Fool On Fire

-

 Your word I have hidden in my heart. That I might not sin against You. - [Psalm 119:11]  i heard someone tell about a friend who told him he'd rather be a fool on fire than a scholar on ice. Spiritual gifts are to edify others, not ourselves.  Love is the most important thing because YAH is love.  Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. - [Psalm 141:3]  i have to be of the same mind toward others.  There must be a unity of believers.  Why is it so difficult to find them?  i think our pride and our egos get in the way without exception.  Some folks are just not likeable.  But i know what Jesus said.  What good is it to love people we like?  Even the tax collectors can do that.  YAH, help all of us to be aware that You don't evaluate people the way we do.   


Those of us who will be greatest in Your kingdom will be the greatest servants.  YAH, help all of us to be aware that You don't evaluate people the way we do.  May i gain a glimpse of what God designed for me by serving others.  i help build the Kingdom, step by step.  i hunger for Your Word.  It's the first thing i indulge in every morning while the water for coffee is heating up.  YAH i will do what You want.  You want me to want the blessings You bestow in my life.  You've already had Jesus pay for my sins, and You think i'm special enough to hold on to that gift.  Thank You, Heavenly Father.

Thank You for taking the time to purify me.  i leave that all up to You.  To reward my enemies as they have blessed me.  i leave that all up to You.  While "they" run their mouths against me, help me to focus on what You want for me and what it is i must do to glorify You.  I meditate on Your statutes.  This ol' heart just don't pump blood.  i pray that my body may be righteous when you raise me up.  My body and my spirit, YAH, belongs to You through Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior.  Amen

i think of Your body, Lord, so abused, violated, and tortured.  Why would i want the same done to me?  i, in turn, by healing my wounds wish to heal Your's.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Broiled Fish and Some Honeycomb

-
Image
 As He taught them a shadow of the cross fell across the old testament and their "eyes were opened."  He was that ram at Abraham's alter.  He was that spotless Passover Lamb whose blood was shed to bring freedom from slavery and deliverance from death.  He was that scarlet thread that hung out Rahab's window.  The Shepherd King:  David spoke so much about Him in the Psalter.  He was Isaiah's suffering servant, the fourth man in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshash, and Abed-Nego.  And yet He will never vanish from my sight unless i allow it.  Jesus' purpose isn't to push Himself onto anyone.  As humans, as mortals, He wants us to come to Him.  That's probably the only Hunger He ever has!  Is for us to come to Him.  i was the other disciple walking along the road to Emmaus.  i've gone from the road to Damascus to the road to Emmaus.  i've been writing about what Christ has done for me. Praise goes to the Lord! ...
Read more

Having Seen the Lord on the Road

-
Image
 1 Timothy:  Make sure no other doctrine is taught, no fables which cause dispute, where there is no godly edification. Timothy, prevent the spread of false teaching. Legalists cannot mix law and grace.  They engage in idle talk, having strayed with their meaningless babble.  The law is not made for the righteous person, but for the lawless, ungodly, unholy, and profane, something of which i was guilty for so long and even have the temptation to fall back into the pit from time to time.  i obtained God's mercy because i committed those wrongs in unbelief, or as a back-slider and as someone prone to worldly and fleshly desire and lust. Now i believe in Jesus Christ and only by His grace will i obtain everlasting life.  Grace by faith and trust in Him.  In Him alone.  If i were to be a young man's mentor, i would want to be a quiet encourager, a serene influence, i would want to interest him by saying as little meaningless babble as possible and lea...
Read more

When I Haven't Removed the Plank From My Own Eye

-
Heavenly Father, help me align myself to Your will.  Shall i take advantage of the free time and begin at the seminary?  Could i use this motel room as a sanctuary despite the distractions?  Please help me before idolatry decays my soul any further.  Don't let this defeating habit in my life rob me of my confidence in Your power to give me victory over sin making me hesitant to offer Christ as the answer to others controlled by sin.  Don't let this habit destroy my incentive to share my faith because of feeling like a hypocrite.  How could i witness to others when i haven't removed the plank from my own eye? --[Matthew 7: 1-5] Sin always results in death of some kind. It is worth the continual struggle to combat temptation.  The awful, never-ending process of combating temptation is God's means of maturing me and confirming me to the image of Christ.  To throw my hands up in defeat is to abandon the process and to miss out on life's most important...
Read more