Whether you are a history buff or a modern day go-with-the-flow-and-times kind of guy or gal, you are impacted by the language of the day. Each word we use has an origin, a beginning point. How is language introduced and how do words change meaning over time? We have all experienced word usage transformations, with ugly terms being dressed up to sound compelling (I need not mention the worst of the bunch so prolifically and readily used by young and old in every day obscene and unchallenged expression); and beautiful terms overused so that their meaning is watered down and they carry no power at all: words like authentic, awesome and a term that particularly pertains to God Almighty, I AM, used by humans without recognition of the glory of God revealed in these, the shortest of words.
Some bad news too, take heed
Jesus is Sovereign, King, from babe to fully grown man his “impact”, a word in common usage today, has stretched before time and extends beyond eternity (lets not wrap our heads around this one shall we? Who has time to visit a psychiatrist today?). His coming was announced hundreds of years prior to his arrival. His presence was felt and has reverberated throughout the centuries and his warning, his very timely warning, is this “and then the end will come.” This is either good news, bad news, or no news at all, depending on your perceptive. It is good news for those that love him and eagerly anticipate being in his presence permanently. It is bad news for those that do not believe because the end will come and they will be denied a place in his kingdom. It is no news at all if this message is ineffectual and nonsensical and so, I ask you
Do you believe?
Do you believe Jesus is, was and always will be, God, the Great I AM? If you feel the least bit of fright as you read, this is good dear one, because this matter is not to be taken at all lightly “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed-not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose” (Philippians 2:12-13).
Time Travel
News has now travelled to you and through you, do you accept it as truth? If news is an acronym for cardinal directions, for the four points represented in N, E, W, S and the kingdom is to be preached across the whole world, do you, dear reader, receive this as good news? God connects our past and our present and nothing is lost on him. He uses time, he uses words,
and he uses our intellect to connect the dots when we give ourselves over to his pointing, his direction, his good use of us.
Is it your time, to bow before the King, Immanuel, God, among us? Is it, dear reader, time?
