02-19-2013/ TUE
Hello! to all the readers and I
hope this week is filled with blessings and laughs as well as lessons taught by
the spirit received in our hearts and may we become better believers due to
those well learned lessons. I believe that everyday we can see God at work and
the devil attempting to destroy that which is good and holly. Let me explain
the lesson I learned last week. Now as usual, I learn from reading God’s word
then when I see it in the secular world. Then it sinks in what was read. May I
say the truths in the book I have yet to be found false, no matter how
complicated or simple the lesson.
Annie, my dog, and I were taking
a ride into town (about fifteen miles) when about four miles into our trip; I
saw a dog in the middle of the road. See, road 152 is a road that some people
drive way to fast on. I pulled over, got out of the truck and tried calling the
dog to come to me. Of course the dog not knowing me was afraid of me. He looked
friendly and I could see he was wearing a collier with a tag on it. I knew if
he would just be calm and trust me, I could get him back home safe and out of
the road. The dog not knowing me would have nothing to due with it and ran off.
The good thing was he ran away from the busy road but I wanted to try and get
him home safely. As I drove following the dog it came to me, he just might come
if I were to send Annie after him. After all, he being a male, he would
probably not fight with Annie. So I let Annie out of the truck and sure enough,
he took right to her. As I got close enough to grab a hold of his collier, he
ran off scared and barking leaving Annie and I just standing there hoping he
would find his own way home.
Now this incident reminded me of
the two worlds of the believer and unbeliever. The dog in the road (the
unbeliever) was full of fear and doubt. In his mind he was better off on his
own wondering the world on his own terms. Now, Annie (the believer) knowing who
I was and that I was there to help and not harm him didn’t run off with
him but stood by my side were she knew it was safe and in our sharing love know
she would return home were she belonged.
To the unbeliever his fear is
that the very things our Lord stood for- love, justice, forgiveness and
kindness among men- will not win out in the end and is nothing but an
unattainable goal for man. Then there is the believer who answers the call to
spiritual perseverance. A call not to just hang on and do nothing, but to work
deliberately, knowing without doubt that God will never be defeated. “Because
you have kept My command to persevere…” (Rev. 3:10).
We must get to know God And his
Grace with no fear. He sent his son to save and tech us. He has sent the spirit
to guide us if we are calm enough to listen to him. We must get into the habit
of seeking his counsel on everything, not just rushing ahead based on our own
commonsense decisions and than asking Him to bless them. We are not told to
“walk in the light” of your own understanding or in the light of a sense of
duty, but to walk in the light as He is in the light…” (1 John 1:7).
I long to spend time with you
every day. If you will only call to me, I will answer you and will show you
great and mighty things that I can do for you, things that you do not know. My
ears are continually open to hear you call me. The enemy wants to cause you to
be powerless and hopeless in this present day. But I am your helper, and I will
not despise your prayer or turn away from you. (Jeremiah 33:3 / Psalms 18:3 ;
66:20).
Remember: Life is fragile. Handle
with prayer.
Heavenly Father, draw me
close to you and your ways, so we can jump in the truck and go home together.
In
the name of our savior Jesus Christ of the Nazarene.
Cowboy Pastor Ty
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