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Friday, July 11, 2008
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Deuteronomy
28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken
unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day,
to observe and to do them: (KJV)
Have
you ever had a favorite team you cheered for? How about these big cities
that have their franchises, teams that have been around for a long time and
have a big following, ever notice how fickle the fans are if the team
starts losing? Oh boy, once they get on a roll and make it to the finals
then the fans come out of the woodwork and jump back on the popular
bandwagon again, acting like they never left. Well if you notice in the
above verse, team Christ is made the Head, in other words they are always
in first place and they never have to take a back seat to anyone or any
circumstance either. Do you always keep this in mind, or are you acting
like someone just kicked your tail end? The Lord made you the head, He
didn’t put you in last place nor are you last on His priority list either. But
He chose to die on your behalf even when you were a sinner playing for the
other team. Now that you are part of His team, how much better is your life,
knowing you are in first place and have the opportunity to remain there as
long as you are willing and obedient to His word? The Bible says if God be
for us then who can be against us. Would you like to take on God and see
how you fare? Well, many have throughout the Bible and failed, miserably I
might add. In fact weren’t you quite miserable yourself before you knew the
Lord, and were enemies and alienated from the life of God by your carnal
thinking? With this in mind, hopefully a renewed one, why do so many of
God’s people walk around acting like the tail and not the Head, acting like
they are in last place instead of first?
Matthew
10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall
not fall on the ground without your Father. (30) But the very hairs of your
head are all numbered. (31) Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value
than many sparrows. (KJV)
Hey
speaking of head, how many hairs did you count on yours today? How about
that sparrow that keeled over in your back yard, were you aware of that? Our
Father in heaven was aware of it, just as He is aware of you and your need
as well. So what was that hair count this morning, or did you lose count?
Yet with this in mind we still doubt God or act like He doesn’t hear us or
love us anymore, sounds rather birdbrain don’t it? A God that feeds
sparrows and keeps an accurate head count of them is certainly not going to
forget you is He? No, if fact your value is much more than a birds, just
like one of your children would have more attention put on them then the
birds in the backyard. So why all this fretting and fussing when you can’t
even count the hairs on your own head, yet you have the audacity to doubt
our Father in heaven? If you don’t like the results in your life then maybe
you best be checking the direction you’re heading in and make sure it is
the path our Lord intended for you to be on and not some dead end you chose
to follow.
Luke
12:24-26 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither
have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better
than the fowls? (25) And which of you with taking thought can add to his
stature one cubit? (26) If ye then be not able to do that thing which is
least, why take ye thought for the rest? (KJV)
You
ever wonder how the leaven got into the bread of life; subtly snuck in
there when you weren’t looking or paying attention to details? Again we see
an example of the birds, this time ravens which the word says God feeds
them; did you ever stop and think about that? Are you not of much more
value than these fowls? Yet that is how you act at times or think God sees
you. Which of you being a parent would feed the birds and starve your
children? That would be criminal and insane, yet that is how easy it is to
drift off the path of life if one doesn’t keep a watch on the heart and
monitor the mind bringing every thought in obedience to Christ. Consider
the ravens; when is the last time you saw one drop over from heart failure
because the stock market took a dive or the price of fuel just rose another
ten cents a gallon? Are we not better than these fowls, which is what is
being asked in the above verses? In other words, when you cast all your
care upon the Lord then do you leave it with Him letting Him do the caring
for you? Or do you cast your cares upon the Lord and then like a fisherman
reel them back in and reevaluate them thinking you can handle it yourself?
Sound to simple, yeah that is the part we miss though, that simplicity. You
know instead of watching some hot shot preacher on TV tell you how to live,
and how much better you could live if you show them the money, turn off the
tube and look in the backyard and consider what is around you, right in
front of you, and how simple the Lord would like us to live if we would
only let Him be the Head of our life.
Matthew
11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (30) For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (KJV)
Come
unto me, get steered in the right direction, go to the Head if you wish to
be the head and remain in first place. How did things get so complicated,
how did you get weighed down with so much burden and heaviness? Well it
started ever so simple, so subtle, just snuck right by you while you were
looking elsewhere to find rest. Do you remember where they put the yokes? Yup
right around the neck which is attached to the head. All this excess weight
and baggage you have been lugging around was it something our Lord asked
you to carry, or is it something the enemy packed on while you weren’t
looking? The Lord’s burden is easy; in fact it is light, otherwise He
wouldn’t have said it. But that only applies when you let Him have it and
not try to carry the load yourself. Ever hear of the two-headed monster,
well that’s what happens to people when they become yoked with something of
this world, double minded and unstable, unable to do what the Lord is
asking because they are too weighed down with the cares of this life. The
yokes on you, now it would do you good to make sure you put it on the Head
and not the tail end or you will end up with a big mess.
Hebrews
12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before
us, (2) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (KJV)
Remember
what comes out of a cloud? Did you know you are surrounded with a
cloudburst, ready to rain down on you in the form of living waters? Let’s
get rid of all this excess baggage which is a result of sin; sin being
unbelief. Let’s start looking above to a man that is seated at the right
hand of God, the man being Jesus Christ who not only authored but finished
our faith, providing all that was needed so that we could run this same
course, the course that is heading home. A spiritual race requires a
spiritual leader, so why not follow one that ran this race and is in first
place; so will you be also and all those that follow His lead.
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