one way, singular vehicle roadways are the construction of those who would capture the imagination and seal it tightly that we may never challenge their ruling. The joy of this life in the midst of pain is something that requires that projection, understanding and contentment of things only seen in the certainty of a hopeful mind.

Even now this world constantly seeks control. Shaping, twisting, parrying, indulging and then bullying each of us in to a conditioned mindset. The nearest victim that of our dreams, imagination and expectation are soon put away as folly, useless and impractical components of a world ruled by reasoned thinking. All discovery is found within the realms and boundless universe of the imagination. Practicality is useful in paying the bills and planting crops or walking the dog but it fails to feed the spirit which is made for universality.  That is not to condone those seeking false release in to the ethereal understanding available through relationship with God’s Word and Prayer, for we must remain vigilant in our focus to defend against the powers, principalities and realms that will gladly offer us a taste of personal power to ensnare us. Why else would God have allowed them among us, fully knowing this mechanism would present ample opportunity for our capture. That men would fall for the ploy of personal magics and conjuring, thinking themselves having cornered the seat of imagination?

These are the days that must be faced with faith or capitulation. We must either hold true to the ideas of hope, a hope found within the confines of our thinking and belief, tested by that which may be seen, felt or touched. Or give into the hopelessness of what lay before us in this circumstantial reality, lacking the visioned promises of Almighty God. They would sell you on sorcery yet have you limit your thinking to the understanding of experimentation that at its outset excludes the possibility of God’s intervention in the world. It is a quandary, a maze from which there is no exit, for it requires a man to imagine within the confines of reasoned thinking, a painful and hopeless experience. My imagination is pure, it allows me to imagine the Lord’s face looking down upon me in favor and delight. It gives me a mental picture of New Jerusalem as it comes down from the sky and the solid full-color vision of Christ’s Return. These are not the things of sorcery but my minds capacity to imagine the realization of the Promises Given within the Word of God.

I do not need your empiricism to tell me about the Lord, I have the mind of Christ, given me by the indwelling Holy Spirit. Do not tell me that history of man’s cruelty to one another in legalism and conquest dictates the limits of our morality and love. How small our borders, how limited our thinking if we are held in check by the sorcery of man. God is infinite, we were made in His likeness, then what does that portend for our constructive boundlessness? They will challenge the ideas of relationship with Almighty God by any assault or ideal that limits the freedom which comes to each person who discovers the universality of that relationship. It is control they seek and the best way to control any specie is to corral them, herd them, place them within the controllable barriers of paddocks whether mental, physical or spiritual. We must embrace our imaginations but never let them act as enemy foot hold or opportunity. There is safety but it is only available under the Mighty Wings of God. Seek Him and you shall find those things beyond your mortal envelope. In Jesus’ Name.

Is our rebellion so significant, so complete that we are even now planning the long term overthrow of God’s domain? Do we secretly harbor resentment of His Ominscient authority to the extent that we ponder, reflect and make safe harbor of those thoughts of being free to pursue the depths of heaven without the worship of its King? What manner of man is rebellious against the Father who loves him? How can a man believe to be given, protected and provided life and all things, blessed then turn his teeth toward the very hand which provided that succor? What are we as humans that we cannot simply accept the rules that God has given for they are not egregious but a requirement that we acknowledge the one right path and that we set ourselves permanently upon it in a journey to the righteous return to our Creator?

Often, in review I am thoroughly unimpressed with my own manufactured wisdom, for its structure lacks surety and the objective of its mission is typically self-focused and reliant upon want. Where do I seek to go that is beyond that place where only God may take me? What joy is there in self rule when that sovereignty would cause me to lose the greatest gift of all the love and salvation provided by a God who so desperately wants to spend an eternity with me? Do I in turn crave to spend eternity with God, or is this just an accommodation I’ve provided to earn eternal existence without going to the depths of judgment? What is it that I truly want from the Lord? Do I wish that He would give me all things and then maybe a hand of magic that I might be my own ruler in my own alternate version of the reality He crafted? How foolish are my wanderings from the Lord?

I see the predicament of the fallen. I see, smell, taste and feel the lure of sin and find it bitter. For once enjoyed and accepted it inserts a wedge between each man and his Creator. For we are no longer able to pursue that sickening sweet aroma of our wanton lusts and remain within good relationship and standing with a Holy and Righteous God who hates the creation and sin within man’s bosom.  It is just reality. It is not something difficult to understand, yet it is something very difficult to accept once we have made determination that we wish to have our lusts fulfilled regularly. This is the choice of separation from God and the provisions everlasting. For some it takes a long time to incrementally edge away from the Lord’s sovereign protection. For others their hunger is so ravenous that they immediately turn their backs on truth and the possibility of God’s pleasure. Yet for all of us it remains the greatest choice of this lifetime for it not only dictates the pathway of this lifetime but the destination and position in the next. That seems so drastic to many, that they cannot dare to believe in a God who would believe Himself the only power capable and rightful to make the rules for this life and determine eternity is a reserved position for the faithful. In there rebellion they dismiss the reality and accept the imaginary to simply press the limits of avoidance to escape the proclamation of Almighty God. Not very smart and certainly less than effective.

I pray that you find a quiet place of peace and resolve with the Lord God that you too are free from the rebellion of wanton sin. The only path to this destination is through the continued participation and relationship with His Holy Spirit in sanctification. Being with God and ending the war by being cleansed of unrighteousness is the greatest place a human may ever reside. His yoke is light, His blessings tremendous and the love He offers you will find no where else in this life and none of it in the next through separation. End the War with God today, believe upon Christ Jesus and be cleansed of sin and have the desire for it removed over time. Sponsoring, feeding or embracing your rebellious heart will mean your eternal death and separation from all that you once loved and the Almighty God who awaits us all in eternity.  In Jesus’ Name.

At the crux of our battle sits something unknown, inexplicable, something devious from which all shy away. The fear is palpable; you can see it within them if they fail there will be no forgiveness. Gone are the moments when lavish dreams are answered for decades resulting in nothing but excess, destruction and exhausted souls. Yet some have been made wealthy to the depths of our imagination, where halls are filled with gold, silver and gems and fat dragons atop them in luxury and watchfulness. There were no limits but now somehow things have become practical as people arouse and remember the value of conservative ideals, storing for the future and utilizing taxes collected in prudent expectation of a better life. Now the enemy roars and threatens and beckons those susceptible to fear to cower back into their cells with promise that they will be torn asunder for pondering, wondering or the straying departure of this tired of unending lust.

They have seen the innocence and heard the cries of those in defense of the vulnerable and they have remembered that they were once one among many, yearning for safety, happiness and a better life. The lure of easy money passed, not so effective the whip as the sugar cube at capturing the wanton desires of those who would be filled, then filled and filled again. They have cause to fear, but now have remembered the call of true fear lost to them when they departed from the known truth of the God that they once respected. Omniscience beckons reminds, recalls and challenges all to find a place free from the plying eyes and ears of a Lord who is indeed everywhere.  And worse, he sees the heart, not just that which is done in privacy but those intentions, the reasoning, the sour and bitter motivations of an unclean existence. Wealth will not purchase escape for there exists no respite from arms that made eternity. The time nears and it is not that some have begun to fear the darkness less merely understanding that the light is to be respected infinitely. The dawn comes and passes and some begin to yearn for a taste of the light that bore them, recalling the joy and warmth and depth of His never ending Love, hoping beyond measure for the rekindling of fires gone dormant long ago. How could they have forgotten so long, how could memories be so effectively wiped clean that even now it is difficult to remember our origins. What a palsied hopeless place to reside in the darkness wondering why you miss the light, losing satisfaction of the sensory input that sustained so sweetly for so long.

What of the stories that we all know to be true, what if this is the moment when those captured tales emerge to reveal the truth of God’s Long and Patient Plan for mankind. Do we begin to ponder our ending, considering the separation from all that we’ve known and loved to great a distance for the earned entry? What now this measure of wealth, health and stature compared to the good name spent as copper in quest of gold. So old the stories of redemption that we now know to be truth for we see those against whom we are aligned and they certainly are God’s Kin. It is evident in their walk, in their footing, smell, speech and enduring character. They have forgotten the fear of this devil we’ve named king replaced by the reverent understanding of a lasting, eternal God who lays beyond the hand of creation’s ploy. What a dismal place this storage house for treasure, once gathered that must be protected, hoarded and recounted for the remainder of the mist of this life and forfeit at the end. What then of something lasting, something precious something eternal, it shant be found in this line of inquiry.

We listen to the same old convincing leveraged clichés; it has been rewritten, the Bible is nonsense, God is a higher power, it is the invention of cunning men, none of that happened it is fiction and Jesus was most certainly not God. But it has never rung true, never grasped hold of the imagination of stolid men who in the seeing, reading and researching of this sacred tome find nothing but truth, education, wisdom, knowledge and historical fact. Again the master warded us pour ourselves upon it in disbelief, refracting its promises, dissolving its surety and distrusting its maker. So much time has been spent in watering down its importance that even now we have begun to wonder why so much time has been spent to dismiss something that is so blatantly false?  Who attacks the enemy of no regard? Who paints with radar the tank that is without threat? This will not and cannot stand logical investigation for in its review we find the enemies documents powerful, fresh, everlasting and whole. Certainly we hate them just as we have been trained to hate their penman and their prophets, saints and sanctification. But now the cracks that once were ignored are now gaping rivulets through which run the waters that once sustained our views as truth, trickling into the bowels of the Earth leaving us thirsty for some Word, perhaps even hungering for the Word of God. Yes that is it we just want to have one drop of its everlasting waters to touch our cheek or drip in coolness across our sandy tongue. This is the beginning of our fear for now we see the portended result of fiery lakes and dusty mouths, Forever Dry.

Maybe we can escape this escapade of madness, Perhaps the King of everything will once again welcome us and offer some manner of work through which I might earn forgiveness. Too cruel to expect that He would consider me eligible for the kindness and care of His offered Mercy and Grace. Is it a dream this madness I am experiencing that I would even now crave to be a slave to righteousness in exchange for the promises of all Earth’s wealth and plenty? I see them in their happy groups, with their joyful smiles and the pious loving words, counting all the empty blessings of poverty and truth. How can they be even for a moment considered of envy, they aspire to nothing, own nothing and struggle in song as if the work, toil, troubles and pain are a reward for service. What manner of super fool has God created, lulling them into an impoverished, nightmare that no one with a right thinking would call life, yet they taught it as abundance in power, peace and humility? How does humility pay the bills, reward the victorious or pleasure the proud angry rituals of those seeking esteem? But it still seems so well perfect, comfortable and dare I say deliciously simple and boring but in a pleasing manner. Maybe I can sneak a peek at this moronic troop from afar and gage what measure of insanity grips them and holds them so tightly to folly that they actually go the grave appreciative, in joyful adoration of this Righteous King they would serve with nothing. Yet, still there is something quite odd because it all seems to make some manner of sense, this foolishness of God’s Faithful. I cannot put my finger upon it but there is something that requires further inspection and I might add some quiet reflection away from those of my banner guard on constant quest for conquest. We’ve made slaves of many. I will  venture among them when the times are quiet and figure out their madness once and for all.

My friend, it is not a myth but truth you seek, the Truth that God put within each of us, that we might know Him and have no cause for excuse at judgment.  Don’t call me friend or I will pull out that lousy tongue that continues to make me wish vehemently I had never heard you utter a word. It’s okay, I said the Lord of Glory knows you and has loved you from the time before you were even an idea. Don’t say that you wretch how could he love something so putrid, poisonous and provocative? There is no way that God even knows me never mind has some concept of love for I deserve no love, only pain and hate, the same pain and hate with which I have fashioned and driven those before me.  God could not love one like me.  I don’t know your sins, but I am certain that they are the same sins of every man, pride, envy, hate, distrust. The Lord says that there is not one man good, that all are deserving of the payment for sin which is death. That is why He made a way so that “all” who repent, believe and accept the gift of salvation might find life abundantly here and eternal life in the life to come. How can this be that an all-Powerful God wouldn’t punish those like me who have done nothing but rebel and cause pain and suffering for humanity? There is no way that He would leave even a crack large enough for my slithering escape of my own predicament, Deeds and nature? Why would God give me this choice of which you speak? Because my friend He loves you so much that He came into this world, experienced our temptation and pan and lived a perfect life then took all sin with him to the grave and arose by the power of Spirit to everlasting life that we might be redeemed to Him in Heaven for the price of believing and faith. That sounds too amazing to be true, you must be lying, but then again I have never seen you lie in all the miserable years I have had to put up with your ridiculous grinning. How does one achieve this redemption to God? Simply admit your unrighteousness, repent of your sin, turn away from your wickedness and accept the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit that He might cleanse you of all unrighteousness, forgive your sins of past and future and seal you for eternal life with Him. It can’t be that simple, that sounds like some kind of a fairy tale, but I cannot get over the love you have in your eyes nor the way I see you live with those around you. I will try this thing called repentance and accept His Sovereign offer of Mercy. Lord I am a sinner. I need your salvation. Please come into my life and cleanse me of sin and save me from my prison. I want so much to know you and to be free of the debt that I can never pay. Forgive me and lead me to the way you would have me live. Fill me with your spirit of Truth that I might gain discernment and wisdom to understand the right path from this life to the next. I love you and thank you for offering me redemption and grace. Jesus I love you.

At that moment I felt the pain reside and the peace come into my heart I also heard the raging screams of the dark one having lost me for good to God.  I walk now in the light forever. The darkness has no lure and no claims upon my immortal soul. I will learn, to walk in faith and stand against the enemies of the Light that I too might rescue those that may still be saved from the darkness of eternal separation from Almighty God. My service to darkness shall be forgotten but it shall make me ever mindful of the painful cost of deception that trapped within its promises of wealth and leisure. There are grandeur things in life than the promises of this mortal and temporary body. I look forward to the day when I shall receive the incorruptible body having been paid for by propitiation of the Perfect Sacrifice, Christ Jesus the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to the Glory of God Almighty.

Are you driven? And if so what objective, resource, tandem relationship or ideal spurs you forward? Are you relentless in your pursuits, do they pester you during hours dedicated to rest? Where are you headed my friend? What it the destination to which you’ve so aggressive directed your vessel? What have you left behind, deemed less important or too costly regarding time and energy that it had to be abandoned for the cause? What are the gains of such venture? Where will you be in five years having duly pursued this veracious appetite for success? Does this path seem so right to you that there is nothing or no one who could dissuade you from achieving that objective? What process sponsored this “at all costs” journey?

What is the nature of my “single minded” focus?  Why am I so determined to pursue this avenue even at the sacrifice of all other ideas or roads less traveled? Where did the idea come from was it generated in a moment of inspiration, am I copying someone else’s achievement of making up for their failure to achieve or do I have a hard time identifying the catalyst of my pursuit?

The Bible is very clear that there is a way that appears right to a man but its step leading directly to Hades. Now I am paraphrasing, but we get the general intent of the scripture. If it is myself and untrustworthy source at best from whom I have received “life leading” direction then by nature it is suspect. Do we have the self control of the Holy Spirit’s Character and guidance to understand that those voices that are not from God, even those voices of self must be investigated, analyzed and suspect at best in review. I don’t know what is right. I did not determine what the right path is in life by my own means or understanding, I was given that quiet whisper by the Good Shepherd and made the choice to obey that voice alone. “My sheep know my voice and another they will not follow”, does that sound familiar. This scripture describes a life where all other competing influences and voices are told to take a secondary or tertiary position to the clear direction of the Shepherd. Unfortunately for those of us who are really self-assured and motivated that includes our “own” voice as well.

I must face the fact that God gives me direction in HIS TIMING. When direction emerges internally, compulsively or with an appetite of “it must be done at all cost”, the mature Christian takes this to the Lord for confirmation. That process of confirmation typically resolves in an understanding that this direction did not come from the Lord but usually from our own mortal appetite for success, achievement, conquest, glory or wealth. If you find yourself driven, please slow down, pull over and let the Lord take the wheel because you my friend have gotten off that skinny path, taking another road of diversion from true purpose. I pray for peace in your life this very moment, In Jesus Mighty Name.

Are you ready for the great things that are headed our way or are you spending your days being concerned with the circumstances and revealed struggles before you? Have you learned to dance with joy at the pain you are graced to experience, as it tests, grows and prepares you for the Great Day of the Lord’s Coming and the time when you too will be filled with the powerful witness of the Holy Spirit of God? Do you rejoice in worship or cry in misery at the road that they Lord has lain before you in your fulfillment of his purpose and sanctification of this lifetime? Are you readying yourself or simply sitting around waiting, hoping and praying that the life you’ve been born to will somehow be transformed? Are you capturing all the joy that is abundantly flowing into your life by the Power of God or are you sitting and wallowing in misery that this life is not how you’ve expected or anticipated it should be?

What then is living for God, but simply walking the road that He lays out before each of us?  Are we meant for some type of reward, treasure, health, wealth great popularity or are we designed to bring Glory to Almighty God in our graceful method and volunteerism to the Life that He prepared for each of us? What is your destination? What is your objective for this life? Are you serving your own plan or have you come to know Christ and His Word in such a way that you know the majesty of the trials and tribulations set before you? Perhaps you have been given the greatest reward available in that you have been given trials, difficulties, pains, wounds and tribulation so great because the Lord will demonstrate His Glory uniquely through your overcoming those tremendous obstacles?  Can you imagine yourself blessed by troubles? The world would never have you think positively of your personal plight, they would call you foolish to rise above your pain and peril.  But won’t they be amazed at the power you have to overcome those obstacles and observe joy and abundant life in Christ?

What then are we being prepared for if not but for the revelation of God’s Glory in our adaptation to the trials of the life time? If we are to be witnesses, shepherds or examples of how to live in a way that places the onus upon the promises not upon the circumstances do we not then have to flow, change and adapt to those circumstances with a measure of victorious perspective upon our hearts and lips? How would the enemy prevail against Christians and Jews in the circumstance, of course by stealing our joy, which is how the Lord claimed he prowls about the Earth seeking to consume our joy. We were meant for great things, but those great things are not the things of our own wealth, glory, fame or imagination, they are the great things that come along with being the powerful witnesses for the Coming Kingdom of God in our testimony and witness for Christ the King. We will have power when the power will point to the revelation to the this world of the Glorious Creator of All Things.

I pray that our perspective our purpose and our power to prevail against all the obstacles set before us are firmly rooted in our faith upon the Promises of God. We are meant as the witnesses to set the road straight of the Glorious Appearing of Christ, that is a responsibility greater than any we could have been personally charged.  What a glorious day that day that Christ died with me upon that Cross and I was set free to become that which He designed for me from the beginning of time.  What a glorious day we face in the Glory of Almighty God revealed through each of us to a world that so desperately needs His Love. In Jesus name I love you.

You are right, I know so very little, it is understandable that you look upon me in wonder imagining how I can even navigate life’s obstacles with such limited assets. I get it that the ideas that cross your mind are of such importance that we ought instantly stop, listen and take careful notice of each powerful detail. I honor your commitment to your way for it does seem so right to you. And I apologize for not being passionately captured by the eye opening content that frankly is so high above my perceptive capacity that I have even failed to register its impact, its indelible significance.

I do not wish to see your worthy cause diminished, so please let me encourage you to call the helm to full steam ahead and may your ship find ports beyond this simple village with the inadequate receptors for such high minded inquiry. Oh, you don’t want to go, you would rather stay here and force me to understand your complex line of thinking that we have heretofore established is far beyond my inherent ability to comprehend. Oh, so you are going to teach me what I need to learn in order to grasp these golden grapes of satisfying wisdom.

Do I perhaps have any authority within this authoritarian structure, maybe to say something as, “I do not wish to become educated to that line of thinking”? Oh, that is not allowed in order to maintain a relationship with you I must first acknowledge my immeasurable ignorance and then volunteer to be force fed ideas and concepts that I frankly do not value or cannot ascertain that value you claim they have in reserve? Oh, there comes the finger in my face and the insults that are especially effective with those who are susceptible to bullying or having their character diminished until they acquiesce.

At this point I am going to utter something that is entirely intended with all love, care, gentility and measured thought, NO. What you haven’t anyone dare to disagree with your knighthood and dismiss themselves from the list of those who you deem in desperate need of intellectual modification? Well there is a new day and new experiences within each new day and it appears this is your new day.

I don’t know much. It is actually freeing to be simple. Though I do understand the complex reasoning and power behind the Love of God, something over which scholars have regularly argued for millennia. What does that mean that a simple man can understand the depth of God’s Love and yet be incapable of worldly understanding or pursuit of philosophical platinum reserved for those whose names painted history? I don’t know because I choose not to. Focusing on love frees me from the complex worry and concerns of this world that has determined that being complicated is somehow a badge of honor to be worn by chosen few.

Look I get it, please walk away perhaps feeling sorry for me because it makes no sense to you that I would rather just be sitting here with a couple of God fearing folks from the country, sharing a smile, a song or some fresh tea for the rest of my worldly existence than to spend even one moment in the complex, reasoned debate about man’s superiority over other men that I know will accompany those moments spent in your company.  I love you but you only love yourself and that my friend is a dangerous place to be, especially in this day and time.  May the Lord God’s Holy Spirit touch your heart and give you people more valuable than your thoughts. In Jesus Name.

It is an odd thing to rejoice in the middle of a nightmare. Perhaps even stranger to find peace in the middle of war. This world has secrets, not the mysterious, magical sorcery that they would have you ponder, designed to enable yourselves as fairy creatures that allow for super speed, knowledge and power. These are internal secrets of how to live this life in a way that is contrary to the fear based version they commonly portray.

We, created beings were endowed by our creator with certain rights, understandings and resemblance to Him. That similarity requires, even demands a realization that the Creator neither fears creation nor should those who have been created by His hand. You see fear is an invention of those influences who would see us enslaved in this world and helpless in the next. The Lord did not give us fear, what then is the secret to overcoming that same influence?

Love, perfect love casts out fear, driving its influence before it, dispelling it back into the realms of darkness where it normally resides.  You see, the Love for my family demands my lack of fear in defense of their frailties and innocence. The Love of my country requires that I stand in the fury of even apparently overwhelming odds and enemies defying their capacity to take that which does not belong nor shall ever belong to them. Love denies fear its power and authority of the righteous man who knows that although they may at most take this mortal life that they cannot touch me in eternity nor can they defend against the All Mighty God who loves me and defends me from their evil intention. You see even if I were to lose in a position in which I should have been driven cowardly by fear, they shall not escape the inescapable moment of their judgment before the Holy and Righteous God who created us all.

I get that the enemy sells fear to provoke, frighten, evoke paralysis and to instill an odd sense of despair and false authority surrounding the creatures of the dark. They do not rule, they are powerful but in the end the true ruler of everything says that we prevail and not in a minor fashion but in a way that makes it very clear that we were the rightful victors from outset. This is not a thing of fear this battle for the future of mankind. This is not a thing that gives fear some manner of victory in that we will stand our ground for as long as it takes to collect the last decision for Christ and properly and formally usher in the Kingdom of God.

Fear cannot be tolerated nor entertained for in its acceptance we are admitting our lack faith in a Sovereign, Almighty God. You see since He says that we shouldn’t be afraid it is then a thing of faith to dispel fear with love. The only fear we ought have is a rightful and righteous respect and fear for that Same God who made us. That is the rightful apprehension and respect that is the true sense of reverence in the eradication of fear. For I do not fear the Lord’s Judgment because I love Him with all my heart and know that He rewards the humble and has offered and I have accepted His gift of eternal life in Hope and Grace.

If you are frightened sit for a moment. This life is relatively short and then it is appointed to all men once to die and then the judgment.  What is it that you fear? Is it loss of money, stature, friendships, your life? Look to the fear first as illusion and walk through it with the understanding that it is an irrational spirit, and not a thing of God. This world is going away, do you fear that it will somehow go away faster than you expected? The evil influences serving themselves as the expense of men are going to face perfect judgment by a Worthy and Righteous King.  Do you fear them before that day of judgment, knowing that at some point they will be stripped of all power eternally? What is it that you fear. I know it is death isn’t it?

I get it the unknown can be a complex and distraught place of illusion and imaginary occurrence. But God has told us what happens to us the moment we pass from the plain into the next. We leave this life one moment and the next second we are standing before a Holy And Righteous God who wants to see us and welcome us to the throngs of heaven, our true family. What then is the fear intrinsic to this vision, to this perfect end? Perhaps, I would be fearful of not dying and remaining here for the collapse of humanity and the dissolution of historic and commercial religiosity and political structure. What you want those things to go as well. Well, I am refreshed because if your wishes are going to come true then the reason that existed for fear at the outset is now by nature, well irrelevant.

Live powerful, Live abundantly, Live full of Love and cast out fear in your wake as you walk this life with and for God. In Jesus Name.

This isn’t about me doing whatever strikes my fancy and then seeing if it fits into God’s perspective for righteousness and obedience. It is fanciful for me to expect that somehow not having read God’s direction in the Bible and then living my life inappropriately according to those standards that I didn’t read is somehow going to provide some manner of “I didn’t know the rules” excuse when standing before God.  Adam wasn’t obedient and that created a history long sin crisis that included the entirety of humanity for the duration of our species. What then makes me believe that God will somehow look upon my refusal to be obedient to His commands in a different light, especially since He stepped down out of glory to rectify the first issue?

Yes, I have grace and Yes, My sins have been forgiven by belief in the Work of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross and through a sealing and indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit. What in my absurd perspective could perhaps lead me to for even a moment entertaining the idea that this somehow freed me from the obedience that led to the need for salvation and grace in the first place? Brothers, my fellow saints, do you truly believe that you can live this life in disobedience to the Lord’s expectations and that you are going to somehow escape the judgment that caused Adam to pass on his sin throughout the breadth of humanity hereafter?

Really, you are the one person to whom He was not referring when He said that He hates sin and that the wicked practice their sinful acts of wickedness. Let’s just take a moment to breathe and get this straight.  It is okay for you to be prideful, lustful, envious, jealous, greedy, spiteful, hateful, adulterous, fornicate regularly and disrespect your parents and authority with no expectant repercussions? Okay, I am going to resist the temptation to take a step back because I know that if I were God there would have been a large lightning bolt aimed in your specific location.  But I am not God and therefore my role in obedience is to Love You. So now in my heart of hearts out of love for you, I must ask; where is your fear of Almighty God? Don’t you for a moment respect His sovereign authority and the price that He paid for you upon that cross.  You mean to say you are going to disrespect that wonderful gift and in contempt simply go about your previous business as if nothing has occurred or will occur in consequence?

Okay, I can see that some prayer is definitely in order.  I also need you to understand that you are outside God’s fellowship and very definitely not listening to His Will for your life. Do I do anything in reaction to that stance? Well, I don’t yet know, because I am going to take it to the Lord and listen for His direction, while searching He Word for the right path to take. Perhaps you would like me to simply disobey and ignore, forget or overlook the circumstances, befriending your worldly behavior and then having the same level of fellowship and relationship with my Father, God?  No unfortunately being obedient applies to all my life not just the part I wanted to give to Him in surrender, thinking myself sovereign over everything over which I believe I have control.  Praying for you, in Jesus’ Holy Righteous Name.

For me, I think, he did this for me. And in those frantic moments when chill has taken hold of my spine or have lost my gumption, I am somehow, well, healed. Watching things raise to the level of catastrophic around me, yet the children still laugh with simplicity at balloons, friends and mysteries to be held in secret by friends. It is hard, isn’t it, how then are we free to laugh, love, contemplate the normalcy of the world around us?  Because it is still joy my friend, to see a child grow the way they were meant to live. It is still a grand thing to listen to the wisdom of those who came before us as they carefully recall the stories and reasons that demonstrate that sense and common sense at that still exist.

Lost in the lonely thoughts of a man in prayer for those who think themselves fallen but have deceived into believing that there remains only one option. Forgiveness is much greater than contempt or desertion of the principles to which you’ve dedicated a lifetime.  It is that time. The time for you to hold on with both hands to every memory, every ounce of sweat, every thought of satisfaction in triumphant predilection. Chaos is not a destination it is a storm of particular rapacious events that must be ridden to be esteemed. It is a cascading tumult of chemical or lawful interactions that appear likely destined for calamitous end, yet there is always possibility.

These days are not meant for my uncomplicated reasoning. These are the moments for much more complex men than this one I’ve become. At home simply walking primitive road, caught in a myriad of geometric shapes, practical tools and the gladness brought to shoulder by a noon day sun. This array, this time, these well contemplated strategies are for greater minds. My own limited to reason, rhyme, season and station that reflect a perspective believing in the likelihood of miracles and well springs of Spiritual Awakening. They want answers and it is not enough to simply bid them “be” and if that is not yet hardy enough for understanding then stop “trying” to be something else. One sip of authenticity makes peace a hearty brew but not for those who enjoy displacement, corruption or random occurrence.

Is it okay for everything to be okay? Is it alright to be alright? You look at me as if there is something wrong with my capacity for comprehension, as if to be akin to the world I must somehow feel out of place, disjointed or a bit to the right of dysfunctional. That’s okay, it is okay to be upset, but feeding it never builds only decay’s, destroys and siphons the probability of the natural occurrence of joy and humor. I guess I did not get the memo that said I have to remain with a scowl across my visage or somehow fall from acceptable facial configuration regulations. I am happy.  I love you.  God is with us, helping, providing, edifying and rewarding our efforts and obedience. We are part of something yet so cautiously defined that few would take this moment to jump for great joy at our coming reunification with the King. Sorry for me, that is exactly what I plan to do, for it is in this moment that I have realized my good graces and although the day remains beyond this one, not seen until that dawn, it is still as clear as ever in my determination and faithful understanding. Why must I wait to celebrate that which I know will shortly come.

I love the idea of His Appearing. I love that He provided you escape. I love now that He loves you so much He cannot even wait to chat with you this evening. I am sorry that this world has not gone the way that we would have preferred. It does seem that we should have been able to work it out in some manner. The dawn of a new era is nearly upon us a time when we shall rule and reign with the rightful King. I do not know the joy or the travails that shall befall us in the interim, but I do know that the work we do is for the greatest good of God and man.  I pray that you find joy in the midst of whatever comes our way for it is the greatest thing we could ever do is look to the joy of our eternal future and allow that joy to color our present circumstance. In Jesus’ Name.

Lord Jesus, was the Word that you were teaching that difficult to comprehend? I read it and it makes sense, even in the parts that require some contemplation to understand spiritual application or parable. But through what lens am I determining this measure of simplicity? I understand that people hear some difficult parables and do not comprehend at first, I get it that sometimes concept as the cleansing blood, and without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin.  I get it that there are some issues surrounding Israel or the characters of the Bible as symbolic reference to the plan for salvation, but I am stilled perplexed the laxity with which people attend to the Bible’s importance.

For example, when we are youths we will spend thousands of hours, listening to music, conducting sporting event and exercise going to class for hundreds of hours to master the basic principles required to become socially successful.  However, the Book that promises the opportunity and discusses/explains the path to eternal life and the forgiveness of our shame, guilt and sin is given a small proportion of our time and attention at understanding. In fact, those who go to college will spend hundreds of hours going over the philosophies of man, the Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Chinese and Indians, yet spend mere minutes upon the Words ascribed to the Creator of all those civilizations and the original of all original thought.  It frankly makes no sense.  I get the same feeling when I look at the impossible statistics regarding western universities being 97% liberal.  These are manufactured results, accomplished by infiltration and strict attention to creating this circumstance.

Now we must see the enemies planning and thus a consistent and logical step in its reversal. If we have achieved our current predicament and lack of Biblical understanding through the apparent attempts of nefarious actors to keep us away from a relationship with the Creator via a thorough study and comprehension of the Word He has given us then, by nature and reason, a thorough study and understanding of those texts would in fact remedy the anomaly.

Oh, wait you are making too much sense.  What if I don’t want to do that work and want to continue to state that things like being cleansed by the Blood of the Perfect Lamb of all unrighteousness or perhaps that His Body and Blood were given that whosoever partakes of them shall find salvation and everlasting life?  You see if I continue to claim these ideas are too complex, too radical, too representative in their meaning for me to possibly understand that is ample excuse for not doing so.

First, Romans 1 states that none of us have excuse since all were given the Truth of God by the Creator, so there goes that escape.  And second, if everything were working for us in society, no wars, famines, economic troubles, poor, dying, impoverished or tyrants, then I would say continue upon the same path on which we currently reside.  But, it isn’t working.  Liberalism is not increasing the freedoms associated with our thinking and our right but limiting them.

Therefore, by reason of simple logic we must be ready to pursue those things we have previously found excuse to escape.  It is time for those who call themselves by His Name to know His Word and to take the time and the honored pleasure of teaching it to our families, friends and foreigners who are within our sphere. To do otherwise is foolish and disobedient.

The greatest wisdom available is within the Word of God.  Prove me wrong. Show me the error of my thinking and correct my statements.  Oh, you see me a bit too clever for you cannot refute my arguments for faith without first understanding faith.  You cannot diminish the Bible by understanding the Koran or any other religious text. You cannot argue against the existence of God utilizing any philosophy or science for they are both within its text and you will find yourself confronted with logical argument for your conversion and retreat from the field of discussion.  So go ahead, prove me wrong. I can take it, can you.  Show me the error of my ways, In fact, I challenge all of America to prove me wrong, pick up the Word and show me the error in my thinking and my faith.  Oh, the excuse is becoming evident the plan of the enemy is revealed.  Keep them from the Book at all cost for within its Word they shall find relationship with the King and find everlasting Life.  How can I be other than Bold with such an armament of discussion available to the asking?

Choose, for that is your gift from God the free will right to choose.  But you must know the stakes and the implications of such choice.  To know these you must know and study the Bible and have a chat with Almighty God in the privacy of your own thinking and discussion.  I welcome that opportunity for your private choice and welcome the opportunity to be proven wrong, or perhaps be thanked for being right.  I am comfortable with either, are You?  In Jesus’ Name.