See The Seams: Unless

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." Psalm 27:13-14.

Have you ever felt almost gone, strength drained, enthusiasm fading away ... Gave everything you had, and everything that was given, was taken with little gratitude returned? "I had fainted, unless" ... Unless.

Have you ever felt mowed over by the overwhelming onslaught of negative propaganda? So much bad news and personal disappointments... Feeling that your world is getting darker and darker? ... And "that Hope" that has been promised, is waiting way too long and is way too far off to count on? ... "I had fainted unless" ... Unless.

UNLESS ... There is a "perfect causing" from Above, that supports and strengthens our God gifted eternal resolve - belief, we vacillate between faith and doubt. That "belief" (needed and longed for) is constantly being given so we can "See" ... "Perceive" ... "Understand". That vision from above allows us to focus on "the goods", the good property, the "Goodness of the LORD", in a land of perpetual "green", ever replenishing life ... Today and forever.

The enemy longs to squelch and blur our vision of the "wide open life" of God's goodness. He wants us to live in the squalor of disappointment and discouragement, while we are taught a false piety that just humbly waits for the future - sweet by and by. The enemy constricts and constrains our vision of the green pastures, the flowing fresh water, the constant springtime revival, the lively sustenance and constant maintenance of this abundant life.

Satan will focus his servants of wickedness to expend their demented efforts on devaluing the unsung gifts, pointing at the open scars, reminding of the constant pain; causing the focus to shift from the goodness of God to our internally supported disqualification. If we could only realize that there is also a living strategy for our short comings and handicaps ... In the hand of God they are the lethal weapons that allow us the ability to charge right into the frontline of the Enemy.

Here is how deceitful the enemy is -- He would have us believe that we are not worthy or that others are more worthy to see the goodness of God.

Here is the strong admonition from the heart of God -- "Wait on the LORD" - ("Wait, Look for, hope for, and eagerly hold the highest expectation of the LORD") - and HE will (desires to) undergird, support, and strengthen your heart"; And if that command wasn't enough the Psalmist repeats it "Wait, I say, on the LORD.:"

Unless - He had unleashed my faith to see -

the Green pastures would become a wasteland.

Unless - He had unbridled my lips to drink -

the flowing fresh water would settle and stagnate.

Unless - He had revived my senses to feel -

His Springtime renewal would be a polar freeze.

Unless He had sustained and maintained my life -

of all men I would still be most miserable.

I had fainted in these days -- if not for His Goodness.

Believe and Live!!

HLFA,

Jeff

Church of the Most High God - be unchained by the Word of LORD!