Good Morning, Everybody !!!

I am up before the chickens once again, but that is alright. I love spending my mornings in a quiet time, just reading and spending time with the Lord, meditating on the things that He has said in His Word.

I know that things are happening so fast that it is hard to wrap our heads around all that is happening on this planet. The book of Revelation should be called current affairs because it is being played out right before our very eyes. My question is, are y’all ready? I hear people comment all the time, ” Yeah, I got my guns.” Guns will not save ya. When Jesus comes back, are ya ready? “Yeah, I am a good person.” Being a good person, don’t make ya ready. The Words says in Roman’s 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (ESV)

I have even heard people say, ” God ain’t coming yet, He hasn’t come by now, so He ain’t coming yet.” Let me tell y’all something about the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13 (ESV)

“Then, the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

The five foolish were not ready. Don’t be like those five foolish virgins. The Bridegroom is coming, it may feel like He is late but remember, the Bridegroom is never late but right on time.

God is calling His people to consecrate themselves, turn from their wicked ways, and prepare for His return. He said in His Word “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 chronicles 7:14 (ESV).

God is calling His people not to the unbelievers but to those who are believers. Humble ourselves and turn from all the wickedness. I have heard excuses like you would not believe. Just recently, I heard, ” God is in everything, He is in this table.” My question is, is that table gonna save ya? I have also heard recently that “I just have a problem believing in the rapture, so what if I miss it, I will still be saved.” Yep, you can be, but why would you want to miss something so precious ?

I have also heard people say,” I will ask God to forgive me before I die.” I just need to inform ya, how will ya know when you are about to die? Death can be so unexpected, like walking along and then out of the blue, ya drop dead without any warning. Why gamble with eternity?

Salvation is a free gift people. You only have to accept it. You can’t save yourself and there are not, despite what some people and celebrities may say, there is only one way to be saved, and that my people, is through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ. Don’t let religious organizations turn you away from Jesus. I am still in the process of trying to explain to my nine year old grandson why there was caution tape wrapped around a front porch of a church we passed by yesterday. This to him looked like crime scene tape, and he asked me, “Who was murdered?” I felt such heartbreak. My thoughts are the ones that are not allowed into the church except those invited in. Those that are not accepted because a person don’t measure up to their standards or have anything to put into their offering plate. That my people is not what Jesus said do. In the Word He said to go into all the world, the highways, and byways. Bring them in … He called us to be fishermen. I have been around fishermen all my life, and I have never, not once, saw anybody catch a cleaned up and dressed up fish that smelled pretty.