See It, Touch It, Smell It

I knelt at the edge of the river and placed my hand below the surface of the dark flowing water. I felt the nudge in my spirit alerting me to God wanting my attention. His voice spoke to my heart, "You've seen, you've touched, and you've smelled."

What did I see? What did I touch? What did I smell? Was it the river? I saw it. I put my hand in it. I could smell it. I spoke with the pastor of the church where I preached the next day about this. He said, "You went to the wrong park. There's a better, cleaner, prettier one downtown." I still sensed in my spirit God was trying to tell me something more. 

"For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines (Jer. 30:12-13 KJV)."

What does this verse have to do with putting a hand into a river, seeing it, touching it, and smelling it? A seriously infected wound stinks. It wasn't the river I was smelling that day. It wasn't the river or the sights of the city that I was seeing. It wasn't the river that touched while kneeling at its edge in that particular park. It was an infected wound. It was sin.

Sin stinks. I could see it. I touched it. I smelled it. The stench turned my stomach like the view and smell of a festering, infected wound. In the days which followed, I faced a decision. I could choose to do something about the wound or I could walk away and let the nature of the wound run its course. 

Jeremiah 30:13 could stand as a serious indictment of Christianity today. Who is there to plead the cause of the ones who bear the infectious wounds of sin? Who is there to bring healing medicines and bind the wounds to keep the infection fro spreading? Who did Jesus command to go and make disciples?

The enemy is offering humanity many "cures" for the infected wounds of sin. They only assist in the spreading of the infection. The Church has the medicine to not only stop the infection, but to cure it once and for all. Jesus Christ is the only medicine which will sure the stinking wounds of sin. 

The time is now for the Church to plead the cause. The time is now for the Church to take the healing medicine of Jesus Christ to those suffering the infectious wounds of sin.

I saw it, I touched it, and I smelled it. Yes, I was in the right park. Yes, I walked the right river walk. God put me exactly where I was supposed to be that day. The field is white, ready for the harvest. O Lord God, send laborers into the field. God bless...

The Lion and the Lamb

We're familiar with this verse, "And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire (Jude 23 KJV)." I like how the Amplified Bible puts it, "[Strive to] save others, snatching [them] out of [the] fire."

We're also familiar with the story of the young David rescuing a lamb from a lion and a bear. David was testifying of his exploits to King Saul because Saul doubted David's ability to face the giant, Goliath. I want to parallel the rescue of the lamb from the mouth of the lion to Jude 23.

We can read the details as given by David in 1Samuel 17:35. "And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him (KJV)." However, David gave the credit to God (1Sa. 17:37).

Who in their right mind would run down a lion and attempt to take away his meal? Who in his right mind would grab a lion by it's mane and kill it? Doesn't 1Peter 5:8 tell us the devil walks about like a roaring lion, looking for those he can devour? How many lambs has Satan trapped in the jaws of sin? How many lambs has he escaped with to devour?

As God delivered David from the lion when he rescued the lamb, so to do we have the promise God will give us the power to rescue the lambs who are trapped in the mouth of Satan. Notice David said in 1Samuel 17:35, "And I went out after him." If we're going to rescue the lost, we must go after them.

We are to be witnesses of Christ. We're to go and make disciples. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to do this. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to snatch the lost from the jaws of Satan. It is our Christian duty to strive to save others, snatching them from the fire of an eternity in Hell. God bless...

The River of Living Water

"I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water (Isa. 41:18 KJV)."

When the thirsty cry out to God for water, God provides. you see, there's this river. The water flowing in this river is clear as crystal. This river is a pure river of the water of life.

The One who is called Alpha and Omega gives those who thirst this promise, "I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely (Rev. 21:6 KJV)."

Jesus cried out, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink (Jn. 7:37)." Jesus Christ is the only source of Living Water. There's no other method of obtaining this water than through Jesus Christ. As Peter stated so clearly, "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12 KJV)."

You can die from thirst, or you can come to the Source of Living Water and drink deeply. The choice is yours.


Here's what I find interesting. Jesus said whoever drinks of the water he gives will never get thirsty again. He also said, "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water (Jn. 7:38 KJV)."

Why do I find this interesting? Do we think the river of Living Water stops flowing once it's inside of us? The river of Living Water should flow in us, through us, and back out of us to bring a pure supply of drinking water to any thirsty man, woman, or child we come into contact with.

When is the last time you shared a Drink with someone else? God bless...

A Good Samaritan

"Go then and make disciples of all the nations (Mt. 28:19 AMP)."

I read an article about the death of a homeless man this morning. The man lost his life trying to intervene in a domestic dispute. The portion I read telling how seven people walked away from a dying man pierced my heart.

You might be asking, "What's this have to do with Matthew 28:19?" Hold on and I'll get there.

Nearly all are familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan found in Luke 10:30-37. We all nod our heads in agreement when we hear it spoken that we are to love our neighbors. We all are quick to condemn the priest and the Levite in the story of the Good Samaritan.

How many of us, myself included, will quickly pass judgment on the seven people who walked away from the dying man in the news article? How many of us, including myself, will quickly condemn them to eternal damnation for their lack of concern and compassion? Yet, how can we, myself included, lay a claim to innocence?

Are we not all guilty of the same indifference, lack of concern, and lack of compassion? Souls are passing into eternity every day. People are around us every day who are hurting, dying inside by the troubles and trials of life. Are we not guilty of walking away from them in their time of desperation?

We're there now. Allow me to bring in the command of Christ to go and make disciples (Mt. 28:19). We have a commanded duty as Christians to share the Gospel wherever we're at. That's what the word go means in Matthew 28:19. 

We're surrounded by dying souls, laying face down in the ditches of sin. How can we stand and render judgment on seven people who walked away when we do the same thing by not sharing the Gospel?

O God, we need Christians who are willing to speak the Word. Who, Lord, who is crying for the lost? Who, Lord, who weeps for the hungry? Who, Lord, who hurts for the poor? Who, Lord, who is breaking for the broken? Who, Lord God, who is willing to give all to reach one lost soul? God bless...