11/03/21 KNOW YOUR MISSION

11/03/21 KNOW YOUR MISSION

I care about this old world, but I am not spending my time trying to restore it, fix it up. I believe it has served its purpose by providing a "home away from home" and a "field of service" for Christians.

God has allowed His children to live in this old world while trying to rescue folks from the rotting ruin of this sinful world, my job is to reach and reconcile those who are trapped in a condemned structure.

But this world is not my home, I am only passing through. I believe the door of opportunity is closing fast and my job is not to straighten the pictures on the wall while the world is going up in flames.

My job is to cry aloud and warn those who are about to be crushed by a collapsing world, and to snatch victims from the clutches of a failed system.
My job is to lead and feed believers who are on this rescue mission.

I thought of the song, This Old House by Stuart Hamblen. The song refers to an old house that is falling apart, after its "glory days" as a home for a family. The song then addresses the inevitable aging and death of the human body and the spirit evacuating the body. We as Christians know that death or the rapture will take us and close our door of opportunity to rescue the lost.

I am growing old and my physical self is "falling apart." In a similar way this world, (cosmos and worldly system) has decayed so much that it is almost to the point of being unusable, and ready for the burn pile.

The rescue effort of sin tossed men requires our undivided attention. The Ship of State is going down, with no hope of being salvaged. We have no time to salvage a hopeless cause. We must man our station aboard God's search and rescue vessel and man our battle station when we are under the attack of Satan. Jesus said that His kingdom is not of this world, AND NEITHER IS OURS.

God used the imagery of an army, soldiers, warriors, in reference to His own people.
This communicates that His people are under orders, under authority, under His rule.
It also communicates that He made it clear that His church, His people do not wage fleshly war with other humans, even though those other humans may be the enemy of the cross.
We, as Christians will vacate this earthly sojourn soon, either through death or Rapture. We need to be ready for that day and we need to reach and rescue those who are lost in this sea of sin.

This World Is Not My Home.
I'm Only Passing Through, but
I must Rescue The Perishing and Care For The Dying.