Monday, April 20, 2009
IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD
Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. 13 You have plowed and plotted wickedness, you have reaped the [willful] injustice [of oppressors], you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your [own] way and your chariots, in the multitude of your mighty men, — AMP Hosea 10:12-13
Time is the window of opportunity the Lord gives for a people to accomplish that which must be done before the window closes. It implies that no matter the circumstances—it matters not if it is storming or not storming—the job at hand must be completed or great loss will follow. If Jesus had not proceeded in his time to die for our sins at the cross during the greatest "hellstorm" known to man, where would we be?
Time is the window of opportunity the people in the second tower had to escape after the planes hit the first tower on 9/11. The North tower was hit at 8:46 a.m., the South tower at 9:03 a.m. The South tower fell at 9:59 a.m., which makes the window of opportunity to escape one hour and thirteen minutes—then it closed. Had there been knowledge of what was fixing to happen, they could have all escaped. They had no way of knowing, but we as Christians can know and should know the hour we are in: “It is high time to awake out of sleep!” The danger of not knowing is this: “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.”
Time is also the window of opportunity the fireman and policeman had to answer the call of duty that day as they loved not their lives unto death. As is often the case with fireman, they may have been playing cards or watching television as they waited their next call, but when the alarm sounded, it was time to do what they were called to do. What sin it would have been if they had continued playing games and watching “Cops” instead of being cops. What a disgrace the fireman would have been if they had used their water hoses to shower themselves instead of putting out the destroying fires.
Sad to say, there was no stopping the destruction of 9/11 despite the heroic and honorable actions of New York’s finest. Likewise, there is a storm coming soon that can not be stopped. The only remedy is to find shelter in the “Rock of Ages” Jesus Christ. At this very moment the wailing sound of the emergency sirens or blaring: “A catastrophic storm is about to hit. It is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment. Jesus is coming to gather his church to himself: This will be great glory for those who are ready, great tribulation for those who are not. Flee the wrath to come!”
It is time to seek the Lord. It is time to love not your lives unto the death and to follow Jesus wherever he may lead you.
Time is the window of opportunity the Lord gives for a people to accomplish that which must be done before the window closes. It implies that no matter the circumstances—it matters not if it is storming or not storming—the job at hand must be completed or great loss will follow. If Jesus had not proceeded in his time to die for our sins at the cross during the greatest "hellstorm" known to man, where would we be?
Time is the window of opportunity the people in the second tower had to escape after the planes hit the first tower on 9/11. The North tower was hit at 8:46 a.m., the South tower at 9:03 a.m. The South tower fell at 9:59 a.m., which makes the window of opportunity to escape one hour and thirteen minutes—then it closed. Had there been knowledge of what was fixing to happen, they could have all escaped. They had no way of knowing, but we as Christians can know and should know the hour we are in: “It is high time to awake out of sleep!” The danger of not knowing is this: “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.”
Time is also the window of opportunity the fireman and policeman had to answer the call of duty that day as they loved not their lives unto death. As is often the case with fireman, they may have been playing cards or watching television as they waited their next call, but when the alarm sounded, it was time to do what they were called to do. What sin it would have been if they had continued playing games and watching “Cops” instead of being cops. What a disgrace the fireman would have been if they had used their water hoses to shower themselves instead of putting out the destroying fires.
Sad to say, there was no stopping the destruction of 9/11 despite the heroic and honorable actions of New York’s finest. Likewise, there is a storm coming soon that can not be stopped. The only remedy is to find shelter in the “Rock of Ages” Jesus Christ. At this very moment the wailing sound of the emergency sirens or blaring: “A catastrophic storm is about to hit. It is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment. Jesus is coming to gather his church to himself: This will be great glory for those who are ready, great tribulation for those who are not. Flee the wrath to come!”
It is time to seek the Lord. It is time to love not your lives unto the death and to follow Jesus wherever he may lead you.
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