Think Twice

“That’s between me and God.” If that phrase has ever been quoted to you, I can almost assure you that unpleasant circumstances were present. This phrase is generally used when someone decides to cling to sin and reject anyone attempting to hold them accountable to the standard of God’s Word regarding the sin they’re cling to. What’s ironic about this is in their “This is between me and God” declaration, they are actually rejecting the God they imply is blessing their position.

I firmly disagree with the notion that sin is something between me and God. Now, to be totally transparent, there are times when I wish that to be the case but as a wise man once stated, “While sin may occur on an individual level, it always carries collective results.” The sting of that truth has remained with me for many years as it is totally true. In case we need biblical validation on that principle, just consider the fall of Adam and Eve. From a collective standpoint, it literally impacted HUMANITY.

Another validation for this is found in Joshua 7 regarding Achan’s sin in the accursed thing. It is an event recorded and preserved in God’s Word that causes me to think twice about giving in to sin as the “collective” consequences were devastating.

The accursed thing taken by Achan was part of the spoil that had been conquered by Israel and was to be dedicated to the LORD. God was specific in Joshua 6 that they were to keep themselves from the accursed thing and if they failed to do so, they would make the camp of Israel a curse and trouble it (Jos 6:18). Although Achan personally violated God’s command, notice the plural tone in Joshua 7:1:

Jos 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

Achan’s choice to sin led to a compound of casualties. Consider the collective results:

                1.            God withdrew His favor from His people (Jos. 7:11-12).

                2.            36 men died in battle at Ai (7:5).

                3.            Achan and his family were stoned w/ stones and burned w/ fire (Jos. 7:25).

This all happened because of one man felt his sin was worth placing others at risk. God continues to teach me about the high price of sin. I continually discover that cost so much more than it’s worth. It wrecks my relationship with God and puts distance between me and His favor which I desperately need. But it places others in jeopardy as well. I wish it were just between me and the Lord but this is far from reality. The sobering reality is when I chose sin over obedience to God’s Word, I place my family and my local church family at risk. The Spirit of God uses this to help me think twice.

If more men would respect this truth, it might lead to a different outcome while surfing the internet or manipulating the tax forms for gain. Because after those choices are made, God will make His choice and it is sure to impact those closest to the one who chose against God’s Word.

Sin is never just between you and God. This has to make us think twice!

Feed Me!

 

A few months ago, my son prayed to receive Christ as Savior. It was a highlight as I was entrusted with the privilege of leading him to Christ. It is a day I’ll remember until my last breath. The excitement was tethered quickly by the sobering reality that many young children “pray a prayer” without truly meeting a person. I began praying and seeking the Lord about this. I wanted the Lord to confirm if my son truly met Him or if this was some type of an emotional act. I realize that ultimately, my son will have to examine whether he be in faith but studying my children is something that I feel is extremely important to the training ministry that has been given to me by the Lord. Their spiritual growth is of immense importance to me so I’m constantly monitoring how they respond in certain situations.

I could share many points of confirmation that I believe the Lord has given me regarding my son’s salvation. I’ll share one from this morning as I returned from a prayer walk. As I walked by the dining room table, I noticed my son reaching for his Bible and grabbing mine as well. He handed me my Bible while proceeding to the table taking a “feed me” position at the table. We had prepared breakfast for the kids already so I knew that he wasn’t positioning himself for Cheerios. He wanted me to feed him the Word of God. Praise the Lord!! By the grace of God, this is not uncommon with my son. Recently, he asked if I would explain faith from Hebrews 11:1. This type of behavior is evident that the Holy Spirit of God indwells my son. Again, what I think about his salvation is secondary to what he will think about it as he grows. However, it does give me direction and clarity on how to proceed with his training.

Speaking to a group of Jews who had believed on Him, Jesus said this:

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

For doctrinal clarity, we must point out that the Lord was not teaching salvation by works. The point here is simple and clear. What proves salvation is not the prayer that one prays, but the life that one displays over time that proves the sincerity of the prayer that was prayed. One of the most obvious signs of salvation is an ongoing appetite for the Word of God.

Parents of infants and toddlers become extremely concerned when there is a lack of appetite in the child. The Bible teaches that newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby (1 Pet. 2:2). Desire and growth go hand in hand therefore, when there is a desire to feed, there will be growth. As a leader having spent time with many people over the years, the lack of desire to feed on the Word of the God sets off a loud alarm to me because without that, one of two problems are on the table and in some cases, both:

                1.            The individual is out of fellowship with God.

                2.            The individual is not saved.

Like a parent of a small child, if there is a lack of desire for the Word of God in our lives, we should be very concerned regarding the state of our walk with God. This should lead to a careful and prayerful examination of where we be in the faith and if we are, then the cry ought to be, “Lord, whatever it takes, I beg You to revive my desire for Your Word.”

Disaster at Tenerife

 The date was Sunday, March 27, 1977 in Tenerife in the Canary Islands in Europe. Planes had been diverted to the Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife due to a bomb explosion at the Gran Canaria Airport. The Los Rodeos Airport sits in a valley in the shadow of one of the largest volcanoes in the world. It was not uncommon for low-lining clouds to roll down the mountain and cover the airport with fog.

After waiting for hours and the getting restless, the pilot of KLM flight 4805 carrying 248 passengers and crew, requested permission for take-off. His instructions were to proceed to the end of the airstrip, make a 180 degree turn, and wait for clearance to take off. Visibility on the ground at this point was down to 300 meters. One of the passengers was quoted as saying, “You couldn’t even see the cement.” Although the captain of the KLM jumbo jet was told to wait, he ignored the order and after a three and a half hour delay, the captain of the KLM released the brakes and began accelerating the 300,000kg jumbo jet down the runway. What he didn’t know was 1400 meters ahead of him in the thick fog was Pan Am flight 1736 carrying 394 passengers and crew. At 290km per hour, the KLM smashed into the Pan Am. There were no survivors from the KLM and most of the people on the Pan Am died. In all, 583 people died Sunday, March 27, 1977. It is the worst aviation accident in history.

This historical incident has always moved me and it still does. It moves me because it strikes real close to home as I identify all too well with the captain of the KLM. Simply put, I struggle with waiting and I think many of us do if we were to be honest with ourselves. We live in an “instant” society and we bow at the altar of convenience. The concept of waiting or being inconvenienced has become an insult. We want what we want and we want it now! Is this not the mind set of many?

If many people struggle with waiting then the stage is set for great conflict with God. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about waiting on the Lord it is this: In God’s mind, the only timing that matters is His. In other words, God is going to do WHAT He wants to do WHEN He wants to do it WHERE He wants to do it and HOW He wants to do it. And here’s another reality that we must learn, we cannot make Him move earlier than He has chosen but we can cause Him to delay. What we’re getting at here is when we allow impatience to take over all we’re doing is making matters worse which pushes God’s date to act further out. I cringe in saying that because I’ve experienced the pain of that lesson more times than I care to mention.

I used to have a very childish view of waiting on the Lord. It went something like this, “If you’re God and can do all things and is powerful over all things then what’s the point in all this waiting?” or, “I need something by this date and if I don’t have it by that date then this outcome happens and that date has passed so I’m going to have to own the situation now since You chose not to help me!” Ever play those cards? Truth be known, all I was doing was attempting to manipulate God into surrendering to my timing and when He didn’t, I foolishly took-off without clearance headed for disaster!

Here’s what I’m learning and have learned about waiting and we would all do well to embrace these truths:

1.            Waiting is Designed to Increase Your Knowledge of God.

Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

There are wonders about God that we simply cannot and will not learn while we’re moving and God wants you to know these things because they are necessary for you to know.

Know this, from God’s perspective, the outcome of your knowledge of Him after waiting is of greater concern than the outcome you are concerned about. Why is this? Remember, there is no outcome that is greater than God! This is the lesson we miss when we steam down the runway without clearance.

In an instant, fast-moving world without realizing it, we forget who God is and in our wheeling and dealing we become God. This is why God will introduce seasons/situations in our lives that mandate stillness so that we can know that He is God.

                2.            Waiting is Designed to Increase Your Faith in God.

                                Psa 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

                                Psa 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Albert Barnes articulated well on the phrase “And now, Lord, what wait I for?” He stated: “means, what do I now expect or hope for; on what is my hope based; where do I find any cheerful, comforting views in regard to life? He had found none in the contemplation of the world itself, in man and his pursuits; in the course of things so shadowy and so mysterious; and he says now, that he turns to God to find comfort in his perplexities.”

David declares that his hope was in God alone. Part of what God aims to accomplish in us in waiting is that our confidence rests in no one or nothing except Him. One of the greatest enemies to waiting on the Lord is our plans or improvisations which always fall miserably short of what God has for us. This is one of the things that extends the waiting period. God will not place the last period on the trial until He is satisfied that He alone is your hope.

                3.            Waiting is Designed to Increase Your Love for God.

Psa 40:1-4 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

First of all, waiting on the Lord is never a vain act. God hears the cry of His own and He moves on their behalf and when He does, it sets off praise from us to Him.

When you’re in situations that are dire and God moves specifically on your behalf, not only do you praise Him but you love Him more than you ever have.

In closing, waiting has nothing to do with God being bored and then deciding to pick on you for a little entertainment as He sits back watching you squirm in tough circumstances. In the case of the disaster at Tenerife, had the captain of the KLM waited, it would’ve spared his life and many others. Sometimes, God wants us to wait because He desires to protect us from danger ahead that He sees that we cannot see. Whatever the reason, God knows what He’s doing and He has your best in mind. If you wait you’ll experience the blessing, joy, and peace of that. However, should you ignore the instruction to wait, it will only be to your detriment.

Wait.

Living In The Now

Row by row.  Row by row.  That was me, Thursday afternoon, lost in thought while mowing my lawn.  I like to keep the rows straight as I push the mower up one end of my yard and back the other.  It looks better and of course it’s quicker.

As I ended one row and did my end-of-row pivot to turn around, I saw someone approaching me from the side.  I looked up and saw my daughter, with a big, cheesy grin on her face.  She kept trying to shout something over the sound of the mower and I kept ignoring her.  She just laughed.  I knew what she wanted, and she knew that I knew it. She just turned 16 this week.  I saw my wife come out a few seconds behind her with a camera and I turned off the mower.

“Dad, can I have the car keys?”  Gulp!  A few minutes later, I watched her for the first time ever, drive away all by her self, ever so cautiously down our street and out of sight…  Wow! And that’s how a new era began at my house on Thursday.  We had trained for this moment for a while with plenty of Saturday afternoon drives.  It wasn’t a surprise, but I can’t deny that it’s going to take some getting used to.  For the last 16 years, she’s relied on me to take her everywhere.  Not anymore.

As she drove off with her new found freedom, I couldn’t help thinking about a starkly different conversation I had that morning about a friend of mine facing the looming reality of being forced to give up their own license due to the natural inability to drive that comes with age.  After decades of navigating the roads with ease, coming and going as they pleased… poof! Gone.  What a contrast in realities between that and what my daughter is experiencing right now.  It got me thinking about how precious our time is on this earth and how unyielding it marches on.

“For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”  Ecclesiastes 9:12

Paul offers us encouragement. Although time marches on and often catches us off guard in its evil net, those who will, can cash in on the goodness of God’s mission at whatever stage of life they are in.

           

“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” Ephesians 5:15-16

That passage has always given me pause.  On the one hand a blessing, that no matter where I’m at in terms of my past, I can move forward in God’s grace from that point forward.  On the other hand, a dire warning that the days are evil and I’m going to be daily under attack going forward whether or not I redeem the time.  Sobering thought.

My natural thoughts often take for granted that I will be able to work, do, think… just as I always have for the foreseeable future.  Sure, there is the occasional reminder by way of a sore knee, or bad back that life marches on.  But do I really take God’s Word seriously in redeeming the time every evil day I live? 

My inclination is to make sure my heart, mind and body are in the game – now!  Certainly Paul is saying to do so.  Let me encourage you to begin by investing the Word of Life into another person.  It’s a great place to start that will begin an outpouring of the characteristics of God in your life as you grow in your ability to share Truth with others.  If you’re not investing God’s Word in another person, are you truly walking circumspectly like the verse in Ephesians 5 says?  I think an honest, circumspect evaluation of mankind in light of the Word of God would say no.  How could a believer passively go through life knowing the end state of mankind without a pattern of warning others of hell and preaching the good news of the gospel?  Of all things after all, Jesus is “Whom we preach…” Col. 1:28.

I hope that most of you are already engaged in the mission.  For me, the battle is often embracing the place I am at in my life right now, with the Biblical understanding that the time is short.

“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”

Proverbs 27:1

Are you fully engaged in God’s Word in a way that lets it work through your heart and mind throughout the day?  Are you thankful for where God has you right now?  Are you self-aware of the roles God presently has for you as a minister, husband, father, son, worker, student…?  I am reminded, thinking about that older friend about to lose his license, that as time goes, so does every man’s ability to engage in those roles that would be easy to take for granted right now.  Once my friend loses his license, he’ll still be able to apply Ephesians 5:15-16 just like he can right now.  But he’ll enter a new stage, with new roles to engage in.  Are you living in the now with God’s Word in mind?  If not, start today.

A Line in the Sand

A line in the sand is an expression that captures a definitive point where one chooses to not go beyond a fixed boundary or one chooses to proceed beyond a certain point regardless of what that decision brings.

One of the greatest weapons in Satan’s arsenal happens to attack one of the greatest weaknesses of a man. I’ve met few men (including myself) that have not acknowledged the war of sexual temptation that is waged day in and day out. It is a war of wars, it rarely takes a day off, it pursues us like a heat-seeking missile, and it is merciless when an opportunity presents itself.

After I trusted Christ as my Savior and Lord, I was amazed at how quickly my speech changed, how quickly my friends changed, and how quickly the interest to drink a 12-pack on a Friday night vanished. But one very noticeable desire remained – the desire for a woman. The war was on and even though I’m married to a wonderful bride that has not deterred my adversary one bit unfortunately. He still brings it any way he can, always looking for new angles to try and take me down. He will not stop.

God in his grace and marvelous wisdom brought me to a very key place in the war. It was a place that I believe every man MUST arrive at or he will go down extremely hard. It is the place where a man very definitively draws a line in the sand. It’s a moment where a man accepts the reality that the war will always be there therefore, there is not a moment where he arrives and says, “I’ve beat it. It’s over. I can get on with life” That is insane and is accompanied by failure. Well intentioned yes but failure lurks right around the corner.

The line in the sand moment I’m getting at here is when a man does what Daniel did in Babylon as a teenager when he was surrounded by gross paganism and ungodliness:

        Dan 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Daniel had a made-up mind that defilement was not an option for him. Paganism was not going away, ungodliness was not going away but neither was Daniel’s conviction. He had drawn a line in the sand. The late Dr. Adrian Rogers used to say, “One big decision takes care of a lot of little decisions.” A man who fails to purpose in heart that he will not defile himself, will defile himself.

There are two promises I can make regarding your tomorrow, the sun will rise and you will be sexually tempted as a man and that will be true six weeks from now as well. What it comes down to is have you drawn a line in the sand that says I WILL NOT DEFILE MYSELF? Have you determined, “It doesn’t matter what the enemy throws at me, I will not cross that line even if it kills me.”

A man who fails to do this is hopeless in his hotel room on a business trip. A man who fails to do this is a sitting duck while surfing the internet while his wife is visiting her parents for the weekend. A man who fails to do this will entertain flirtatious attention that advances to adultery.

The mind must be made up before the moment of attack arrives and when a man has drawn a line, it doesn’t not matter what/who comes his way, the response is premeditated.

Men will read this and agree but wonder how does a man draw a line like that and stick to it? The answer is fairly simple but the problem is application. Men will read the answer given and blow it off before finishing the answer but here it is nonetheless:

Psa 119:9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

A man must feed on the Word of God. It is that simple. Listen, bondage only needs one condition to exist: REJECTION AND DISOBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD!

Jesus said, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. So if a man is enslaved to any device of Satan, it has to be a result of not taking heed to God’s Word, hiding it in his heart which makes him free.

I’m not saying it’s easy but when that line is drawn and reinforced daily, it gets easier.

Have you drawn the line?

God's Specific Call to Strength

Huffing and puffing up and down the hills around my neighborhood, I found it challenging to keep my heart rate up tonight.  I was using one of those fancy heart rate monitors and tonight my plan was a ride in the somewhat cooler evening air. 

As I was riding and struggling to get the most out of my time in the saddle, a verse came to me that I often think of during a workout -“For bodily exercise profiteth little…” I Tim 4:8a.  Paul refers to physical exercise to teach us by comparison that while working out is good, there is something even more profitable -- godliness.  I don’t want you to miss the greater truth there, but tonight I honed in on the first part of the verse and encouraged myself that there was at least some profit to what I was doing while I dodged cars and watched for potholes in the dark.

Somewhere around mile three I began thinking about the discipline required to really make an exercise routine work.  If I am to really become a strong cyclist, or strong runner, or strong ______ (insert your sport of choice) I have to do it on a regular basis, and from time to time stretch myself.  I started thinking about how similar my spiritual life is.  In the spirit of my workout, when I got home I set aside what I was planning on writing and did a short word study…

Did you know in the New Testament, we are told to "be strong" only three times?

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. I Cor. 16:13

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Eph 6:10

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. II Tim. 2:1

That blew me away!  Of all of the directives and important plans our Father has for us in the New Testament, only 3 things warranted a command to be strong in them.  What exactly does it mean to be strong in: faith, power of the Lord, grace in Jesus?  Let me encourage you to study these passages out on your own, but to help you get started here are some tips:

Be Strong in Faith – I Cor 16:13

The Corinthians had a crisis of faith when they stopped adhering to the word of God and ended up in a carnal way.  Paul wrote I Corinthians in order to correct their actions according to what the word of God said.  Faith, essentially is knowing what God said, and realigning your life to do what God said.  In a word faith is obedience (to his word).  For a whole list of examples see Hebrews chapter 11.  Are you strong in your obedience to his word?  Keep in mind willful ignorance of what God says is not an excuse.

Be Strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might – Eph 6:10

Sounds good.  What does it mean?  A key to understanding this passage is to follow through with the passage and look at the context of the last half of chapter 6.  Essentially, Paul is instructing the church in the warfare that is Christianity.  Don’t fool yourself, there is a war going on for your consecration and for the souls of men.  Failure to see this will lead to weakness in this area and certain injury on the battlefield.  To be strong in the Lord and suited for battle requires arming yourself with truth, righteousness, preparation of the gospel, faith, salvation, the word of God and watchful prayer.  Whoa!  That’s a heavy list.  I guess warring in the name of Jesus involves more than just snatching a verse a day from the clutches of my morning routine.  Are you strong in the Lord and ready for the battle?  Know that the enemy certainly is.

Be Strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus – II Tim 2:1

Unfortunately, many of us jump past this verse when reading chapter 2 in anticipation of the famous discipleship verse found in verse 2 where Paul commands us to invest in faithful men who will also invest in faithful men.  Did you ever notice that verse two of II Tim. 2 starts with the word “And?”   Paul is continuing his thought from verse 1 where he tells Tim to “be strong in grace.”  What does that mean?  Good manners, elegance of movement, sophistication?  I think you’ll find if you study the word out that there are spiritual elements to all of those things relating to grace, but at the core I think you’ll find something more.  You see the discipleship, taking place in verse 2, has to come from something substantive in your own life.  What is that substance?  It’s you living verse 1.  In other words you have to be strong in grace (v.1) before you have anything to really invest in anyone else (v.2).  Without living verse 1, you will be investing a very limited amount of goodness into others, if anything good at all.  So what does being strong in grace look like?

Here’s a clue -- Chapter 1 drips of the condescending act of Jesus to save mankind.  Chapter 2 then continues with “thou therefore” (pointing back to the act of Jesus) “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”  Here’s another clue, Paul, in the book of Ephesians tells us that “unto everyone of us is given [the gift of] grace” in his famous list of spiritual gifts.  Grace, simply put, is the act of condescension unto others for their eternal benefit.  It’s you arresting the will of the flesh and maybe even forsaking what is rightfully yours (condescending) in order to preach the good news of the gospel to someone in need.  What’s that, your gift isn’t evangelism?  No problem.  If you’re saved, you’ve got the gift of grace (Eph 4:7). Be strong in it.

How do I get strong in these areas?  Daily Exercise. Your faith stance strengthens with each obedient step you take as you witness God honoring his promises and you develop a track record of success with God.  Your power in the Lord surges as you consistently arm yourself and become skilled with the weaponry and armor that God provides.  And you become stronger and stronger in grace every time you say no to the flesh and yes to opening your mouth with the good news of the lowly Jesus.

Know this – the enemy would love to see you wallow in weak faith, weak power and weak grace.  I believe that there must be something particularly special about those three areas to be singled out as they are. This week I’m making sure these three workouts are part of my regiment.  God forbid I am weak in any of them!

Bored

Over the years, I’ve grown to recognize the look and the speech of the believer who has grown bored with God and His Word. I recall a man saying to me once after reading Psalm 119, “It was boring. He just kept repeating himself over and over again.” I was stunned and speechless to say the least. How does one generate that type of response after reading PSALM 119?

The reality is that many believers have been deceived into believing that the acquisition of Bible knowledge means they have discovered all there is to discover and know about God. How foolish and sad. I love the Word of God but the Word of God cannot contain ALL of God. This is not to say the Bible is lacking or incomplete as that would be a lie. The issue is simply this: God is too large to be totally contained in a book.

As the Holy Spirit led me to Nehemiah 9:6 recently, I instantly recognized that this was an encounter that demanded intense meditation and prayer for days on what I read and I’m still soaking in it as I type this blog. Let’s consider it:

Nehemiah 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

From time to time, my children are eager to remind me of what they’ll say or do to Satan if he dare bother them. It’s obvious to me that in their minds he’s nothing more than a lightweight character like one the cartoon characters they’re familiar with. When it comes to Satan, believers tend to go to one of two extremes. Either we fail to give him enough credit or too much. The reality is one-on-one we’re no match for Satan but he is no match for God either because God is the LORD alone. He is self-existent while Satan is a created being and so are all other “so-called” gods. How can the one created overpower its creator? This gave me a refreshed perspective of the omnipotence of God. He is more powerful than my imagination can comprehend. What are my problems in His sight? NOTHING! His work in creation reinforces His total rule in and over all things visible and invisible to us. The fact that our minds are unable to fully comprehend or grasp God ought to fuel the pursuit of Him not lead us to boredom.

At the end of this verse, it says, “and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.” The word worshippeth appears in the present tense here. I guess if anyone would be justified in growing board with God it would have to be the angelic host who have been worshipping God for thousands of years but as I type this, they are still worshipping Him and will continue to do so with us throughout eternity. What do you suppose this teaches about God? He is AWESOME, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, INEXHAUSTIBLE, & INCREDIBLE and to be bored of Him is a signal of something deeply deficient in us.

The Scripture declares He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. He is the reward! But to the carnal mind, that seems to be a futile and wasted pursuit.

To discover more of Him moves us unlike any pleasure or experience we can fathom. If we would come after Him, He promises not to disappoint. Any man who believes he’s mastered God is a carnal fool and what follows spiritual boredom plays out like a spiritual horror film. Boredom with God is a very tantalizing invitation to Satan and he RSVP’s with rapid response because any man who has grown bored with God will eventually put down the Word of God and it’s downhill from there.

Have you grown bored with God? If the Holy Spirit has just judged you guilty, seek Him now for grace to repent and come after Him. He wants to show you so much more!