by David Scott Robertson
This morning I did something I love to do.
I wrote down a "Thought about God."
What may seem trivial and uneventful to you
Is a big deal to me
Because of the circumstances surrounding me writing that thought.
This morning I was tired.
Really tired.
The kind of tired that makes you fall asleep 19 times
While reading 1 chapter in the Bible.
Moreover, I had a headache.
I was running short on time.
I was...
Excuses, excuses, excuses...
Blah, blah, blah...
Yadda, yadda, yadda...
Etc. and so forth.
If you haven't discovered this truth by now you soon will:
Conditions are NEVER perfect to do anything.
There's always something to
Disrupt, interrupt, postpone, or defer
Your ambition to do something significant.
The good often robs you of the best.
The urgent frequently pilfers away the important.
The nemesis of not enough time
Usually pushes your good just one day beyond your grasp.
Somebody always seems to have a need that trumps your desire.
It's always something, isn't it?
My challenge to you today is this:
Do it ANYWAY!
Do it NOW!
Feel the FEAR and do it anyway!
Endure the PAIN and do it anyway!
Overcome the INCONVENIENCE and do it anyway!
Bear the COST and do it anyway!
Take the TIME and do it anyway!
You only reach the mountain top
By clawing your way to the top
One exhausting, sacrificial step at a time.
But, oh, the view from the top!
Once you've been to the top you'll be ruined for life.
Once you taste and see that the Lord is good
In allowing you to persevere through
Many dangers, toils, and snares
To achieve,
To obtain,
To conquer,
To succeed in the thing to which He has called you to do,
You will never, ever be the same.
The philosopher Emerson was right when he said:
"The mind once expanded can never retain its original shape."
Right on!
I dare you!
I challenge you!
I defy you!
In Jesus' name,
Do it anyway!
DSR
11/20/00
Monday, November 20, 2000
Monday, November 6, 2000
The Invincible Man
by David Scott Robertson
"Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ." -- Luke 2:25-26
Simeon.
The invincible man.
Invincible because it was impossible for him to die...prematurely.
No freak accidents.
No fatal heart attack.
No enemy of Israel to strike him down.
No deadly surprises possible.
No demon in hell could contradict the plan.
For the Spirit of God had revealed to Simeon
That he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ, the Messiah.
Simeon would not, simply could not, die
Until the face of the consolation of Israel,
Who would later become known as Jesus of Nazareth,
Met his old and weary eyes.
Simeon was on a mission from God.
He was on divine assignment from heaven.
With the call came supernatural protection.
He had no idea that his story
Would be part of the canon of scripture for all eternity.
Simeon simply had the word of the Lord
And it changed the way he lived
And impacted the time he died.
Can you imagine how it would make you feel
Knowing that you could not die until
Some precise, exact, and specific event happened?
Such knowledge of God-ordained destiny
Should not promote pride or arrogance.
It should not foster neglect of responsibilities
And fuel an appetite for presumptuous and foolish risk-taking.
It should, instead, spur a person on toward
Watchfulness,
Soberness,
Vigilance.
A daily dynamic expectation of the
Invevitable, supernatural, extraordinary intervention of God.
Constantly,
Daily,
Watching,
Waiting patiently in humility
For the day (perhaps today),
For the hour (what time is it?)
For the momentous moment
To actually see the
Lord's Anointed,
Emmanuel,
The Prophet of all prophets,
The King of all kings,
The Lord of all lords,
Indeed, the Savior of the world.
And one day,
Just as the Holy Spirit had predicted,
It happened.
The event of a thousand lifetimes happened.
Diety met humanity.
Then,
Without any fanfare,
The invincible man went the way of all the earth and died
At some unknown time
At some nondescript place.
What does the account of
The invincible man
Teach us?
Like Simeon.
If we get the word of the Lord
That something will happen,
(Or something will not happen)
Then we can stake our lives
That the thing will come to pass even as the Lord has spoken it
In due season,
In the fulness of time.
But we must we wise when handling holy things.
Don't disqualify yourself.
Don't put the Lord your God to a foolish test.
Don't act presumptuously.
Don't deviate from the plan of God.
Don't add to or take away from the prophecy.
Don't neglect what God has
Instructed, commanded, or required you to do
In order for the thing to come to pass.
Do not let the thief
Steal you prophecy,
Kill your word from God,
Or destroy your vision.
But above all,
Avoid the most dangerous snare of them all:
"[do] not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but [be] strengthened in [your] faith and [give] glory to God, being fully persuaded that God [has] power to do what he [has] promised." Romans 4:20-21
DSR
11/6/00
"Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ." -- Luke 2:25-26
Simeon.
The invincible man.
Invincible because it was impossible for him to die...prematurely.
No freak accidents.
No fatal heart attack.
No enemy of Israel to strike him down.
No deadly surprises possible.
No demon in hell could contradict the plan.
For the Spirit of God had revealed to Simeon
That he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ, the Messiah.
Simeon would not, simply could not, die
Until the face of the consolation of Israel,
Who would later become known as Jesus of Nazareth,
Met his old and weary eyes.
Simeon was on a mission from God.
He was on divine assignment from heaven.
With the call came supernatural protection.
He had no idea that his story
Would be part of the canon of scripture for all eternity.
Simeon simply had the word of the Lord
And it changed the way he lived
And impacted the time he died.
Can you imagine how it would make you feel
Knowing that you could not die until
Some precise, exact, and specific event happened?
Such knowledge of God-ordained destiny
Should not promote pride or arrogance.
It should not foster neglect of responsibilities
And fuel an appetite for presumptuous and foolish risk-taking.
It should, instead, spur a person on toward
Watchfulness,
Soberness,
Vigilance.
A daily dynamic expectation of the
Invevitable, supernatural, extraordinary intervention of God.
Constantly,
Daily,
Watching,
Waiting patiently in humility
For the day (perhaps today),
For the hour (what time is it?)
For the momentous moment
To actually see the
Lord's Anointed,
Emmanuel,
The Prophet of all prophets,
The King of all kings,
The Lord of all lords,
Indeed, the Savior of the world.
And one day,
Just as the Holy Spirit had predicted,
It happened.
The event of a thousand lifetimes happened.
Diety met humanity.
Then,
Without any fanfare,
The invincible man went the way of all the earth and died
At some unknown time
At some nondescript place.
What does the account of
The invincible man
Teach us?
Like Simeon.
If we get the word of the Lord
That something will happen,
(Or something will not happen)
Then we can stake our lives
That the thing will come to pass even as the Lord has spoken it
In due season,
In the fulness of time.
But we must we wise when handling holy things.
Don't disqualify yourself.
Don't put the Lord your God to a foolish test.
Don't act presumptuously.
Don't deviate from the plan of God.
Don't add to or take away from the prophecy.
Don't neglect what God has
Instructed, commanded, or required you to do
In order for the thing to come to pass.
Do not let the thief
Steal you prophecy,
Kill your word from God,
Or destroy your vision.
But above all,
Avoid the most dangerous snare of them all:
"[do] not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but [be] strengthened in [your] faith and [give] glory to God, being fully persuaded that God [has] power to do what he [has] promised." Romans 4:20-21
DSR
11/6/00
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