Taking the world

January 18 2008

Joel Akin

 Put a scripture into this slot. Of course that is how I do it. But what if God were in this? What if God held me up and said "What is the point of man?"

 I guess the point of man is his thinking cap. But what if the cap were tossled and left to rot in the sea? What if the sea had a name for the sea of time? What if the rot were the sea? What if the rot were in you? What if the rot were in you to begin with?

 That is the part of the plan that doesn't fit in the slot. For what if the sea were in each of us? What if in our base we were all naive or dumb? What if all of us had a name and it was dumb?

 The point of cap is to put a stocking on it. We want there to be life in the fresh and the care but what if the point of man is to point out his fallacy in life? What if I want help but it doesn't ever come? Who would I turn to for help?

I am in the valley of time and in that arena man is the bit. He is the bit of little things. He is the little man. He is the little tongue. He is the one who cries out for help.

I can't help but think of a dream that mom had this morning. She was in bed and a dog came and peed in it. Of course she was upset but it is part of the story of time. He comes and does little things which drive us crazy. He is a spirit which is like sin. Sin is the spirit which rises up like old mold. It doesn't go out like it should but keeps coming back, often in the dark of night.

So what then is the purpose of prayer if this is the best I can offer? I go into prayer with warfare on my mind. I am in it up to my head and it is here I cry out to God. I do it for an hour and it is painful. I keep crying out until the hour is over. I don't breathe a sigh but I do cry for God to speak. And when He does he does so as part of the story and not directly personal. It is as if you are part of a battle where everyone is part of his help for battle. And each of us gets what each of us has to have. It is the battle for life and the battle is often to the wise.

How then do we submit to the war if God is in the why and why's of it? I have so many why questions but "Why is it happening" is probably the most common.

Of course I know why but it is the day by day why which hills the soul and buries the eye in the land. True it sounds like a tater but the potato is there to guide us to life. If it reaches the light it gets green and so the valley is there to hull out the old and spill in the new.

I like the story of life but I find time to be the bitter pill of it. I find those who pray don't pray with full understanding. But then I look and I wonder if that is the essential role to success? Is it enough that I know more then most? Of course that doesn't mean I know more then all but I wouldn't be surprised to find there are many who are in the know better. But if so why don't they say anything?

Perhaps they do. Maybe that is one reason why we don't really hear until after we understand.

As it is I close this with a thought; "If the war is almost over why then do I not have success?" Of course the answer is "I have a lot of success."

 The valley of existence is to be in life. Life in the bee is shallow and weak. It is the valley of death right now. Keep the bee in your prayer for it is the battle over it. Until next time remember to keep the faith and to lift up the name of Jesus.