Psalms 71:3 (KJV): “Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.”
i’m in South Eastern Oregon, staying at the Steen’s Mountain Wilderness Resort near Frenchglen. That word “resort” has a different meaning in scripture to me. (go to attachment to read more)
The first time here many years back i had camped in a oversized tent trailer al Fish Lake in the Steen’s. Its was cumbersome and way to big; but i had it. The camp site was out in the middle of no where, no running water, no water pump. Pit toilets and little else, there may have been a three legged table set on a steep grade, angled heavily, which made it fairly level the way it had been placed. It was a small lake about 50+/- acres in size, being stocked with Rainbow but also had a contingency of Brook Trout. i had heard of the Donner & Blitzen River from John in the Cascade Family Flyfishers as being a place for fishing and solitude to. We spent two nights, had enough, so we packed up and moved out, back down the mountain to Page Springs and stayed in the BLM campground, good prices and a few more services. Over the years my wife and i have stayed there in the fall over the years. Had seen the Aspens in color, Magpies galore, coyotes, mule deer, Golden Eagles and other wildlife. The crickets are a nice serenade to have, puts me to a peaceful sleep quickly. All in all, nice and pleasant but not to be called a resort.
Have packed in and spent nights, alone in a wilderness place. Living out of a pack and sleeping on the ground in a bag. All my needs where met but by no stretch of the imagine would i call it a resort.
A while back had stayed at a facility where one has access to a shower with hot water, and flush toilets. Sure did beat a cat hole dug out with a stick and covered over out of the way. There’s always rules to follow, even when one is out from everyone else. But still, not a resort by any account.
This year i reserved a cabin. Has a supplied kitchen, two doors, hot/cold water. Coffee pot, microwave, four legged table. Full size bed that fitted me quite well, i slept good. The WC was well equipped and with all my needs met. This has been great for a change.
i’ve said all that to say this. iv’e always knew that God was, had no doubt. i had tried and been told by many how to attain to God’s good favor. All the do’s and all the do nots; everyone seemed to have the way. i’m sure i had heard: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John14:6. Didn’t have a clue of what it meant, or how it applied too me. Didn’t have any idea and most likely didn’t care. i was dead, had or hadn’t been told that, i don’t know, but i was dead to God. That being then anything i did hear spiritually i couldn’t understand. “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14. It wasn’t until God, by His grace called me, and then when i heard the call, answered by faith: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9: then i started to understand. “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14. The LORD had opened my heart and i was born again: some where written saying; not by the will of man but of God. “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. When i heard the gospel given by Paul (Ro 2:16), i had heard the truth and the “resort” for my soul. i can never lose it nor have it replaced, is is true and final; i do now rest in this wilderness of death but now being alive in Him, am “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” Titus 2:13. “Even so, come, LORD Jesus.”
Thank You for loving me and giving me Your life. Thank You for this time to mostly meditate on Your Word, on Your love for me. My thoughts are personal and private with You (good and bad). Thank You for this time; in Jesus’s name, in Your name Amen . . . . . . . .
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