Fighting

Okay I know that it has been forever since I have written anything and when I did it was only one real post. But today is different and I feel a burden. A burden that just makes me want to punch something in all out rage. I want to kick and scream and act like King Kong. I want to destroy, mame, bruise, break, and mutilate. I want to fight.
I know your like, "What the heck is going on with him? Did he just snap and blow a fuse?" Well maybe I have. When I was a kid (some say I still am a kid, just a big one), I used to get in a lot of fights and loose my temper over the dummest things, usually they made fun of me or my mom. Now that I am saved I don't loose my temper like that anymore and haven't got in a real fight in years. But now I have come to a point in my life where I want to fight again. I have been wondering what it would be like if more people would fight and if I would fight more often. In the world, the world of sin, flesh, and evil, we have to face many enemies. These enemies hate us and by us I mean Christians, those who love and serve Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. They want us dead and maimed, made ineffective and bound into slavery to serve their Master, Satan.
I mean to fight this and I want to go to extreme measures to do it, but I find that I have one enemy that is ruthless and merciless. This enemy my bane. It is always plotting and formulating new devices and plots to destroy me. This enemy knows all of my inner workings and my greatest (or should it be weakest) weaknesses. I has the best surveillance on me and he is always present with me. I can never leave or run from him. If you haven't guessed yet, that maniacal enemy is me, myself, and I. I am bound by my flesh and only until the Day of Christ (Christ conquering return) or my certain death, will I be set free from it. Even though it is always here and I can never leave it, I am not a slave to; I do not have follow its orders and wanderings. My flesh is bound by sin and falleness, but thanks to Jesus Christ's redeeming work and the propitiation of His righteousness, I am no longer unable to conform to Christ's, the image of righteousness before a Most Holy and Loving Father, Judge, and Lord.
All of this to say that I want to fight and I want to fight in such a ways as to win; to be victorious. In fighting our flesh Jesus calls us to be radical with it and dismember it if necessary. I cannot do this fight on my own and I must use the ONLY tools that work: knowing intimately Jesus Christ, and walking in Spirit, through continual prayer, "swimming" (as John Piper says) and feasting on God's Word. Not just going to it and Him for snacks and a drink once and a while, and then turning back to my little idols.
I will write more on this, but pray for all Christians to fight and mortify their flesh; making no provision for it. Put on Christ and never take Him off. Live in Him.

First Real Post

Okee Dokee. Heres wes goes. Until I started going to the UW, Home woOF the Dawgs. Gotta give a shout out to KP. Anyhow until I started going here I never really had anytime or cumputer w/ Internet to read all y'alls blogs UNTIL NOW! It has been good to read some of yous guyses stuff. If you haven't noticed I am just blabbering or blog blabbering or blab blogging, or just whatever.
Okay a little seriousness. Today as I was making my way from a killer mid-term exam, that I ran out of time to finish, I ran into some brothers of ours from Marysville, passing out tracks and asking people they would like to read some good news. I was able to stop and talk to them and encourage them. But what I really want to say is that my heart was grieved at so many people walking by and ignoring them, especially because they were sharing the GREATEST NEWS EVER. I wanted to stand on those stairs and yell at everybody to wake up repent of their sins, and understand the news that these men are giving them. Then I remembered that the Good news is the worst news to many because it will be a witness to them as to their wickedness and evil depravity. Because of this so many people hate the Good News of Jesus Christ because they know He is the Way, the Truth and Life, and they want to be their own gods and dictate their own way, truth, and lives. I had a discussion with a fellow employee at the orange box last night and he said that everybody as long as they believe in some higher power than themselves they will go "heaven" or be "saved." This was also a grievance to my heart but later on I talked to Christian brother of mine who works nights at the Home Depot and we got into a discussion about Calvinism and its relevance. That was very encouraging. The best part of it all was the prayers were answered. The prayers of my beautiful wife. She prayed at dinner that I would be light at work and God gave me plenty of time to shine the light of Christ.
I guess I hope this to be an encouragement to all who read this to SHINE and ABOUND in love, especially in you love for God, who alone is worthy, and because you love him love and serve others without reserve. I pray that we all will do this and we will be Christocentric in our love and seek (seeking as a madman for more gold) truth and righteousness which is by Christ, for the glory and praise of God, alone.

new Blogger

I finally have a blog to blog on. Now I can go blogging all the blog day long. Blog on dude.