Selective Hearing

In the book of Revelation chapters 2 and 3(not exclusively here) God says on several occasions "He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit says".  Or another way to approximate that is "Now think through what has been said".  In order to think through what has been said you have to have heard first.  The clutter and clamor of all that is going on all to often prevents us from hearing what the Spirit says.  How can we possibly be obedient or make necessary adjustments if we don't even hear what is said in the first place?  He is speaking, listen!

Night of the Living Dead

The Living Dead.  The 1968 horror film by George A. Romero and John A. Russo was not the original.  The original living dead was at the Sardis church as recorded in Rev. 3:1-2 "AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead. Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight." 
A warning to heed that our lives don't become another horror film in the sight of God.

Blessed

Obededom was a man who was blessed by God.  (See I Chron. 13:14; 26:4-5).  Not much else do we know about this man other than God blessed him.  Oh that God would bless us today!  Lord send your blessings and may my life be so pleasing that you would have every reason to bless me and thank you for the times that you have blessed me inspite of all my failures and shortcomings.

Follow Me

Follow me has taken on a meaning of its own in our social media culture.  "Follow Me"...seemingly very simplistic, yet incredibly profound were the words of Christ when He called His disciples.  As Oswald Chambers said so well in his devotional for today there was a lot that happened in Peters life between the first follow me and the second follow me.  When will we get past ourselves and what we think we can accomplish and fully rely on the Holy Spirit and follow Christ as we should?  
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." John 10:27

Jesus Is Coming...I Didn't Say The Sky Was Falling

There are many outside of Christianity that don't believe it and there are many inside Christianity who have given many a good reason not to believe it...BUT.. believe it or not, mock it if you will, even call me crazy...JESUS IS COMING!  Now before you jump off the deep end I didn't say when and I never will claim to remotely know that answer...BUT...JESUS IS COMING!
Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Rev. 1:7-8. ARE YOU READY?

Look At Us Now

He took us from the most filthy, deplorable, disgusting conditions imaginable; loved us, washed us clean and made us royalty.
"And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." Revelation 1:5-6

The Benediction

Benedictions (the utterance or bestowing of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service) are quite often seen as repetitive or trite by many, especially those of us outside the more liturgical circles of Christianity.  However when you examine scripture there are many powerfully moving and motivating benedictions.  Perhaps one of the greatest in this writers opinion is found in the little book of Jude verses 24-25.  It is of great encouragement to the follower of Christ and great glory to the person of Christ.  (From the Amplified Bible)"Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]– To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it)."