Dear Lord,
It is obvious as I journey through
this world of yours, that I am foreigners in a strange land, it was not always
so, and sadly even after your gracious call I like Demas lost my way, forgive
me Father for this! But with great joy in my heart I can with confidence declare
that it is no longer so. Continue to change my perceptions pertaining to the
ways of this world. Continue to “renew a right spirit in me” oh great Holy
Spirit, continue to reveal the wondrous works of the cross to me, continuously reveal
Jesus every minute of every day!
This then is my cry…
Just as the Lord considered not His
life but laid it down for His brethren, I too pray that you would place a great
resolve within my heart to lay my life down for my brethren. Just as He was a
stranger in this world, I too will become a stranger to the systems of this
world. As foreign as that may be, I am persuaded, I have seen enough of your
tenderness in my life to know if you go with me, it will be well with my soul.
What a great God I serve! You are wonderful beyond comprehension, but I am no
longer foreign to you but rather known of you and for this I am most thankful.
Strengthen my faith I pray, so that wherever you may lead I will follow.
Folly has had its place in my life,
but it has surely run its course! The days of childlike behavior can no longer
claim any part of my life; Rescue is found when we look to Jesus and no other!
Praise His glorious Name! – “When I was a child, I spoke like
a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man,
I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to
face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully
known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of
these is love.” (1Corinthians 13:11-13)
Help
me then from here on in to focus solely on that which is of utmost importance;
faith hope and love! Always remind me to look to Jesus for He is my rescue. How
this world is so full of the opposite; faithlessness, dearth and hate, and they
without doubt have their pull. A snake may be daunting to behold, but only if
you see it with poisonous fangs! A mountaintop may be scary but only if you see
jagged rocks below. BUT GOD in and though the Lord Jesus Christ has conquered
all, so then death when is your sting? All hail King Jesus! Blessing can be realized
but only when we pull down on the ropes of faith. The storm may rage but only
outside of the realm of faith. Faith is the tool to calm any storm! Faith will
not leave us hanging on a limb dangling without hope, faith feeds our hope. And
what a great hope we have, one day we will forever be with the One who has
conquered every negative burden that look to rob us of our call. “For those whom he foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be
the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also
called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified
he also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us,
who can be against us? (Romans 8:29-31)
There
is a day coming when the love of God will in totality be realised for all who
cling through faith in hope to the King of kings and the Lord of lords. How I
long for that day even so come quickly Lord Jesus! We have an anchor that is
steadfast and true, only realise it and it will be well with your soul, Amen!
Signing off
Tyrone
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