It never ceases to amaze me, we can “Give” away Billions upon Billions of dollars to a Country like Pakistan or Afghanistan and yet, our own people suffer. Our Government has also told our own people, that we should not be the owner of any weapon of any kind and then turn away funds, that would aid our Police Departments. Our own Government has taken away funds that would assist our local Fire Departments as well and we have watched a Fire Department stand a ways off, as someones home burns to the ground. We see the “Up-tick” of grave violence in crimes across our Country and the victims are left to die, because of financial restrictions at the local level. And now, we read in the “Leftist News Media” that our Government Officials are going to reduce the number of our Military, the “Lean and More agile all-Voluntary Military”. Today, I read where President Obama has stated, talked to, inferred, asked, pleaded…whatever…that Companies across this Country, recall their “Out-Sourced Jobs”. This and many other things such as an “Open Border” policy and that any illegal immigrant can live here, work here (or not) and access Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Emergency services of any kind, have children here and avail themselves of our Public Education …without any cost repercussion of any kind. Oh! It’s all coming to an end!! Fret…Fret!! WHAT??
It is told in Matthew 24:8-14 “All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” So what are we being told here? We remember in John 13:34 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” How then, does this play into all that I stated above? Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.” Of course when you go to be with the dead, it is what was done during your life…that counts. Knowing this, we should be “Different” from the rest of the world, NOT like those that are dying in their sin. In other words, We…the Saved to Jesus Christ…ARE different!!
We already KNOW in our hearts that the RICHES of God are beyond our ability to know or imagine. Having read this, we now understand, that to be like our Father in Heaven, we should be the first to use the “Wisdom of the Lord” (through HIS Word) to conquer the ills of our little world, regardless of what they do or say. We KNOW the Lord…is Lord…over all!! It says in Colossians 3:23-25 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.” We see the rest of the world running around doing whatever they wish, because they see a dwindling of their resources. Remember, they have only the resources of this planet, not the Resources of the Lord God Almighty! So when we see the rest of the world running away from a problem, we should be running to them, Helping them, assuring them, that the Lord is still the Lord and all things and persons are in HIS capable hands. We should be relying on the resources of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, did HE not tell us to place our cares in HIS hands? Did HE create this world with HIS hands or did HE not? With this firmly in our minds and hearts and KNOWING our Lord as we should, our resources come from the Lord! We must feed them, we must assure all those that suffer that Jesus Christ Loves them and cares for them. Pull the money from our pockets and…give it to them! Do you not understand that money is nothing but paper with ink on it, do you not KNOW the Lord has riches untold?! So what is there for you, as a Born-Again Christian, to suffer as a lose?! Nothing!!
Look at Matthew 24:8-14 again (Up above!!) do you see the evidence? What do you have to be afraid of, the lose of food or wealth to buy food? Did the Lord make manna to fall like rain for the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness? Did the Lord provide them water from a rock and so now we worry that we won’t have food to eat or someplace to live? If you are worried about these things, then you are mis-guided and need to start reading the Word of God all over again! Ask yourself, when was the last time you planted a garden and watched the hand of the Lord at work? “Oh! I don’t have a job and where will the next meal come from! How are we going to make the Mortgage payment and still pay for the utilities and the kids need clothes for school!!” Oh worry, worry, worry! And you sit in Church and tell others that the Lord is Lord of your heart?? Where’s the proof?! You have the same problems as those that are not saved and your asking questions like that…when you KNOW you should hear your knees hitting the floor in reverence! Did the Lord ask us to bring our problems to HIM? Did HE say that HE loves you and will provide for all your Needs?!
Here is the answer that will end the questions, like those at the beginning. It says in James 4:1-7 “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” There you are, the answer to all the problems we could ever face while we live in this world. And what about death?! Does the Bible not say…”The Lord conquered death” Does it also say that “The Lord holds the keys to death and Hell”? So tell me now, what are our problems…with whom…and for what reason?? Jesus Christ is Lord over all, Jesus Christ created the earth and everything in it….of what should we be afraid?? “To be absent of the Body is to be present with the Lord”…IF…your life should be required of you. We MUST be careful of the “Worries” we associate ourselves with, are we “Different or not”?? Marantha Lord!
