GOD’S LINE HAS BEEN DRAWN

GOD’S LINE HAS BEEN DRAWN: HE MAY NOT HAVE DRAWN A CROSS IN THE SAND BUT WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS A POWERFUL BEGINING TO THE CONTINUANCE OF OUR EFFORT, TO WALK IN THE STRAIGHT LINE PROVIDED BY OUR LORD, ONE NO ONE CAN ERASE OR MOVE. LINES ARE GOD’S SPECIALTIES, OURS ARE NO CHALLENGE FOR HIM. WE ONLY HONOR, RESPECT, AND ACCOMODATE HIS.

Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

The LORD will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; making that foundation strong and true. But if we continue to trust in lies, hail and water will destroy and wash away our shelter, the places we consider our safe places; a flood of water will destroy the place where you are hiding.

Do you ever think or wonder what God is doing (other than maintaining and controlling His creation – the entire universe, world, and all that is within them and without) while He sit and watch, allowing man to slowly and methodically destroy His beautiful world, any semblance of true love, and man, himself. This brings us to the line, drawn by God, which man cannot cross unless allowed, yet has steadily try and circumvent it with his own way. But our God know that man cannot destroy the line He has drawn which serves as justice and righteousness, a strong and true foundation for His people; one that He, Himself hung for the safety of His people; ones that separate good from evil, right from wrong, the sheep from the goats. Ones that are straight down the middle of all the chaos and confusion, troubles, trials and tribulations, that He said we would have to endure. There will be no place to hide. One that will wash away all the hiding places and manmade shelters man is constructing, that they are relying on.

He does not sit and shake His head or His Spirit moan for Him in response to what is going on, He knows and through eons (an indefinite and very long period of time) of preparation, He’s got the answer. Because we know something has to happen, a combative reckoning, between good and evil to usher in our Lord and Saviour. Yet, even though warned, by God, it is hard to see someone blatantly and without remorse, shatter lives, livelihood, and a way of living and don’t bat an eye. We did not see how people would become so enveloped in the lines of evil so easily and have the readiness for it to come; the enjoyment in its destructive power; the blatant hatred that it fosters. That is shared by so many of the devil’s followers.

But we must remember, God drew His lines before time began. And He has placed this line in the soil of our hearts; We are to ask Him to stir it up so we can go about cultivating the urgency needed, for it to remain strong and go straight toward our Father, through Jesus. The line we are talking about is the one referencing the prophet Amos’s vision of a plumb line, which symbolizes a standard of righteousness and judgment against which God measures His people. We must walk along this line in order to do the will of God, not haphazardly drawing one for our own pleasure. Because when we do, it always becomes distorted with the cares and worries of this world, greedy gain. The phrase can also refer to God setting boundaries, the clear distinction between good and evil, or a person’s choice to take a stand for faith, as in drawing a “line in the sand” for Him. Either way, God’s line is the one that really matters and is backed by the Blood of His Son, our Lord and Saviour.

This metaphor for God’s standard of righteousness, justice, and truth is the one against which, God measures his people. In the books of Amos and Isaiah, it signifies God’s judgment using the method of a straight and firm line, one that cannot be moved nor destroyed, on all of our crooked ways and His firmness of purpose to hold us accountable; we are required or expected to justify our actions or decisions.

One thing I know to be sure, that man can draw, erase and manipulate as many lines as he wants but when God draws His line it is drawn. And no one can add to it or erase it, we can only accommodate it. The lines of ungodly, unlawful, they are drawing and crossing that will be done away with. Because YHWH, God’s line has been drawn, in the sand of God’s time by Him (YHWH, God) in the name of Yashuah, Jesus, with His ever powerful blood; no one can undraw it or redirect it. And our LORD, God will not allow anyone to move it. You can recognize those that believe this because they have followed the example of Jesus our Christ and have kept (with all prayer and determination) their eyes and hearts focused on Him. And even though we are right dab in the middle of all this chaotic confusion and riot inciteful rhetoric, it has no negative effect on our thought toward our Savior, nor any lasting bearing on our conversation or everyday rhythm; we are concerned, yes, but we keep praying, hoping, trusting, being faithful, and moving toward our eternal destination, using our Lord and Savior as The true example to follow; as our true compass that guides us and as our anchor to keep us grounded and steady. GOD’S GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE: Amos 7:7-9

7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

The lines of ungodly, unlawful, they are drawing and crossing will be done away with. 4 God showed me this vision: Oh! God, my Master God was calling up a firestorm. It burned up the ocean. Then it burned up the Promised Land.

5 I said, “God, my Master! Hold it—please! What’s going to come of Jacob? He’s so small.”

6 God gave in.

“All right, this won’t happen either,” God, my Master, said.

7 God showed me this vision: My Master was standing beside a wall. In his hand he held a plumb line.

8-9 God said to me, “What do you see, Amos?”

I said, “A plumb line.”

Then my Master said, “Look what I’ve done. I’ve hung a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I’ve spared them for the last time. This is it!

    “Isaac’s sex-and-religion shrines will be smashed,

    Israel’s unholy shrines will be knocked to pieces.

    I’m raising my sword against the royal family of Jeroboam.”