Apr

14

He is Risen!

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This is where Jesus took on the sins of mankind when he was nailed to a Roman cross. Someone had to take the penalty and Jesus was the guy. He bore our shame and iniquity and they crucified him though he lived a sinless life. Can’t even imagine the suffering and anguish he endured on our behalf. Beyond the pale of anything man will ever experience. But this cross couldn’t hold him, and he’s alive right now at the right hand of God watching and waiting to return once more to earth to bring us all who believe home to live with him forever.

Thank you, Lord!

Apr

01

No God like Jehovah

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There is no God like Jehovah. He is faithful and true to his word. He says what he means and means what he says. He is steadfast, immovable and consistent.

Who of us is consistent? Is anyone or anything? Life changes on a dime and today’s good thing is tomorrow’s bad. We say one thing today, and a week—even hours—later say the opposite. We forget. We’re human.

Inconsistency is so like the human nature of man. So, it’s tough to get our finite minds wrapped around the glory and infinite being we call God, who never changes.

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? ~ Numbers 23:19

The infinite nature of Jesus and his incarnation and becoming our Emmanuel is utterly unfathomable, since he’s been around from before time began, and he is as steadfast and unchanging then as he is now.

To think the creator of the universe does not change at whims or predilections like man does, should give us all the more reason to depend on him—the one who is faithful and true—and hold his Holy Word above all else.

Mar

16

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“Anyone else sense something odd about this Coronavirus? Election years have been associated with viruses in the past like ebola, sars, etc. But virologist findings say this virus isn’t nearly as potent as the others, yet it’s put the global community in a panic. Something is not right about this. Power of the media is amazing. Social experiment in the making?”

I posted the above comment on social media last week, and there’s two schools of thought, as always, as the dialogue began.  In fact, prominent names in the media are on opposite sides.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, leading physician of infectious diseases on a Sunday morning news show said we should NOT go out to public places like restaurants. While Congressman Devon Nunes on a Sunday morning news show said we SHOULD go out to public places like restaurants. Not to mention that the CDC, WHO, and the family doctors also cannot agree on a course of action that is in sync.

So what does one make of it? Is it hype or propaganda? A social experiment?

From a casual observation, it seems the rate of transmission of this latest COV-19 in America does not warrant the amount of fear that’s being irrationally spread. To be so concerned about this to the point of shutting down the  entire economy is absurd in my opinion. The ramifications will unravel a whole plethora of financial unrest for a massive amount of workers and business owners in the weeks and months to come that will affect everyone. Sadly, many churches have cancelled services as well.  We’ve NEVER responded like this before when H1N1 came…or SARS, MERS, Swine flu, etc. People have gotten the COV-19 while innocently inside their beds in a nursing home. Yet, we’re warned to stay inside.

As for me and my family, our faith is the overriding factor in all of this. As we are led by the spirit, so we should walk. I am not swayed by this latest contagion because I believe it’s politically motivated. An article online containing incriminating information just confirmed my suspicions this morning. In all of this, I look to the Lord.

“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses but one who has been tempted in all things as we are and yet without sin. Let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need” ~ Hebrews 4:14-16

Mar

09

Here I Am

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In Genesis- we read: Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Can you think of anything more daunting?  When God spoke to Abraham and made his covenant with him, Abraham obeyed. His faith in God was reckoned to him as righteousness. Abraham took the command willingly and did not delay. No excuses, no hesitation; he got up early and stepped up to the challenge. His faith revealed how much he trusted God.

Of course, God did not condone pagan human sacrifice; so, when Isaac questioned his father as to what the sacrifice would be, Abraham responded that God would provide the sacrifice. God spared Isaac and made a substitute. Abraham took a ram and offered it up for a burnt offering, and the place of the sacrifice was called Jehovah Jireh (the Lord will provide).

Abraham, and later Moses, recognized God’s provision, and it pointed to the ultimate sacrifice when God would provide Himself. As Charles Spurgeon says, “In order to save us, God provided God. He did not provide an angel, nor a mere man, but God himself.”

Here I am was Abraham’s faithful reply. Would we all be so quick and ready to assume the commands of God as Father Abraham? Total surrender is the highest form of worship.

 

Mar

02

Our steadfast hope

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It’s a marvelous mystery that in the ages before time began, Jesus was there. Yes, he became the Incarnate one, our Emmanuel (God with Us) at his birth in Bethlehem, but he was always here. In the first chapter of John, we read: In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

 In Jesus, dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority ~ Colossians 2:8-11

According to minister-author Matthew Henry, “The fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ really and not figuratively; for he is both God and man.”

In our finite minds, it’s hard to conceptualize the awesomeness of the nature of Christ. It’s not so much a matter to consume and comprehend through logic but more of a respectful apprehending through faith. For how can the limited mind of a finite being claim with any authority the process of an infinite God? It’s impossible. But with God, all things are possible.

In Hebrews 1:8-12 we find… Of the Son, God says, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom…You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Your hands; they will perish, but You remain…You will roll them up; like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not come to an end.’