Hey Gang,
Are you excited about what God is doing in our world today or does your blood
pressure sky each time you turn on the news.
Do you agree with the old country preacher who shouted from the pulpit, “something's
fixing to happen, something's fixing to happen and I am fixing to be part of
it?”
Do you have
it firmly tucked away in the recesses of your heart and mind that in the not too
distant future Jesus will appear suddenly in the air, without warning, to
rapture His church and take those who love Him and are called according to His
purpose, to the Father's house.
Notice
Malachi's words, "For Behold, the
day is coming burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant and every evil doer
will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the
Lord of hosts. So that it will leave
them neither root nor branch. But for
you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its
wings, and you will go forth and skip like calves from the stall." That skipping like a calf, at my tender age
of 80, kindles a fire deep in my gizzard.
Does that
get your blood to boiling? Noooo, well
read on "You will tread down the
wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I
am preparing," says the Lord of Hosts"
When you
read of a sadistic acts of violence that has become very common in our news
media's do you not get a wee bit excited when you Malachi's words that "They will one day soon be ashes under the
soles of your feet?”
I challenge
you to read the entire book of Habakkuk, all three chapters, four pages; it would take about as long as twitting a
message. Notice he begins by crying out
to God, "How long, O Lord, will I
call for help and You will not hear." I believe this has become a common plea as
our world gets more violent and that violence gets closer to home.
He goes on, "Violence, iniquity,
wickedness, destruction are before me. The
Law is ignored, justice in not upheld, the wicked surround the righteous,
justice is perverted" (vs. 2-4). Does that not sound
like today, like the days of Noah?
God's response, "Look among
the nations! Observe! Be
astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days-you
would not believe if you were told!”
(vs. 5b)
Choice
time! You can put your faith in the
things of this world which is like building your house on the sand or you can
follow Habakkuk's example when he said, "Yet
I will exult the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength. And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And
makes me walk in high places" (vs. 3:18-19).
Soooo my
friends, Malachi closes the Old Covenant with a promise that is the desire of
my heart: "He will restore the
hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their
fathers". (Mal 4:6) How I look forward to that day when all the
daddies of the world will go home to their children. My
young friends, are you ready to go skipping like a calf this morning. I ask you again are you excited this morning
of what God is doing and going to do?
Blessings,
Gramps
Blessings,
Gramps
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