Lifewalk

Victory is the backdrop of my life. Joy is the soundtrack, inflected with hope. Love surrounds me. Faith is the ink that inspires my writing.

This is my life, my walk in words. Life is a journey to eternity. Destination: heaven. Hope to see you there.

If my Greek is correct, my given name means "beautiful." I pray my "lifewalk" is a beautiful one.

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Suddenly, God, Your light floods my path,
God drives out the darkness.
I smash the bands of marauders,
I vault the high fences.
What a God! His road
stretches straight and smooth.
Every God-direction is road-tested.
Everyone who runs toward him
Makes it.

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Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

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Fire.

Fire, by its very nature, consumes that which is flammable; likewise God, by His nature, consumes in judgement that which is offensive to Him. How immensely thankful should believers be that the Judge chooses to shield them from that fire with the covering of Christ!

— Power for Living, Summer Quarterly, for July 11, 2010 (COGIC)

2 Thessalonians 1:8, KJV

Purifying fire. Righteous fire.  While the enemy may hurl his fiery darts to attack us as we walk with Christ, we must not be discouraged. God will avenge His people. Endure. Stand. Wait on the Lord. Don’t faint. Hold up your shield of faith and allow God to handle the rest on your behalf.

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And He Spoke.

Within hours, the Lord spoke a simple word through a friend: endurance.

Well, isn’t that like my Father? He knows exactly what to say, how to comfort, and which vessel to deliver His message through.

I’m so grateful. I’m encouraged to endure hardness as a good soldier (2 Timothy 2:3). Amen.