(A Terminus Ad Genesis, Part 2)
I’d like to clarify that I’m writing this on July 6. So this is from me today, and me 2 days ago.
The first part of this series was me expounding and drawing further from Scripture which stood out in the early morning of July 4.
This was from July 4 in the afternoon. Or was it the morning, during the Introduction to Strategic Missions seminar?
I’m okay. I’m healthy. Not psyching myself out here. I imagine 2018 me telling me that we are in no position to fear death. And just earlier I was reminded by a good older brother pastor that it is God’s perfect love that truly casts out all fear.
This WAS from July 4 in the afternoon.
Mom – yes, the same Mom who told me I had a chip on my shoulder – told me I should be focusing on the Lord. This same brother pastor prayed for me (and I took the time to cry) and told me I should be focusing on His perfect love.
I am in no position to fear death. And I am in no position to stay down.
I have been delivered from darkness into the kingdom of the Son of His love. I stand on Christ, and on no other Rock. By Christ, my Firm Foundation, I not only stand… but I advance.
Thank You, Lord, for the reading of Your Word.
Psalm 4
The Safety of the Faithful
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
2 How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood?
Selah
(July 6, 2026)
We are confronted by distress, and surrounded by those who call themselves our enemies.
We’re back to Pause. We’re back to Selah. Remembering Christ as our Foundation, and as the One who brought us into the pleasant eternal cycle of God’s everlasting love.
3 But know that the LORD has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him.
4 Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.
Selah
I read ‘set apart’ and I am reminded that not only have we been brought into – what did I call it earlier, a pleasant, eternal cycle of love? It also implies that we’ve also been brought out of a downward spiral of fear.
I read ‘set apart’ and I am reminded of our being made holy by our thrice-holy God – Holiness being set apart FROM sin whose wages are death, and set apart TO righteousness unto eternal life, life being the cycle of love received, and love given.
Aggregating the rest of that pair of verses – Things happen and we can be angry… but don’t think this is a reason to sin or excuse to stumble. Instead be thankful, because though impulses are present, we have the option, the opportunity to call to our Father who hears us.
After all, we’ve been set apart for Him. He hears us, and He is with us. As of late I’ve been doing a lot of crying out to Him until I’m out of saliva and thoughts, and all that’s left is to be still…
And to Pause. And to Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD.
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
7 You have put gladness in my heart, More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
For indeed, when we pause to meditate, we are putting our trust in the Lord.
I haven’t necessarily been sleeping as good… but let me tell you, it’s a whole lot better than last week, when fear was literally present. Now, I say it with David – I will lie down in peace, and I will sleep..
Yes, for not only am I dwelling in safety, but the Lord lifts up the light of His countenance upon me. I sleep, as He places gladness in my heart, in place of fear that was literally burning my brain – and this gladness abounds more than wheat and grapes in their season.
The abundant joy of the Lord is my abundant strength.
I will lie down and sleep, thankful that He hears me when I call, He hears my prayers and petitions.
I will lie down and sleep, knowing that though the sons of men threaten to throw me to shame, our Father relieves us of the distress birthed from their love of worthlessness.
I will lie down and sleep, in anticipation of His mercies that are new as I wake up.
I lie down and sleep in peace, knowing that the God of Righteousness is my Father, who, through Christ, has set me apart from the downward spiral of sin, flesh, and death, bringing me into the pleasant, eternal cycle of His everlasting love, righteousness, and life in the Holy Spirit.
And as I rest in Him, I know He is glorified to the utmost.
He is restoring to me the joy of His salvation.
I delight in Him, and He gives me the desires of my heart, which He has made new.
As I am still, I shall know that He is God.
All praises and glory to His name, now and forever.
He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Alpha and Omega, First and the Last, Beginning and the End.
He is for us, not against us, and there is no condemnation in Him.
Nothing can ever separate us from His love; He causes all things to work for our good.
To be continued. God bless us all.
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