Today’s Thought “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah?” G. Ward Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Grim medical prognosis, great calamity due to storms of sorts and my dog ran away syndrome most always warrants appeals of reprieve from many with pre-suppositional thinking that the Most High desires absolutely no sufferings for those He loves to forget His imputation of sins unto Christ for our benefit. Are you prepared for His decision in the upcoming election? Did you forget He chose George Washington and those thereafter? Are you busy seeking to understand why? When that pursuit (questioning His rule) overrides trust, regardless, it proves lack of foundation of His will found solely in the Word of God. After the fallen-ness of man happened (Ge. 3), strife became the necklace for all and that same can be a leash whereby the world yanks your chain, or spiritual ownership onto the Almighty can allow His yoke as easy and burden as light…

Today’s Thought “Snake In the Grass” G. Ward Psalm 95 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. The temple to which you belong is a sacred institution generally associated with reverence beyond the scope of other places you frequent. A best suit is worn indicative of the greatest presentation, never showy, just exemplary. Talk (i.e. every word being weighed) is immediately modified to represent respectability of locality and a gentle spirit is conveyed via by a subtle smile while there. The altruism in faith for the believer undergirds transformation given by their Maker; HE alters them onto a new status as an actual temple of the Spirit, called out in EVERY regard to model the essence of worship belonging (esoterically) to Holy God. We shall not be contained by structure, but display structure incorruptible.

Today’s Thought “Innocently Tagged” G. Ward Galatians 3 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Self-characterization or the same from others (particularly as it concerns lumping together those of physical similarity) is useless without Heaven’s approval. The objective for any that believe is to undergird spiritual transformation, so as promote Holy God’s character. The social construct of race is also without benefit and has become an identifier of humankind perpetuating divisiveness. Recently, political grandstanding perpetuated a separatist ideology that said in general terms Black folk need to either get on board with a political posturing offered from a partisan group and furthered that they want more for the Black community than Blacks want for themselves. No ethnic group is with a monolithic (uniformity without variance) approach even though that same group may identify themselves within the parameter of a partisanship. There are many ways to incur economic success and national security of sorts. Moreover, every ethnic group is varied in rich and poor, productive and unproductive, etc., so addressing any in general terms is arrogant/ignorant. God never highlighted groups for their ethnicity but did for their availability to His commands and usefulness thereunto. The way of the cross provided anyone’s confession of Jesus as Lord without barrier. The only opinion that matters is the Creator of Heaven and earth. His preparation for us with a perfect home adds more victory and our arrival there promises a continuity in the Spirit realm, needful for practice right now.

Today’s Thought “Half In, Half Out” G. Ward 2 Peter 2:20-22 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” Our hunger for Truth is likened to the most disgusting act a dog embodies after vomiting when we’re faced with directives from God’s living Word and immediately thereafter subverting its authority through reliance on vain philosophy (because it’s commonly perceived among the masses); whereas the truest position in righteousness remains an ongoing pursuit in intimacy with Holy God that trusts in His sole guidance to never sanction outside perspectives and opinions. No matter what the people say, my participation in the gospel will find solace in following the perfect nourishment of HIS words vs. regurgitated attempts in temporal pleasures…

Today’s Thought “Election Results” G. Ward 1 Thessalonians 4 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. Election in theology is merely God choosing to bring individuals to salvation through Jesus Christ and this sovereign process didn’t rely on your arrival with all your spiritual practicality, but again, was HIS choice (*Eph.1:4-6). Election, the political thing eight days from now has unfortunately become the larger means to national resolution, even with declarations from both partisan sides mandating their candidate is the “chosen one” and he is (*Ro.13:1); but not because they went to the polls (Get it?). The spirit of readiness cannot continue as it’s been to see God (*cf. Hos.1:2)…

Today’s Thought “Grief Dichotomized” G. Ward John 11:35 “Jesus Wept…” The Prophet Isaiah recorded He was “a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” Insight of future events, along with denial from men would certainly drive ordinary humans into clinical depression, but this Jesus, the Overcomer, demonstrated an unwavering reliance on His Father. He would soon raise His friend Lazarus to life, so His tears had to have been for others who would view this as something more astounding to behold vs. life in HIM. What we see, taste and touch has become the giant in a small room and until that something is met, penetration of greater is marginalized and while implicit faith truly is difficult, there is no gathering unto Holy God through Christ when others are with expectancy of blessings outside of Genesis to Revelation and tears remain incessant even for the believer on behalf of those un-surrendered unto this great cause (cf. Eph.5:1-2).

Today’s Thought “Thursday Special at the Local Café” G. Ward Ezekiel 3:1-3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth. A few generations ago witnessed families taking meals at their homes, in that restaurants were far too costly to consider and besides dining out didn’t offer the choices of today. Townspeople were generally exposed to local diners or the dime store café and even their food mimicked home cooking, but change of environment fooled our palates. We as believers are contained in the surety of the temple provided us (1 Cor. 6:19) and no matter the meal served, ours craves every word prepared for us without consideration of supping elsewhere. Moreover, any mixture indifferent from the King’s table is poisonous. No preservatives please, just pure food…