From the Rabbi's Desk
When I was a child there were no microwave ovens and of course there was no such thing as internet and email. If you wanted to warm something up in my youth, you had to heat-up the oven, place whatever you wanted to warm in it and wait and wait and wait. If you wanted to search a certain subject for a school paper, you had to go to the library and take hours searching through an encyclopedia. Mail communication had to be done through the post office and even local mail deliveries took weeks to arrive at their destinations.
In today's modern technologically advanced world waiting thirty seconds for something to warm in the microwave seems like forever. Is it any wonder then, that we get anxious and impatient when God does not answer our prayers within our expected time frame! Sadly, some people get so impatient they go as far as to give up on the Lord and end up backsliding (falling away).
The Lord warned Judah, the Southern Kingdom after backsliding Israel, the Northern Kingdom, was sent into exile of their impending destruction, yet He waited 150 years before sending in the Babylonians.
Acts 1:11 "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."
Yeshua has promised us that He will return to claim those that have committed their lives to Him, yet over two thousand years have passed since His ascension and still no sign of Him. Sadly, some Believers have given up hope of Him ever returning, as they watch the world spiral lower and lower into sin and evil. However, the Apostle Peter warned us that this would happen:
2 Peter 3:3 "Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4) They will say, "Where is this 'coming' He promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."
Not one of God's promises have ever failed and if we are faithful to commit our way to Him, we will yet see Him return, coming in His Glory.
Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."
Hi Ellen here…How do you act when it comes to a test? I remember when I was in school, the higher grades, I would wait until the last minute then cram, cram and cram some more until it was time for the test…wow did that become an exhausting experience. As I grew, I tried to change but with no success…I remember being totally exhausted in the exercise of trying to change, so I thought; 'why be so tired twice' and so I returned to cramming. Years later and only through the grace of Almighty God, I received the free gift of salvation. I did not have to cram for it, in fact it just happened, I wasn't tired and wow, those carnal and negative habits started to fall off like dried leaves in the autumn…God is so good! So, what is the moral of my little story? Do not dwell on who you were yesterday or on who you are today but look ahead, look straight ahead and receive the free gift of God that is given not by works but by faith!!!
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