“For you have need of endurance, so that when
you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. For yet a
little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay. But My righteous one shall live by faith; and
if he shrink’s back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
But we are not of those who
shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of
the soul” (Heb. 10:36-39).
Hey
Gang: I have mentioned my D14 Allis
Chalmers Tractor in several morning messages, usually using it as an object of
frustration, but I want you to know, I am not sure what I would do if I did not
have it. I also have a semi-worn out
garden tractor that long since gave up its ability to cut grass but has been a
wonderful run about that saves hours on the mower and D14. Just when it was committed to the “junk heap”
it gained new life.
But, it tends to be a wee-bit cranky and I am
never sure if today it will feel like running. I keep a battery charger on it
continually to keep its energy at peak levels and know, if the temperature is
below forty, I can forget using it that day. In other words I am never quite
sure Old Charlie will get up and go.
So what is
the message here? I am 83 years of age
and, like the D14 that is more than sixty years old, there are more and more
days when I feel like my “get up - got up and went”. To complete tasks that I used to enjoy doing
have now entered the “act of the will” category. I have also learned that many
things I used to do automatically now require thinking and planning.
When I was
speaking two and three times a week, I used to tell those who asked, if I would
come and speak to their group, “Have mouth with travel”. In other words speaking was a piece of cake
because my mind was continually being filed with the message I felt God wanted
to deliver. But that is not the case
anymore. Now preparing and speaking are much more difficult and require much
more time.
Now, why in
the world am I telling you this – this morning?
To set the table for this comment that I pray will dig deep into your
soul. Ready? Every day you waste now, when you are young
and your brain is vibrant and ready to receive what God wants to put in for
future usage, when the rubber-hits-the-road times, might be gone forever. When we hit a clinker, we cannot say, “just a
minute, I need to go look up and see what the Lord has to say about this crisis
in my life. Be ready always to share the Word God gives.
So, my young
friends, take a word or two of advice from an older than dirt hombre, if you do
not put God’s Word into your heart and mind now, when your mind is best
equipped to receive it, He will have
nothing to pull out when you find your back-against-the-wall.
Blessings,
Gramps
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