One More

One more thought on the Cross of Calvary.  I like to travel back in time and reflect upon the Cross.  It is a journey that fills me with deep thoughts about eternity.  We are a people who are about the business of the day.  We hurry to and fro giving very little thought to mortality.  Jesus said that He must be about My Father's business...Luke 2:49.

What does it mean for us to be about the Father's business?  In I John 3:10 gives the answer.  We are to be about the business of practicing righteosness.  The definition of righteousness is:  justice and it refers to following the ways of God.  We can find His ways in His Word that is alive and will last forever!  Amen.

Struggle

How do we handle a struggle in our lives that comes from Satan?  He has no power over the child of God, but oh, can he harass!  I read a great book this week that talked about the sovereignty of God in this world.  EVERYTHING is under Christ!  The Holy Spirit is actually retaining the destruction of this world until the time when He takes the children of God to be with Christ!

It is an awesome thought, is it not?  If not for the blessed hand of God through His Holy Spirit Satan could squash us like a bug!  The devil's goal is to kill, only he can't do that to the child of God....he can tempt us and destroy our testimony!  It is very comforting that Satan cannot touch me unless God allows him to do so.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you...James 4:7.  Resist (wrestle) and he will leave!  The definition of "flee" is to "run away"....that old devil will run away from you!

Trick?

The definition of the word "trick" is to perform an act of mischief.  The dictionary also adds that it is the destroying of personal property.  This article is not about halloween, but rather how we have come to accept things in this society that really teaches children that to destroy is a harmless "trick".  They are also learning that a certain behavior that used to be wrong, is now okay with the endorsement of their parents.

The word "trick" also means a threat.  I have to admit that even many Christians are immune to the word.  It is considered cute.  In the last days good will be known as evil and evil will be known as good...Isaiah 5:20.  We are without a doubt living in the last days my friend.  The word "trick" also means darkness. 

Jesus is the light of the world...John 8:12.  In Him there is no "darkness"....I John 1:5.  Amen.

I Wish

I wish I could go back and change so many things in my life.  If it were possible my list of priorities might look something like this:  Date more than a couple of months before getting married, be a great mother, be satisfied with my life, and find Christ early in my youth.  Oh, but would I really go back?  No, I don't think so.  There is nothing so valuable to me now as every moment experienced.  Does that sound naive?

After the Lord came into my life, those life experiences are worth more than gold to me.  God has instilled in me the ability to sorrow for the lost and for those who suffer from sin.  My past life has equipped me to know what is important after salvation comes.  I know how to pray for myself and others who are struggling with the devil.  No, there is no way under heaven that I would ever go back!

Thank you Jesus for every day of my life, the sorrows and the joys.

Who Am I?

I am everywhere.  I am hot.  You hate me when I show up.   I can move faster than a race car at high speed.  I am faceless.  I really like to trouble the waters.  I can be ordered to be still.  Christopher Columbus knew me.  I am a mystery.  I love to make you sad.   Who Am I?  Have you guessed the answer yet?

I am a spirit.  There are so many of me no one can count!  We are commanded to try the spirits to see if they be of God or not...I John 4:1. The devil is a great immitator of the Holy Spirit, so how do we know what is true and what is not?  How do we "try" a spirit?  The Church is commanded to do it.  In the days of the old covenant a prophet was tried by his words.  If they came to pass, he was from the Lord.  Today is the day of deception under the new covenant, so trying a spirit is really listening to what comes out of a person's mouth.  The great preacher "Watchman Nee"  would listen to a person for two hours before he would consider allowing him to become a member of his Church.

Our mouth speaks out of the abundance of our heart....Luke 6:45.  Why did Christopher Columbus hate the evil spirits?  Because they would do all to hinder His great discovery of this country!  We should also hate with a perfect hatred those things that belong to darkness. 

  

Encounter

Had myself an encounter with the devil today.  I have been a child of God for over thirty years and it never ceases to amaze me of the things that go on inside the Church out of ignorance!  (II Corinthians 2:11) I will begin with this question:  "What is a dowser?"  Very few know about this little instrument which is controlled by evil forces. 

We went to a used clothing store today and I was up front looking at the counter when the lady who owned the store got a call on her cell phone.  This lady was in her sixties and that will be good to know later.  She told the person on the phone that she had just gotten a fresh batch of dowsers in from her friend.  Of course, she had my attention.  She then reached up and got one and asked me if I had ever seen one of those.  That rascally old devil.  When you are confronted with witchcraft you stomp on it like you would a black widow spider.

I asked her if she knew that it was of witchcraft.  She replied, " there is good witchcraft and bad witchcraft"...she was  quick to defend the evil thing in her hand.  I asked her to do some research on dowsers in the light of Godly information.  She said she had. I asked her if she was saved...she told me she was a Baptist. :(

My husband and I walked out of the store and trust me I could not get out of there fast enough.  A dowser is equal to a Quiji Board.  Let us consider that the Church is in need of discernment.  Let us also examine ourselves to rid our own lives of any ignorance that abides in our lives that goes against the Holy Father in Heaven!

Illness

Many Christians ponder the puzzle of sickness in this world.  It is a huge subject and by no means do I have the answer.  However, I do have a scripture that can make it better for you and me...Romans 8:28 "All things work together for good...".  We also have the hope of being healed.  Jesus still heals today, whether it be an instant touch of His hand or through medicine. 

We hardly ever consider the next verse Romans 8:29.  The two go together and is quite interesting..."For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren".  He knew us before we were formed in our mother's wombs!  He has orchestrated every moment of our lives so that we might be like Jesus.  What a wonderful thought!  This life is temporary and I want to be like Jesus.  No matter what, there is no evil in God!

"Dear Lord Jesus...Help us to think on these things day and night.  We are traveling through this world into the next, let us do it with the likeness of Jesus.  In His name we do pray and consent".  Amen