Isa 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and
the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isa 11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isa 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole
of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isa 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea.
We are strangers and
pilgrims here upon the Earth. We may have been born upon the Earth, but our
home is heavenly. The Earth upon which we all have been born, all except Adam
and Eve, is a corrupt Earth. This world is twisted and stained by sin.
Most of all we see
was NOT how God intended things to be. The workings of man, plant, animal,
minerals etc are all touched by the sin that entered the world. There was a
ripple of change through all the earth when sin was first committed. The light
of God's righteousness that clothed the first human pair was removed but that
wasn't the only change. Just as
instantaneously the world and all that in it was called into being over the
course of six days, things were instantaneously altered to accommodate the
corrupt world.
We have to realize
that we went from beings formed to live eternally, to beings given a life span-
a beginning and an end. The world around the first sinners was completely
changed. The lion we read about in the
above verse was not created to eat flesh, but was changed. While it's extremely hard for us to imagine a
world where a lion was never a predator, we have to realize the truth that the
lion was NOT created a predator but changed as a result of man's sinning. The
lion will again one day not be a predator, just as every single creature that
is known to be deadly or pain inducing by any means will have that changed
about them and they will once again be changed to the creatures they were
intended to be.
Sin's evidence is
all around us in many ways. In every instance of selfishness whether it is
being expressed through anger, tears, joy, ecstasy and the entire spectrum between the two-is
evidence of sin. Every single pain we feel whether the pain of childbirth, or
the pain of torture, or the tiny prick of a pin- they are all a result of sin.
We were not meant to feel pain. Every
anxious thought, every worry, every bit of confusion we experience is a result
of sin's entrance into our world. Sin is the origin of all the evil on Earth.
When we fail to
recognize that this world is sin sickened and we live among all the sin
sickness we fail to comprehend that there is something MUCH better promised to
us! We are promised a sin-free world, a NEW EARTH!
In science fiction
movies we've seen people set out on a mission to find a better planet to live
upon as earth dies and all its people are in jeopardy- there quite a few of
these types of movies. The truth is we
are all on a JOURNEY- not out into outer space on a space ship, but on this sin
sick earth. We are journeying towards an earth made new! We aren't searching
the dark depths of outer space for a worthy planet, but rather we are searching
this dark earth for a Savior and the good news is- He's been found! We are now
awaiting His return, trusting that the many, many years we have been here
waiting for His return have been for a perfect reason, in His perfect plan, and
one day we will comprehend it all. So
while we are stuck on this ship orbiting the perfect planet, awaiting the
command to descend, we must live our lives as the Savior has instructed us to
do so.
There are those who
would have us give up all hope. There are those who call us fools for our
beliefs. There are those who believe they have a better plan to follow. There are well intentioned, very wonderful,
very kind-hearted people who would have us believe that good is evil and evil
is good. We must hold fast to the truth found in the Creator, the Redeemer- the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit's- word to us. The truth revealed to us as God's laws are
written upon our hearts!
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God,
and they shall be to me a people
People will hardened
their hearts and God will allow this as their right to choose. People will
desire blindness and God will allow this as well. People will not want to hear
and God will allow them to be deaf. Choosing
self over God we choose to allow ourselves to be led astray by any means
necessary to that end.
Please Father in
heaven, please write Your laws upon my heart. Please, let me forever and always
choose You over myself. Please Father, I would inherit the new earth promised
all through the hope I have in Your Son, Jesus Christ who died so I could live and
have that hope. Please Father, know me
and let me know You as You will. Forgive me and help me to forgive others as
You would have be forgive them- as You forgive. Guide me every day, Father,
please, let Your will be done in our lives. And tonight Father, I ask a special
blessing upon Kurt and His family as they mourn the loss of their beloved
father, Sal. Please Father, lead them to You and help them to be held by You.
Please Father, a special, special blessing for Norma during all of this as she
suffers her own torments on top of this tragedy.
Thank you,
Father! In the name of Your Son, Jesus
Christ our Lord!
Amen!
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