Deuteronomy 32:35. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Oh Friends, I spelled October right today! Praise the Lord! Don’t know how many of you noticed, but yesterday I simply wrote Octer at the very top. And was I mad at myself for that oversight when I noticed it later on. But since there was nothing I could do about it then, I had to eventually calm my spirit. Anyway, here’s an interesting story. Earlier on today, I had an argument, a discussion really, with an acquaintance about the value of prayer, and teaching his children to pray. He was adamant that he would teach them maths and science, since so many religions existed, with each claiming to be the right one. I kept telling him that it wasn’t about religion per se, but a belief in a Higher Power, a Higher Being, who created and kept us going. A power that satisfied the spiritual side of man, another avenue for man to turn to, in both good times and bad, especially when we’re lost, confused and disappointed by our fellow man. I don’t know if he was just egging me on, because he’s very capable of that, and it’s a discussion we’ve had before. I know that he’s turned to prayer when times were rough, and believe me, at one stage they were very rough, so I don’t see how he could justifiably deny his children that wonderful source of succour when they have grown up in a broken, seriously dysfunctional family, where the parents have been at odds, and in the courts, for years. No doubt they desperately need a safe and secure place to turn to when the constant acrimony they live with overburdens their young, innocent souls. But unfortunately Friends, that’s the kind of attitude we’re experiencing more and more everyday, where the parents have acrimonious relationships and the poor children have to exist in a virtual tug of war between them both. How can they ever grow up emotionally stable without something concrete to keep them properly focused eh? It saddens me to see so many emotionally unstable young people without proper direction, just drifting aimlessly along, or jumping from one idol-like fad to another, seeking some kind of safe harbour, a lot of it caused by their parents selfishness, because that’s what it boils down to in many cases; pure unadulterated, adult selfishness. But again Friends, that’s what happens when we remove God from our lives. Moses’ song was a reminder of just that; turn away from God and you’ll pay a stiff penalty. But nonetheless, several times they did reject the God of their fathers for pagan idols. Can you believe it people, they actually turned away from the great, merciful and LOVING God who brought them out of slavery in Egypt and settled them in a land of milk and honey that they never worked for or deserved. I guess we can, because it’s the same thing we’re doing now. But as our Bit says: ‘To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.’ I like how Moses puts it: ‘their foot shall slide in due time.’ Yes my people, if and when we walk the wrong paths of life; the rough, muddy and/or stony ones, we do stumble and fall eventually. Our God is very patient, but there comes a time when He has to stand firm and mete out punishment for disobedience to His edicts. Moses warned them that their day of payment would soon come, and the stuff that happened would happen quickly. They wouldn’t have time to contemplate their calamity. Now doesn’t that sound very familiar Friends? Doesn’t it sound like what’s happening to us now? We’ve removed God from our society and our lives, now everyday it’s one calamity after the other; earthquakes, hurricanes, long dormant volcanoes erupting without warning, floods, and serious brush fires, famines all over the world. You name it, we’ve recently experienced it. And, per the scholars, the Lord would use the same nations, enemies of Israel, to bring judgement upon His chosen people. Now He’s doing the same with us. ‘For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself (have compassion) for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted (sought refuge), Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live forever.’ (Deut.32:36:40) Oh Friends that scripture needs no explanation, for it’s crystal clear. The Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD; the Head Honcho, El Numero Uno, and will eventually bring disaster and calamity upon those who bow down and worship pagan gods instead of Him. Peter echoed those same sentiments centuries later when speaking of false prophets and teachers. ‘And many shall follow their pernicious (destructive) ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of (blasphemed). And through covetousness shall they with feigned (deceptive) words make merchandise of (exploit) you: whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not (has not been idle), and their damnation (destruction) slumbereth not.’ (2 Pet.2:2-3) Ah my people, those aren’t my words, but the Good Book’s, so you can doubt me, but please NEVER doubt the Good Book, for whatever it says, will come to pass in God’s good time. So let’s wake up and begin the long, arduous task of bringing the Lord God Jehovah back into our lives, for continuing our pagan idol worship will only bring us unmitigated disaster. Much LOVE!…don’t walk the slippery path…for you’ll surely fall…
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