Revelation 21:5 ~
"Then He Who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new ... Write, for these words are faithful and true."
I read the verse again, yes, surely He makes all things new. He made me new ~ a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). He quickens a spirit and breathes life where there was none. And He continually brings new life in areas yet deadened by sin, the places that I knowingly and unknowingly allow to stay hidden for sometimes entirely too long.
Yes, He makes all things new, I know and I believe ~ my life and my family stand as testament to that. But, there was something more. I pause again and read again and then He shines a beam of light on a single word. Write ~ Yes, or course, how could I have missed that before?
Write, for these words are faithful and true ~ He is the Word and He is always faithful and true so I write and my words stand as testament too. He is faithful and true. Regardless of all that surrounds, regardless of the lies of this world, regardless of unfaithful hearts that often beat in our own chests; He is faithful and true.
Romans 3:3-4
"What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar ..."
So, I too, pick up pen and paper and write His truth into my days and I join with the ancients who laid down lines of truth with quill and scroll and I stand with my contemporaries who pound out His faithfulness on keyboard and screen. But, regardless of pen or quill, screen or scroll, we use the time honored tools and we put word to paper to bring glory to God.
How do you write His faithfulness and truth into your life? Do you sing, dance, paint, run, teach, or preach? Maybe you give honor and praise with the click of a lens or with fingers that grace the black and white keys; there is something that you do unique to you. Something that when He made all things new in you ~ He gifted to you in the intent that you would gift it back to the Giver.
That is His desire ~ that you would write about His truth and faithfulness in whatever means He has gifted you to "write."
The only catch. It is was not given to bring glory to you, nor fame or wealth or status. It was gifted only to glorify the Giver.
Two questions ~
First, do you know your unique way to "write" of all that He is? And second, if you do know how you were created to "write," who is it bringing glory to? You or the Giver?
These are questions that deserve some time in prayer for our sole purpose on this spinning globe is to "write" of His faithfulness and truth and to bring honor and glory to Him in all that we do.
So, if you have ever wondered why I bother to take the time to put fingers to keyboard; here is your answer. As much as I love you ~ it is not for you or for me. It is for Him. For He made all things new in me and He stands eternally faithful and true. And this is His unique gift to me and it is my honor and privilege to attempt to gift it back to my Giver.
You are faithful and true in all that You do and I am racing home to You.
"Then He Who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new ... Write, for these words are faithful and true."
I read the verse again, yes, surely He makes all things new. He made me new ~ a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). He quickens a spirit and breathes life where there was none. And He continually brings new life in areas yet deadened by sin, the places that I knowingly and unknowingly allow to stay hidden for sometimes entirely too long.
Yes, He makes all things new, I know and I believe ~ my life and my family stand as testament to that. But, there was something more. I pause again and read again and then He shines a beam of light on a single word. Write ~ Yes, or course, how could I have missed that before?
Write, for these words are faithful and true ~ He is the Word and He is always faithful and true so I write and my words stand as testament too. He is faithful and true. Regardless of all that surrounds, regardless of the lies of this world, regardless of unfaithful hearts that often beat in our own chests; He is faithful and true.
Romans 3:3-4
"What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar ..."
So, I too, pick up pen and paper and write His truth into my days and I join with the ancients who laid down lines of truth with quill and scroll and I stand with my contemporaries who pound out His faithfulness on keyboard and screen. But, regardless of pen or quill, screen or scroll, we use the time honored tools and we put word to paper to bring glory to God.
How do you write His faithfulness and truth into your life? Do you sing, dance, paint, run, teach, or preach? Maybe you give honor and praise with the click of a lens or with fingers that grace the black and white keys; there is something that you do unique to you. Something that when He made all things new in you ~ He gifted to you in the intent that you would gift it back to the Giver.
That is His desire ~ that you would write about His truth and faithfulness in whatever means He has gifted you to "write."
The only catch. It is was not given to bring glory to you, nor fame or wealth or status. It was gifted only to glorify the Giver.
Two questions ~
First, do you know your unique way to "write" of all that He is? And second, if you do know how you were created to "write," who is it bringing glory to? You or the Giver?
These are questions that deserve some time in prayer for our sole purpose on this spinning globe is to "write" of His faithfulness and truth and to bring honor and glory to Him in all that we do.
So, if you have ever wondered why I bother to take the time to put fingers to keyboard; here is your answer. As much as I love you ~ it is not for you or for me. It is for Him. For He made all things new in me and He stands eternally faithful and true. And this is His unique gift to me and it is my honor and privilege to attempt to gift it back to my Giver.
You are faithful and true in all that You do and I am racing home to You.
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