"But as for me,
I will install My King upon Zion, My holy mountain" (Psalm 2:6)
Hey Gang: I want to remind you this morning in the midst of
these troubling times that you are a child of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.
Your citizenship is not on this earth but anchored in the heavenlies
with your LORD and
Messiah, Yeshua. You are a Citizen of
Heaven!
Can you say ‘Praise
the LORD’ for that this
morning from the depth of your heart? I
know you are aware of that but, when the alligators are running rampant, we
sometimes tend to forget that our God has us in the palm of His hand and will
never leave us or forsake us. We need to
remind ourselves that God alone has total control of all that we survey.
The writer of Hebrews tells us that God is going to shake
everything that can be shaken so that only those things that cannot be shaken
remain. There was an old country
preacher who had just finished a fiery sermon on the coming of the LORD and the need to have your
house in order, when an older gentlemen in the middle of the congregation stood
up and began to yell out, "Something is fixen’ to happen, something is
fixen’ to happen!
It kind of ticked-off the old country preacher. But, the longer the old gent shouted this out,
the more it got into the spirit of the old country preacher until he could no
longer contain himself. He ran down off
the stage, down the aisle in beside the old gent; the Preacher threw his arms
around the man and shouted, "I don't know when something is fixen’ to
happen but I am fixen’ to be part of it".
I believe we could all agree that our nation is in chaos and
because of our terrible national sin, we will soon come under the judgment of
our God. Marv Rosenthal of Zion Fire
Ministries wrote the following in his monthly letter to his readers: "I know that many beloved
Christian leaders are calling and praying for national repentance, and I
commend them for their call to righteousness.
Certainly our God has the power to bring about repentance, if it is His
will to do so. However, I fear that our
national rejection of some of the most based things - such as the sanctity of
life in the womb, marriage only between a man and a woman, and what only can be
viewed as the moral insanity of our government - has taken us beyond the point
of no return".
I have had the privilege, the past several weeks, to share
some of my thoughts on "What's Happening Man”- in our world that has true
meaning, with our Sunday School class ".
I did a similar study two years ago with a group in another city. I thought I was up to speed with what was
really happening but, when I began to expand my vision and seek the Holy Spirit’s
guidance, I found my greatest problem was not finding sufficient material to
keep the interest of the class for these forty-five minutes but, in reality,
the true problem was staying within the time allotted to me.
Jesus, in His Olivet Discourse, gave a prefect description
of our world today. (Matt. 24:1-14) Paul
in his second letter to his adopted son, Timothy, gave us a panoramic view of
what man's heart will look like as the Age of the Gentiles winds down. (2 Tim.
3:2-7/13). “It is a time when men's hearts are failing
them with fear and anxiety.”
But in the midst of the woes, described by Jesus in the
Olivet Discourse, He promises his children "The
one who endures to the end, he will be saved" (24:13). And
Paul gives us the formula for staying the course and keep our eyes on Jesus, "All Scripture is inspired by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, and correction, for training in
righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good
work" (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Sooooo, my young friends, yes, it does look like the sky is
falling, but notice Jesus’ words in Luke 21:28: "When these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up
our heads, because your redemption is drawing near." He also said, "Be on guard, so that your heart is not weighted down with
dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap" (21:34). "But keep on the alert at all times, praying
that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take
place, and to stand before the Son of Man"(Vs 36).
Blessings,
Gramps
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