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Monday, July 7,
2008
Heads
or Tails?
Deuteronomy 28:11-14 And the LORD shall make thee
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware
unto thy fathers to give thee. (12) The LORD shall open unto thee his good
treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to
bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations,
and thou shalt not borrow. (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: (14) And thou shalt not
go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right
hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. (KJV)
When flipping coins to determine an answer or outcome
for a situation one is subject to however it bounces and where it lands in
order to determine an outcome. For those in Christ that truly know their
rights and authority in the word of God they are not subject to chance, or
luck, or any bounce of a coin they hope will go their way, but rather one
is able to know for sure they can be the head and not the tail. Even in
times of fuel shortages, rising prices all around us, and any other
manufactured thing man comes up with to make more profit, the Lord promises
to supply all our need and allow us to rise above any situation that comes
along, as long as we hold Him to be true above and beyond the outward
circumstances. If one goes back and reads the first 14 verses of this
chapter you see a simple life of blessings which the Lord promised His
people, while after verse 14 life becomes quite complicated and unpleasant
to those that choose to be the tail. The reason people end up at the back
end and not the head is in many cases they don’t know who the head of the
Church is and how to access Him in order to stay in that position. Rather
than being seated in the heavenly realm to hear the message of Christ they
stay entangled in the affairs of this life and end up with, for lack of a
better phrase, crappy results. We all get one life to live, that’s it, and
what a shame that so many people waste their opportunities the Lord provides,
and not partake of the Lord’s good treasure He has available for any or all
that would call upon His name and be obedient to what He is asking this
day. Which realm are you partaking of today; is it truly the one the Lord
promised or are you settling for second hand cheap imitations of the devil
and your life resembles more of what comes out the tail than the head?
Psalms 23:1-6 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
(2) He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters. (3) He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake. (4) Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (5) Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over. (6) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. (KJV)
Remember this Psalms we hear recited over and over
again? Notice the first thing that has to take place in order for the rest
to follow? Is the Lord really the shepherd or head of your life and calling
the shots, or are you allowing the devil to get in cheap shots? There are
times we are confronted with situations that can overwhelm our minds and
the outcome seems like we are walking right into a valley of darkness and
death, but that is where you realize that God has not given His people the
spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind that holds fast to a
sound victory. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of
our lives as long as we allow the Lord to be the head of our life.
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the
head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the
head of Christ is God. (KJV)
We see a simple order of how God set up His church to
operate, and what allows these blessings to be in play for His people so that
they can stay assured they are one of His despite all the turmoil going
around them in this fallen world. Anytime this order is changed or altered
by mankind, then they are no longer able to partake of the Lord’s good
treasure, but end up back at the tail section receiving whatever comes out
that end. If one wishes to be the head then they need to know who the head
is so that they can hear His message and learn to be imitators of Christ.
Mankind alters and changes the message God sent through His Son thinking
they will find peace. But in the end, and that would be the rear end, they
end up with a pile of steaming strife and confusion fresh from the bowels
of hell. While on this subject, apparently there seems to be a lot of
confusion about marriage these days, somehow man no longer accepts the
concept of a man and woman, but rather they think they can incorporate
their own ideas into the equation. The Lord is quite specific on what He
blesses and approves of and what gets sent to the back of the line, and nowhere
in the His word does He alter from the man and woman concept. The above
verse is clear to point out the head of man is Christ, not another man as
some think or try to alter into a different lifestyle our Lord didn’t
intend as an alternate.
1 Peter 2:6-8 Wherefore also it is contained in the
scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and
he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (7) Unto you therefore
which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone
which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (8)
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble
at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (KJV)
Many are called but only a few chosen, because the many
try to build their house without the Chief corner stone in place and that
stone would be Christ. Many are confounded, which means disgraced or put to
shame, because they try and alter God’s plan of salvation to fit their
lifestyle rather than rising up and sitting with the head giving ear to how
He would have His church built, which you just happen to be. Today, this
moment, you have the opportunity to rise above this fallen world through
the victory we have in Christ so that you can be the head and not settle
for the tail end of this fallen world. God bless.
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