Isaiah 41:29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12)
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction...
...and many there be which go in there at: … (Matthew 7:13)
I watched me stumbling rough terrain
The path I took me in
Thinking to find pleasure
Betrothing the tempter’s den
Down the hilltop of his mount
And into him I fled
Through the trenches of his heart
Into perdition’s bed
I found me there without his care
Lonely, sad, confounded
I love you, you, you, echoed me
Desertion’s cavity resounded
While searching for a place to run
I found me thrashing wind
To blissful ignorance I’d resigned
Utterly deaf amongst the din
Plundering there within my heart
Desperate to rob its gold
I believing a god was found
Fomented a retched soul
It found me there unaware
With weapons to deceive
Were it the guise of sweetest words
Or lust fed me this disease?
I awakened to my life
A haunt of many years
Where I had planted darkened grain
Came harvested crop of fears
I felt You there… A consuming Presence in the air
Unconfined to time or space
An awesome Presence filled the room
And wooed me with Your grace
Surely, the fullness would reveal
Though You never would
So wondering at Your watching
Sought the moment when I could
[Know You]
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee,”
Came message in a dream:
“Because thou hast left thy first love.”
(I Tim 4; Revs 2:2-4)
More clear than rushing stream.
Acquiesced to earthly love
Which tossed me in the wind
Feigning finding others’ arms
Confusion does not amend.
By me You stayed close
Open book to a decree
A penlight shown on the words
“Take my yoke upon you, learn of me…”
(Matthew 11:25-30)
I faltered through each day
Still holding to the past
That morbid and utter dreary day
One moment my only mast…
I sought it night and day
Held it close to heart
Drawing pictures in my mind
Its vows to never part…
God looked down upon me
Arms stretched wide to nudge
Frowning upon my weaknesses
Replete with scarlet smudge (Jude 1:20-25)
I was there before I knew it
Hard and fast my downfall came
I faltered weak, downtrodden
No wisdom to constrain
You touched me yet again
A day when things were low
I felt as if there was no hope
Down this filthy, constant road….
(Isaiah 59:1-16)
God dressed in His armor
Standing high above the ground
I saw His figure majestic
Cleansing waters all around …
(Isaiah 59:17-21)
You were pursuing me, (Luke 19:10; Luke 15:4-7)
Had been all along
Letting me know, “I am here”
A rescue from the throng.
YOU … only You… cover me
Truer love cannot avail
No vesture finer to compare
The contrast insipid, and pale
The talons held me captive
But soon were cut away…
You arranged, paid for release
From transgression’s strong decay
Sentenced with two others to die
Three tiers down death’s gate
They entered, then me
Submerging to our fate
With each descent I held my breath
Oh, what’s to come of this
Trembling as I passed through two
To death I must submit
God pursued ‘til I surrendered
In green pastures I lie down
That’s how much He loves me
My Lord, My Love, My Crown
I didn’t have to search for Him
He knew just where to seek
Through dark passage of my heart
And the plunder of my breach
Providing glimpses of Himself
Seen from my contravened perch
He, the Savior, never left
Never stymied by my dearth
What must I render
To such a Deliverer as this
My mind, soul, life in death
Where find a better tryst?
I sought wind and confusion
God faithfully me pursued
Found weak, exposed and beaten
My tempter He subdued
What shall I render to such Love
What have I to give?
He asks I proclaim His Name to others
Who, pursuing death… desire to live.
The poem, “The Wind and Confusion I Pursued,” is a testimony of one girl’s walk with sin. God never left her alone! She began to recognize Him in her life but kept falling deeper into the false dreams she created for herself. She was lost in the outpouring of the enemy’s indifference. She lost sight of who she was in Christ and the goals she wanted to achieve.
Her struggle was so bitter that her whole life was colored with its darkness and she couldn’t seem to reason her way out of it or see past the dark, lonely road she had chosen until one day, so lost, alone and distraught, she cried out, “What have I done with my life?” The Lord brought her to that crossroad and it was His love that made her see that she needed a Savior. She needed to learn of Him and order her life accordingly; to allow Him to turn her life around, to save her from her own choices.
God pursues us to the point of making a decision. How low you go is entirely up to you. Answer early or tarry long. God will take you into His arms, cleanse you, no longer impute sin, and nurture your new character and likeness to His likeness.
One day at a time and one choice at a time. He will surround you with mercy and grace, change you, mold you, make you suitable to become the Bride of Christ NOW and when He returns for His Bride, without spot or wrinkle; the Church. Aivoneg
God’s Covenant to His People:
(Hebrews 10:16-31... 37-39)
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised); And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but, if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Read Ephesians
Chapter 1 alone is full of the blessedness of God’s salvation and His preparation for us. Read it and meditate upon it. There are many pathways into the world where each of us can sink into its many delusions.
There is only one pathway to God, through Jesus Christ. Decide today whether you want to be a part of God’s family then start on the journey to everlasting life and new beginnings here on earth. Draw closer to Him and He will draw closer to you. You won’t regret it.
Life is full of turmoil and disappointments in this fallen world. But the hard times don’t last always and you can have peace through Jesus Christ. God loves you! May He bless and keep you on your journey.
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life...
...few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:14)