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Moments with God

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Where do I meet God?  Is it in those rare minutes at the end of my day, when exhaustion sets in and I am easily distracted?  Is it within my chaos, as I cry out to Him for assistance in emergency or need?  Does it come as I am stricken in illness or helplessness as my family and friends suffer in tragedy?  Do I avoid Him or lower my brow as I am reminded of my inadequacies and failures by the accuser of the Brethren?  What constitutes a meeting with God, must it be when I am prepared and willing to humbly approach God’s Throne?  Or does God speak to my heart frequently reminding me of all these things and more as He shapes me for eternity?

Why do I need God?  Is there something missing within my heart or substance that I cannot repair or satisfy?  How do I view God?  Do I see Him as a last resort when my assets, talents and wisdom have failed?  Do I consider His Will before my own or do I only ask direction when I have stumbled or fallen?  What is the meaning of relationship with Almighty God?  Do you really feel as if that is how you view Your understanding of God?  Are you in church all the time but afraid to admit that you do not “know” Jesus?  Don’t be fearful, for this admission is the moment where you are ready for that relationship?  He is a Loving, Holy and Steadfast God, who answers when someone authentically reaches out to know His Righteousness and Truth.  Remember you are approaching Your Creator and although He wants desperately to have relationship with us, we ought not trifle with God.  Don’t toy around with Him, Your approach must be reverent and honest.  He is not a genie, an oracle, a slot machine or a psychologist.  He is God and should be honored, praised and respected in fearful understanding.

What is continuously or unceasingly to you?  1 Thessalonians 5:17 directs us to pray without ceasing.  Do any of us walk in this perpetual connection with the Spirit of God?  God says this is His Will for our lives in Christ Jesus.  I have so many people who say they do not know God’s Will for their lives, yet they are unwilling to do as He has plainly commanded in black and white.  We must be willing to be obedient to the things that God has told us are His Will for our lives before we may expect Him to give us individual insight into the mysteries of our purpose and creation.  Show faith by obeying Him and you may be certain that He will see this as honest and reverent intentionality toward relationship.  I died on the cross two thousand years ago with Christ.  That freed me from sin but it also freed me from the law so that I might enter into the covenant of Grace.  Why now would I try to live a “dead” life that is my own purposeless and selfish will. Willfully placing myself again under influence/obedience to sin and works, when I have been set free to service to Holiness, Righteousness and Truth, having been cleansed of all sin and death.  We must ask God to give us understanding of just how powerful His Word is in our lives.  Study, pray and pray again, then walk in the Way and do it all again, perpetually, unceasingly, eternally.  In Jesus Name.

The Night Will Come

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Do you wish for me to whisper polite words of encouragement at all times, even those when fire is lapping at the hem of your garment or enemy forces are scouring the courtyard, searching for whom they might devour?  There will be times when my love for you requires, demands that I grab you by the scruff of your night shirt and bid you run to the woods for concealment.  Am I to restrict the appropriate demeanor or necessary force to awaken you from slumber to save your skin, just to respect some foolhardy, overly correct worldly brand of tolerance?  Look, the time of danger has either arrived or is marching, momentously toward us at breakneck speed.  There is no single thread of my spirit that would allow me to lie in complacence and watch you be overrun without warning.  I love you and just as in the military, compatriots, soldiers, brothers watch each others back.  Simply said, the time of preparation has not only come it is rapidly ebbing toward showtime.  If you must be angry with me for telling you the truth and shaking you from certain destruction, then I must accept your angst, with the knowledge that some day you will thank me in reflection.  So for now I say, either Run as you’ve never run before or stand in good courage knowing that the Lord your God shall prevail in the coming battle.

This is not a popular thing that I take upon myself as my duty prescribed by scripture.  I do not wish my name slandered, my family disturbed/threatened or the loss of friendship.  But when one smells fire it arouses internal mechanisms, when he sees the fire it calls for action, but when the crippling heat is felt upon ones skin there is no more time for standing in thought or indecision.  The time for action has arrived.

Act according to your belief.  What is that belief you say?  Well I must ask from whom do you gather wisdom.  Is it perhaps from a brief cable preacher bidding you send more money to buy you favor, providing twenty minutes of encouraging prattle that resembles Christianity.  Is it from a romance or fictional novel, maybe nightly news or worse yet council of the ungodly that bids you be scared but to do nothing with that fear?  Or have you sat in prayer, meditation and study with other believers, seeking the indwelling of God to fill you with Spirit and provide wisdom to calm the gathering storm?  Do you know what you believe and what you are meant to do with that belief?  If so, then do not expect me to stand idly, politely offering a cold drink on a hot summers day as the fire approaches our dwelling.  For I shall be the one who yanks you to attention and bids you man your position on the wall waiting for the dawn to arrive.  I am your friend and my love is real.  Do not ask me to be someone that you heard about in a movie.  I am real and I serve God and you, even when you wish it were not so.

Praise God, be patient, but be ready for whatever comes over that hill.  If I am wrong I will stand your derision, but if I am right then perhaps you will know how much I loved you when your lamp fires and we are ready for the Master’s Night Arrival.  Lord Jesus help us to be clear as the darkness approaches.