I expected my relief to last longer than 30 minutes! But here I am, cautious and concerned and warned: don’t celebrate too long, don’t celebrate with arrogance. Be kind. Be generous. And get to work LIVING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
Proverbs 14:34 King James Version 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
We have a reprieve. Reprieves are for advancing, not retreating, and not squandering. What do we have a reprieve from? That’s a good question. How do you see it? HOW DOES GOD SEE IT? ASK HIM AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
Are you wondering how to ask?
My suggestion is to start with your Bible. Read it. Read it like it is the BEST book you have ever picked up. Because it is! Read until it becomes alive to you, then do what it says, praying every page of the way.
I trust that we have a reprieve from the advancement of certain evils. But there are plenty of demons to fight – armor up! Ephesians 6:11-24 Don’t spend this reprieve playing! That’s the message. Perhaps we can hear The LORD saying to us: he who has an ear, let him hear. (That he is he or she, you understand.)
Genesis (KJV) 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Mark 12: 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Link
This is how we use this reprieve. Study JESUS. The JESUS revealed in Scripture. Read Him. Watch Him. Follow Him. Know Him and be known by Him. (Matthew 7:21-23) In this way, we will not waste this reprieve. Biblically obedient brothers and sisters, I need your prayers! By no stretch of the imagination have I arrived at full obedience but by His Grace, I am moving forward!
