REST: Under His Wings!

 

Think About It ... 

We Have Choices To Make 

And

Chances To Make Choices ... Good Or Bad! 

We, Each, Have The Choice To Look Around 

And 

Be Distressed By What Is Going Around Us 

Or To Look Inward 

And 

Be Completely Depressed About Our Soul's Estate 

Or To Look Up To Christ Jesus 

And

Cast Our Every Care

- Inward And Outward -

Upon Him Who Is The Great And Able Burden-Bearer

And 

Be Entirely At Rest 

Experiencing His Perfect Peace! 

You May Well Say ...

"That's Too Simple, Too Easy! 

It Can't, Won't, Shouldn't Work!" 

Beloved, 

It Is Because It Is Too Easy 

And 

Shouldn't Work That 

It Does Work! 

He Who Prescribes This Method 

Is 

The Very One Who Makes It Possible To Work 

By Giving Unto Us Faith To Trust Him 

To Work Things Out ... For Our Best Good! 

Be Ye Warned ... 

When You Give Your Burden To The Lord Christ

Let It Go Completely 

And

Leave It In His Holy Hands! 

The Lord Desires Our Bold

Willing

Unerring Trust In Him! 

Please Dare To Trust The Lord To Take Care Of You 

Because 

It Is He, Alone, Who Makes All Wrong Things Right

Turns Darkness To Light 

And

Makes Beauty Out Of Ashes! 

Only The Creator God Can Make The Impossible Happen! 

Make Your Peace With The God Holy

Lean On The Everlasting Arms

And

Shelter In Our Abiding Place 

Under His Wings! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Scrubbing Brushes, Chisels, Hammers, Cross-Cut And Rip-Cut Saws And Sand-Paper!

The Lord Our God 

Does Not Make Idle Promises About 

Neither Sin Nor Salvation

Blessing Nor Rebuke

Heaven Nor Hell

And 

We Of The Household Of Faith 

Must Not Minimize Or Place A Gloss Over 

The Plain Word That 

Proceeds From The Mouth Of The Almighty God 

By Indulging Doubt, Disbelief 

And 

Disobedience! 

Let's Consider A Baby! 

A Baby Knows The Voice

The Taste

The Touch

The Smell 

And 

The Rhythm Of The Heart Of Its Mother

And 

In The Chaos Of The Noisy World 

Or Its Own Household

Baby Will Seek For 

And 

Find Care, Comfort, Rest

Refreshing 

And 

Peace 

In Its Mother's Arms! 

So, With That Said

What's Our Problem!?! 

The Lord Our God 

Is 

Our Creator 

Aka Father And Mother 

Who Cannot Forget Us 

Because 

Of The Richness Of His Infinite Grace

And 

Eternal Love! 

Jesus Christ's Innocent, Precious, Blood 

Purchased Our Redemption 

And 

We Are Called To Saving Faith 

- By His Daily Gift To Each Of Us Of 

A Measure Of His Faith -

By The Plain Truth 

To Willingly, Eagerly, Wholly,  Trust 

The Holy God Of Grace 

To Get Us Safely Home To Unending Glory! 

This World 

Is Not 

Our Forever Home

And

Our Problems Are But Scrubbing Brushes

Chisels, Hammers

Cross-Cut And Rip-Cut Saws And Sand-Paper:

We Must Be Clean And Righteous Before Our Lord ... The Judge!

Beloved, 

We Have Free Will And Free Choice

So Let Us ... As Children Of The Great King

Choose To Walk In Enduring Faith 

And 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

Do Not Deny His Personally-Shown

Perfect Love For You!

The Lord Cannot Forget

His Very Own

Greatly-Beloved Children!

Book-It ...

 

Walking In The Truth Brings Peace: 

Be Comforted In Christ Jesus

Shiloh

The Prince Of Peace

Who Is Our Haven Of Rest!

Rejoice In The Lord ... Of Life!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Knowing God!

From The Top, People!

When I Was Child
I Knew Nothing
And I Spake As A Child!
Now, I Am A Man
I Know More Than I Did When I Was A Child
And I Have Put Away Childish Things!
What I Know Now Cannot Compare To What I Will Know
In God's Sweet Tomorrow!
I Am Growing In Grace!

I Serve The Unchanging God
In Whom Is No Variableness
Neither Shadow Of Turning!

I Serve The Great I Am
Whose Wisdom Is Eternal!

What My God Knew 6,000 Years Ago
He Knows Today!
He Knows Tomorrow!
He Does Not Live In Time!
He Does Not Learn!
He Cannot Be Taught!

I Daily Learn From Him
And I Daily Learn Of Him
And I Am Blessed
For He Is God Almighty
Ever Living
Ever Present
Ever Loving
Ever Faithful!
He Is Not The The Base Fraud!

He Is The Holy God!

Brethren,
Do You, A Finite Man
Make And Carry
Teach And Feed
And Lead Him Where He Has No Desire To Go
And Dare To Ask The Infinite One
What Doest Thou?!

That Is Not Possible!
The Infinite One Is Eternal!
Before We Were, He Is!
Everything That Is, He Created!
Everything With The Breath Of Life In It, Breathes
Because He
- Who Is The Life Giver -
Ordains It To Be So!
Should He Withdraw His Breath
We Shall Return To The Dust From Whence We Came!

Are You Immortal!?
Are You Wise?!
Can You Remove God From His Throne?!

The Creator God Eternal
Holy
Is The One Wise!
He Is All-Seeing
All-Knowing!
He Is Ever-Present!
He Is Self-Existent!

We Are Wise ... Unto Salvation
Because We Acknowledge That He Is Our Sovereign
And Being Children Of The Loving Father
And Eager Students In The School Of Jesus
And Willing And Ready Servants Of
And Made Able By The Great King
We Look To Him For The Beautiful Gift Of Eternal Life
Which He Alone Will Bestow
After We Have Faithfully Endured All Things
In The Faith Of Jesus Christ The Righteous
Who Is The Redeemer
The Only Savior
And The Forever Friend
In Whom Is Reposed The Hope In Our Hearts!

Only The Fool
- The One Wise In His Own Eyes -
Says There Is No God
And By So Doing
Seeks To Depose The Lord
- The King Of Glory -
From His Throne
High And Lifted Up!

The Wisdom Of Man 

Is Foolishness To The Omniscient God!

In Whom Is Your Trust Reposed?!

We Trust In The Lord
And In Jesus Christ's Name
It Shall Be Thus, Forever
For In Him Is Everlasting Strength!

We Trust Because We Believe!
We Believe The Living Word!
The Living Word Is The Truth
And Makes Plain Him Who Is The Way
And Gives Us The Light
So That May Walk The Straight And Narrow Path
Unto His Innocent-Blood-Bought
And To Us, Freely Given
Eternal Life!

And What Do You Say To The Lord God Almighty
When He Calls You?!

We Shall Say:

Speak, Lord!

Thy Servant Is Listening!

Speak, Lord!

I Am Waiting On Thee!

Lead Me, Oh, Lord!

Please Take Me By The Hand

For, Without You

I Know I Cannot Stand!

Brethren,
The Lord Is Our Light And Our Salvation ...!

... And Of No Created Being
Shall We Be Afraid!

Our God Holy

Is The Rock Upon Which Shall Safely Stand!

Let Jesus Christ Be Praised!

AMEN!!

HAPPY SABBATH + Without Belief, Faith Is Milk Froth!

After Much Ado about everything Wrong, Iffy, Annoying, Distracting, Disturbing, Sinful, and Oppressing and Depressing in My Life - and in The World - I have Decided I Cannot Really Live Without Waiting on The Lord!

 I Cannot Do Much to Help Myself!
 I Cannot Wake Me Up
Without The Master Holding Me Up, so
There's No Doubt That My Life without Him 
Would be a Major Muck!

My Eyes Serve ...

Meals My Stomach Can't Digest!

My Mouth Writes ...

Checks That My Person Can't Cash!

My Carnal Heart Yields ...

A god That My Now Saved Soul Can't Worship!

My Feet Have Walked ...

The Path that Can't Lead to Heaven!

My Faith-In-Jesus-Sense Tells Me ...

That What I Oft' Hear For Gospel Is Pharisee Leaven!

So, In Short ...

Without The Master - I am Tempest Tossed!
Without The Savior - There Is No Payment of My Costs!
Without Belief - Faith is Milk Froth!
Without Faith in Jesus Christ ...
I Am Forever Lost!

Note to Soul:

Self Worship is Idolatry!

Self Praise is Vanity! 
and

Self Pleasure is Not Even A "Thing!"

Go Against All Worldly Wisdom
and

Get Right with Jesus Christ!

Know The Shepherd - Get in The Fold
Otherwise The Hereafter
Will Be Very Hot - Not Cold!

TRUST GOD ... NO MATTER WHAT!