The Devotional - A Look at the Book #756

by Jesse Abel

A Word from Papa “J”

Many have thought themselves to be wise by viewing life from the bottom up, but like a good song director who instructs; “you tenors and baritones need to get on top of the note” it is likewise better to view life from the top down for this is practical wisdom of value. Ecclesiastes 7:1-29- 8:1.

Good Morning

Some days it is easy to write, the words seem to build up on paper faster than one can type, and then there are other days; like today when the allotted time fights against all thoughts and the words seem trapped at some bottleneck in the brain. This reminds me of yesterday; I was on my way to Braintree, Massachusetts and in Rhode Island the traffic ahead of me began to slow down and soon all traffic stopped.

Without a clear view of what was happening; like all the rest I waited. Soon in the South bound lanes there appeared a motor cade. As many as ten police cruisers and several police motorcycles preceded what I think was a funeral procession. This must have been a very popular person; maybe an underworld kingpin at the least or at best some dignitary, what grabs my thought is that it may not have been a funeral at all; easily it may have been the pomp and circumstance of just being a kingpin or dignitary since the same type of vehicles are used for living and the dead.

Whatever the case the power of this moment in time was evident. Hundreds of people just north of Providence were stopped. Traffic at that moment; the curious and the not so curious stopped to watch what they could not fully see or comprehend. Then I was reminded of a coming day; one that is on the horizon, maybe even in our lifetime.

News from the “top”! “For the LORD Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the LORD in the air. And thus we shall always be with the LORD. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. This is only comforting to those of us who believe it. If you don’t it is okay to shutter and shake.

Not only on the north side of Providence (Divine Guidance) will traffic stop, but by Divine Guidance and purpose; God will stop the business of the entire world to allow the curious and the not so curious to witness the next prophetic event on God’s calendar; the rapture. Let God speak to you from 2 Corinthians 15:50-58 while the traffic is still moving; just don’t text anyone.