Seems like everything is busting loose... Bob's job, my car broke down this morning... and it hurts... you wonder Why? Where Is God? Why Us?... Then God says... My Child... learn how to get back to the basics of hope, faith and love... I have not gone anywhere... I am still here. There is hope... get back to the basics of life... find a fervently faith grounded in Christ and a hope that endures through every life situation you are in... JESUS… I AM!! He is... the SOLUTION! I Must Open My Spiritual Eyes Completely To Him... No Room For Compromise... Basics Of Life! Jesus. So Be It!
After my car broke down this morning, I felt as if it was the last straw to more than I could bear and it unleashed a dam of pent up frustrations, doubts and fears as the tears just flowed and flowed as I sat in the Presence of God! God is faithful in all our ways and therefore, the peace that surpasses my understanding was what was left in my heart after I emptied it out before My Lord. I sat there a while and thought of the verse in the bible where God says He collects all our tears and then in that still small voice I heard God say: "Kimberly, get back to the basics of life" and immediately, a song came alive and enlightened my spirit, a song I had not heart or sung in a long time by 4 Him.
The Basics Of Life
By 4 Him
We need to get back to the basics of life
A heart that is pure,
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently grounded in Christ,
The hope that endures for all times!
These are the basics, we need to get back to the basics of life!
Yes it is a crazy world we live in!! Bob lost his job a couple weeks ago and is still looking for another one in this sagging economical time. He worked so hard on that project, gave about 70 hours a week for 8 months and almost completed it, but for the greed of an owner. Greed seems to be prevalent in our society and it hurts all of us, this sin… its consequences hit us hard right where we live. The owner of this hotel decided the only way he might be able to win a law suit and not have to pay the money he owed because of his mistakes and procrastinations, was to put a stop order on the job and try to discredit the company Bob worked for. So, he goes about it in a dramatic and worldly fashion by asking Bob to leave the job and take nothing, not even his computer. Bob did not cave to his threats and proceeded to put his job computer in the car and the company files and the owner calls the police and wants Bob arrested. Thankfully, the police officer knew Bob's Godly reputation and allowed Bob to take his things from the trailer and then escorted him off the jobsite.
The owner proceeds to write this legal brief and slams Bob's reputation with a couple of bold face lies, by stating that Bob allowed alcohol use on the jobsite and that he did not man the job. For those of you who know Bob and who have worked with him these 40 years in this profession, I know you are smiling right now. Bob runs such a tight job-site that he won't even let men on the job who don't have work boots on, he is a stickler on OSHA rules, no one is on the site without a hard hat!!! He has the one of the best work ethics of anyone I know, and believe me I know the workaholic that he is!! I can testify!! For three weeks after this brief came out, his boss does not return any phone calls or emails and then has the HR secretary call and say that he is let go.
All of us are suffering now because of the consequences of greed. It is touching all of our lives. Honestly, it hurts when things like this happen and you wonder where God is and why is He allowing this in your life. But then you realize you are one part of a whole and our country is back-sliding to the worst of the worst and greed is at the center of a lot of the self-dependence slung around in various ways. This country says by its actions and words that we don't need God and one of the symptoms of a society that is moving towards independence from God is irrational greed and this warning sign is rampant in our society today and its consequences are being felt by all of us this day.
Our crisis in America is not about a God not big enough to take care of us, or that He doesn't keep His Promises…it is not about Him at all, it is all about us as a whole. We need to repent and change our ways and get back to the basics of life in Christ Jesus… not one, but all of us do as a whole, as The United States Of America! If we keep our pride bucked up, if we continue to think we can "fix this" and we don't turn to God as a country, then we will all suffer to some degree from the consequences of our country's move towards autonomy. Yes, the symptom of greed is a self-determining spirit and that does not lead to a strong undivided country.
Servant Warriors, we have a choice to make during this season of time in our Country:
Choice # 1 Independence From God:
I Choose More Of The Same…Me, Myself And I!
I Choose To Walk By The Light Of Self Made Fires And Try To Do Something, Anything To Fix This Mess We Are In! I Will Take Care Of Myself, I Will Make A Way For Me!
Isaiah 50:10-11
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? That person may walk in the dark and have no light. Then let him trust in the Lord and yet depend on his God. 11 But instead, some of you want to light your own fires and make your own light. So, go, walk in the light of your fires, and trust your own light to guide you. But this is what you will receive from me: You will lie down in a place of pain.
New Century Version (NCV) The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Choice #2 Complete Dependence On God
I Choose To Humble Myself And Get Back To The Basics Of Life: Faith and Hope In God!
I Choose To Humble Myself Before God And Cry Out To Him For Forgiveness And For This Country To Come Back To Him! He Is Our Solution! I Choose To Walk In The Light Of His All Consuming Fire, Step By Step As I Am Guided By Him, Depending Completely On Him!
2 Chronicles 7:13-15
"I may stop the sky from sending rain. I may command the locusts to destroy the land. I may send sicknesses to my people. 14 Then if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, if they will pray and seek me and stop their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land. 15 Now I will see them, and I will listen to the prayers prayed in this place.
New Century Version (NCV) The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
WHAT CAN WE DO…..
SERVANT WARRIORS! RIGHT NOW!
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF LIFE:
JUST DO IT!! Get Back To The Basics Of Life!
The Basics Of Life
By 4 Him
We need to get back to the basics of life
A heart that is pure,
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently grounded in Christ,
The hope that endures for all times!
These are the basics; we need to get back to the basics of life!
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