The halfbaked Bard

Hag:1:10 It's because of you that the heavens with hold the dew and the earth produces no crops.  The Lord is Almighty. He is able. And He is willing.  But what with holds the rain and thr dew.  Your lack of faith. Your indolence and slothfulness.  Your lack of repentance and return.  Your lack of trust in the God who will equip.  Spark up the enthusiasm. The Lord does His part.  It is upto you to enlighten yourself In your circle, are things not going well?  As a leader. As an individual, is your wrong side up?  God isn't inactive. Not is He helpless.  Why don't you step up? May God enable.  Image credit:  https://m.facebook.com/BostonSchoolofEnglish/photos/a.10150121908622984/10156876515972984/?type=3

Zeph:3:17 With His love, He will calm all your fears.  Oh! Why do you fear? Fear about future. Fear about the past. Fear about the present. Fear of people. Fear about circumstances and situations which we are not in control of.  It is out of fear, that you push yourself to a corner, not having courage to venture out and be the man you are intended to be. Fear of failure. Being satisfied with the mediocre.  It is fear, that tries to protect. Through arrogance, through rudeness. Through assertiveness. Trying to establish authority and control. Though temporary.  Both though being extreme are inadvertent outcomes of fear, which is out of uncertainty. And this is how you counter this fear. 1 John:4:18 - Perfect love expels all fears.  Once we get even a glimpse of His unending love and trust in this love, who would never fail us, who intends only good for us, then fear is cast out. Because with His love, He calms all our fears.  2 Tim:1:7 For God ha...

Act now.  Zeph:2:2 Gather before judgement begins. Act now.  What should you do, before it is too late? When the opportunity is there, what is it that you are asked to do?  Seek the Lord, all who are humble And follow His commands Seek to do what is right And to live humbly.  That is, to put aside all your pride and live a life that is seeking Him, desirous of Him and devoted to Him. Not running around seeking the pleasures and offers of the world. It is pride that demands for pleasures - the entertainments, the luxuries, the comforts. It is pride that leads to self pity when you do not get these pleasures as desired. Pride is something which rules the heart of everyone, no matter how big or small, how rich or poor, how spiritual or not, he is. It takes patience and courage to accept our fallenness and return. Return when it is yet time. Act.  Image credit:  https://cehs.usu.edu/scce/services/act-guide/

Hab:3:17-19 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms And there are no grapes on the vines Even though the olive crop fails And the fields lie empty and barren Even though the flocks die in the fields And the cattle barns are empty Yet I will rejoice in the Lord I will be joyful in the God of my salvation The Sovereign Lord is my strength He makes me as surefooted as deer Able to tread upon the heights.  Oh! If your life in this world is dry and filled with troubles. Will you be joyful, because of your privilege to know God and because of your salvation? In the midst of tears will you be able to put out a joyful face? Not artificially, but from the depths of your heart. Knowing fully that your Father is in control. And He is good and that Rom:8:28 is true. Like Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, will you be able to confidently tell, even if He doesn't......  If not, you still are lost in what the world has to offer, dear one. Those which the world offers is not from t...

Hab:2:4 Rom:1:17 Gal:3:11 Heb:10:38 The righteous shall live by faith.  Others live money oriented No matter what the way is By treachery or murder or dishonesty By the arrogance in their mouth.  Well we are not like that We are declared righteous We are righteous, not by our acts By faith as the Lord says.  Faith in the death on the cross That redeeming act has cleansed us If that is what we believe That is our righteousness.  Daily as we struggle to make ends meet It is not money that we trust It is God who has promised to be my provider It is in Him we put our faith.  Daily as we face troubles It is not pleasure that we seek It is to be in the bosom of our lover That is the faith that rescues us.  Daily as we struggle in that deep pit Failing, hurting Him again and again He is a loving and forgiving God That faith sustains us.  It is not what we do or perform But who we are and whose we are Faith is to live that God centered life No matter what othe...