Angels Bring Messages

That THE LORD works in mysterious ways, IS NO hidden secret… Many accounts have been given of “Miracles”, testimonies of God’s Power, TO: restore fleshly health; bring soldiers out of a gun battle unscathed; hold a person in HIS HAND through a car wreak; or a storm, even bring them back from to life from a flat-line heartbeat, BUT! How does that affect the way that we view ~our~ obedience to HIS Will & Way?
When ~we~ get into trouble we cry out to The LORD and to all around us TO, *Pray*, for God’s mercy upon us to deliver us from our pain and suffering… BUT, when we are delivered, who are we ~Thankful TO~? Who do we give the credit for our health, welfare, our very life TO? … The ~president~ of the nation, doctors, our buddies in uniform, the Generals in the armies, the auto makers for making such safe vehicles, the medics that worked so hard to bring us back from death’s door? Who do we lift up and memorialize? Are we just ~lucky~ to be alive?
There was a man who held the position of, Deacon and Youth Leader in his Church… He was popular in the community, praised for doing such wonderful work with the youth, he kept them off of the streets, by providing them with entertainment at the Church Youth Center… The teens played basket ball on Wednesday night while the old folks had prayer meeting… The little ones played other games.. He kept their agenda crammed full of events to raise money, entertain parties, games, cookouts, not a minute of their time was ~wasted~ on *Foolishness*…Nor did he bore them by making them sit and listen to the reading of the Bible which is hard to understand at the least… but he thought to teach them goodness through games, to work together, be fair in play, the things that count as a good person…
(I Corinthians 1:18)…the ~preaching of the cross~ IS to them that perish foolishness; BUT, unto us that are saved ~IT IS~ the Power of God.
(Proverbs 24:9)… The ~thought~ of foolishness IS sin… (Sometimes we let our youth decide that to sit in The Sanctuary and listen and learn is ~boring~ so se give them something else to do, after all they are at Church, SO that IS what counts right? Read a little deeper.. The preaching of the cross, boring? Playing games fun? Think about IT as you read.)
One Sunday Morning the Sanctuary was packed with worshipers, the singing had started, and two old ladies came in late.. They sat in the vestibule because all the seats were full, the Church was successful because *IT* had the walls packed with ~Numbers~ on Sunday Morning to hear the message given…
Since the ladies were apparently visitors and had not been present before, the well-dressed, well-mannered and popular Youth Leader, also a respected deacon of the Church, promptly got up from his seat, gathered two tarnished brass plates, placed a note paper and a stubby pencil on them and quietly passed them out to the two old ladies with the whispered instruction, “welcome to the service, please fill out your name, address, and phone number, so we can reach you later, and leave them on the table there,” and returned to his seat. One of the ladies, got up placed the plate on the table and walked out.. So the other followed…..
The devout deacon ran after them but they were gone out of sight by the time he reached the door.
The next Sunday they returned with an *Award* that the LORD had sent to be given to the, hard working deacon/youth leader, for *ALL* that he had accomplished with the youth of the Church… They handed him a rather large piece of sorta crumpled paper like the tan meat wrapping butchers paper… He was pleased that they had thought he was such a great person as to deserve a reward for his work with the youth of the Church… A puzzled look came over his face as he felt the paper, remarking, “it is very light feeling, I can’t imagine a plaque of reward being that light.”.. As he gently pulled the papers apart and looked to his surprise that was all there was, just an empty crumpled piece of paper…. “What, kind of joke is this?” the man said to the two old ladies.. “There is nothing in here *IT IS Empty*,” the man retorted in a rather annoyed voice….
The one lady answered, with a question, “Aren’t you the, Youth Leader?” “Yes”, replied the man.. “Well, we only delivered what THE LORD, gave us to bring to you, nothing more, nothing less.” Then the lady set him aback with her explanation of the award.. Saying, “maybe our LORD, gave you an empty award, because the work that you do before HIM, FOR HIM, and OF HIM, IS only an empty work. IT brings no spiritual learning, guidance, understanding of the knowledge necessary for training young people to serve God in *HIS* Will and Way. Because in playing games all that is taught is the rules of the game, how to win, who to shove out of the way, so that you can be number one. God sent HIS Son TO Teach: *LOVE*, TO Teach the message of HIS Kingdom TO ALL, that ALL may learn of IT and of HIM, and on Wednesday night while the old folks are gathered to learn of the Written Word of God, *IF*, the youth are not allowed to study with the older folks, which they should be, why, as their leader, did you not have them polishing the brass plates, and going about the work of THE LORD, maintaining HIS House of Worship, with a humble study in obedience, instead of playing games invented by men of the world at The House set aside for The Worship of our LORD? For That *IS* a part of the work of The LORD, learning to maintain HIS House of Worship, in a manner pleasing unto God… IS The blessings that HE brings to you, tarnished like the old brass plates, that you use in your services?”
The two ladies turned and left the Church… once more leaving the youth leader staring at empty space, but this time he was thinking, seriously thinking, about the message that the LORD had sent to him in a piece of crumpled empty paper…
What does your work hold in value to the LORD? IS IT lost in the tracks of the world, led by the adversary of our Maker? Is *IT* so tarnished by the customs, traditions on the world, that any attempt to show God’s Love in IT IS lost to fleshly mire? OR, being led BY The Holy Spirit, does IT lead others to the True Kingdom of God, Reveal the LOVE OF our Heavenly Father, through HIS Son, Jesus Christ?
(Romans 16:25-27)…To HIM that IS OF Power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according TO the Revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, BUT Now IS made manifest, and BY The Scriptures of the prophets, according TO the Commandment OF THE Everlasting God, made known to ~~ALL~~ nations FOR the ~obedience of faith~: TO God ONLY Wise, be Glory through Jesus Christ for ever….