Amazing

Genesis 1:1New King James Version (NKJV)

The History of Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

In this fast pace life of ours we forget to stop and look up and appreciate some of God’s creations.

On a road trip to Southern California from the Bay Area we got to ‘stop’ and enjoy how amazing the mountains are. The mountains reach so high up and are perfectly formed, some with trees on it some with just bushes scattered throughout. Some of the mountains are dark brown almost black and some are golden or red. Creations like mountains are just one of those things they we don’t get to appreciate for whatever reason. The sky and all the shades of reds and yellows when the sun rises and sets is like a God took a paint brush and made several brush strokes over the sky. The blue sky with scattered white clouds and the sun shining is so beautiful like a scene out of a children’s story book.

Colossians 1:16New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁶ For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

God created everything! Sometimes I have to stop and look at my surroundings and just sit in awe of how beautifully and wonderfully made we all are, how complex the human body is, how intricate the seed that sprouted roots and developed the trees. Everything around us has a purpose and was made to support another function and so on in this complex chain.

Don’t forget just how amazing our God really is!!

Envious

Proverbs 24:1-3King James Version (KJV)

24 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

² For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

³ Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

The dividing line between those who have and those who don’t have has gotten rapidly larger and larger. The middle class are being pushed to fall in line with either the rich or the poor. As this line continues to get larger and the classes becoming more defined the envy for having those things that rich have has become more desirable.

The rich are flaunting their wealth on purpose and those that don’t have anything are being visually stimulated with things that they can’t get their hands on. Of course this may not be a foreign concept, but if you have paid attention over the past 10 or so years, the focus on the rich and fabulous has become more fascinating and the job market and debt has gotten worse. So when you have a financial system that is failing and having some of the wealthiest people getting richer the focus on the fabulous has gotten more toxic to the point that it has become an obsession.

Do not be envious of those who have more than you. There is nothing wrong with wanting things, but not to the point that you want what someone has to the point of feeling like you deserve it more than the person or are willing to do anything to get it. The Lord is faithful to give you the desires of your heart; as long as it is in His will (not to cause harm to someone else or yourself) ask Him and stay righteous and He will deliver those things you desire or opportunities to get those things.

End Times

As  a Christian we have all heard of “end times”, depending on how new you were to the concept, it would always strike fear in most and would automatically be translated as literally the last few days before Christ returns. However, the fear of the last days and the  ‘last few days’ belief is wrong.

As believers we should not be scared when the talk of end times is brought up, in fact you should be more at ease because that means that we are closer to the return of Christ and getting to be with Him again! It’s not a sin to be a little uneasy about the whole situation because the world has to get worse before things get better.

We ARE in the last days! But this does not mean that the world is going to end in a weeks’ time, but that we have already entered the final chapter before the end of this evil world. The world will not be destroyed by some meteor and then it’s all over-it’s actually a progression of different events that have to occur that are listed in Revelations. Wars, earthquakes, famines, and much more that have to come to pass before the Lord can return.

Instead of being in fear anytime you hear “end times” or trying to ignore those things that deal with the subject, be aware! Watch the news, go to church and read your bibles! It’s important to know where we are in the timeline and what to be prepared for. The Lord has shared all these things that have to come to pass so that we can be prepared and have are hearts at ease during these precarious times.