SCRIP-BITS

Luke 2:49.    And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
 
Oh Friends, please give thanks and praise to our heavenly Father for allowing us to see another day! The weather and our circumstances might not be the greatest, but there’s nothing to beat seeing another day on planet earth, for in living under God’s rule, the possibilities are unending. And all God’s people lifted their voices in praise to their Creator. Wow! What a wonderful God we serve my people! Everyday I awaken, I’m overwhelmed by His goodness and mercy to the undeserving children of men! And why is He so wonderful to us? Because He is LOVE; the very personification of the word! Now here is a quote on the subject. ‘LOVE is like wildflowers. It’s often found in the most unlikely places.’ I don’t know who said that, but it’s gospel! It’s taken from a 3 feet high, by one foot wide cream cardboard poster with a two inch flowery border that’s been sitting in my study for umpteen years now, a gift from one of my daughters. But like so much of the stuff with which we surround ourselves, we see them all the time, but they don’t really make any impression on our minds. And so it is with this poster. However, sometime in the past two weeks, the Spirit finally led me to read its contents. And lo and behold, I was amazed at what I read. Beginning with a heading that says: ‘P.S. I LOVE YOU,’ it then launches in to a series of beautiful quotes, the one above being the first. You’ll obviously hear some of them in the future. So yuh see mih young D, it’s not that I didn’t appreciate your gift, it just wasn’t the right time to use it. (smile) And Friends, I can personally attest to the truth of that statement, since I’ve found LOVE in some real strange and unexpected places. And we’re not talking about romantic LOVE, though that does occur in some strange ways and places too, but simple LOVE towards a fellow human being. The number of places where I’ve been and people didn’t know me from Adam, yet treated me like a long lost son or friend are numerous. And they could only have been made possible by the LOVE of God flowing through the hearts of those who befriended me. So Friends, I humbly ask, why aren’t we seeing more of this LOVE circulating in our world eh, especially since it fits in so seamlessly with our Bit? ‘How is it that ye sought me? wist (knew) ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?’ Yes mih people, we also ought to be about our Father’s business; spreading, showing, living and sowing the seeds of LOVE, which He personifies. But instead, our world is dominated by hate, violence, crime, greed and all the other negative emotions, while the wonderful, exciting feeling of LOVE is left to die by the wayside. How sad eh! Now here are the beautiful scriptures I promised, re Jesus being about His Father’s business. We’ll start with Jesus’ most disappointing event, teaching in His hometown of Nazareth. ‘And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?’ (Luke 4:22) And we all know how they got angry at Him, thinking Him too uppity, being just a carpenter’s son and all that, and tried to run Him out of town. But Jesus, being the ultimate big-hearted soul, simply consigned their hostility to the theory that: ‘No prophet is accepted in his own country.’ (Luke 4:24) Meanwhile down in Capernaum, where Jesus lodged for a spell and taught in the synagogue on the Sabbaths, the reception was entirely different. ‘And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power (authority). (Luke 4:32) They appreciated Him, didn’t get angry at Him, unlike His townsfolk. Now pertaining to His work ethic, hear these pronouncements. ‘My meat (food) is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.’ (John 4:34) That in answer to the disciples’ offer of food, after speaking to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. And in talking of the Son’s relationship to the Father, He says: ‘My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.’ (John 5:17) This further incensed the Jews, who figured it blasphemy, by saying that God was His Father, and thus considering Himself equal with God. And finally, when the work was done, He says: ‘I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.’ (John 17:34) Oh my people, my people, how many of us at the end of our days will be able to stand up and say that to Jesus eh? How many of us like Bruh Paul will be able to say: ‘I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course (race), I have kept the faith.’ (2 Tim.4:7) I certainly hope all of us will. But that will only be possible if we increase our efforts NOW, so that many more people will come to know and LOVE our Lord and Saviour Jesus. Much LOVE!…followers of Jesus…the seeds we’re sowing…are they bearing as much righteous fruit as they ought…