"Submissive Faith" -To

"Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs." (Psalms 150:4)

  Whereby: "by, through, or in accordance with which." The meaning of such a word is not that hard to understand: the problem is not with understanding the meaning, it is with what it represents! If you were looking for something that could help in your ability to submit, whereas you generally do not have the skill to accomplish that on your own, you already have such a Helper, whereby you can count on for assistance. (Sorry, I just needed a chance to use those two words together in a sentence.) I know this might seem a little weird, because it is a little foggy in my mind; but the timbrel and dance are nothing more than what they say, with one exception: they both require movement. And, if you study it through, you discover that the movement is performed to a certain beat or rhythm. In the essence of time, or lack thereof, let me get straight to the point. We that have been born again, have all been born of God's Spirit; there is no denying that He is dwelling within us, because we are no longer comfortable with sin. In other words, when we sin, (and notice I did not say if,) our sin will not agree with the Holy Spirit which dwells inside of us; and if do not do something about it, our life seems to feel lonely and miserable; to say the least. God is all about reconciliation, no matter what stage of life you might be living in! If you know what I might be talking about, it is all about timing! Long story short: you get told to do something, you do it when you are told to do it; otherwise you not only do you lose track of time, but you lose the power that came in the moment you were meant to obey what you were told to do. Have you ever ran out of gas? I mean, this day and age, you pretty much need to either be an idiot or totally live risky to ever run out of gas. Most cars today have several warnings for letting you know when you are about to run out of gas; and some cars will even assist you if you get over a certain threshold; like running on less cylinders, if that's what it takes to get you to stop and put some gas in your tank. In a familiar kind of way, that is a lot like the Holy Spirit works in us; as He is not only the gas, but is the system that check the levels, and the whereby that keeps us going! For those of us that are familiar with how all of that works, you seriously do not want to run of gas...

"So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!" For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God though hm. As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2) NLT