Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known and that all the Gentiles might hear and I was delivered out of the mouth of the Lion. And the Lord shall delver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. II Timothy 4:17 King James.
What a wonderful promise. Oh how I rely on Gods holy word to be my comfort. ….
But as I see this point, in Holy King James scripture, I realize, in order for God to stand with me, I need to stand with Him, and for Him.
That requires courage. This is when HE stands with me, and strengthens me. So I may serve Him. So I may have a word in due season. Right now, it feels like the season. Things are so different in so many ways. Its obvious in our world.
Evil is called good, and good is called evil.
So one does pray for deliverance. One does pray to just see the glory of God. The power of God, the majesty, and to see God work mightily on behalf of His people, and for those who are lost.
I do long to see the glory of God. I like seeing Gods power revealed. I like seeing Him use me for that matter, but I love seeing Him get the glory for anything I might do. I do dislike counterfeits. I do dislike corruption, or false ways. False ways, can confuse people. And the devil is the author of confusion. Thats what happens when folks believe evil is good, and good is evil. They give into the evil ways, the delusion, the corruption, the stealing of innocence….
Innocence. Sweet innocence. Where one is clean, and good and has a wonder, but knows there are things not to dabble in. There are things, that can steal that innocence. So, when you know God, you want to keep your clean robes of righteous clean. If that makes sense. To be innocent, to stay innocent. See, when we know Christ as Lord, and savior, we know He came to set us free. We know, that He is the way, the truth, and life. He gave us clean robes of righteousness, but we have to keep them clean, by not sinning, and if we do. REPENT. We know, we are to guard our souls, our spirits, and not let the devil deceive us. Yes, like he even deceived Adam and Eve. God calls us to be holy, for HE is holy. When you understand that, you do guard yourself.
Not everything goes, and this is a misconception, with so many professing Christians, they think Christ saved them, once, and then they are saved. Yes, if you obey. Yes, if you serve God. Yes, if you truly see what Christ did, and you want nothing to do with the works of darkness.
Darkness. Things that are done in secret. Things that are so ugly, they take away innocence. They steal the essence, of beauty, and goodness, for that very reason. The devil wants to hide and do dirty deeds, and not be discovered. And he can get away with it, if God does not step in. For that very reason, I rely on God to step in. To bring light to a situation. To overthrow, the works of darkness. God sees…
But no you have a responsibility. You do. You cannot play with your salvation. And I see so many just taking grace for granted. Taking life for granted for that matter. We live in the greatest nation on earth, and you know we are so blessed. But we should never take for granted anything we have, or each other. Here in the United States. Our freedoms. Those who died for our country. Those who honor the Constitution. Those who truly understand freedom. But so many do not. And there they are deceived, because of their priorities….
Priorities. I see some folks, who are so wealthy, so beautiful, so blessed, and they give into the evil. They give into the lie. They treat each other terribly. They are not kind. They are uncaring, and if they ever suffered, they forget. They forget what its like to not have, or to see suffering, unattended. Compassion is gone. Back biting, strife, gossip, wishing ugly, and evil upon each other. It just makes me shudder.
It has to grieve God. It does have to. All I know, is God pulled me out of the mud. Gave me a sense, to honor, to guard my soul.
I am not perfect far from it. But when I know that my priority should be to put God first. I do. And I will.
Just sharing thoughts today.
Elena Ramirez
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