The Gift of God: June 2018

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Psalm 69:9a

"9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;" I was made to realize recently how a couple of my recent blogs sounded and have since edited them to hopefully correct some of the feelings that have been stirred up by them. I love my church family and everyone in it, without exception. I have been guilty of being judgmental in my zeal for wanting my church family to see things the way that I see them. I have been impatient. I feel a bit like Saul/Paul wanting so much to get to the business of hurrying up the work that belongs solely to the Holy Spirit. The attacks of the deceiver of our souls and the events of human history and the occasional dreams that I have had all are indicative of a rapidly closing time for earth's history. I feel strongly that the final events are about to unfold and the bridegroom is making himself ready to come. (The next few sentences are not for any one person or group specifically but for each of us individually to internalize and ask ourselves.) If you knew today that God was definitely coming back within a year or two how would that change how you lived your life today. Would you be going out door to door two by two to spread the glad tidings? Would you be watching garbage on the TV? Would you be going out to the movies or planning extensive vacations? Or would you rather be putting your time and money into helping finish the work? Would we be like the church just after Jesus went back to heaven? Acts 4:33 "And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need." My prayer every night is for each person that I know to come to a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ so that we may all stand on the sea of glass together. "Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit." http://www.whiteestate.org/devotional/mar/06_09.asp