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19
Nov

being made ready

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Yes, it hurts. No, its’ not always pretty. This being made ready.

Yes, it burns. No, its’ definitely accomplishing something good. Being made ready.

Yes, there’s more. No, we’re not nearly done yet. Still being made ready.

Yes, brokenness runs deep. No, His love must run deeper. In order to be made ready.

Yes, its’ time for judgment to begin in the house of God. No, not yet the world. We’re not ready.

Yes, the veil has been torn. No, not only that veil - the one over the darkness in our hearts. Ready?

Yes, it is wisdom to fall on the Rock. No, don’t think you don’t have to go there. All must be ready.

Yes, its’ easier not to get our hands dirty. No, we can’t avoid it forever. We must make ourselves ready.

Yes, the stumbling blocks are being removed. No, we don’t know all the details. But He’s quite ready.

Yes, gather to stand and hear the voice of the Bridegroom. No, not just them. Altogether already.

Yes, He is returning soon. No, much sooner than that. And His prayer is that He’d find us ready.

Yes, ready or not, here He comes. No, not halfway - all the way down. And so must we - to be ready.

(Rev. 19:7 - “Let us be glad and rejoice…for the Bride has made herself ready.”)

22
Aug

the serious implications

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Can you consider for a moment, yea for longer than a moment, the serious implications of the following statement –> God is love. God, whose omnipotence can not be measured, God, whose omniscience eternity can not contain. God, the one and only - Holy God, He is love.

Can you consider for a moment, yea for longer than a moment, the serious implications of the following statement –> His Name is Jealous. God, who is higher than the heavens, God, who cannot be escaped nor denied. God, the one who feels deeply and acts with radical passion, He is jealous.

Not mere devotional fodder, these realities have extremely radical implications for everyone living on the earth. Every eye shall behold Him, shall behold Love, shall behold Jealous.

Not mere theological currency, these realities bring entire ages of human history to bear and to close. No man, no angel, no created being can even begin to stop the ultimate, the transcendent One.

Jealous is His Name, an All-Consuming fire. All. Consuming. Fire.

Jealous is His Name, more fierce in passion that the grave. Fiercer. Than. Death.

He is after the hearts of men more than anyone has ever been after anything. Ever.

He is after the voluntary affection of that which is the inheritance of His beloved Son. Jesus.

Whole-hearted, hot pursuit by the God whose name is Jealous.

Whole-hearted, hot pursuit by the God who is a living flame of Love.

Woe to anything that hinders love.

Woe to the enemy of the King on His wedding Day.

(1 John 4:8, Exodus 34:14, Deuteronomy 4:24, 9:3, Hebrews 12:29, Songs 8:6-7, Revelation 19:7-9)