This tiny little verse spoke volumes to me today...
"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. Luke 11:33
How many of us christians after receiving something so great as salvation from our Lord are too... shy to display or rather show our faith to others? When the Lord forgives our sins and we become christians we often hear things such as being "on fire for God" meaning we want to learn more and more about Christ, and we want to share these things with others. But often we, even those who have been christian thier whole life, tend to shy out or not even attempt to share our faith with others. We worry, "I wonder what these people will think of me if I start talking about God and Jesus." This unfortunatley, because of the vanity in our lives, often keeps us from sharing the truth of the gospel with someone who may really need it, or even be seeking it! We are more worried about our own popularity, than we are with someones salvation! I myself have been guilty of this from time to time! The thing is, we recieved a light to shine forth in a darkened world, to hold up high, to help light a path for others to follow to Christ. The higher we raise this light the better people can see where they are going, even to help ourselves so that we do not trip and fall in our own walk on this path. The more we lower this light, perhaps because we are afraid it may hurt someones eyes, the less we can see, and the less they can see. Eventually we may hide this light entirely, like covering it with a bowl. You take a candle, add a bowl. The candle then has no oxygen to fuel the fire and the flame... dies. It's time we ceased to hide our fires inside, but to hold them up as high as we can, and even add a little gasoline to the mix to create an explosion within not only ourselves, but to other christians. And to create a fire so big that anyone, no matter how dark the road they travel, can see for miles as everything around them is lit up like the Fourth of July.
I pray that anyone reading this will be blessed, that christians who read this may show thier faith more often, and that they pray for me as well, so that I may do the same.
Monday, January 18, 2010
My Lord, My Savior, My King
this is an old entry from one of my other blogs that I was reading through and decided to post here.... if anyone reads it, I hope and pray it speaks to you.
My Lord, My Savior, My King
Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:32 pm
Lord...I look upon You and I weep. With every strike of the mallet upon the nail, another tear comes to my eyes as I wince at the pain in my heart, as You gasp at the pain in Your hands and Your feet. How Lord? Why? Why do You consider one such as myself worthy of such sacrifice? Why do You bleed for a sinner as sinful and filthy as myself? How can You look upon me and see me as worthy of being saved? I want to scream, "Save Yourself! Son of God, You command the power of the angels! Order them Lord to destroy those who would see Your destruction upon this instrument of torturous death! This horrible instrument of bloodletting!!! Comand the angels Lord!" And I weep, knowing however, You will not do this. I know You will allow Yourself to die so I might be saved, as unworthy as I am. And I watch as they raise Your cross and nail upon it 'King of the Jews'. And despite the anguish I feel for You a part of me chuckles, not just King of the jews, but King of all mankind.
Yes my Savior, I weep in sadness and despair at this inhuman murderous act inflicted upon You....No....I was wrong. This is NOT inhuman. This is what we have become Lord! This.....is who we are. We could not BE more human than now. We have become a wretched, murderous, adulterous, lying, thieving people! Why does God the Father not strike us down this very hour? It is what we deserve! Yet, God's love is so strong that He would sacrifice You, His only Son to pay for the judgement of our penalty? The price for this penalty is death! We deserve no less!!! My Lord why do You allow this? Oh yes...It is for our salvation. And I thank you Lord, yet the pain You have indured is so great. I saw You whipped and beaten. I saw them place a crown of thorns upon Your head. I saw them mock You and spit upon You, as You carried Your cross...And I see You now up there upon that very same cross struggling to breathe and I wonder how we will survive when You're gone. But, I believe You will return Lord. Soon, to finally set things right.
I weep in both sadness and joy as I hear You speak those final words, my Savior. With those final words spoken by Your mouth as You breathe Your last breath, I know there will be many battles to come. Yet with those words the war itself is over. Those final, beautiful words..."It is finished."
Thank You Jesus. My Lord. My Savior. My King.
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if you had been present at Christ's crucifixion? What would you have thought? What would you have said? Would you even have been able to look upon Him without falling to your knees in despair? Would you have been able to see through all the tears in your eyes? There is no greater example of love than Christ's suffering for us. Remember that.
God bless
My Lord, My Savior, My King
Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:32 pm
Lord...I look upon You and I weep. With every strike of the mallet upon the nail, another tear comes to my eyes as I wince at the pain in my heart, as You gasp at the pain in Your hands and Your feet. How Lord? Why? Why do You consider one such as myself worthy of such sacrifice? Why do You bleed for a sinner as sinful and filthy as myself? How can You look upon me and see me as worthy of being saved? I want to scream, "Save Yourself! Son of God, You command the power of the angels! Order them Lord to destroy those who would see Your destruction upon this instrument of torturous death! This horrible instrument of bloodletting!!! Comand the angels Lord!" And I weep, knowing however, You will not do this. I know You will allow Yourself to die so I might be saved, as unworthy as I am. And I watch as they raise Your cross and nail upon it 'King of the Jews'. And despite the anguish I feel for You a part of me chuckles, not just King of the jews, but King of all mankind.
Yes my Savior, I weep in sadness and despair at this inhuman murderous act inflicted upon You....No....I was wrong. This is NOT inhuman. This is what we have become Lord! This.....is who we are. We could not BE more human than now. We have become a wretched, murderous, adulterous, lying, thieving people! Why does God the Father not strike us down this very hour? It is what we deserve! Yet, God's love is so strong that He would sacrifice You, His only Son to pay for the judgement of our penalty? The price for this penalty is death! We deserve no less!!! My Lord why do You allow this? Oh yes...It is for our salvation. And I thank you Lord, yet the pain You have indured is so great. I saw You whipped and beaten. I saw them place a crown of thorns upon Your head. I saw them mock You and spit upon You, as You carried Your cross...And I see You now up there upon that very same cross struggling to breathe and I wonder how we will survive when You're gone. But, I believe You will return Lord. Soon, to finally set things right.
I weep in both sadness and joy as I hear You speak those final words, my Savior. With those final words spoken by Your mouth as You breathe Your last breath, I know there will be many battles to come. Yet with those words the war itself is over. Those final, beautiful words..."It is finished."
Thank You Jesus. My Lord. My Savior. My King.
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if you had been present at Christ's crucifixion? What would you have thought? What would you have said? Would you even have been able to look upon Him without falling to your knees in despair? Would you have been able to see through all the tears in your eyes? There is no greater example of love than Christ's suffering for us. Remember that.
God bless
To Trust The Hand That Guides...
To Trust The Hand That Guides...
I really felt like posting a new one today.... but couldn't find the right words. So I checked out one of my old blogs and found this, and it works out fine. This one was done around the New Year as well, and of course.... seems I haven't been following my own advise again. Seems I've been getting real good at trusting myself and not God lately, and as usual it leaves me in a mess. I guess I'll renew the following New Years resolution.... Pray I get it right this time.
Psalm 32:8
The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your Life. I will advise you and watch over you.
Why do we have such a hard time allowing God to guide our lives along the best pathway for us? Well THIS is a question I am asking myself this moment. Why do I keep trying to live my life the way I want to live my life, even knowing that everytime I do this it only leads to disaster? I'm sure some of you who may read this may find yourselves asking the same question. Would it not be better to allow God to take us by the hand and lead us to where HE wants us to be? Sure, some of you may say if God is going to lead us, He is going to just do that! He'll take our hand and lead us whether we know it or not! No....I don't think so. You see, we have been given a free will. We tend to forget that sometimes I think. My best guess is we have to be WILLING to allow Him to lead us. He may extend his hand to us.....but we have to take that hand. We have to grasp His with our own! And yet I seem to have a hard time doing this myself. I know I should just trust in The Lord enough to let HIM lead ME. And this is how a relationship with Him should be! Many times I have had friends of mine come up to me and ask my advise on relationships with thier boyfriend or girlfriend or husband or wife. Many times they are having an issue involving trust whereas they dont trust thier significant other or the significant other doesn't trust them. This could involve many things and I always tell them the same thing. And I truly believe this to be true......YOU CAN NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT TRUST! Uh oh.....that's just it isn't it? I haven't been trusting enough in the Lord to allow Him to lead me. I have NOT been following my very own advice in the most important relationship of all! A relationship with my Lord Jesus Christ! Oh my......that's not good at all. Anyone else having this problem? Well here we are going into a new year....and in doing so a chance to start things anew in all parts of life, especially our walk with God. And so as my New Years resolution I intend to reach out my hand, and take the hand of my Savior, and trustingly allow Him to guide me. I hope you all do the same.
God Bless you all, and Happy New Year!
3:11 AM
1 Co
I really felt like posting a new one today.... but couldn't find the right words. So I checked out one of my old blogs and found this, and it works out fine. This one was done around the New Year as well, and of course.... seems I haven't been following my own advise again. Seems I've been getting real good at trusting myself and not God lately, and as usual it leaves me in a mess. I guess I'll renew the following New Years resolution.... Pray I get it right this time.
Psalm 32:8
The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your Life. I will advise you and watch over you.
Why do we have such a hard time allowing God to guide our lives along the best pathway for us? Well THIS is a question I am asking myself this moment. Why do I keep trying to live my life the way I want to live my life, even knowing that everytime I do this it only leads to disaster? I'm sure some of you who may read this may find yourselves asking the same question. Would it not be better to allow God to take us by the hand and lead us to where HE wants us to be? Sure, some of you may say if God is going to lead us, He is going to just do that! He'll take our hand and lead us whether we know it or not! No....I don't think so. You see, we have been given a free will. We tend to forget that sometimes I think. My best guess is we have to be WILLING to allow Him to lead us. He may extend his hand to us.....but we have to take that hand. We have to grasp His with our own! And yet I seem to have a hard time doing this myself. I know I should just trust in The Lord enough to let HIM lead ME. And this is how a relationship with Him should be! Many times I have had friends of mine come up to me and ask my advise on relationships with thier boyfriend or girlfriend or husband or wife. Many times they are having an issue involving trust whereas they dont trust thier significant other or the significant other doesn't trust them. This could involve many things and I always tell them the same thing. And I truly believe this to be true......YOU CAN NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT TRUST! Uh oh.....that's just it isn't it? I haven't been trusting enough in the Lord to allow Him to lead me. I have NOT been following my very own advice in the most important relationship of all! A relationship with my Lord Jesus Christ! Oh my......that's not good at all. Anyone else having this problem? Well here we are going into a new year....and in doing so a chance to start things anew in all parts of life, especially our walk with God. And so as my New Years resolution I intend to reach out my hand, and take the hand of my Savior, and trustingly allow Him to guide me. I hope you all do the same.
God Bless you all, and Happy New Year!
3:11 AM
1 Co
The Savior
Imagine this....
The storm howls around you like a banshee in the night, the winds are beating you on all sides. And the cold rain lashes at you with such fierceness you can almost swear its leaving welts on your skin as you run through almost complete darkness. You run slipping and sliding through the mud and rain in utter fear from the darkness that is coming up behind you. More dark than the darkness of the storm in which you flee. "What is this darkness?" you cry aloud. Indeed. What is this darkness? Are there monsters in this darkness? Demons? Is it sin or even hell that chases you through the storm? You know not as you run. You only know that its something...evil. So you run on through blackness stumbling, tripping, slipping, falling, pulling yourself back up to run some more. With the dark coming closer and closer. You can hear something called Temptation within it saying "Give up. Run no more. It would be so easy to just lay down and let us overtake you." But you know deep down its something horribly evil. So you run and slip and fall some more untill finally in exhaustion, your knees buckle and you hit the ground hard with your face in the mud. You try to pick yourself up one more time but just-cant-do it! And with the storm tearing at your body and the darkness threatening to overtake you, with the last of your strength, knowing all to well for the first time that you just cant save yourself, you lift your face out the mud and scream in fear and pain and despair "SAVE ME!!!!"
And a hand grabs yours, and lifts you to your feet. And the storm subsides and the darkness dissapears. And your Savior smiles at you and says. "I've been waiting...All you had to do was ask."
Believe in Him and accept Him as your Savior....And ask.
God bless
The storm howls around you like a banshee in the night, the winds are beating you on all sides. And the cold rain lashes at you with such fierceness you can almost swear its leaving welts on your skin as you run through almost complete darkness. You run slipping and sliding through the mud and rain in utter fear from the darkness that is coming up behind you. More dark than the darkness of the storm in which you flee. "What is this darkness?" you cry aloud. Indeed. What is this darkness? Are there monsters in this darkness? Demons? Is it sin or even hell that chases you through the storm? You know not as you run. You only know that its something...evil. So you run on through blackness stumbling, tripping, slipping, falling, pulling yourself back up to run some more. With the dark coming closer and closer. You can hear something called Temptation within it saying "Give up. Run no more. It would be so easy to just lay down and let us overtake you." But you know deep down its something horribly evil. So you run and slip and fall some more untill finally in exhaustion, your knees buckle and you hit the ground hard with your face in the mud. You try to pick yourself up one more time but just-cant-do it! And with the storm tearing at your body and the darkness threatening to overtake you, with the last of your strength, knowing all to well for the first time that you just cant save yourself, you lift your face out the mud and scream in fear and pain and despair "SAVE ME!!!!"
And a hand grabs yours, and lifts you to your feet. And the storm subsides and the darkness dissapears. And your Savior smiles at you and says. "I've been waiting...All you had to do was ask."
Believe in Him and accept Him as your Savior....And ask.
God bless
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