Dear saint.
As I sat at dawn...
Our Great Mirror* shone a reflection.
And...
Floating up from it's glassy silvery depth.
Into vivid. Clear view.
The Great...
I AM waved, said hello,
And whispered a shining beam of light to us.
So we could both hear and see...
His talking road.
The glory of which is,
Even if you are a fool, on this road you are still welcome.
GOD will still work with you to bring you.
"And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray."
Isaiah 35:8 ESV
Therefore,
Dear one as you have just seen.
The road keeps you.
It saves you. Not you. Not your worry.
Or fear. Or even fervent, desperate prayer.
Because it is a loving, living, breathing, purifying,
And.
Terrifying road too.
One which terrifies both the wicked ones...
"No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there."
Isaiah 35:9 ESV
And carnal Christian (Isaiah 35:8, Romans 8:6)
Yet.
It is perfect peace. Contentment and laughter.
Safety and security.
(Proverbs 3:17)
To those who sow to the Spirit as they walk on it (Galatians 6:8).
And this talking road you see before you,
Actually speaks.
Waving to you to hurry along with joy...
"I AM THE WAY."
John 14:6
And though filled with love, it is harder than any other way.
Which includes...
The path to the top of the hill.
Where we must let go...
And let GOD.
The narrowing, darkening road where you and I go to die. For there our lives get crucified with Christ. We dare not go back.
Or run away. We are too close now.
To Him. His pain. His agony.
His blood. His love.
So saint,
Beyond question,
You are on the most beautiful road of all.
Stay saint,
Stay.
"How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it."
Matthew 7:14 HSCB
"They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.
Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews."
Matthew 27:33-37 NIV
Yesterday when collecting my car from the garage, I spoke with my mechanic about the End of the World.
He does not know Jesus yet.
So,
I explained that I was chosen by GOD before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) because the Bible said so. And that I was ready to meet Jesus in the air at the rapture. Or in death before.
Because I, and all who love Him will live forever.
He blinked...
"Who does he think he is, 'chosen by GOD?'"
So I said to him,
"Forget about me Mike. I'm irrelevant,
The question you need to answer is this...
Has GOD chosen YOU?"
Taken aback even more, he stuttered a little.
And...
Agreed with me.
I think the LORD sneaked up on him don’t you?
May GOD the LORD save him forever.
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide,
So that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you."
John 15:16 ESV
What a path of glory we walk on saint.
Stay.
Bless you.
Dave.
PS How gracious our Father is, that even the fool is invited up to the highway of His eternal, continual holy victory?
There to be changed by the Spirit of GOD from one degree of glory to another.
From old to new. From carnal to spiritual. From foolishness to wisdom.
The truth is GOD says this,
Because He knows…
No one remains foolish once they experience it.
"The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."
Psalm 90:10-12 ESV
* Our Great Mirror: The Word of GOD (James 1:22-24)
"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians :17-18 NKJV
Keep looking into it long enough until...
You see the road clearly.
You keep following it (it's a Spirit breathed map).
The road does not just keep you, it... changes you. It is Jesus—The WAY.
The road removes your enemies for no beasts can even get onto it.
You arrive at your destiny in the triumph of Christ.
Other options are available of course. You can keep yourself.
You can go your way if you wish.