When I am out synch (part 11)

Whatever the reason for being out of synch, my response is always the same if I deep down truly know God is there. HELP!!! My prayer is for inner strength (Ps 39:10-13). My prayer is for forgiveness, for protection against a powerful enemy, for blessings of memorials that commemorate His works for all His people and me in particular and for fulfilling the promise that He made to me never to leave me. (I Kings 8:36-50; 2 Chronicles 6:24-40). My response is to dedicate myself to Him as Solomon in the above verses dedicated the Temple to Him, regardless of what may come and how I may stumble, when I get up I pray for God’s hand in blessing me, remembering that I do deep down love Him and will only follow Him. My acknowledgment is in 2 Chronicles 20:4-17, in which I acknowledge that He is mighty and that just as He promised to take care of His children in Israel He will also care for me. So I acknowledge who He is, what He has done, and how He protects me. I fall on my knees before Him when I am out of synch, simply because there is no other recourse but to do so. I am in the begging mode and have come to know that I am so weak and that only He can help me. (Ps 6:1-8) And when it gets tough and my panic buttons have been pushed, surely I cry to God that He has forgotten me, and allows my enemies to rejoice over their victories over me. (Ps 13:1-4; 22:-1-22) But I will forever trust Him, because I know He eventually lives up to His promises. (Ps 31:1-4, 14-19). God is God, and His time is always right, even though I am ready for Him to do His thing now, He knows that later may be the best time in the eternal scheme of things. And I like Christ must carry my cross and being crucified and bones broken and side, hands and feet pierced must fall to the depths crying constantly, focusing diligently upon God, never taking my eyes from Him, never denying that He is the one with power and the one in control. And I can fool myself in one of two ways that God is not truly in control. One way is to want to live my life, do my thing my way, worship God the way I think He wants me to worship Him instead of being in such an intimate relationship with Him that I do worship Him the way He wants. The second way is just as self-deluding as the first way. I can believe that I am not seen by Him. (Jer 23:10; Ezek 8:12; Ezek 9:9; Ezek 18:25), and if I am not seen by Him, He won’t notice me in chat rooms and speaking inappropriately to people or He won’t notice me cursing a driver under my breath for cutting me off in traffic or He won’t notice when I complain about things and how hard my life is? And then He shows me He is in control. Maybe not this minute, maybe not this hour, maybe not this year, but He shows me and my faith better be strong enough to realize it.

When I am out of sycn (part 10)

There is in this country diversity. Diversity of sexes, diversity of races, diversity of disabilities, diversity of religion and all this is wonderful. Some of the diversity I have no choice in. That is I have no choice to be born female, white, with back and heart defects and Kippel Fiel syndrome, but I do have the choice to be Christian, and to call myself just a Christian. How many of us are afraid, including myself, not to acknowledge the fact that if one is in a denomination and don’t call themselves just Christian what a danger that is to destroying unity of the body? How many are afraid not to call all those that say they believe in Christ a Christian, even though James says it takes more than that (James 2:19-20)? That does not mean as so many would say that there are certain groups that are the only Christians. What it does mean is that God doesn’t want just part of my worship, part of my heart. He wants the whole thing. Nor does He want me to embellish what His son established because others won’t like it otherwise. He does want me to take Him as He presents Himself in His Word. And if there is any doctrine that doesn’t go in accordance with His word or adds to or subtracts, that is an erroneous and vain doctrine and I must not espouse it.

And there is in this country diversity of alternative lifestyles. My brother was gay. He openly said so, and called himself Christian. There are those denominations that would agree with him. And the government agrees with him. It saddened me to hear that I cannot even speak to tell gays they are in sin, but gays can tell me that I am narrow-minded and cruel. Gays can tell me that God wouldn’t punish them and that Paul was wrong. What is erroneous in this? If Paul is wrong, the bible is wrong, because God said that all is sufficient for life (2 Pet 1:3-8). I cannot take a little here and a little there when it pleases me.  I am in danger not walking with God if I espouse the way that any man or group of men think I should live, to be sure. My focus must be on God or I will sink.

When I am out of synch (part 9)

 

God’s son was never out of synch, not in the way I think of being that way. While he cried out “My God, My God, why have though forsaken me?” (Mr 15:34) and prayed in the garden that the cup be taken from him. (Mr 14:36; Matt 26:39,42,44), his faith was nevertheless strong. He never, ever lost his focus. He knew into whose arms he was going, he never lost peace, the ultimate peace, of God, that same peace which caused him to be able to sleep in the boat while the storm was raging. (Matt 8:25)  Prayer, constant prayer gave him that peace when he most needed it, and it will give me peace in a country filled with uncertainties and turmoil as this country has become, by our own volition we have created a unique society and at the same time allowing things to creep in that shouldn’t be there.

 

There is in this country diversity. Diversity of sexes, diversity of races, diversity of disabilities, diversity of religion and all this is wonderful. Some of the diversity I have no choice in. That is I have no choice to be born female, white, with back and heart defects and Kippel Fiel syndrome, but I do have the choice to be Christian, and to call myself just a Christian. How many of us are afraid, including myself, not to acknowledge the fact that if one is in a denomination and don’t call themselves just Christian what a danger that is to destroying unity of the body? How many are afraid not to call all those that say they believe in Christ a Christian, even though James says it takes more than that (James 2:19-20)? That does not mean as so many would say that there are certain groups that are the only Christians. What it does mean is that God doesn’t want just part of my worship, part of my heart. He wants the whole thing. Nor does He want me to embellish what His son established because others won’t like it otherwise. He does want me to take Him as He presents Himself in His Word. And if there is any doctrine that doesn’t go in accordance with His word or adds to or subtracts, that is an erroneous and vain doctrine and I must not espouse it.

When I am out synch (part 8)

Being out of synch with God is not just when I am out of sorts, or when I think I am doing right but really doing wrong, or when I am sinning. Being out of synch is when I perceive I am in trouble, whether real or no. Being out of synch causes me pain and sorrow, suffering beyond all measure until I cry out to Him, “Save me, help me, deliver me from this misery.” (Ps 108:6, 12; Ps 116:4) I cry out from my essence that I know He is sovereign, I know He is Ruler of the Universe, I know He is above all things and in control and I also know that I am in danger, dire straights of His judgments if He doesn’t consider my case. (Ps 119:22,28,39,41,42,76,77,82,84,107,121-123,134,143-149,153,154, 170,173) I need Him, and I call and cry to Him that I need Him, because only He can deliver me. (Ps 120:2; Ps 123:3,4; Ps 142:1,2,5-6). I know that only He can save my people and remove us from captivity, as I utter the words, “Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south” (Ps126:4), because this is His world, as so often I sing in Church, this is My Father’s World, and He is in control. While the devil may be allowed to have his say here, God still controls the growth of flowers and the azure blue sky and the quack of ducks. And getting myself back in synch is realizing all that is true. Getting in synch means that I have acknowledged God’s heart, that I know He is gracious. (Ps 143:1,12; Is 33:2; Is 38:2,3; Is 5:9) I have acknowledged God’s power and strength (Is 64:1; Is 63:15-17; Jer 16:17,18). I know His judgments are pure and just (Jer 10:24; Jer 14:8,9) And I acknowledge His wisdom (Jer 15:15) And in all this, I still cannot, I will not change my ways because of my stubbornness. But because of God’s wisdom and the gift of His free will to me when  Adam and Eve roamed the earth, I can decided whether or not to walk with Him, or to stay in my same shell. God gave me free will long before He offered me salvation through His son. The reason being is that He wants thinking human beings in His kingdom, He wants those who are capable of deciding right from wrong, of deciding what hurts God and what pleases Him. And with that choice comes the possibility that God and I may not walk the same way, and hence I am out of synch. I need to acknowledge not just that God’s ways are perfect, but that I am ready to be perfect as He is perfect (   ).Until I throw open the doors like Daniel did in Dan 6:10, at the risk of his own life, and acknowledge there is only one true God, then will I be able to acknowledge God is true as are His precepts and declarations.