The Way The Truth and The Life

I start off with a story. I was in high school. I had double ear infections and was not contagious any longer so was sent to school even though I could not hear anything out of each ear. I was called on in class to read and I told my teacher I could not hear, especially if I was reading and he said that it was ok to stop on a certain sentence. Thinking I was prepared even though I couldn’t hear, I started reading. I marked the spot I was supposed to stop. Well, when I finished I looked up and my teacher was more than mad and everyone in the class was laughing. I asked the person next to me what happened and they said he was trying to get me to stop  a long time ago and being oblivious I didn’t. I tried to apologize, reminding him I have double ear infections and cannot hear. Boy was he mad and more than that I was embarrassed! Oftentimes we think we are prepared and come to find out we are not! Come to find out we are distracted about the wrong things!

As we go forward today, think of your own life and situations!

Man and this world had gotten so evil and corrupt God was saddened and sorry He had ever made man. We find this in Genesis 6. He had Noah make the Ark to wash all the evil away except for Noah, his family and 2 of every animal. Can you imagine a Noah today telling us something was coming we had never experienced or seen before? Would we listen or make fun, mock and ridicule them? The Lord had made a covenant by giving us a rainbow in the sky after it rains saying He would not flood the whole earth ever again. Sin and corruption had overtaken again with free will that we were given. He then brought His son Jesus to earth as a baby. To live, grow, learn the ways of the people, being taught the ways of the Lord as well as eventually becoming the sacrificial lamb for all of mankind paying all their sins ones they haven’t even thought of doing yet. But, I am getting ahead of myself.

Jesus told a parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25. Telling that 5 were foolish and five were wise. The foolish virgins took their lamps but did not prepare by taking extra oil. But the wise virgins took flasks of oil. When the bridegroom came at the midnight hour the wise ones had enough oil to go out and meet the bridegroom. When the foolish virgins’ oil had run out they asked the wise ones for some, but they only had enough for themselves. Everyone likes to look at the timeline of prophecy and predict this hasn’t happened, that hasn’t happened we have more time. But in scripture it says not even the angels know when He is coming and comes like a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 Do we want to be counted amongst the wise or the foolish? In this time of covid are we getting our hearts right with the Lord? Are we having true fellowship with Him? intimacy and transparency? Or like the foolish are we letting temptations and distractions sway us so we are not preparing our family, hearts and relationship with the Lord? The worst place to be with our walk with the Lord is like Saul before conversion thinking we are right with the Lord when we are definitely not! I hear you in the spirit saying because of what Jesus did we have the right standing and that is true. With that said He is a jealous God and He doesn’t save us to continue in our sin. But to empower us to exchange our characteristics to His. When Saul was on the road to Damascus in Acts 9 did he continue to kill christians saying oh the Lord will forgive me purposely sinning or did he allow it to change his character, his way of life and mission?  

Yesterday it made me think of the last days. What happens when social media goes away permanently? What happens when that connection is taken away? When we are hard pressed on every side what will we do when we have no messenger or dm to go to? Will we be prepared? As a people will we have the intimacy with the Lord that we will be ok? Like the virgins with not enough oil will we be ill prepared or ready for our bride? In 2 Timothy 4 we are called to be ready in and out of season. When He cracks the sky will we be found faithful to Him or caught in our taste of sin whatever that is for us?   For me and my house we will serve the Lord. Everything that people have said, done or damaged me I let go, give it to my Healer and will no longer take up residency in my head, thoughts and heart. If it is not there for the purpose of the kingdom it cannot remain. I choose this day to let go grab hold of Christ and move forward to what He has in store for me and my family. My hope and prayer as we reflect on our lives that we will all do the same! God bless you