ON THE EDGE
Most of you would not believe this, but I have actually had inquiries from people asking what's been up with my blog this past couple of days. I guess since my last post was bragging on the Mets (now 8-1 on the season!), there might have been genuine fears that some disgruntled Yankees fan had committed some technological felony and jammed up this site. No such thing. Yankees fans are gentelmen (and women)!
Here's what happened - Easter happened!
There's a story about Smith Wigglesworth - an outstanding British preacher from the first half of the last century around whom hundreds of urban legends have grown up, bestowing upon him a superstar status that he most certainly would never have appreciated.
Wigglesworth was an uneducated, unrefined plumber from Bradford in the north of England who started to preach with some amazing results. The word is that one night he woke up and sensed a demonic presence in his room. Looking towards the foot of his bed, he saw the devil standing there. Far from nervous, Smith Wigglesworth uttered the contemptuous words - Oh, it's only you!, then he immediately turned over and went back to sleep.
I like that. Some people give the devil far too much respect. They seem to have a big devil chasing them all the time and a tiny God who they can't trust to look after them. Easter's about Satan losing and God winning once and for all.
So while I'm not an advocate of giving credit where it is not due, it is nonetheless interesting to see how complicated life often gets on Good Friday as we prepare for our biggest Sunday of the year. Maybe there are spiritual forces trying to hinder us?
That's how it was here yesterday and I'm still catching up. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. And most of it had to do with computers, printers and all the other wonders intended to make our lives less complicated.
I won't bore you with the details, but do want to make the following observation. While we were stretched, we still got through it all. God's victory is absolute. Jesus is totally Lord and I can't wait till tomorrow for our special celebration of crushing defeat for the one who wanted to destroy us and overwhelming success for the one who rose from the dead to give us new life.
Here's what happened - Easter happened!
There's a story about Smith Wigglesworth - an outstanding British preacher from the first half of the last century around whom hundreds of urban legends have grown up, bestowing upon him a superstar status that he most certainly would never have appreciated.
Wigglesworth was an uneducated, unrefined plumber from Bradford in the north of England who started to preach with some amazing results. The word is that one night he woke up and sensed a demonic presence in his room. Looking towards the foot of his bed, he saw the devil standing there. Far from nervous, Smith Wigglesworth uttered the contemptuous words - Oh, it's only you!, then he immediately turned over and went back to sleep.
I like that. Some people give the devil far too much respect. They seem to have a big devil chasing them all the time and a tiny God who they can't trust to look after them. Easter's about Satan losing and God winning once and for all.
So while I'm not an advocate of giving credit where it is not due, it is nonetheless interesting to see how complicated life often gets on Good Friday as we prepare for our biggest Sunday of the year. Maybe there are spiritual forces trying to hinder us?
That's how it was here yesterday and I'm still catching up. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. And most of it had to do with computers, printers and all the other wonders intended to make our lives less complicated.
I won't bore you with the details, but do want to make the following observation. While we were stretched, we still got through it all. God's victory is absolute. Jesus is totally Lord and I can't wait till tomorrow for our special celebration of crushing defeat for the one who wanted to destroy us and overwhelming success for the one who rose from the dead to give us new life.
posted by Roger Blackmore | 2:52 PM
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