Waiting on God

Psalm 62:1 says, "truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation." Do we like to wait on God's leading and direction? Or perhaps instead of waiting we make our plans and plow ahead forgetting that the Word tells us, that man makes his plans and God orders his steps. It seems to me that I spend seconds at green lights and hours at yellow lights and most of the time at red lights. In Acts 1:4 Jesus told his disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father. This promise is found in verse 8 of the same  chapter and says, "But ye shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses...." What are we waiting for? I hope that we understand that before we can go, or leave as the disciples wanted to, we must have the power to go. Waiting on the Lord renews our strength and then when he says go, we go!

YES OR NO

In Matthew 5:37 it says,"But let your communication be, Yea,yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." We should answer with a yes or a no. People used to do this. I can't help but wonder what happened? How honest are we in our lives? Jesus knows!

"Timber"

Jesus said in Matthew 7, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." God's judgment is certainly exact and to the heart of the matter. Fruitless trees are cut down and thrown into the fire. Can we hear the cries of "timber" coming from those whom God has assigned as the lumberjacks. Remember judgement does begin at the house of God.

Peace

Psalm 37: 37 says, "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." Where does that peace come from? Philippians 4: 6,7 tells us this, "Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Even a young child knows enough to cry out for help. Lord help us, we pray and thank you for the peace.

When we pray?

In James 5: 16 - 18 it says, "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." What kind of results are we having when we pray?

Forgiven

The song goes like this, "have you learned to forgive, to just let it go, no looking back and then you won't move so slow, just give it to the one who has saved your soul and you'll learn to forgive my friend." This is a nice chorus that the Lord gave me many years ago, but it is absolutely worthless if you and I don't forgive. How long has it been since the Holy Spirit has reminded us of the importance of forgiveness? Is there that one person or one situation that is eating at us? Let me exhort us all that Jesus said, if we don't forgive, we will not be forgiven.

What are we sowing?

Galatians 6:7 says, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." The annual excitement is in the air or maybe I should say in the dirt. People are planting their vegetable and flower gardens in hopes of a bountiful harvest, and it is exciting to see the fruits of our labor. If we sow carrot seed we will reap carrots. If we sow squash seed we will reap squash. This is so easy to see in nature and yet mankind has the hardest time understanding spiritual sowing and reaping. Scripture tells us, that if we sow sin we will reap death, when it says that the wages of sin is death, it means if you sin you reap death. Yet Christians continue to sow sin. The Church in this current hour is sowing seed and much of it is going to reap death. In many churches playing in far more important than prayer.In churches across our land many Pastors are afraid to mention sin for fear of losing people who have only come to have their ears tickled with upbeat and positive talks that are at best only encouraging good works, the most of which are not born of the Spirit but of the flesh. The call to our lives is to go make disciples, and to love God with everything we have and are, and to love our neighbor the same way we love ourselves. Let's get to sowing.