Get to Work!
Picture of God #81, Sun 2/4/01
Just Entertainment?
I used to teach a regular, face-to-face Bible study, every Sunday. I remember the day and the reason I quit.
I had been "working" with one, single group of people for nearly 2 years...They were all regulars...And one day I asked them a question, something I had covered AT LEAST 20 times (and that is NOT an exaggeration), and not one single person could give me the right answer.
And suddenly I realized the lie we were living, and the game we had been playing...This was not Bible Study, this was not Christian education in any remote sense of but word....No. What was really, actually happening, was that I was providing an hour of free entertainment each week. Retention was practically 0. And, not being in the mood to participate in that, I quit.
The Pastor With One Sermon
This is a true story, though I can no longer recall the names or location.
There was this church, you see...And it had a lot of back-biting, and gossip, and all-around ill-will between different groups in the church.
So the Pastor gave a sermon, about the sin of gossip, and brotherhood, and working together, and forgiveness and love.
He gave the same sermon the next week. And the week after that. Oh, he'd change some of the examples, and it's not like he was reading anything word-for-word, but still, for weeks, he preached this one and only sermon. After about a month the board of directors called a meeting and wanted to know when the Pastor was going to stop preaching this same sermon.
"When people start living it," was his only answer.
The Information Age
There are times when I think seriously about stopping these Pictures of God.
We are SOOO overwhelmed with SOOO many options....SOOOO much information...and when my little thought for the day isn't posted, heck, there's hundreds of other sites more than happy to fill the so-called gap.
And it is just so easy for Life-Changing God-Consciousness to get lost in the shuffle, and appear to be just one more sweet, cute little idea among the multitude.
I know people read these.....And they also let me know that if I skip a day or a few, oh well, they just go to so & so & such & such....NOT that there's anything wrong with that......
But it has seemed to me lately, thru emails and direct contact, that many people are LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THEY THINK THEY DON'T HAVE....Like chickens scratching in the dirt for corn, while the barn is STUFFED FULL OF IT!!!!!!
So Why Do I Do This?
I + Will = Being.
I know, actually, factually, statistically, that this is NOT just one more voice among millions. But what I must do is stay focused, and WORK THE SYSTEM...Feed and water the Fruit of the Spirit that lives in me, and let The Mind of YHWH that lives in me continue to grow, that I might be filled to the fullness of God.
But it takes work.
Effort.
Focus.
How many people, or even whether or not any people at all "get it", is immaterial...It is not something I can control. All I can focus on, and what I must focus on, is YHWH, and WORKING THE SYSTEM.
Work The System
What does that phrase mean?
Simply put, we, you and I, must heed the powerfully life-changing words of Jesus:
Don't only be hearers of the Word, but DOERS!
You really don't need to read or learn anything else your entire life. You only need to apply what you already know!!
There is, in fact, nothing new or revolutionary about one single word in this entire web site. True, we've tried to restore some things that have been lost (like God having a Name), and clarify some things that have gotten confused (like the real importance of following Christ instead of "worshipping" Him), but there is certainly nothing new here.
And nothing else that needs to be said. Everything we NEED has been provided for us:
2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness
through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
So, that's it.
 | You have EVERYTHING you need for LIFE! |
| You have EVERYTHING you need for GODLINESS! |
| You have YHWH's Divine Power, |
| You have KNOWLEDGE OF YHWH, and |
| Have YHWH's GLORY and GOODNESS right in your midst! |
We do, indeed, have the Mind and Heart of Infinite YHWH living right here, right NOW, right with us.
We don't NEED anything else, except to DAILY APPLY OURSELVES TO WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
"Work The System." To live a life of love, forgiveness, die to self, etc. etc. etc. etc........All the things we've heard & sung & read & written so many times in our lives.
You know, you already do know, what YHWH wants from you....Wants FOR you....
All that's lacking is to make the Divine Life a HIGHER PRIORITY. It's just what Jesus said:
Seek First (and foremost) the Kingdom of YHWH, and for His Righteousness, and everything else will be added.
And 2 Peter 1:3 has made it plain that you already do have that Kingdom & Righteousness RIGHT HERE!!
It's just a matter of focus.
My dear reader, you can suffer for as long as you want....Even God Himself won't stop you, because He's given you an all-powerful, sacred, Divine WILL, that He will never steal from you.
But that suffering is needless...Completely, absolutely needless.
Strange as it sounds, it's just your odd form of entertainment.
