"Only one life, 'twill soon be past
Only what's done for Christ will last."

Thursday, August 27, 2015

What If?

It's the 27th of August today.

People are fond of quoting the verse, "No one knows the day or hour" when we talk about Christ's second coming.

But there are far more verses that describe the time of the second coming, or even the birth pangs accelerating before the rapture.

What if Jesus keeps the fall feasts, the Feast of Trumpets, and we are snatched away this fall?


How would that change your life today?

I ask myself that question every day as I cry out "Maranatha!"

Would you do as you had planned, on your Day-timer? Would your agenda change? Would your week look different?

I have said this all along----If Christ returns for us PRAISE THE LORD! If He doesn't, we'll just calmly wait until we pass on. We should live every single day as if it is our last on earth.

And prepare for a long life as well.

Paradoxes.

Life if full of them, and so is spiritual life.

The only way to navigate a life of faith is to be immersed in the Word of God, and to begin to know the Creator personally, on an intimate scale. Then the Spirit of God can move in your heart---your spirit---and reveal truth to you.

Do we make mistakes? Yes. We see through a dim glass right now. We are shackled by our human nature.

Yet our spirits are alive in Him, and we can glean the joy of life from that privileged relationship. It's win/win.

Who am I writing to today?

First of all, my own children. I am their teacher first, as well as their mother. I can't dictate in their lives, but I can hope they follow wisdom. I can hope they make good choices. I hope and pray daily that they become mighty in spirit.

There is an enemy out there who would love to trip them up and see them fail.

I'm writing to friends who don't know Christ personally yet.

I'm writing to family who are on the same path that I am----different stages, different experiences---yet knowing the same Lord, same background.

I'm writing because I love you.

I'm writing to encourage you, friend, who reads this blog regularly. We are on a narrow path together.

Why does the path of truth have to be so narrow? I just don't like that. But I must accept it.

Get on it, Friend! What if we have just days left?

What if Jesus snatches us away and many are left to go through tribulation? Satan has a purpose in all of that, and God's wrath is nothing new on this old earth.

Remember the flood? The geological record of the flood is literally under our feet. It was a time of judgment.

It's going to be worse this time.

Jesus warns us all about it. He Himself, the author of Love, invites us to escape that wrath.

Ask Him to be your savior today. Ask Him to forgive your sins. Repent. It seems that there are many who profess to be followers of Christ Jesus, yet are living in unrepentance, in bondage to sexual sin, alcoholism, and deceit. It's an old story, since the dawn of time.

Unrepentant hypocrites are Satan's best allies.

No one can claim to be without sin, yet we all need to be living lives that show the power of the Holy Spirit, freedom from sin's bondage---even those besetting sins that appear as addictions.

Shout, cry out to the LORD for freedom. Ask the Holy Spirit to transform your heart, and bring those sinful thoughts captive-----arrest them! STOP THEM!

God's power is truly great. He gives it freely.

To see the peace and joy that fills a transformed life is one of the most beautiful things on earth.

But it is a daily thing! No one can rest on the mountain tops of spiritual highs. One must descend to the trenches of daily sanctification. It's a battle. Satan is still in the fight for now.

So, if we have days left---
or weeks---
or months and years----

Set your minds on things above.

There is a parable in Matthew 25 of the ten virgins that has tremendous implications for these last days. Five had oil in their lamps, and took oil with them. They were prepared for the bridegroom to appear and they were admitted to the bridal feast.

Five did not prepare. They had to go buy oil from the sellers and missed the call to go in. The door was shut and there was "gnashing of teeth." They missed that blessed hope.

Jesus gives us this story for a reason. GET YOUR OIL.

Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you today. Be ready.

What if the call comes this day?

Pitch the agenda.
Live Jesus.

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