Thoughts for another day

Oct. 8, 2007

Today's verse: Lk. 11:23. He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

There’s something about God that’s different from the provisions of man’s code of living: There is no middle road. No sitting on the fence. With God, you are either for Him or not; not maybe! The above verse is an example of what God’s desire is with respect to our loyalties. That’s why, Jesus says, ‘let your yes, be yes and your no, be no’ Mt. 5:37. And He also adds, ‘anything beyond comes from the evil one!!!’

In our wisdom, we wonder, why we shouldn’t have a third option because It’s so easy to sit on the fence. In understanding the meaning of ‘for or against’, we learn the greater things in life where God is involved to a large extent. E.g. life and death. There is no in-between (as long as the heart beats, a man is alive – a comatose person is alive too) and no cause for confusion. Then again, either you are or you are not. E.g. If you are at home, you are not in the office and vice versa. Now imagine if there were a third dimension (with our limited power of both comprehension and imagination, it’s hard to perceive what we are heading toward but yet let’s move ahead) and we take a person who is on earth - can he be either alive or dead? Or is he both at home and at work at the same time? Is he with you and also not with you at the same time? And so on …what confusion this will create. People will be walking around in circles trying to determine what is.

In our day-to-day lives, we have some examples of us using our logic - with God we have: either you are married or not married. But man says, you neither need to be married nor unmarried; you can enjoy conjugal bliss without marriage and father or mother children too. Now see what a mess this can lead to? I am not conservative in my approach but hard core practical. What happens to children out of wedlock? Look at the mess the world is in because of man’s stunted principles, which he propounds as freedom of expression. Bah, freedom of expression! Gay marriages, live-ins, etc. And the proponents want society to accept these freaks as normal! Yes, it may be normal on a squeaky planet somewhere out there but certainly not on God’s earth. He runs the earth so you need to live by His rules.

My friend, putting your feet in different boats doesn’t help. We have enough examples of how just concentrating on one takes you to the pinnacle of success. God seeks to know what our response to Him is; is it for or not. If you are for Him, then you are 100% His. In such a state, He will work in you and through you in taking you to dimensions you’ve never known. Vistas you’ve never seen and worlds you’ve never heard of. So be unified in your spirit and let your answer be, ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. For if you are both be sure, He will spew you out of His mouth.