Proverbs 25:2 – When government looks for answers, leadership
must seek the direction and Will of God. When leaders fail Him; God then is not
obligated to reveal any workable solution. The result: dissidence
(disagreement), disparagement (discredit or belittlement), dissention
(disagreement and quarreling) and finally to civil displacement (removal from
office).
Comments and Challenges
Here is another of those “way back then
stories” Once upon a time our family had a pony, a female pony whose name was Phoebe.
I do not think she liked her name because she simply ignored us when we called her,
she was ornery. The children liked her so we learned to deal with the animal
and her attitude.
One of the first difficult moments was getting
her to go into the small stall we had for her so she could spend a comfortable night.
I pulled, pushed, begged and said a few words over her, (no not prayer)! She
still would not go. I called my brother Tom and he and his wife came over, we
spent all afternoon trying to get her to go in the stall.
Simply “NO” was her response and she was
strong enough to prove it. With both of us pulling on the reigns from inside
the stall and with one jerk of her head, both Tom and I flew out of the stall
as if we were nothing more than pieces of paper caught in the breeze of the
day. At this I decided to look in the yellow pages for someone who might know
what to do. I found a man who lived locally and trained horses so gave him a
call.
“Sure” he said. “I'll be right over”
Within a half hour the guy showed up. He only had one arm; his left arm was
missing all the way up to the shoulder. Knowing Phoebe, I thought to myself;
“this ain't gonna be pretty”. I said, “Can I help”. “Nope, just watch” he
replied as he walked through the yard and grabbed a switch from one of the tree
branches.
He walked over to the pony and guided her
toward the stall and gave her a slap with the switch on her backside and the
pony ran into the stall. He turned, smiled and said. Normally I charge five
bucks, but the look on your faces gives you a free ride, have a nice day” and
he left. “How did you lose your arm I shouted” it was a dumb question I know!
His response… “If I tell ya, it’ll cost you five bucks” with that he got into
his pick up and left.
Mark 7:31-37
Mark 7:37 – Jesus
astonished the people around Him notice; “and they were astonished beyond
measure, saying “He has done all things well “He makes both the deaf to hear
and the mute to speak””. Jesus and His disciples departed the towns which is
modern day Lebanon and went to modern day Syria; Decapolis which is an area called
ten cities (Matthew 4:25) and here in Mark as well.
Jesus walked many
miles throughout His ministry on the earth, providing ample evidence that He
was and is the Son of God. Some who came in contact with Him was either healed
of a physical or demonic condition and all the rest were “astonished” beyond
words. Today in those countries we would see rebellion, death, false teaching
and national suppression.
It is not that
these countries did not hear and see the Messiah, but it is that these
countries personally and nationally rejected the True Messiah, even Thee
Prophet for the false messiah even the false prophet. Our nation today rejected
the True Messiah as well and soon; if we do not repent (change our mind) we too
will be like Syria today. Imploding “within” because we believe the LIE and “exploding”
without because we have choked on the TRUTH.
Mark 7: 34 – The
remnant (if you believe in Jesus you are part of the remnant) needs to take a
hint from the LORD. “Then looking up to heaven, He SIGHED AND said to him (the deaf
mute) be opened. What am I suggesting? Today the remnant of believing men and
women in the United States of America are like the deaf mute, we are selfishly
closed minded and we do not speak to God.
We are watching
our nation fail and most of us do not pray! Soon and very soon, the cost of a “switch”
will be more than five dollars. Phoebe a small American bird, Phobia soon to be
a large American pastime.
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