1,000,000 PIECES

This is a message that was sent to me after Sunday's Sermon. I clearly speaks to what is at risk when we do not repent. It is used by permission. 


Well I’ve thought about this all day and I just cannot hold it in anymore. I wanted to stand up and scream this yesterday at church. Yesterday morning when you stood at the altar and said what if, what if you took the blood and body of Jesus as if you were pure and repentant, but you were still living in sin. What if you exploded into a million pieces as soon as you took it? That’s exactly what happened to me. God will only take so much. God will not be openly disobeyed. My God is a forgiving God and he will give you a chance to repent. He will put people in your life to help you out to try guide you back to him. But if you do not repent, he will turn away and he will replace you. 

Just like in 1st Kings 11:9 
9And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 11Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

It’s like you explode into a thousand little pieces and all those little pieces stick into the people that you have hurt. Family, friends, acquaintances and the church body. Then the pieces of you just fester and grow and make the people around you angry at you, angry at God, angry at the whole situation. But the people that are strong slowly realize that it’s not you. It’s the sin that totally controls you. 

But it’s also like with Job. And I am in no way saying that I am any type of Godly man. But God lets Satan take everything away, house, cars, family, friends, children, every worldly possession that you have. And when you are down in that hole that you have dug for yourself, you look up and see there is know where to go but up. That’s where I am right now. I will not be defeated. I will not lie down and just give up and say poor pitiful me. God has brought me so far in the past two years and the next few years are going to be some of the hardest. But I am back on my feet and I will not let Satan win again. 

I appreciate everything that you and the Harvest Church family have done for me and my family. You will never know how much it means to me.


All I can say is, "Will, we repent?"

Lie Bumps and Paper Cuts

I begin the day with a lie bump on my tongue and a paper cut on my index finger. So, I begin the day in much pain. How can something so little hurt so bad. I do not even remember cutting my finger and who knows what you do to cause a lie bump. Oh, that's right you tell a lie. What if our spiritual lives were so sensitive that the little things caused us great awareness? Now I know that sin is sin (James 2:10) but I think God is talking about from the judicial perspective, as in guilt not as in consequence. The Holy Spirit is the one that convicts the world of sin (John 16:8). What is your sin threshold? What does not bother you anymore? Give it some thought. 

GROW UP

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” (1 Peter 2:1-3). This is a conditional statement. “If” gives us a picture that some may think they are part of the faith community and they are not. Let’s look at this starting in verse three. I believe that anyone who has tasted the Lord they know He is good. Therefore, the reason some are on spiritual milk like newborn infants is because without Christ they cannot grow up. Unless someone knows the goodness of the Lord from a taste of the Lord, they will not understand the meatier things of God nor will they desire them. The actions mentioned in verse one are not of spiritual mature people. Christian, if you are on spiritual milk and these vices are part of their life – grow up. This is a battle of the flesh and spirit. Walk in the Spirit.  The Psalmist gave great advice, “Oh, taste and see that he Lord is good!” (Ps 34:8). (This is some thoughts from one of my morning devotionals Mornings and Evenings. 

Tiger Woods, Mistakes and Choices

As I watched Tiger answer the questions of the media yesterday, I was glad he took the time to answer questions. I am not sure why I had those feeling because I do not know Tiger and he owes me nothing. There is one point that grinds within me. I keep hearing people (not Tiger) say that he made a mistake. Well, to me a mistake is something that is done inadvertently. Let me give you a few examples:

· A child riding his bike runs into the car in the drive way. That is a mistake.

· A house burns because the iron was left on. That is a mistake.

· A cook drops a pan in the kitchen. That is a mistake.

Mistakes happen all the time. But, when someone does something with a clear understanding of what they are doing it ceases to be a mistake.

· The same child gets spray paint and paints the car he hit by mistake. That is a decision.

· The house burns because someone set it on fire. That is a decision

· The cook gets mad and throws a pan across the room. That is a decision.

The lesson we all have to learn is the serious nature of sin. We must quit minimizing it as a mistake. Few of my sins are mistakes. Most are very conscious decisions. Tiger did not end up in bed with a women who he thought was his wife. He knew what he was doing. It was no mistake. It was a decision, sin, wrong. Tiger said what he did was wrong and he is correct.

So, what choices are we making that are sin?

If there are any misspelled words in this blog, please know it was a mistake.