Bible Prophecy and Inspiration

I am going to do a number of posts that were inspired by John Chapter 9.  It’s the chapter that Jesus healed the blind man.  All the way through the chapter are things that stood out.

The first one is where the disciples asked Jesus who sinned to cause the man in this story to be blind.

John 9:1-3 –¹ As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

   ³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

You see God didn’t punish anybody ahead of time concerning this man’s condition.  He has a plan for all of us.

Jeremiah 29:11 –¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Many choose not to have anything to do with his plan.

The miracle of Jesus to this man’s blindness has been recorded in the bible and read by billions.  Think about that.  Wow.  This man had a condition that ultimately glorified God. 

Joni Eareckson Tada was paralyzed after a water diving accident when she was 17 and broke her neck.  After building her relationship even stronger with the Lord, she has become a blessing with her ministry.  She could have quit, she could have become bitter, but she got closer to the Lord. 

He has plans for us.  We have great examples like Joni, who have revealed what one can do by seeking a passionate relationship with the Lord.  If you haven’t read her story, please Google her name.  I think you will be blessed by her story.

No matter what our circumstance, even if you have put yourself in a bind, can be corrected with the help of God.  At that point you can stay in line with the Lord and glorify Him on taking care of you.

Always trust in Him, no matter what.  Seek Him through all things.  Your life can be used no matter who you are, but we do need to make Him the center.  He is the Vine and we are the branches.

We were all wonderfully made by the Lord.  Look around you and you realize he loves diversity and things that are unique.

Psalm 139:13-14 – ¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

 That’s one of the worst parts about racism.  Hate because someone is of a different ethnic group.  Not because they do things that are wrong.  They’re not doing things that are just flat out evil.  People will hate others just because they are of a different heritage or skin color.

That definitely comes from sin and the fall.  No man should ever even dislike someone before they even meet them.  This body is a shell and is only just a holding tank of our spirit and soul.

It is important that we have love in our lives.  God is love.  When one hates the love of the Father can’t shine through that kind of a person.  Hate ususally comes from your own bitterness of what you don’t care for and usually it’s about your own feelings.

Are there things we should hate?  There is lots of things in the bible it says God hates.  They all pertain to sin and evil.

Tolerance is being taught widely right now.  The problem with tolerance is that much of it is against the teachings of the Lord.  God is the one who says what’s right and what’s wrong.  I believe we are to Love others around us, but at the same time hate evil.

Romans 12:9 – ⁹ Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Condoning everything people do is not of God, that’s of this world.  God has absolutes and rules.

The racism card gets played too much in the political sense.  Racism is ugly, but the reason that it truly is, is because God made us all in his image as humans.  He loves the uniqueness of all his creations.  We are all brothers and sisters who are in the Lord and we can never forget that.

The only things we should hate, is what God hates and that is evil and those things that are detestable to Him.

Proverbs 8:13 – ¹³ To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

You don’t have to beat someone over the head with God’s Word or His message.  However, we need to constantly and continually plant those seeds because only the Lord knows the future.

You see there is a time coming soon when many are going to disappear in the rapture in a twinkling of an eye.

1 Corinthians 15:51-54 – ⁵¹ Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— ⁵² in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴ When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

I truly believe that more souls will come to Jesus, within 24 hours after the rapture than any other one day period in history.

Why?

I believe it will be two reasons.  One, people didn’t really accept the Lord that knew of Him.  Two, there are those who were told about the rapture and didn’t believe a word of it and their attention has been received now.  While the world is going to be panicked and many experts will be trying to give their best spiel on what happened, many will know that they missed the rapture.  They’ll remember what many Christians had warned them about and it did happen just like they said it would.

So it is so important that you share.  Share.  SHARE God’s word and message of salvation!  Because even if they don’t accept Him today, doesn’t mean they won’t at that time.  Plant those seeds so they have the best chance at a good eternity.

I was reading in Colossians 4:3-4 – ³ And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.  ⁴ Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

It dawned on me that if arguably the greatest missionary of all time is asking for those around him to pray for him and to open a door for his message, then I definitely need to do so.

We need to pray for each other all the time.  Our missionaries, our pastors, and the teachers who are teaching the true word of the Lord need our prayers.

There is so much power in prayer and I’m not talking about a manipulative power like some are trying to peddle.  No I’m talking about the kind that is God’s will.  Praying for his message to get out and reach others so they may be saved from an eternity without God. 

Please take a moment to pray that this ministry strengthens lives or may plant seeds to have some come to know the Lord.

Thank you so much and may God bless each reader of this also.

Do You Long To Be With Your Lord?

If not, you really need to seek Him more.  It has been built into each and every one of us.

Psalm 27:8 – ⁸ My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”  Your face, LORD, I will seek.

However, we do need to tap into it and practice it.  It’s like many things we are capable of doing in life.  You are capable of singing to the Lord.  It’s not about having a star voice or even doing it to bless others.  You can just sing praises to the Lord and believe me it is sweet sounding to His ears.

Psalm 18:49 – ⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD; I will sing praises to your name.

Psalm 30:4 – ⁴ Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.

It’s not hard to understand that God wants His children to love Him.  He is love.

The more we seek Him, the more we love, because He is love.

Pretend you’re going to eat an orange.  However it is dirt and grease.  Not that appetizing is it.  However if you take the orange and wash it and get it clean, it’s more delicious looking.  Then you peel it and it is juicy on the inside and is perfect in sweetness.

At first glance it wasn’t anything you really desired, but once you took the time to wade through the muck and took a little to investigate, you realized you were missing out if you hadn’t spent the time.  Obviously this is a weak example, but still, the world and sin have taken our eyes off the most important thing in the universe, which is our Lord.  Nothing else can compare.  The more you work at your relationship with Him, the more the blinders come off and the more love enters in.

If your best friend isn’t Jesus your Lord and God the Father, it’s not their fault.  The problem is your not seeking them first.