Sobriety Checkpoint
Greetings in Jesus name whose appearing we long for as we have no continuing city here, but we seek one to come. As you go about your daily routine do you find yourself thinking about the moment when we are together with the Lord Jesus? Do you think about what it'll be like when this corruption puts on incorruption and this mortality puts on immortality? Do you ever just ponder what it'll be like when, at long last, we are gathered together along with all of the saints to forever be with the Lord? I'm not asking you to drop everything and run to the nearest mountain top to wait, but the approach of that moment should be on your heart continually. To "love his appearing" should be the desire of every saint as we have absolutly no confidence in the flesh. (I apolagize if I'm rambling. I worked twelve hours today and I'm battling fatigue at this very moment.) We sing songs such as "When we all get to heaven" and "When the roll is called up yonder" We quote all of the verses (such as John 14:1-3, II Corinthians 4:18, and Revelation chapters 21 and 22) and we say all of the right phrases to let others know that our affections are on things above. But to really get it into our hearts is a different matter completly. (again, I'm talking to the mirror; I need this) There is going to be a moment; be it by natural death or by the air when Jesus returns and sends his angels into the four corners of the earth to gather his elect, when we will have to stand in judgment. I was just thinking on this tonight at work. Will he say "well done good and faithful servant?" This isn't necessarily an easy thing to think on, but if you do, it'll bring you to a greater level of sober-mindedness. In the hour that we live we need to be sober-minded like never before. We are all surrounded by folks who don't know Jesus and don't see a need to. We're in a spiritual battle 24/7 against principalities and powers that are striving to keep our friends, family members, co-workers, and neighbors in darkness. (I know that I'm repeating previous posts, but this is what's on my heart at the moment) We battle the old man who wants to "take it easy; tell a few clean jokes; make people laugh." The battle goes on relentlessly as we long to be with Jesus, and, we long for the precious souls around us; that God would grant them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. That they also would "love his appearing" instead of crying out to the rocks "fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:" It hits really close to home for me as I have a household where two kingdoms are at work. I love my family dearly, just as you love yours, and their eternal salvation is at the forefront of my mind. Being a good testimony, praying fervently, and ALWAYS being ready to give an answer to anyone who asks of the hope that is in us is of utmost importance. I praise God in that he has given me some victory over the runaway foolishness problem that I have at work, however I have a long way to go and there are souls in the balance there as well as everywhere. I pray that we would all be wise with the little time that remains of this age. Again, as I write this, I'm realizing a lot of areas in my life where improvement is in order. Let me close this post with Daniel 12:2-3 which states "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." I pray that this would be planted firmly in our hearts.
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