Rejoice

Streams in the Desert - Day 362
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Sing my heart sing, for life is not in the grave yet.
Sing my heart sing, for your heart beats;
Yes, beats in the hope to beat for the Lord again.
Sing my heart sing, for He is faithful, and harks.
He understands the rythms of your heart:
No rythm is a mystery for He who walk my Life.
Sing my heart sing, for in His life, are we free:
Free from the wretched Sin's Power.
Sing my heart sing, for no flesh you got to be,
But Spirit, waliking in the Spirit:
Denying oneself and the cross your yoke.
Sing my heart sing, for His yoke is light.

The Demon

PART I

Long time, after battling the great storms of life, on that dark and calm night there was a person at my door. Knock … Knock ……… Knock … Knock, “Would you let me in”, gently He asked. I opened the door. There before me was a man, with all brilliance. Yes, a Man. Though man, He had the qualities of a divine being.

Being tormented by the people (flesh, flesh indeed) for years, even from the time I was at my mother’s womb, I was frustrated. No one dare comes to me, because of these who dwelt in me. When my parents, well-wishers tried speaking to me, I don’t think they like to stay with me. For I was alone all the time: yes, even with these people, who was there with me right from my birth.

I wanted a change; I let this man within. Immediately all my flesh, aroused in great fear and trembling and knelt down before this man. Crying they asked Him, “Why have You come for us, before the appointed time?”. “Send us, into those creatures (lust, anger, greed, hatred, envy, licentiousness, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, murders, drunkenness, revelry , and such like).”, they pleaded with unison, for they were many. Then said the Son of Man in all authority, “Go.” Then I saw, few hundred thousands of these creatures run out of my house and jumped into the sea.

PART II

Seeing that few of my pets which I had loved, the animals which gave me an earning die, because of this man, I sent Him out and bid Him not to come again.

As days past, Alas, I was back to the same state.

PART III

After many mornings and many nights, many calm and beautiful days and many stormy nights, I heard, yes, I heard the knock again. I let Him in again, for I was all flesh now, flesh indeed. But I was not mean to be flesh but spirit. He did the same as He did previously, and again an army of those filthy creatures fled and died. I rejoiced for The One who could save, had pity on me. And now I am a new being, before I was naked and shameful, now I am clothed by Him, with His righteousness. Now I walk with Him, denying myself and carrying the cross.

Let Him in, and let Him work in You too.

Lord, Save us, else we perish

A beautiful scripture Matthew 8:23- . And here is a commentary that explains it more


Some extracts from the above site

1. Those that can lay their heads upon the pillow of a clear conscience, may sleep quietly and sweetly in a storm
2. Their petition is, Lord, save us. They believed he could save them; they begged he would, Christ's errand into the world was to save, but those only shall be saved that call on the name of the Lord, Acts ii. 21. They who by faith are interested in the eternal salvation wrought out by Christ, may with a humble confidence apply themselves to him for temporal deliverances. Observe, They call him, Lord, and then pray, Save us. Note, Christ will save none but those that are willing to take him for their Lord; for he is a Prince and a Saviour. Their plea is, We perish; which was,
1. The language of their fear; they looked upon their case as desperate, and gave up all for lost; they had received a sentence of death within themselves, and this they plead, "We perish, if thou dost not save us; look upon us therefore with pity."
2. It was the language of their fervency; they pray as men in earnest, that beg for their lives; it becomes us thus to strive and wrestle in prayer; therefore Christ slept, that he might draw out this importunity.
3. Let the sinners in Zion be afraid, let heathen mariners tremble in a storm, but you(a disciple) shall not be so.

God Bless.