They warned me, cajoled and even punished for the simple sin of being who God made me. They promised no hope of acceptance, style or peace without changing the range, perspective and verbiage attendant to their published nightmare. I would not dream in the color of their adoration. So, I became them, better than them, perfected, sharpened, learned and skilled in the tendencies, mannerism and ice cold dispassionate, tortuous intent leaving them breathless in my capacity to over achieve.  Beware the man who learns the craft through skills at mastery taught by powerful men of potent ambition and veracious hunger. The appetites of such a man will not soon be slendered.

In this process of becoming the convenient, package, gaining entry into the privy of their polished places, my love was forgotten replaced by wanton attention and accolade, the rewards of lighted man. You see men who love children, the wounded and the impoverished are not adored in the halls of power. They are consumed, utilized and treasured for their camouflage and perhaps even admired for their desire to fit, wanting, craving acceptance to the point where all that was brilliant is lost to the dull strapping of desert winds. In rage, at the machinery, at the willing ambition and coldness of men, I punished them as they had been present in all those periods where the rich, glorious gifts of God’s Crafting were stripped, diminished, stolen and placed in the dust bin of personal memory.

Why then rebirth? For God pursues those whom He loves, never relenting in a quest that we remember our making.  For this man to find a forgiving in the midst of endless, calamity and horrific hurt was anathema to worldly wishes.  Giving gladly the keys, sharpened whit and ego powered perfection of those rewarded with Gold and Glitter, I found the true floor concealed beneath formica.  He had not left, a much more the blessing, He had prepared and tended fires that would lead to eternal flames of sealing and significance. A man to find the man within the man, shrouded for human approval. Oh, this is a thing that will never movies make but history and dreams, alas this is the stuff of wonder. To find within ourselves a man we thought lost to the achievements and blunders of a wondering through the worldly insignificant rewards of a midst filled life. Decrying the lies told, the dreams lost, the words offered as ill measure and healing for the incredible loss of God’s Will and Perspective. This at last was the arrival at the doorway to the vault of true measure, pleasure, treasure and finesse. To live the Life that God had assigned, however late in the day, it still had come.

Now to what, When, where or how, matters little reflected in the Light of Why? This dream is the dream of eternity and ages, not a transformation but an awakening of true mettle within the plastic veneer of global whitewash. This is the measure of this man, to live the walk of a prophet, priest, teacher, evangelist, servant, disciple and friend to the King who would have all men prepared for Freedom’s understanding and the reward found only in the twinkling and glassy seas at the Foot of Almighty’s Throne. Talk is cheap but conversation with God will set the world in order or reduce it to dust at it topples from false foundation. In my case things are set right, beyond right, to a place unreachable by human means. The paradise of forgiven fools much better than Fool’s Paradise achieved for a fortnight in God’s economy and temporal reference.

This is the real, that was the false, Read it and comment if you must but paltry words have no authority when Truth is the measure of our Faith.  In Jesus’ Holy Name, I am what He wants me to be, finally.

Had enough? Can’t stand another minute in the shoes you’ve been given to walk within? Where is the rest, the brief cool breezes outlining the aerodynamic aspect of your sizzling mind? What dreams come to foster repair, healing or toss away the bloody insults of trafficked minds? Where is their allegiance that to prove themselves human they must professionally debase the innocent? What times are we entered that to breathe free and independent humanity we must acquiesce to the modern, humanistic lies of a prepared and polished script? When to reason have we departed, unmarried unwed to reflective opinion, separate from our faculties?  What drives the vehicle that is doused in modernity?

They knew not the glory and grace they had been given. Not earned as in preparatory understanding and contentment or thankful epiphany, but begun in the place of majesty, viewing God. Fell they from that grace for the price of deceptive promises, promises of personal fame, glory and adoration above the towering frame and knowledge of Almighty. Now to men has this disease driven humanity from the human. Pledged to actualization and realization of the property of endowment fulfilled in their collective worship, I will be free from the memories of the depths from which I plunged. Driven to create yet capable of only destruction or dissemble.  Nothing true, or stable or even real as the mirage takes form and shape based upon the craving and thirsty mind. Conjured for the queen to warp their sensibilities, lured to lust and union incapable of healthy regard. Dust for sale, Trust impossible yet still pawned to passion’s heartache.

When have you Father, seen the inclination to step from the machinery in disgust and desire for that perfection? Viewing the offer it is found inadequate to possibility and fulfillment for it is limited by scope and imagination.  Their are no wings and therefore no far reaching flight of successful potency. What then to rot upon the bottom, muddied, angered, incensed, purposefully stuck to the poisonous craft of unforgiveness? Am I to be touched by God’s remembrance prior to world entry and then slowly begin the process of extracting majesty’s understanding to be given cardboard dreams and paper nightmares cut out by a rangy mangy impoverished gang of miscreants who knew not the glory they were simply given? To forget that rush of presence in Almighty Glory, traded, by traitors to Holiness and Truth.

There is no place for my tongs at this table. I shall not reach nor ask pardon from this impoverished lot, when in my heart sits the invitation to King’s Feast. where majesty shall serve us.  My heart cannot be shattered sufficiently to comprehend a reward that brings me to my knees simply in contemplation. What have I become that the King waits and wants to be with me and this merry lot of once dead who have seen the birth of second life, stronger, eternal, better than the first?  A sweet taste of dreams not meant for mortality. This is the day of my wish, hope and prayer, not for things collected but souls given in purpose and surrender to the King who deserves that all might gain entry to that glorious and lasting day of inclusion in His Presence. To Be With God because God wants us there. No greater day, No lie betrays the Word in its simplicity, Strength and Eternal Surety. A place with my King in forever’s freedom. How Sweet that Name, Jesus Christ the King.

All Definitions taken directly from Websters.com, for educational purposes only used here.

Definition of indomitable

: incapable of being subdued : UNCONQUERABLE

The product of being unconquerable is perhaps a lengthy and scantly understood process.  To comprehend its vast array of expressive powers we must first investigate the limitations of being unconquerable. Yes, limitations.  You ask, “How can something be indomitable and yet have limitations”? Great question, glad you asked.

Considering the definition in Webster’s utilizes the word subdued as an inherent foundation to explain unconquerable we must begin with an understanding of what it means to be subdued. Webster’s states that subdued is:

Definition of subdued

: lacking in vitality, intensity, or strength

So the state at which we are conquerable is a point at which we are lacking in vitality, intensity or strength.  This devastating combination of the elements appears to indicate a relative powerlessness that inhibits the indomitable circumstance or subdues its arising within the human spirit. Then in order to create a situation where it is impossible for my foes to acquire that indomitable Spirit I must prohibit their collection, store, understanding or connection to sources of vitality, intensity and strength. This begs investigation into these vital words if in fact they are the narrow pathway to an unconquerable man or woman.

Definition of vitality

1a: lively and animated character

b: power of enduring

2a: the peculiarity distinguishing the living from the nonliving

b: capacity to live and develop also : physical or mental vigor especially when highly developed

The first thing that strikes the reader of this definition is the frequency of the word, Life or the process of Living.  Vitality is a measure of the potency of a person’s life force, that force intrinsic to a human that indicates a robust allocation, understanding or demonstration of the verve of life.  It also indicates in a lesser extent the timelessness surrounding the quality of this life exuberance. To be vital one must possess the enduring qualities that make it a considerable force over-time and have the learning facets to build upon the primary verve for life as it grows toward a mature unconquerable understanding. It is also enlightening to see that vitality encompasses several parts of the foundations of man including the physical and mental aspects. It must be said that perhaps Webster should have added to Spiritual aspects of maturity, faith and enduring/sanctifying qualities of vitality to that mix, but we shall leave that to the reader’s discernment.

Definition of intensity

1: the quality or state of being intense especially : extreme degree of strength, force, energy, or feeling

2: the magnitude of a quantity (such as force or energy) per unit (as of area, charge, mass, or time)

I thought perhaps this description would simplify or clarify our understanding of vitality but it indeed in my mind has increased the need for broad understanding and meditation upon the components of this enduring, qualitative state of mind for now we are seeing that it encompasses the realms of emotion, physicality, spirituality and energetic display through measurable magnitude. In fact this definition includes the idea that to be intense is a peculiar state that is described as extreme within the parameters of this definition. So, intensity which is a primary defense against being subdued which in turn makes the unconquerable state unreachable is a peculiar quality that is extreme and includes multi-functional operating capacity spanning across thought, emotion, physical power and mental endurance. This peculiarity again references the need to be measured over time making it more a measure by calculus than simple geometry as it is a function of longevity and a measure of this energetic display over a time period.

strength

noun

\ ˈstreŋ(k)th  , ˈstren(t)th  \

plural strengths\ ˈstreŋ(k)ths  , ˈstren(t)ths , ˈstreŋks \

Definition of strength

1: the quality or state of being strong : capacity for exertion or endurance

2: power to resist force : SOLIDITY, TOUGHNESS

3: power of resisting attack : IMPREGNABILITY

4a: legal, logical, or moral force

b: a strong attribute or inherent asset the strengths and the weaknesses of the book are evident

5a: degree of potency of effect or of concentration chili peppers in varying strengths

b: intensity of light, color, sound, or odor

c: vigor of expression

6: force as measured in numbers : effective numbers of any body or organization an army at full strength

7: one regarded as embodying or affording force or firmness : SUPPORT you are my love and my strength

8: maintenance of or a rising tendency in a price level : firmness of prices the strength of the dollar

9: BASIS —used in the phrase on the strength of

from strength to strength

: vigorously forward : from one high point to the next

Perhaps, in reviewing this noun we find the complexity of the state in which an indomitable spirit may birth, grow and mature, for strength in necessity appears the primary measure of the quality of the unconquerable effort. We now perceive that intensity requires the inclusion of the spiritual qualities of endurance along with a physical make-up and display of the measures of rigid substructure that in itself is defense against intrusion or penetration. We also see the robust qualities of the word, strength, in its capacity to describe a certain Willful Expression or display of enduring or intense force to stand against time, offense or even attitude in it is insurmountable nature. This word also describes a perceivable understanding and visual or palpable measure of that strength to the extent that onlookers see it visible in their estimation of a person’s psyche and physical capacity.  Strength is a primarily an expression of VIGOR, if so then we must investigate the origins of this word to receive complete understanding.

Definition of vigor

1: active bodily or mental strength or force

2: active healthy well-balanced growth especially of plants

3: intensity of action or effect : FORCE

4: effective legal status

We are now confronted with the inclusion of active participation in the complete processing and identification of that “strength” within each body. That not only is the quality a potential energy but also kinetic in its foundation such that without the visible measure of the active VIGOR of such enduring or physical/mental/spiritual force of strength it may not exist.  To be it cannot simply be it must be expressed through the subsequent actions and demonstration of its qualities in physical manifestation. So strength is not simply a concept, just as vitality and unconquerable spirits survive the tests of time strength must also be displayed for a period of time to achieve its vigorous nature.  Additionally, vigor expresses the concept of health as an inherent quality to this strength, vitality and intensity by nature. So we are now arrived at a broader understanding of the indomitable spirit in its physical manifestation, its intense nature, its vitality and its health all being necessary to express or achieve the capacity for an unconquerable nature and mental understanding.

So, we now have a broader concept and visualization of the components of an indomitable situation, person or spirit. Now we must investigate this peculiarity and see if it is in fact available to every man and woman for it may well indeed be the determining factor in our success or failure going forward in the turgid pages of history’s unfolding.  Is it something we may acquire, gain, grow and position or practice that we become intelligent and experienced in its operative qualities that we may, at will, reflect the qualities of an unconquerable nature?

First we must make personal inventory of the presence of the components and the limiting factors that encourage or inhibit that indomitable spirit’s existence within our own hearts, minds and action.  Are we subdued, meaning are we lacking intensity, vitality, strength, vigor? Do these qualities elude you and do you find yourself a victim to circumstance or the weighty pressures of the world’s gravity? Or are you that person that goes forward into any circumstance with an incalculable, seemingly illogical peculiarity of purpose and power allows you to endure as a victor throughout the tests, troubles and trials of life?

Let’s be honest if we are subdued this portends a prison of some sort, having been subdued by the circumstance and thus confined to the limitations that will prohibit and effectively deny the state of mind and the active vitality necessary to being an overcomer. And for those of you who have put your  faith and trust in God you have begun to see words that are prevalent throughout the Bible in its description of the overcomer; Peculiar, abundance, vigor, courage, these are all words synonymous with the attitude of the believer.  The unique thing to outsides looking in is that these qualities are not gained through process or achievement but given as acceptance of belief in faith.  This concept astounds the parameters of normalcy, thus Peculiar.

Now that we have done a self-reflective inventory and know whether we have those rare qualities necessary to achieving or realizing an unconquerable attitude or strength, we may now commit to becoming that person or denying it is achievable.  On which side do you find yourself; believing that the indomitable spirit, strength and set of actions are real and achievable or that we have accepted the position of a subdued nature in which case denying that indomitable anything is a possible or probable state?

Okay, that you are continuing in the process of reading this document I will assume that you in fact are now in agreement that an indomitable spirit, though rare and peculiar does exist and is achievable through some currently unknown process or understanding.  Let us go forward and find out how we might reach that point or arrive at that state having been led there by a consistent process and understanding.

The etymology of the word vigor from around 1300, Latin or French gives us a new understanding of the complexity of this life and how it might be to some extent mastered through the overwhelming perspective. That is not meant in the “self help” version of overcoming but rather an understanding and wisdom insight into life giving the believer a complex and robust comprehension of the enemy’s personal assault upon the psyche and the fact that there are states opposite that onslaught which are achievable, persistent and victorious.  The original definition of vigor comes with it the physical strength of a person who is lively in their expression of Life.  Wow, that is deep. You mean I can live but not be lively in my expression of that Life and therefore appear powerless or subdued, absent a consistent impermeability to the negative forces we all face? Well, YES.

Christ said that He came that we might have life and have it in abundance. Does that seem consistent with my attempts to explain this millennium old expression of an understanding that a vigorous life is that expression of which Christ referenced?

Okay, so in having a verve for life we find the foundation of our strength and that strength and its intense expression are the enduring and necessary components of an indomitable spirit. So if I don’t have the verve for Life as I have acknowledged in my self analysis, then how do I get it.  That begins with thanks, gratefulness and contentment.  For we cannot be full of a life and expressing our lively abundance for life without accepting our current position and being grateful for all that we have or don’t have in its expression of God’s Will for our lives. Am I content and appreciative of the life I have or perhaps am I bitter not having the things or components I feel are necessary to achieve that contentment?  Yes, that is a hard one and may take some time to absorb.

Second, we must recognize the enemy that we face is unbeatable through our own strength and dominion. What? How can I be indomitable if I am facing an overwhelming set of forces that I may never overcome?

Exactly. The indomitable spirit is that nature that looks with a peculiar eye to the impossible or unbeatable foe. What? I know give it few seconds it will soak in. How can you be indomitable without an unbeatable foe? If everything around you is within your power to accomplish, achieve, overcome or better, why would you ever need to be unconquerable?  Ah, hah, he’s not such an idiot. Perhaps I will read a bit more of what he is saying to me.  Having an enemy that is unbeatable is the exact and frankly only reason that we need an indomitable spirit.  So, the quicker we realize that we are in a war that we cannot win without supernatural assistance the quicker we will get to the understanding of how to obtain, utilize and master those components of our supernatural gifting.  Okay, now my brain hurts.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10

You knew that it was only a matter of time before we would be forced to look at the consistent scripture references that match cohesively the descriptions of similar characteristics shared by believers and those with unconquerable Spirit.  What we have in the text above is reference to the peculiar nature of believers in a world that does not understand the compunction to be content, overcoming our circumstances through worship and praise of God’s infinite wisdom. Perhaps this may be an appropriate moment to contemplate both the wisdom of that statement and its functional place within an indomitable perspective?

Now you have forced into investigation of the Biblical principle of being an overcomer.  Let us look at what Webster’s has to say about that term;

o·ver·come

/ˌōvərˈkəm/

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verb

1. succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

“she worked hard to overcome her paralyzing shyness”

• defeat (an opponent); prevail.

“without firing a shot they overcame the guards”

• (of an emotion) overpower or overwhelm.

“she was obviously overcome with excitement”

Now we are forced to grasp the fact that indomitable Spirit is mandate in the ability and history of overcoming or being successive in defeating those opposing forces that threaten to overwhelm humans. Additionally this definition encompasses those handicaps or emotional states that must be defeated in order to live a normal life.  Well, since we have established that the indomitable Spirit and Christian Faith share a Peculiar Nature of overcoming  circumstance by supernatural ability at contentment and gratitude, we are now faced with the understanding that it is not a normal occurrence.  Therefore those who do overcome outrageous circumstance, odds or handicaps are in fact demonstrating that Peculiar nature incumbent to Christian Faith.

Revelation 3:20-22 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. To the one who is victorious, I will grant the right to sit with me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”…

So why should we be overcomers, have indomitable Spirits or remain impervious to the combined assaults of this world and those fallen from heaven? Again as in the concept that we don’t ever have to be indomitable without something beyond our capacity to personally handle, the indomitable Spirit shall never be reflected, entertained or maintained and grown without a purpose of recompense. In this instance the Bible shows us that for the overcomer there remains a reward in heaven. Perhaps that is the greatest personal reason to overcome, but there may be others.  We cannot say that it is simply a requirement of life that we be overcomers for there are many who live this life and never overcome anything including their own circumstances. It is a peculiar thing, that is not normal and appears to have a supernatural intention.  Therefore, it must have its origins for creation, maintenance and increase firmly entrenched in the ideals of Biblical Victory.

In concession it must be mentioned that there will be examples throughout history of unbelievers overcoming tragic, inhumane and difficult or impossible personal circumstance. However, the Bible accounts for this as the Lord chooses whom he blesses and curses. What must be established and agreed upon is that this ability or uncanny personal measure is in fact peculiar behavior, not the norm for if it were then everyone choosing some self help program of overcoming would make the pages of history with the stories of their indomitable victory, at which point this situation that we have already deemed peculiar by nature would cease being unusual and thus transform by definition. So whatever your belief the indomitable Spirit, Is in fact Peculiar by definition and therefore must be viewed outside the realm of NORMAL description and causality.

Okay so let’s recap. Having an indomitable Spirit is something peculiar, It encompasses those qualities of physical victory and strength, focused endurance, emotional stamina, a verve for existence and an ever increasing dose of maturity that strengthens to capacity to resist whatever assaults are mounted against a person’s defense.

The Bible speaks to these unique qualities as having been sponsored by one’s faithful decision to be transformed and indwelt by the Power of God’s Holy Spirit. It also points out the peculiar nature of the unconquerable qualities of man and that they reside within that relationship to the Supernatural authority and power of God through Christ residing in each believer sealed by the Holy Spirit. When one believes even in the smallest component that they have been given the graces and mercies of God and become grateful for their current circumstance and life position even to the denial of its difficulty or impossibility, they then make their lives susceptible to the Bible tenets declaring that nothing is impossible to that believer through Christ.

Additionally, little is known in the world of creating, maintaining and growing an indomitable spirit for all disciplines of life. Perhaps there are those in business, or sports or meditative disciplines but few are found in the scope incumbent to Biblical Life Lessons and broad based living as a victor.  Why do you need to overcome your circumstances or win the battle that rages before you? Are you forced into that battle having been afforded no choice or had that choice removed by the enslaving intention of tyrants? What is the reward for being an overcomer, does it match your expectations and is everyone committed to achieving that victorious measure?  Is the indomitable Spirit absolutely imperative to winning not only this day but the entirety of the scripting for your existence? Where is the force, wisdom, consistency, endurance, strength and Joy for Live found to create, enhance and sustain an indomitable perspective?

This is the wonderful thing about Choice, you get to answer these questions based upon your own desires and reflection. Whatever your faith position we have firmly established that the indomitable Spirit is not had by all, being peculiar by definition. We have further established that it includes by nature the impossible task association which forces the question of its supernatural origin and we have determined that since it is not normal, not typical and requires a unique combination of strength, emotion, endurance, abundance, thankfulness and understanding it may in fact only come from the blessings of Almighty God upon the few.

How do you get the indomitable Spirit? Well one of two ways; you seek it if you possess the unique strain of those components peculiar to its nature and continue with all energy to capture its nature and reside safely in the knowledge of coming victory where the rewards are simple personal, temporary and tangible, OR you believe upon Christ, asking for salvation and sanctification in which case you are given those enduring, strength and wisdom qualities by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit such that EVERY Christian is promised to perform the impossible task against an unbeatable enemy, one who has already been defeated by God.

Frankly in my self evaluation I realized that I do not have the components, talent, strength or enduring qualities necessary to developing an indomitable spirit via my own efforts of self-help. So admitting this reality my only hope is in Christ to deliver me that point of unconquerable nature through the avenue of my gratitude, contentment and faith in my current position fully empowered by my faithful knowledge that the Lord will do the impossible through me and in me to provide that enduring nature inconsistent with my making.

For that purpose and for all those out there who want to overcome this world and everything in it.  For those who want to defeat an enemy that for our worldly selves is unbeatable. For those who want the benefits, rewards and promise of doing the impossible simply because God says that we can. For those who are tired of being a victim in this world where you are outmatched, outgunned, out witted and overwhelmed, FIND that Indomitable Spirit through Christ who promises it to every believer who maintains their faith, hope and trust in God. Are you an overcomer or a want to be overcomer, because we all at some point want to win and be victorious in this life and the next? I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Do the impossible every time, Trust in God through Christ Jesus. The indomitable Spirit awaits, the choice remains yours.

Quandary, we are left Q ponderous of how a God so loving could be filled with such rage as to promise a day of Wrath upcoming that will leave scorched Earth, plagues, pestilence, relentless and hopeless war and demons ravaging those unrelenting to God’s Call. For most it is something beyond the realm of imagination, yet they enlist themselves daily to the pursuit of Avatar escape in the digital game arena or in a search for online fame and love in profile’s properly placed for publication. I submit the imagination is a broader thing than we account it. Imagine your Earthly Father having given you opportunity after opportunity to be obedient and follow the rules of his household only to come home find you in an adulterous relationship with the neighbors wife, chasing money and fame while pimping the neighbors kids into slavery and squandering the blessing, money and position he had provided for your edification. How outraged would your worldly Father be at that point?  What if you were jailed for these offenses would he come rescue you? Perhaps once maybe several times but at some point his patience and reason would be overridden by the reality that you were just never going to come to the understanding that he presented.  What if he gave you a deadline and told you beyond this point I will not help you  and told you that it was not assigned to a specific date but that he was going to be watching and at some point would cut you off from his blessing, consider you beyond assistance and turn his back on you to allow you to pay the price associated with your behavior for the rest of your life?

Would you blame him for this position? No, then how are you still struggling with God’s point? You see He has all power authority and wisdom and is outside of time so He knows what you are going to do before you do it, yet He still waits offering grace and mercy and eternal escape from the accountability that you pressing to achieve. And there is the largest part of the story that transcends the analogy of your Earthly Father, God provided a way for you to escape the coming judgment you bring upon yourself and be cleansed of the unrighteousness that drove you to those acts and on top of that transform you for the future that He designed for you.  Additionally, and here is the greatest part of the story He provided a way for you to escape the limitations of this mortal life, ending in death and offer you eternal existence with Him and other believers doing the work for which each of us have been perfectly designed.

But Love never comes without price you say?  Certainly God’s Love is given freely as an offer to each person but the enormity and potency of sovereign action is always based in the capacity of choice. Without a choice we would not resemble God. In my dreams of late God provided me the understanding to the Sovereignty though I may have never seen it.  Imagine if you will that God created man and forced within man the constraint that he could never lie. If we could never lie then we would never have to be concerned about trust it would be certain, we would never have to struggle against the lure of sin that draws us to exaggerate and fib our way into obtaining our desires and we would never have to be concerned about  Choice, for all things would have chosen for us prior to that discerning event. What is the price of Love, well God says that “those who love me will obey my commands”.  That is God’s price of Love, He expects each of us to demonstrate our appreciation for the Love He gives and continues to offer freely with an acknowledgement of His Sovereign Authority over  all things Created by reacting in tandem to His boundaries, constraints and behaviors. If we do not reflect this obedience we are in fact denying His Sovereign Authority and telling Him clearly I do not value the love have given Father and no I will not turn from my Sovereign Disobedience to Your Will, so in effect I am choosing my own end.  The Bible says emphatically that there is a Hell, it is horrible beyond compare though the servants of satan would have you believe it is going to be an eternal party, that Hell was designed as the end for the disobedient Angels and that man chooses to go there by turning down OUR FATHER’S offer of safe return home.

I may not have chosen the Family into which I was born or my looks, hair color, body type of brain power, but I get to make the choice of not only where I will spent eternity but how this life is conducted whether in sedition, dishonor, criminality, debauchery and sin or in reflection to God’s Grace as a person who has been cleansed of that original sin and forgiven forever, being prepared by God’s Hand in this world to be with Him forever in the Next.  Will I exercise my Sovereignty in this lifetime?  That I believe, is not the appropriate question for all will make that Sovereign Choice as to where they spend eternity.  The true question is to I revere My Father enough to understand that He has set before all of us the educated Choice and that in that decision I will be Free to make my own decision to accept God’s Loving Grace or Force His Hand of outstanding Wrath, the Wrath I have forced upon myself by ignoring His continuous, persistent and patient attempts at rescue and redemption.

The Lord has made it painstakingly clear what is coming to this Earth and all those who remain disobedient to His commands, deciding to turn down His offer of reconciliation and return to the Good Graces of His Mercy. There is coming to this Earth a horrible, worldly and supernatural king that the world craves to fight against God’s Pronounced inevitable judgment.  He will promise great things and do signs and wonders as God allows to deceive mankind into believing his divinity and the world will swallow it willingly wantonly having been searching throughout history a method to escape God’s inevitable judgment.  To that end the Lord will turn loose upon this Earth, the bowls, vials, scrolls and specific judgment promised in the Book of Revelation and throughout the Old Testament Prophets. His Wrath will be excoriating, ruthless, timely and perfect in its capacity to awake hearts to the need for salvation and rescue, for that is the after all the purpose of His Wrath.  His Wrath will be poured out upon all wickedness as recompense for their decision to turn down His Grace, but it will also lovingly remind all that were perhaps deceived that God is in charge and if they want to escape the judgment they must cry out to Him for the Salvation He had once offered freely to all mankind.  This is not that complex, though everyone who would have you turn a blind eye to God’s Love and Wrath would have you believe it is too difficult to explain or gather.  God is offering, your choice is accept or decline. My job is to warn you of the implications a poorly made choice in bringing upon yourself God’s Wrath instead of observing the Abundant Joy promised in His Righteous Love.  Have I done my job, YES. Have you made the choice of Love or Wrath, perhaps, but all will either make the choice or abdicate that free will sovereign gift by not choosing and making God do the decision making for you.  You Choose.  I hope it is Love to escape the Wrath that is soon to come upon the ungodly.  IN Jesus’ Mighty Name.

Do you know the convulsive weeping pain, perhaps of having lost a child? Or maybe it was a great love that you squandered or wandered away from only to realize there are no replacements for such loss.  Maybe you saw horrific things, as tyrants destroyed the lives of those you held dear, something from which your conscience never departs. Did it damage you forever, truthfully what was the outcome of your endurance, your resistance and mastery or attempted mastery of that searing, breaking pain?

Did it transform you, force you give up knowing that the one love you were given, perhaps only child or family would not be seen again in this life? Did it kindle depression or interrupt any structure, planning or ambition in this life? Why would one single event be so precious, so important that it could control, change an entire life’s course? Are emotions and love that important to the sound confidence of man that to defray expected outcomes, exchanged for loss and dismay becomes permanent, changing a person forever? Can a childhood be so painful that it ruins any attempt or hope at future fulfillment?  Can the loss of relationship, that magic mate or someone close truly become the defining moment of a lifetime?

My heart goes to those who have experienced this type of pain that is not simply quelled by time, drugs and for which there is no replacement.  I am sorry for your loss, sorry that this life could have taken thousands of directions and yet it went the pathway that caused you indelible agony. I wish that I had control of the opportunity to remove your pain, heal your wound, set you free from the agony attached to such tragic trans-formative loss. Yet, I do not, for even I know this pain and was incapable of yielding, accepting, ignoring, cancelling or changing the damage seemingly done to this heart forever.  For that man this was truth.

There are no words wise enough to adequately explain away or to simply describe techniques adequate to relieving such emotional distress. There is not one cell in my body that would look to you and tell you to suck it up, get over it or point you to some brilliant self help or psychological mechanism or process to construct some answer to this tragedy. That is not in my heart for this feeling this passionate exploration of the importance of that relationship, that love is probably the only thing that you have to hold on to in memory. I will not rob you of that investigation and process of determining for yourself where this will take you. I can only pray that your wounds are healed and that the love we give you sustains you as you find your way through this loss.

I love you. My experiences matter not at this point, all that matters is that you know you will get the support to do whatever is necessary for you to find peace from these events and if you perhaps never do you are still dearly loved. This life is so short and finite it makes everything so important, even priceless. I wish that we all could look at life as the treasure that your heart knows all too well, for it is a fleeting thing. May you find peace. Give us hope and merciful understanding of the necessity for this pain Lord, for we truly do not understand. In Jesus’ Holy Name.

Next to You Lord.  The Place I want to be, infallible in my innocence. Times have come when simply being prepared to be the best at being me are insufficient to the circumstance and mission support. Asking, for the things that I always requested to be taken from the table as a new list has been proffered. Reactions though acceptable are not inclined to the destination achievable. Wandering from sight, farming out ideas, ferreting for treasures of manhood have been labeled unwanton. As their ire increases it becomes less likely a harmonious fellowship available. Men must ebb with the times or the times will wash them away with ferocious disquiet.

They worry, some to the point of abandoned reason or hope. Oh that their hearts were calm having purchased peace with the refined gold of wisdom gathered from Spirit’s Fold. This journey must be deliberate, walked with intent a sense of force and folly consistent, aligned with perspective reason. We must not waste moments without reserve. No reservoir of fate or fiction from which to steal or recreate the purpose from our crafting. Touch them and let them lay weary, sanguine to intrusion. Give us the mechanisms of pure heart dedicated to sole fealty, marshaled in thought, hope and power, marching in tandem with Light’s Spectrum.  This may not be fake and in authenticity let them smile the overwhelming grins of mercy, joy and hope supplied meager in man’s allotment.

What now Lord for the fury of your anger swirls beyond the edges of our vision and expectation? Are we to stand against that dawn? Are we to place our hearts in that awful place of not knowing this moment from the next in our faithful undertaking?  Are we too to fight fear’s battle awaiting storm’s end when we know the winds shall not be parted? A quiet place for my heart’s residence. Do the lowly account to riches of glory and fortune? Do the wicked prosper through brave inclination? Do children deserve the torturous intent of sin’s uncommitted? Are the drowning saved only to be cast out to greater seas by the Hand that once plucked them from consuming wave? No, sense makes itself known to the mind of man. There is a day coming when some will not fit within the dimensions that measure this nature, having been permitted a change, transformed to incongruity.  And in that inconsistent measure will be found delivery from life’s charge, snatched from harvest’s call to await new measure of grace and glory’s patience. Prepared for things beyond current expectation.

For now to dream of pleasant hope. The hope of nations and children of a time when all are free from the fearful and the hidden harms of hearts darkened by man’s pleasures. That day about which little may be said with insufficient words, born to describe two dimensional reason and aspects that this light may never capture. A thing of eyes, hearts, hopes and promise. A day designed specifically for you and me.

Am I to cower from the socially accepted threats of giants to squash me into my insignificance? How might a shepherd present some measure of believable resistance to the overwhelming power and authority of controlling families, faiths and federal mandate?  Simply, you have in your prideful examination forgotten the most important evidence for fear of your own regard.  That reason being, I am not here of my own accord nor am I alone in my quest to have the Gospel message received and spread to all those who would be free.  Just as David knew that He was righteously defended in his stand against the giant of Gath, I am filled with the Holy Spirit of God speaking the Word that He would have me share for His Good Purposes which frankly are in direct conflict with your eager threat to my person.

Did your leader, satan, not prepare you with the entire story of Glory that you might know against whom you contend? Of course not, for that would mean admitting the Sovereignty of God and idea the enemy avoid in an effort to decodify reality.  The Lord rebuke him if He so chooses. You see, “greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world”.  That is not cause for braggadocio, simply context for understanding and preparation from your side to ready for the battle to which you have committed.  You see, you are fighting against the people of the Sovereign God of the Universe and He does not take kindly to threats nor actions taken against His beloved.  Be assured even if you were to win the day, it would be for the purposes of God’s achievement of greater objective of which my defeat is frankly purposeful.

You see Giant, tyrant, criminal, bully or king, you are making a grand mistake in simply looking to my diminished status or position of authority without looking to the Spirit that empowers, indwells and provides for my assured victory.  If God is for me who than can be against me.  That may not ring a bell for you because it is in God’s Word and you may not have taken the time to understand your enemy, a prideful miscalculation on your part, thinking yourself impervious to the tiny stone I have hurled with alacrity and precision.  We are not fodder for your glorification and if perchance you do take our lives or punish, torture and maim my Brothers and Sisters you shant escape the judgment that awaits you in front of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ Himself.

See, your master may not have told you the entire truth, but now that I have you now possess the opportunity to rethink your position.  Will you rise up against the Lord in certain defeat and eternal punishment or will you repent, accept His offer of mercy and grace and count Him Your Saviour, King, God?  If I were facing your predicament and those type of odds I would withdraw to certain mockery, knowing that embarrassment and short term shame much better counsel than eternal loss.  You ponder that, fight if you must, but you shall not leave this field with me.  In Jesus’ Name.

What is it that gives each man the cause to carry on. Looking upon the downtrodden, for example; what is the corrective or equalizing authority that spurs them to carry on each day enduring the tragic? Is it will, perhaps, is it presumption that life calls us to fight with all that we are for survival?  How can we explain those who seemingly withstand odds that would cause most to seek early end?  Does it make sense that without some reason or purpose that life would struggle with such adamant, ferocity to maintain that last breath instead of capitulating to the pressures of gravity’s impending. smothering doom?

Must we investigate numbers so large in our survey as to make some sound analytical statement regarding this unwillingness to go easy into demise?  Is it perhaps fear that drives men, the fear of the unknown death, that moment of air’s last harvest that we are desperate to escape, even to the point of surviving the most horrendous and enslaving acts? Why do children starve when they might quit, old people live on when the money and pain are far too heavy, outweighing tolerance or those having experience the loss of family or tragedies of war continue to transcend in memories better forgotten?  What makes us fight on when we ought apparently give up, especially when all witnesses concur?

What makes American’s love an underdog? What passion drives us to worship or celebrate that person having been given less than nothing rising beyond circumstance or limitation to become something viable, tenable, important of perceived wealth and social value?  We crave this imagery, the person of low regard fighting against overwhelming odds and prevailing beyond virtually unbeatable conditions. What is it in the nature of life’s unwillingness to quit that we find a spark to carry on ourselves, that we are left with a charming memory or inspiration of “can do” which gives our own lives surge to continue?

Then comes the pending question none wish asking; If things are truly that insufferable from the outset, the circumstances too dire, the struggle too overwhelming and bleak, why don’t each of us faced with these obstacles or reality simply and immediately seek ending? Why are those who we all have seen seemingly incapable of standing in the midst of their overwhelming emotional, physical and spiritual challenges not perceived and labeled as imminent danger to themselves?  Why do those in horrific life circumstance, poverty and pain continue to fight with an enduring quality that amazes onlookers?

It is Hope. Simply put without it we would have no will to live, but with it we can imagine colorful horizons in the darkest moments of night. In hope we have the active participation and acknowledgement of the possible. We may not have now or may not be capable at this point but we have to cling to the ideal that at some distant point we will rise above the obstacles, limitations and disabilities to arrive at a future so remarkable even the thought of its existence spurs us to do what must be done in travels.  From where does this hope come?  It is obviously not societal as this society subscribes to the survival of the fittest daring the weak to end it themselves and then taking the harshest measure to carry out the recommendation in kind. It is not something of self for all of us have it and though some more than others its clarity is understood beyond the borders of cast, nationality, worship or reason.  How does an infant know to fight with every ounce of its frail measure to prolong its life at any cost?  When will we recognize the simple admissions that indicate the history from whence we became?  Since this endemic hope is present is there a method by which to inflame, increase or empower its measure and quality that all might find the will to overcome the obstacles that heretofore call us to surrender?

I know the origins of my own hope, but I am not too proud and self consumed to proclaim my answer the same answer produced in the mind and will of each man.  However, there is an understanding, specific to Christianity which allows those of faith in God to reach beyond the will of self to something that spurs us on to the hope of a future promised by a God beyond limitation.  The Lord doesn’t just speak of Hope but He breeds it among believers in everything we do, believe and hold dear. For without hope without the consuming drive to get up when the last breath would be considered delightful and even proper by some, is the thing of the enduring qualities of Christian belief in the promise of deliverance, salvation, escaping inevitable wrath and transformation for an eternity spent with God.  The Hope of Almighty God is part of us through creation, that is why it is not specific to believe only perfected in the heart of each believer for God loves ALL.

C.S. Lewis one of the greatest historical apologists and former well know atheists said the following about hope; “Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.”   This esteemed thinker and writer got it when it came to the foundations of faith, the greatest of which I believe is hope, for it is that impervious capacity to look fear, danger, challenge and death in the eye with a perspective of seeing beyond their current intimidating or overwhelming promises. Hope is the belief as the Bible(Hebrews 11:1) says in things not yet seen, that imaginary will that looks beyond what is to what “might” or surely “shall” be.

We hope because God has given each the capacity to reach beyond the senses to a reality that is beyond the limitations of sensory understanding, something tangible yet spiritual that may only be comprehended or addressed in spiritual understanding through the lens of faith.  We hope because God has given us that capacity to protect life from overwhelming odds of this life and world that well, “Kills everyone, eventually”.  It has a construct and understanding of our mortality that calls us to prolong that inevitable expense for as long as is “spiritually” possible.  We as Christians become powerful when we embrace, investigate, pray about and accept the potency of Hope in the Promises of God. For the Hope of Christ gives us power through the Holy Spirit’s indwelling authority and understanding that surpasses the mortal limitations and time constructs of this temporary universe and calls us to eternity, where infinity denies limitation.

You’ve got Hope, you’ve got a mustard seed of faith now you have to learn how to call upon them in duress and utilize them to overcome all that is in this world as your Saviour has already conquered all within it.  We must begin to look beyond our current circumstance and the prisons of worldly perspective to unlock the power of a hopeful tomorrow to which we are citizens having been promised by God.  What then do you look to when times are tough?

Do you get caught in the headlights of the dangerous vehicles threatening your existence or beyond them at the objects of infinity? What is your level of hopeful tolerance and is it born of simple human desire to achieve or ambition to prolong your life or is it based upon the promises of your true citizen beyond this life?  Is it the hope based upon that day, that something that is beyond reason and sensibility calling forward through whatever circumstance or challenge to the tomorrow I know awaits me where none of this will matter.  What is your measure and control of the Hope that lay within you?  Will you look to its overwhelming God-filled authority to rise above the challenges of life?  Is it something you understand and something that you see makes this life well respondent to the joyful abundance that He promised.  Something awaits, can you see it?

In Jesus’ Mighty Name upon which all our promised hope resides.

Blessed Father, in the pain I have found the importance of glory and the value of Love. In the trials the worth of friends who love and entertain the same counsel.  With ease we gain nothing but summers rest and relief from the testing trials of a dawn we’ve avoided. Grateful for the path with incline the breaking back of weights heavier than one might bare, that in the midst of struggles we found our path to surrender. Without overwhelming force I would remain inside a domain of self, never comprehending the impossible only a failures breath beyond explanation. I do not quest to lose loves and feel fates weighty hand upon my life, but in poverty I find need and contentment, in pain I find reserve and endurance and through it all I find your supporting and guiding power and trust. It is strange to be thankful of trials and pain but I must then remain peculiar to be true.

Lord, where is this balance of prevision and worship? How may we remain inclined with ear’s welcome to the wisdom of Your Word and abounding in the plenty provided by Your Blessing Hand? Where is that balance, the fulcrum at which we never leave your counsel yet find our way to security and safety in the things given from your love? Is it the same as manna, living for each day content with my penny for the work with which I am blessed? Father let me reside within that swing to and fro that I never exceed its limitations, always faithful, obedient and devoid of worship for the material goods surrounding. Give us truth and a firm steady, faithful regard for the path you’ve lain before us.

This is our greatest blessing, this opportunity to turn from the World’s Lure. Let me trust in all things eternal and let go of the temporal that I might begin preparation for permanency in heaven, with God. Yes, this part of the journey is trial, is trapping is a steady metronome of marking time in hours for pay, but there is reason worthy of the painful moments. These trials are merciful adjusting preparations for the hereafter.  Shall I regard them so or tackling them in complaint seeking some expectation’s met? This painful, tragic, loving, deep, REAL, LIFE I AM LEADING is worthy of my best and is the life I have been given by Almighty God to enjoy, utilize, learn from and live abundantly. I shall not dishonor that gift by wishing some other gift than this glorious one I have received, this day.  In Jesus’ Name I Rejoice in whatever this day may bring.

They hear the raging drums of Giants on the march to intimidate the living. Whether wind or howling storm fear grips the legs of humanity that freedom no longer remains within their grasp or understanding.  Huge, flaming beasts with odors horrific slice through the will of each leaving them desolate of state lassoed in despair. None could dream of such a day, only those whose imagination pushed the limits of man’s temper. What shall we do but fall before them begging mercy and be given nothing but laughing fury and death. There was a way we were told to escape this misuse of life’s blessing, yet we long ago determined those preaching that escape full to the brim with folly, beyond repair, captured by the folly of a God they’d never seen and promises they claim to have heard in small voice. Wish upon wonder that now we could hear their joyous song or rapture, hope and delight in salvation by God.

This battle is not over, this land not lost, your lives not meant for forfeit but for eternal purpose.  Cry out to God in mercy and truth, confessing and repenting of your sin before the dawn comes and time of the gentiles is finished. Yes the monsters rage and demons roar for blood, the blood of all men, spread in pestilence, war or worse. Yet, God loves us and shall not leave one repentant heart for the slaves of death and sin to master. For Almighty God is offering a Grace, Sovereign Grace surpassing the reach, might and authority of any fallen thing headed for judgment’s Fire.  Pray not to the wishes of fates but the Almighty God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob who waits to embrace you whether in death’s passing hand to deliver you to Paradise’s Door or through His sanctifying Harpazo to save those who have obeyed from Wrath meant for Iniquity’s Voice. Take a moment, pray and stand for the Lord our God is Mighty To SAVE and He alone has WON.

Jesus is soon and swift to return. We do not know the day nor the hour but that this return is assured and may be this very next moment we speak or think. Take not any other road but the skinny path leading to His Grace and waste not a single moment in longer thought than we are currently given for none know the limit of our minutes. The time for deliberation is past, now action is called to save us from the ills to come, delivered by God’s Plan that all who will be save shall and all who deserve eternal fire receive its scorching touch. I pray for humanity as we step forward into a certain future that all have the peace and wisdom to choose wisely where their eternity shall be spent. In Jesus’ Name I pray.