I’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT OF MY CHOICES…

Today is April First, 2020. April Fool’s Day is on the calendar. For several years now I’ve been posting this on this specific day. It sends a good message:

Psalm 14:1
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

And this:

Psalm 53:1
The fool says in his heart,  “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.

 

God does point fingers. Often you will read: “Did I not tell you?”  Who said this? Jesus said this! It truly is another way of saying: “I told you so!´  This is something satan definitely doesn’t want us to do: rebuke and correct. And why not? He doesn’t mind us getting our act together. Beloved, we are not called to be actors, aka hypocrites: we are called to have the mind of Christ Jesus.

 

1 Corinthians 2:14-16
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.  The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?”But we have the mind of Christ.

 

2 Timothy 4:2-4
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

 

Selah.

So: I’ve been reflecting on my choices lately (and quite a bit of reflection.) I’ve decided to appreciate myself for all the wisdom I’ve been exercising. Wisdom and every good gift come from God and I make certain to glory in Him and thank Him endlessly: and I do mean endlessly for I am an eternal being. Therefore God loves me and rejoices over me with singing also! I am the seed of Abraham. As written in the book of Zephaniah; God also rejoices over me!

Selah.

In this time of the corona scare, I am not. I have chosen to repent, believe what God says (the only true God!) act on His counsel, stand firm and joyfully (Yes! Joyfully!) continue to worship, love, serve and trust the only Deity: Father, Son, Spirit.

I have chosen to use my time wisely. Good choice:

• I have an agenda list I refer often to daily
• I will not complain about being at home, not allowed by my government to: get a haircut at Cost Cutters; go to church (the building; believers are the Church); have extended family over – things like that. Friends, we’re not in Heaven yet
• I will not fear in touching anything I ever did before and not wash my hands if I didn’t before (like money or grocery carts!)

 

If the government didn’t stifle me, I would:

• Still have an agenda list and refer often to it daily
• Still not complain about being home
• Go out to every place I want to
• Especially: go to the church building (the building; believers are the Church
• Have my family come over to my house
• Still: I will not fear in touching anything I ever did before and not wash my hands if I didn’t before (like money or grocery carts!)

 

BOTTOM LINE: I am doing what I always should have been doing before corona and after:

• God saved the Israelites from Pharaoh
• God put a rainbow in the sky
• God raised Lazarus from the dead
• Jesus ascended to Heaven after His crucifixion
• I became a new creation and complete in Christ!

Selah.

 

Please see the Scriptures below and either become a child of God or stand firm as one

 

 

SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FOR THIS JOY STORY

 

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

 

Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

 

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

 

Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered
him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

 

Matthew 8:16
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

 

Mark 3:10-12
Jesus had healed many people. o those who were sick were pushing forward to touch him. When people controlled by evil spirits saw him, they fell down in front of him. The spirits shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus ordered them not to tell people about him.

 

3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prosper.

 

Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

 

1 Peter 2:24
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”