Cast out. Rejected. Accepted. Forgiven. Made new.
This seems to be the cycle of the story of one called for use by The Most High. As I look over the last years of my life or even zoom through them, pausing at the moments with the greatest impact, I see this cycle. It isn't a list of describing words over the course of a life, it is repeated over and over through the days of ones earth time.
Before I would have been different, I would have said that thing to fit in, I would have done that forgivable thing to join in. No more, if I can help it. Christ came close to being pushed off a cliff by His own people, at this point I would rather join Him. (Luke 4:29)
I have felt it enough now. I feel the wrenching in my gut.
Partiality. Greed. Selfishness. Self-righteousness. Inclusiveness.
At first you wonder what you are doing wrong. What is wrong with me? Then when you draw near to God after the rejected step, You feel His acceptance. You will see what you are doing right. And don't think for a moment that this is coming from people who are blatantly rejecting Jesus. If you are living like Jesus, its the person who thinks they have things figured out that will level you the most. Stand guard.
Lord, I beg You teach people to worship!
Oh the moments in the quiet. I sit still and envision God on the throne. Here I am. A child on my Purposeful-Creator-Father's lap. My heart is warm, my mind is filled with wonder. My imagination runs wild with Love and musings beyond these flesh, wood, and plant covered spaces.
He whispers the reminder, "the stone that the builder's rejected has become the cornerstone." (Acts 4:11; Psalm 118:22)"Trust me. Look to me. Worship only me."
And if you spend yourselves... (Isaiah 58:10) Every last bit. Just today. Tomorrow has enough worries of its own... (Matt 6:34) Just for today. Let everything you have be poured out, used up.
Used up when your beaten down, poured out when your breath is sucker punched in, every last energy spent when you are on the verge of debt... The calling is on you. Jesus needs stones for building. Building His Pure Church. His Pure Bride.
"then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings." (Isa 58:10-12)
mmmm...Sounds like REVIVAL!!!
That's His Kingdom come. That is His Will being done. On earth so that the atmosphere is like heaven.
Don't forget we don't live by flesh and blood (Eph. 6:12)...we depend on the Word of the Lord (Matt 4:4).
"Until then let me continually glow and burn out for thee,
and when the last great changes shall come let me awake in thy likeness,
leaving behind me and example that will glorify thee
while my spirit rejoices in heaven,
and my memory is blessed upon earth,
while those that follow me praising thee for my life."
-Retrospect and Prospect
The Valley of the Vision, Puritan Prayers
By Him everything was created, Through Him is all is sustained, To Him it is all going. We really do have everything to loose. So pour it out. Spend it. Bring on His Kingdom!
This seems to be the cycle of the story of one called for use by The Most High. As I look over the last years of my life or even zoom through them, pausing at the moments with the greatest impact, I see this cycle. It isn't a list of describing words over the course of a life, it is repeated over and over through the days of ones earth time.
Before I would have been different, I would have said that thing to fit in, I would have done that forgivable thing to join in. No more, if I can help it. Christ came close to being pushed off a cliff by His own people, at this point I would rather join Him. (Luke 4:29)
I have felt it enough now. I feel the wrenching in my gut.
Partiality. Greed. Selfishness. Self-righteousness. Inclusiveness.
At first you wonder what you are doing wrong. What is wrong with me? Then when you draw near to God after the rejected step, You feel His acceptance. You will see what you are doing right. And don't think for a moment that this is coming from people who are blatantly rejecting Jesus. If you are living like Jesus, its the person who thinks they have things figured out that will level you the most. Stand guard.
Lord, I beg You teach people to worship!
Oh the moments in the quiet. I sit still and envision God on the throne. Here I am. A child on my Purposeful-Creator-Father's lap. My heart is warm, my mind is filled with wonder. My imagination runs wild with Love and musings beyond these flesh, wood, and plant covered spaces.
He whispers the reminder, "the stone that the builder's rejected has become the cornerstone." (Acts 4:11; Psalm 118:22)"Trust me. Look to me. Worship only me."
And if you spend yourselves... (Isaiah 58:10) Every last bit. Just today. Tomorrow has enough worries of its own... (Matt 6:34) Just for today. Let everything you have be poured out, used up.
Used up when your beaten down, poured out when your breath is sucker punched in, every last energy spent when you are on the verge of debt... The calling is on you. Jesus needs stones for building. Building His Pure Church. His Pure Bride.
"then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings." (Isa 58:10-12)
mmmm...Sounds like REVIVAL!!!
That's His Kingdom come. That is His Will being done. On earth so that the atmosphere is like heaven.
Don't forget we don't live by flesh and blood (Eph. 6:12)...we depend on the Word of the Lord (Matt 4:4).
"Until then let me continually glow and burn out for thee,
and when the last great changes shall come let me awake in thy likeness,
leaving behind me and example that will glorify thee
while my spirit rejoices in heaven,
and my memory is blessed upon earth,
while those that follow me praising thee for my life."
-Retrospect and Prospect
The Valley of the Vision, Puritan Prayers
By Him everything was created, Through Him is all is sustained, To Him it is all going. We really do have everything to loose. So pour it out. Spend it. Bring on His Kingdom!
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