I come to you tonight in brief from my daughters computer. I feel out of sorts. Altogether out of sorts writing on it. Having no choice however, as my computer has died and gone to computer heaven. If I want to write I must use what ever I can get my hands on. Today it is my daughters Mac Book Pro.I used to have a personal PC. Let me tell ya, they are completely different! You wouldn't think there would be that big of a difference. They are both lap top computers They both have the same qwerty key board, but let me just tell you (if you aren't one who already knows) they are quite different to work on!
For starters, it took me over 15 minutes just to get a new page. In face I wasn't even the one who ended up producing it. My daughter had to end up showing me how to get a new page. Then I struggled with my ear squished against the speaker to hear a song on youtube because I couldn't figure out how to turn the sound up, there isn't a "right click" so forget the spell check!...and you know how on a PC the "delete" button deletes the word following the curser? Well on a MAC it deletes the word behind the cursor......Talk about confusing! And the list goes on! I am totally discombobulated! You would think I had never used a computer before tonight, in fact I am on one every day - all day!
Arrrrrrg!
My point behind all this is simply to point out what I am sure we are all very much aware of anyway. When we get used to the way things are; and comfortable with things in our life and suddenly they change, not by choice, we don't like it! We can feel discombobulated. So much so that we may even withdraw from the life and activities we once used to partake in.
Change is GOOD!
NOT BAD!
We need to remember the Lord is the ONLY constant that will and should remain for ever unchanging in our lives.
The moment we get stagnant....comfortable.....habitual.......we run a very serious risk of falling into the sin of back-slidding....falling away/abandoning our first love.
Many don't think of this as a serious sin....abandoning your first love for the Lord. The Word of God, however speaks differently about this and Jesus himself speaks directly to this in the Book of Revelation to the Church of Ephesus also in Matthew chapter 7 Jesus talks about those that will follow him, in this life. They will prophesy, drive out demon and preform many miracles in his name yet in the end. [Matt. 7:23] Jesus himself will say to them, "Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you'. Away from me. Evildoers!" .
There are so many more scriptures, far too numerous to list, that point to the Lord's desire for us....and for us to desire Him.
What has really saddened me lately is the preoccupation of so many in the church lately - the preoccupation of "the last days"
I truly believe it is the enemy, and quite successfully I might add, using God's agenda to distract God's people from spending quality time with God. From spending time in the presence of the most High.
The dividing line is being drawn not only between believers and non believers.....but also in the church. This is NOT good and NOT of God. If we sincerely believe that the second coming of the Lord is soon we should be spending MORE TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD ON OUR OWN AND TOGETHER.
We should be REACHING OUT TO A LOST AND DIEING WORLD....not stocking up for the aftermath of armagedon. The ONE thing that will see us through any tribulation; THE ONLY THING that will see us through, is a MAGNIFICENT, PERSONAL, PASSIONATE, INTIMATE, REAL, RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS!
I realize that is quite a stretch for many of us....most probably would make most feel a tad discombobulated....that's okay......Believe me....it will be worth it!
Hey...just want you all to know I love you! Truly I do!
please excuse my spelling errors....like I said...no spell check and I am horrible at spelling. :>/
