Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The rabbit has been rescued – although she might describe it as being captured.  The neighborhood kids located her in the tomatoes and slowly came together, finally making her hunker down and give up.
She is, at this time, safely incarcerated in a rabbit hutch where they declare she shall remain until giving birth to the little ones – however, she is an escape artist, so we shall see.
Psalm 119:171-176   My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Acts 17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
I look at these two sets of verses and wonder what a few Christians could do, who cry out to God for understanding of His Word.
Who cry out to God for the Holy Spirit to embrace their souls.
Who praise God without ceasing.
Who allow the Holy Spirit to search their heart, helping them to understand where they are failing God and asking Him to rid their hearts of their sins.
Who recognize that they have gone astray, who desire to have God present with them, leading them, teaching them, helping them preach His Gospel
Who not only understand His Word but seek to live it every hour of every day.
Who stand for God.
Could they turn the world upside down with their united effort to help people understand that salvation, that perfection, that peace and love can only come through hearts that are in tune with the Holy Spirit; have accepted Christ as their Savior and God as their Father?
We look for strong leaders who speak to hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands – yet God wants us to speak to our neighbors, our friends our fellow employees.
We look for that large gathering where 5000 can be fed, yet we forget that Jesus also dealt with people one on one and they came to accept Him.
God wants individuals committed to Him.  He does not want individuals that think they need to do great things, go to foreign countries as missionaries in order for Him to work within them.
He wants Christians that are dedicated to Him, where they are, doing His will in their lives by sharing His Love for others.
Many do just that, the rest of us need to follow suit.
Who knows what could happen if a few thousand more Christians would determine in their heart that Jesus must be shared, not held in a quiet corner of their heart and not exhibited in their life.
Who knows; we could turn the world upside down!
Later, Art :-)

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