Meditations

A few days ago I was at home, when I heard a knock on my door. I looked and I saw two ladies. I turned away from the door and went back to my reading. I thought if I heard the knocks again, I will answer the door. Before I could pick up my Bible to read, sure enough the knocking started again and a little louder this time. I answered the door. One of the ladies - the spokeswoman of the two – thanked me for answering the door. Then she commented on how commonplace prejudice is. She asked me if I knew of a country or place without prejudice. I said no. She then asked me what was the solution for ridding the world of prejudice?  I told her I was looking for the return of the Lord Jesus. Then I mentioned, as an afterthought, the heavens and the earth will be burned up (no need for me or anyone to worry about ridding the world of prejudice). My mentioning the burning of the earth and the heavens, struck a nerve. She said to me.  “Why would God burn the earth and the heavens...

A Sunday ago in my church we were singing the chorus, “O Lord Jesus, how long, how long ere we shout the glad song? Christ returneth! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen!” The thought came into my mind while we were singing those words the third time around. Will we have time to shout those words when our Lord returns? 1Corinthians 15:52 reads “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” I do not know if we will have time to think, furthermore shout. The Lord’s coming will be in an instant. As we blink our eyes to take it all in we will be in heaven. 1Thessalonians 4:16 informs us: “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” Our Lord Jesus will be doing the shouting, and what a shout that will be. His shout will awake the dead in Christ. The voice of an ar...

Everyone desires to be prosperous in whatever he or she does. Psalm 1 gives us the formula for prosperity. It starts out with some don’ts, and I wondered why. Then I realized it is easier for us to pursue the don’ts and we do feel good when we can say. I am not doing this or I am not doing that. However, pursuing the positive behaviors takes energy and discipline. It can be like climbing mountainous terrain; which takes effort and will to accomplish the task. Psalm 1:1 states: “Blessed is the one who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. Nor stands in the way of sinners; nor sits in the seat of the scornful.              Do not Walk - Lifestyle              Do not stand - Align yourself              Do not sit - Complacency Do Not Walk in the counsel of the ungodly . Do not live your life ac...