"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do the in thicket of the Jordan?" (The Lord God to Jeremiah--- and us)
This is from today's "Major Prophet" reading. This has been the question/exhortation of the Blessed Trinity throughout Church History. This is to the People of Jesus Christ. And, by Father's, Son's, and Holy Spirit's grace and mercy, the People who have triumphed in history, no matter the regimes, the persecution, the hatred, the rejection, the plots to destroy, are those who's trust is Jesus Christ and Jesus alone. I say to you and me today: Don't stop now. I'm sure many of you Americans are being inundated with Face Book posts, emails. communications from "ministries," all in an attempt to sway you, encourage you, exhort you. I too posted several Scriptures to Face Book, I confess. No matter the outcome of the US Elections, however, life goes on and will go on. No government of man has ever been nor ever shall be the salvation nor the end of you and me.
I personally had a great time yesterday with some friends of ours. Yes, we played Scriptures; we prayed; we shared. But just being together with friends who also, "follow the Lamb wherever He goes," is just wonderful. We played through many Scriptures. We prayed at the "four corners" of the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Some shared some profound things. But I "evaluate" our times together mostly in the perspective of Covenant History, the history of those whom the Bible calls, "elect of God," in Christ Jesus. People who love/obey Jesus Christ do not get bogged down by events, good or bad. We do not look at history with a microscope, but rather a telescope, and we do so to the past and the future. Remember, "The Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the Everlasting Arms."
The Bible teaches us that the, "horses," and, "the thicket of Jordan," will come. Indeed, they have come and still comprise the atmosphere of many of our Brethren in the Earth. We just, in so many ways and of so much, do not know the future. We are thankful for the "prophetic" and in no wise, "despise...prophesyings." But we do test them. And whether they "come to pass" or not, our "hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' Blood and Righteousness." The reality that, "we are more than conquerors," is based on and in our union in Jesus Christ and His Words, nothing and no one else, no matter how insightful, how profound. It is our Lord Jesus that we deal with, "horses...and the thicket of Jordan."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You that You are my Peace; hence, in You I am unshakable. Amen.
This is from today's "Major Prophet" reading. This has been the question/exhortation of the Blessed Trinity throughout Church History. This is to the People of Jesus Christ. And, by Father's, Son's, and Holy Spirit's grace and mercy, the People who have triumphed in history, no matter the regimes, the persecution, the hatred, the rejection, the plots to destroy, are those who's trust is Jesus Christ and Jesus alone. I say to you and me today: Don't stop now. I'm sure many of you Americans are being inundated with Face Book posts, emails. communications from "ministries," all in an attempt to sway you, encourage you, exhort you. I too posted several Scriptures to Face Book, I confess. No matter the outcome of the US Elections, however, life goes on and will go on. No government of man has ever been nor ever shall be the salvation nor the end of you and me.
I personally had a great time yesterday with some friends of ours. Yes, we played Scriptures; we prayed; we shared. But just being together with friends who also, "follow the Lamb wherever He goes," is just wonderful. We played through many Scriptures. We prayed at the "four corners" of the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Some shared some profound things. But I "evaluate" our times together mostly in the perspective of Covenant History, the history of those whom the Bible calls, "elect of God," in Christ Jesus. People who love/obey Jesus Christ do not get bogged down by events, good or bad. We do not look at history with a microscope, but rather a telescope, and we do so to the past and the future. Remember, "The Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the Everlasting Arms."
The Bible teaches us that the, "horses," and, "the thicket of Jordan," will come. Indeed, they have come and still comprise the atmosphere of many of our Brethren in the Earth. We just, in so many ways and of so much, do not know the future. We are thankful for the "prophetic" and in no wise, "despise...prophesyings." But we do test them. And whether they "come to pass" or not, our "hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' Blood and Righteousness." The reality that, "we are more than conquerors," is based on and in our union in Jesus Christ and His Words, nothing and no one else, no matter how insightful, how profound. It is our Lord Jesus that we deal with, "horses...and the thicket of Jordan."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You that You are my Peace; hence, in You I am unshakable. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
