Time with Jesus - Tuesday, 17
January 2012
For
the past 30 years I’ve been passionately interested in the prophetic. That’s
not surprising since, when I met Phyllida, she was moving in the prophetic. There
was a time in those very early days when we “flowed” together in speaking in
tongues and interpretation. In a very inadequate way, we saw through a “glass
darkly” and were able to be a blessing to a number of friends and
acquaintances. It still happens occasionally as the Lord wills.
One
of the reasons this happened was because of our great interest in God’s Word. Not
in the usual way many of our brothers and sisters in the charismatic movement
preferred. We wanted to know something of the Old and New Testaments and not
just a few selected texts, many of which were taken completely out of context.
But I mustn’t start preaching!
Today’s
Scriptures provide us with a wonderful overview of the prophetic. The focus is
mainly on the Second coming of Christ and our understanding of the associated implications.
The comments by Jude, Paul and John harmonise in their warning about apostasy and
false prophets during the end times. In 1996 I composed a poem about what we
could see was happening in the church. It was called “It’s Happening”. In spite
of its being written some 15 years ago, it seems relevant for today.
The
second section of poems, written in a similar style, are based on what two or three
of the Scriptures state. All I’ve done is express the thought behind the Scripture
in poetry.
The
style is similar to limerick. Writing this way provides an unusual challenge in
arranging the rhyme and metre in a similar way but which appears to be very
different.
Blessings
Jim & Phyllida Strickland.
It’s Happening – He’s Coming
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1)
It's happening! It's happening;
Just as the Lord predicted!
The blind are leading those who
cannot see.
We ridicule the prophets,
The way that He depicted;
And teach the deaf to hear what
cannot be!
They stumble through the darkness
With the light behind their
backs,
And gesture with the antics of
the dumb.
Their hearts are full of evil,
And as Lucifer attacks,
They lap up every syllable and
crumb!
Father
God, in Jesus' Name,
Please
turn again our face;
That
we indeed may turn again to You.
Lord,
our plight is desperate,
With
shame at the disgrace,
Of
doing what the Pharisees did do.
Place
Your fingers in our ears,
So
that we all may hear.
And
make Your clay of spittle for our eyes.
Help
us know reality;
And
that You're drawing near,
That
we'll no longer heed the devil's lies.
Jim Strickland – 1996
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2)
The Lord is surely coming.
The keys are in His hand.
To open and unlock the gates of
Hell.
He’s been resurrected,
Just as His Father planned.
Write down everything you’ll hear
us tell.
The mirror isn’t clear enough.
The image is distorted.
Enough to make the message incomplete.
So, be rather careful of
Those things you see reported.
Perhaps it’s not the thing God
said must be?
Everything the Lord has made,
Is under Christ’s control.
Though it doesn’t seem to be
that way.
Do not be deluded.
He’s managing the whole.
And we’re sure to see it all
some day.
Children let me tell you,
This is the final hour,
And many anti-Christs are all
around.
They’re deceiving many,
But trust in Jesus’ power.
He’ll ensure each one of them
is found.
Jim Strickland 2012/01/17
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