Love Not The World

Love Not the World

We are Just Passing Through Down Here

We all know that we are not going to be in this world all that much longer. The end is fast approaching and, knowing the signs, no one knows that better than Christians who walk closely with the Lord.

Many of us have emailed back and forth and talked about how we’ve had our moments of wishing life could be normal again, which we all know now will never happen. Normal isn’t ever coming back, yall. And we have to let it go. We have to let it go because we have work to do in the time we have left. Serious work. Nothing is more serious than the business of winning souls. So we have to let go of whatever part of our life that changed that we miss. Just let it go. Okay, moving on.

So part of going through this time we live in as Christians who won’t deny Christ as this continues to get worse, is going to be letting go of the world and all it has to offer us.

Martyrs Didn’t Love the World

Wednesday, 7/21/21 – while reading Foxe’s Book of Martyrs again and praying

I was reading about one of the martyrs, John Lambert, in the introduction where the person who had translated the “Middle English” of John Foxe’s book to contemporary English, was writing about how the stories of the martyrs affected him, and he wrote:

“When they burned John Lambert and held him up OUT OF THE FIRE WITH THEIR HALBERDS SO THAT HE WOULD BURN MORE SLOWLY I sat at my computer and wept. And when John Hauker raised his flaming hands over his head and clapped them together three times I rejoiced at the amazing grace of God.”

As I read his account, my own eyes filled with tears at the amazing courage of these saints of long ago whose courage and conviction was SO strong, and I said Oh Lord, So many of us are spoiled Americans who don’t even know we are spoiled! How can we ever be so strong and make You proud if we have to face death like that? Please help us to stand strong in courage and conviction like they did if it comes our turn to die for our faith -

He showed me what is in the world ISN’T of Him. Our possessions, any money we have, our careers, our education – whatever we think we own, those are not of Him. He graciously allows us to enjoy them for a time, but ONLY His Word is of Him. Our love and kindnesses to others. Encouragement of others, those are of Him. UNITY is of Him. The rest belongs in the world, to the world, and is NOT of Him.

My friend Grace is the kindest, most gracious person I think I have ever met. She is SO kind and gentle and gracious that I was praying one day recently and I said, Lord, why can’t I be more kind and gracious and patient like Grace? Her personality is SO LOVELY! Why don’t I have a personality like that? And the Lord answered.

He said “You could not do what I’ve called you to do with her personality.” LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Yeah, I guess not. Speaking hard truths takes a whole different mindset. I am a very direct, to the point person. I just don’t feel we have even a minute to waste in this time. Every day I feel an even stronger urgency to get the Word out there, to win more souls for Him. Tonight could be the night He told us about – the night the attack falls on us as we lay sleeping in our beds from the night sky when so many will be turned into Hell. We gotta get moving, yall.

WE ARE HERE TO DO A JOB AND THEN GO HOME TO HIM.

Our time here is not about our pleasure, our enjoyment or our stuff. The Disciples got to know Jesus, then did their job and went home. That’s our job, too. Let’s get busy and not disappoint the King!!

That increasing urgency, which my friends have said they also feel, is why I can’t slow down. It’s why I feel compelled to spend more and more time in study and no time for much of anything not related to the Lord. I KNOW THE TIME IS UP and souls depend on US. They don’t know Him, they are like we used to be when we were in the world – they’re just trying to be happy the only way they know how and trying to have a good time. They will be among the lost who are turned into Hell if we don’t get the message of the gospel out there!!