Showing posts with label Desiring Christ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desiring Christ. Show all posts

Monday, March 15, 2021

UNGODLY LUST: Godly Desire!

 





Desire 
Is 
Beautiful And Ugly
Enlivening And Deadly! 

When Desire Is Motivated By The Lust Of Our Flesh
It Becomes Ugly And Deadly 
When Left Unchecked! 

When Desire Is Motivated By The Love Of The Lord Christ 
And
Conveyed On The Wheels Of Faith 
Carrying A Flatbed Of Trust 
Occupied By A Heart Headed To Higher Ground On The Upward Way
It Is Beautiful ... Enlivening 
And 
Gloriously Blessed
And
Daily Life Is Lived Without Unprofitable Stress! 

Where, With Whom
And 
For What 
Is 
Your Heart's Desire!?! 

Is Your Desire For The Here And Now
For The Seen And Heard
And
For The Touched And Felt 
Or 
Is It Holding Hope High 
And 
Choosing Strait Aka Hard And Narrow 
Instead Of Easy And Wide!?! 

Is Your Flesh Ruling Your Will 
Or 
Is Your Daily Gift Of Faith For Today 
Guiding You On The Wise Way 
Upon Which You Should Boldly Walk Without Worry!?! 

Beloved, 

Be Warned! 
When Putrid Pride Influences Personal Desire
Wisdom 
Is 
Decidedly Discarded 
And 
Folly 
Is 
Enthusiastically Embraced 
And 
Unwisely Elevated! 

How Do You Stand ... 

We ... As Committed-To-Christ Christians
Are Called To Be Wise
To Desire The Good Portion
To Remember Whose Children We Are
To Reject The Unclean Things
And
To Wait Patiently Upon The Lord 
As We Humbly Bear The Family's Name 
And
To Joyfully Tell The Good News Gospel 
To All Who Choose To Hear It! 

Brethren, Beloved

Let Us Willingly, Eagerly
Confidently Choose This Day
To Longingly, Lovingly, Lastingly Desire 
Our Lord Jesus Christ!





Monday, August 6, 2018

The Beauty Of The Lord ...!

He Had No Form Or Comeliness
That One Should Desire Him
But Within
Is 
The Beauty Of The Lord
And

We Are To Become Like Him!

Man Looks At The Outward Appearance
But, God
God Looks Ever At The Heart
And This Should Make Our Task Clear
And

From His Ways
We Should Never Depart!

Beautiful Skin ...

Outward Beauty Is Skin Deep!
Against A Quiet And Gentle Spirit
There Is No Law!
Outward Beauty
Having Flaws
Fades
But

Inner Beauty
Is 
The Perennial Joy To Behold
For
The Spirit Of The Lord Indwelling
Makes The Heart ... Gold!

The Beauty Of The Lord

Is
His Character:
His Love 
His Joy
His Peace
His Rest
His Grace
His Faith
His Mercy
His Giving 
His Forgiving 
His Blessing Spirit 

His Heart
His Holiness


Beautiful Savior ...

The Savior
Is
Not Beautiful 
To Those Who See No Profit
In The Gifts That He Bears! 

The Savior Is Not Seen As Beautiful
Because
Their Eyes Are Blinded
By Ephemera
And

Their Ears Blocked To Loving Entreaty
So That They Don't Believe
The Goodness That He Shares!

The Fact Of The Matter ...

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder!
Beauty Is By Utility!
If I Don't See A Purpose
That Adds To
Aka Blesses Me
Then Your Beauty
To Me
Is Sheer Futility!
You Serve No Purpose!

Such, Then
Is 
The Christ
To Those With The Spirit Of
The Scribes And The Pharisees
The Jewish Leaders
And
The Disciple Turned Traitor Judas
In The Time When Jesus Walked The Earth!

The Proud Were Looking For A Bright King
A Caped Conqueror!
A Loud Leader!
A Lavish Lord!

They Got, Instead
A Calm Commoner
A Helpful Healer
A Teaching Preacher
A Ready Feeder
A Spirit-Filled Crusader
A Change Agent
Who Did Their Hopes Dash
Because, Because, Because
He Wasn't Into Power
And

He Had No Bright Baubles
AndHe Wasn't Slinging The Ready
Aka The Cash!

They Were Spiritual Prostitutes!
Jesus Christ Rejected The Position Of Pimp!

Ergo ...

There Was No Meeting Of The Minds
And

There Was The Drawing Of The Battle Lines!

Swords Were Drawn!
Axes Were Ground!
And
Demons On A Mission
Amongst The Brethren
Were More Than A Few
And
The Lamb ... Silent
Was Slaughtered
In Time
And

On Cue!

However ...

Those Who Looked
Who Longed
For His Appearing
Saw His Sacrifice
And
Cried!

Those Who Looked Not For Him
But Another
Gnashed Their Teeth
And
Adroitly Lied!

Know This For Sure ...

At Time's Coming End 
There Will Be No Fence-Riders
No Hangers-Ons
No Drugged-Out Groupies
And

Only Those Who Love The Marred Face
Hands Feet
And

Spear-Imprinted Side
Will Be Rejoicing!
Everybody Else
Will Be Looking To Hide!


Jesus Christ
Loves His Little Children
And

He Perfumes
Every Heart-Felt Prayer
With
The Fragrance Of Innocent Blood
Spilt
And
Packaged
In
Redeeming Love!



Brethren ...

Almighty God
Looks Not At Our Outward Appearance
So
How About Our
Taking A Verse From The Good Book!
How About Our
Taking A Bold Look At His Heart
And

Then Bidding Sin
Self
And

Satan
From Our Hearts
To Depart!?!

Is Jesus Christ
The Righteous One
** Beautiful **
In. Your. Eyes!?!

*******

Dear Jesus,
Just A Short Note To Say:

You Fill My Eyes!
I Love You!

Yours, Always
Your Child Well-Beloved