Today’s steps would take us to the Library, no, not to check out books, though I did return a couple, but to vote. Dave and I arrived to find our side of the line longer than the other side but since the rain had ceased for the moment and it was not all that cold outside I was okay with it. What do I mean by ‘our side’? They had signs above the door dividing us by initials of our last names. The left hand side was A-J and the right hand side was K-Z. Hmm, does that seem weird to you? A-J represents 10 letters in the Alphabet, whereas K-Z has 16. Actually maybe it’s not so weird since it seems like a lot of bureaucracy is uneven without much reason behind it. At least with only four buttons to push once you were inside it didn’t take long for the line to move forward. Four simple punching of buttons and we were part of the process of deciding who would be responsible for guiding our nation’s government; seems rather anti-climatic, far too simple for such weighty decisions. Now that the election has been decided it doesn’t matter so much what buttons you pushed as it does the prayers you will pray for those who were placed in the positions of decision making for our Country’s near future.
Sometimes it seems as if we try to simplify following Yeshua in the same manner as I’ve just spoken of. We think if we show up and the worship leader hits the right buttons we will be in His presence; and then, if the Pastor hits the right ministry button; we will be fed exactly what Abba has intended for us to receive that day (and for many that meal is supposed to last the rest of the week till we get back for more spoon feeding). Then we think if the right person presses the right prayer buttons we get healed and provision for the coming week. Oy Vey, too easy, no commitment, no building of relationship, it’s a no brainer that way and we are not meant to be incompetent or ignorant or lazy, or…
How much prayer time are you putting in for your Country’s leaders, for your Church leaders, for your own self who should be leading others to Yeshua?
Luke 18 has Yeshua telling the story of the importuning widow and the unjust judge, she through importuning/persistence gets the unjust judge to give her a righteous judgment. We find in vs 7-8 that Yeshua assures us that Abba will avenge His elect who cry to Him day and night and He will do so speedily. Woo-hoo we’ve been elected to be defended by Abba, who always does justly. Oh yeah, we need that perseverance thing going on in our lives; but hey, we should all want to keep up a running conversation with the One who loves us beyond all comprehension. In Roman’s 8 we are told that He is so for us that he didn’t even spare His own Son but together they give us all things. Verse 33 says who can lay charges against Abba’s elect? He is the One who justifies.
Ahh, He elected us to receive such great promises, secured for us by Yeshua when He put His life on the line for us. We rest secure in Him, as we step into the days ahead.
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