Tuesday, March 24, 2015

We Can Build Something Better

Once I heard a wise man say, “We should strive to leave things better than we found them. as a legacy to our children.” As a younger man I thought of this as a wonderful ideal. As an older man I see this as an almost absolute need for the future to have any hope of being better than our present. I believe it is also the charge we have since the Garden of Eden. We are all on a mission to get the earth and mankind back to where we started. Acts spoke of this in part.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Here we see there has been prophesied from the beginning a restoration of all things. I do not suggest that we of our own power are to try to make things right. Our Father in heaven will restore the earth through His Spirit. But if we believe that it seems reasonable for us to be in cooperation with His Spirit. And a primary place to begin is something that each of us individually has control over already – ourselves. We need to take what actions we can to transform ourselves into the people God wants us to be. But how?

Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Today we can continue the process of build ourselves up in the pursuit of the restoration of all things by following this advice.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are King of this universe. We praise and exalt the name of Yahuah (Lord). Send us Your abundant provision today. Heal up those with broken hearts. Deliver us from the evil that would steal from us and rob us of what You have given. Those dark forces, whether spiritual, physical, or personal that eat away at the things You have given us to possess, in small bites or in whole, let them be crushed by the power of Your might. Let Your judgement fall to set things right. We love You and need You at all times. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.