A call to Arms (Faith, Believing It Is Done!)

When our soldiers are called to battle there is a rumbling in their gut.  For some of them it is fear and for others it is adrenaline.  Regardless of the emotion that is triggered, true soldiers answer the call to arms.  They do this no matter the sacrifice of Husband, Wife, Children, Family and Friends. They just simply GO!   I have several brave friends who have answered this call during their enlistment.  When I have asked they explained that your heart and your Will must be in line with the belief that the battle is already won.  There is no doubt and preparation is key and the reality of casualties are a part of this call.  The reason I chose to use ” A Call To Arms” to describe what our Faith in Christ should be is that we should approach our Faith and Prayer life with that same intensity.  We should pray knowing it is done.

My dearest friends have you seen the evil in this world.  The total disregard for life and the god of this world slowly grinning as we lose our young meaninglessly.  How many of us actually feel broken in our soul not knowing if those that have lost their life will be in Hell?  There are many that believe this world we live in is Hell, but I refuse to compromise to that belief.  The reason is Jesus is still a part of this world and EVERYONE still has a chance as long as there is breath in their lungs and a beat in their heart.  However, when our eyes close and that last breath is taken so is our Soul!  To Heaven or To Hell!  I know for me I have not taken other people’s salvation seriously, well not people who are not close to me.  That will and is changing as we speak. It is a slow process.

Now, as I look into my life God is starting to show me IT IS DONE!  Meaning if I hold true to the scripture and continue to let Christ mold me then what I pray for and ask for WILL BE DONE!  The amount of lives I have helped change is in the thousands.  I have spoken, written and discussed who Christ is with so many people.  It was a call to arms and His Will was done.  As I reflect back I realize God chose me and he still chooses me to reach many.  He is my father and for the first time I am truly accepting the fact that I am His Son.  The Call to Arms is not for you to just drop the burdens that are weighing you down, but a reminder to put on the Armor of God daily.  We must stride forward knowing that Jesus is with us on the front lines.  IT IS DONE! Live in that when you pray by Faith, we have won the race and are doing it from the finish line.  God with us, means No Retreat and No Surrender… Grace is Enough! Amen

One Love, One King, All Christ

Sinner to Saint

A friend of mine gave me a book to read a few months back.  He wrote it and self-published it and was in the process of distributing it when he gave me the copy.  Well, I did what most books do in  my house it sat around.  I picked it up a couple of times and started it, but was never consistent and always had to start over.  A few days ago I picked it up again, but this time I started to search through the table of contents.  My finger froze on chapter 7 as I was scrolling down the list.  The chapter was titled “Discovering Your True Nature.”  I decided to start here and I believe God placed these words to cross my path.  God has been molding me intensely over these past few months and this chapter was an UPPERCUT to the jaw, WOW!

I have preached what I have read in this chapter so many times, but now I finally believe it for myself.  The truth for all of us who have accepted Christ as our Savior is that because of the Cross, I am no longer a sinner, but I am a Saint!  I am aware of my sinful nature but it has been put to rest.

Hebrews 8:12 (NKJV)

¹² For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds^[a] I will remember

no more.”^[b]

He will remember our deeds of unrighteousness NO MORE! I have lived thinking, praying and asking for forgiveness, begging and pleading for freedom.  Then reading a few paragraphs into a book, in God’s timing, my life changes.  My faith in knowing God DID IT is what Freedom is, not hoping he will do it.  My struggle is no longer my struggle because I do not hope for God to intervene, I know HE will! That gives me Freedom as His son.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:^[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

The Old things have passed and ALL things will become new. Therefore, understanding that Grace is enough lets me know to continue the path that God has me on now.  Allow myself to receive the help placed in that path and the people because none of that is a coincidence but God ordained.  I am accepting fully that I am a Priest of the Most High in God’s house.  My confidence is in Christ the champion who has already claimed victory and not in the challenger! Amen!

One Love, One King, All Christ!

Revelation

I can feel God’s hand molding and moving my mind.  For the first time I am aware of being in the Potter’s hand.  It is an amazing feeling but a difficult one. I prefer the pressure and pain of this embrace than the suffocating darkness I usually ran to.  I have been more aware of God’s voice and traps being set around me.  My heart is softening and my concerns are less about me and more about others.  My bondage has kept me so tightly wrapped for over 30 years, but now to finally feel the warmth of Jesus’ light and not run from it is soothing.

Trusting God sounds so easy and many times we say it as if it was as easy as brushing off our shoulders.  However, to truly trust him means believing without seeing.  Faith is the word I am talking about and it is so out of reach for us that Jesus says we just need Faith the size of a mustard seed.  He knows our chemistry and dependencies and the freedom that is stripped from us moment by moment.  For many of these years Satan did not need to do a lot to persuade me to sin, I did most of that damage to myself.  Now that I have decided to listen I can hear and see my bondage, that I am free from now, in others.  Do I let them learn the hard way?  NO.  God has been sending people to cross my path for years.  As I choose to see my son-ship in Christ it would be criminal and selfish to let those suffer, struggle and fall to the waste side.  I know I must continue to let God mold me as he prepares me for the plans he has set for me.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)