Day 35

The Spirit of the Lord is moving across the campus here and I know He is going to begin to move in people's lives.  I know that things are becoming easier as I walk with God more, but my tests are going to get harder because my faith will be shown to those around me. Whether people distance themselves from me, or people make fun of me, I will have to learn to cope with being a son of God. Right now, I could not think of anything else I would rather be because He has shown me so much in the last 5 weeks. Last night in worship I had no idea how to explain what was going on, I was so lost in the God that I was making involuntary movements and just throwing it all out there for his glory. I find that in worship, it is not just singing the words to the song and meaning it, it is making those words your prayer and putting God on a higher level than yourself. Elevating his status and making sure that he is getting everything from you that you can give. I try to worship that way every week, because I never know when I will not have another chance to worship on earth. Now that we know we have been called to worship him and to save others, it is not just enough to know that. Did you know that you and I can be held accountable for those in which we do not try to save?

Ezekiel 3:16-23 states, "At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me. 'Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked man, "you will surely die," and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will dies for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took the warning, and you will have saved yourself.' The hand of the Lord was upon me there, and he said to me, 'Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.' So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown. "

So let me get this straight, if I do not look out for those around me, I will not be saved in the end? Not entirely, but I do not think I can live life knowing that someone I could have helped ended up throwing their life away. I am positive however that someone I could have affected has slipped out of my grasp before and I will never get a chance to minister to that person again and already I feel like I have failed them as a friend. I am guilty of this too, but I would think that most of us like to think of ourselves as helpful generous people. If that is the case though, why would we let the world die around us when we could help and inform people of the generous gift that God has given us? See changing lives is not just about what we are supposed to do, it is what we are meant to do. If I do not do my job, I have failed those around me, and I have failed my God. Remember how I said that we need to build others up and help others keep the faith? That is exactly what verses 20 and 21 refer to. Though the blood of these people is not physically on my hands, their eternal death is on my hands. How then can I call my hands clean and pure? It is practically impossible. God will wash them clean, but that just goes to show how much He has to do for us in order to remain pure in our sight. Now, do not get me wrong, this does not mean that it is okay for this blood to be on our account. When we get to heaven and when I get to heaven, I will God is not going to just remind me of the time I did this, or the time I did that, but He is going to remind me of this person that I moved on without and the other person that I let fall into a whole and never even thought to stop and pull out. I am accountable as is everyone for our actions here on earth, but redemption is waiting for us and all that needs to be done is for people to embrace it. God is patient, but He wants us to answer the call immediately because it is what His plan is for us. I cannot wait for tomorrow to do stuff because tomorrow might be too late. Opportunities come and go, which ones will I grab ahold of and which ones will I let slip away? Do not forget that we too were sinners until God came and pulled us from the fire and blessed us with the lives we have, can we truly be Jesus to the world? Not literally, but figuratively we can. All it takes is one leap of faith to be bold and take a chance, that is all He asks of us.

Continue to ask yourself what you can do to get more out of this, or if you are getting all that you can out of it, good for you, I am glad. If you have any questions or suggestions for things that might be helpful to me, please speak up. I am interested in learning all that God has for me and if you have a topic or a scripture that you think might help me grow, by all means recommend it, I will more than likely research it and possibly write about it if i feel that God is calling me in that direction. Hope you all have a great night, and God Bless.

Joseph Robinson