Regardless of the arena where our voices are heard
and where we stand up to be counted; to be fashionably “current” is important.
Imagine a businessman in the eighteen hundreds dressed to the hilt with his
fancy attire looking to strike up an agreement with a computer geek of the
twenty first century, a casually dressed millionaire in his slops and t-shirt.
The deal would have had immense strain placed upon it before negotiations even
began. Perceptions and preconceived ideological conditions as individuals. Diversity
at its core, and yet God remains the same yesterday, today and forever, He is
constant, praise His name!
For us to handle scripture in a day like today we must
look for the clues that are relevant. The Word of God is not bound by time,
whereas “style” is linked to time. Fashion must never dictate, the Word (Bible)
must always take pre-eminence if we are to survive and end up on the right side
of God’s judgments. Let me be clear, scripture in its entirety is relevant if
we dissect the words within the verses that are on the pages with precision no
differently to a homicide detective searching out clues within a crime scene
carefully paying attention to the obvious as well as the hidden detail. Some
will be better than others in reading and interpreting scripture, no
differently to the varying measures of talents across every other area of our
lives. It is also obvious that we will play different roles within the body of
Christ (the church, on a local and universal scale). Therefore it would be
impossible to continuously walk on our hands if we are actually place in the
body as feet. The Apostle James says it like this; “let not many of your become
teachers as you will receive a stricter judgement.” All were never meant to be
teachers, but all are capable of an intermit relationship with God, that is, if
we are born again and new creatures in Christ. Then and only then will we have
eyes to see spiritual truths.
The voice of reasoning, which on the surface is
exactly that, reasonable. Logic and common sense teach us to live in a certain
manner. However when we strip it down it is the opposite of faith, which God
requires from His children; “but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no
pleasure in him." (Hebrew 10:38) - “reasoning” in that sense
is in direct opposition to the voice of God and is driven by the devil and his
followers. When the Lord Jesus sent out his disciples to proclaim the gospel
what was his instruction in spite of their initial obvious understanding of
planning for their trip? Thoughts like; food, a weapon for self-defence, a
change of clothing and money for the trip…
This was the instruction; “These twelve Jesus sent
out, instructing them, “Acquire no gold nor silver nor
copper for your belts, no
bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, for the laborer
deserves his food.”” In that sense God does not
need help from men to do His bidding , He is the great “I AM”, this is where I
believe so many of us get it wrong, we bring God down to our level instead of
the other way around. True faith allows us to operate in the correct realm,
GODS DOMAIN!
It is imperative to trim our sails and to check our
bearing if we are to make it to our final destination, heaven with all its
glory!
Let us all remember that if we believe in our
hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess with our mouths that
Jesus is Lord of our lives, we most certainly belong to the household of God
and we shall be saved on that day, and yet when we flip the coin we see that
God is not happy with those who draw back…
”Therefore do not
throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need
of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive
what is promised. For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come
and will not delay; but my righteous one
shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in
him. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed,
but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.” (Hebrews 10:35-39)
Are we numbered amongst the latter or have we
fallen asleep? Is it time to trim your sails, my sails need constant trimming.
Give me strength Father God in the mighty name of Jesus Christ my Lord and
Saviour to see the wood from the trees and to discern your will for my life and
not to over emphasis the carnal wants in my life. Teach me to live by faith,
Amen and Amen!
Signing off
Tyrone
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