Greetings Dear Reader,
When we stand watch over the things of the Gospel, we have
clear instructions as to how we are to stand that watch. I read a social media post this week that
proclaimed that God hates everyone who lives a certain lifestyle. This person has abandoned the orders of the
watch. She has left behind her duty to
defend that which is not true.
I apologize that not all who believe as I do live up to the
orders of the watch. I fail at them at
times and regret that as well. The
orders stand no matter how the sentinels behave. We are obligated to them and are not faithful
to our post when we violate them.
We have discussed some of them this week but woven into
those discussions are the threads that bind them together. Those threads, left out of the fabric our
watch make the patchwork of our cloaks tattered rags. Here they are Dear Reader. If any claim to stand sentinel over the
Gospel and do not use these, they are not obeying the orders of the watch.
The sentinel must be kind: This is not the kindness of
simply holding a door or giving someone your space in line. It is a kindness born of the desire to treat
others with goodness in every situation.
It is much more difficult than it sounds. It is also a primary requirement of the
sentinel.
The sentinel must deal in grace: This is a predisposition to
give undeserved favor to everyone we encounter.
If there is a need we can meet, we should meet it. It is an assumption that every human soul
must be treated with respect and honored for the life it represents. It is not measuring others by their deeds but
instead measuring them by the core rule of our orders. We will get to that in a moment. Let us say though, it is grace by which we
stand and, therefore, grace in which we must deal with others.
The sentinel must deal in mercy: We have power because of
Christ. That power is to forgive. It is to release others from debt to us and
give renewed opportunities to find and embrace Christ. We again stand because of the Father’s mercy
and dare not withhold it from others in the mundane things we consider more
important than our own offenses to God. The
order of the watch is mercy to others because we are in dire need of it daily.
The sentinel must do all things in love: We have a prime
directive. We have an order that is the
foundation of all orders. If we do not
deal out justice, truth, kindness, grace, righteousness, and mercy in love,
then we are not compliant with the orders of the watch. We have created an image of the Father that
is skewed and flawed because we do not stand sentinel over the love we are commanded
to wield. It is not an easy watch but it
is our duty. It is our prime directive
Dear Reader to love and show love to every human.
We hear others crying out for the orders of our watch and we
find paltry reasons to withhold them. We
make excuses based on improper application of some orders over others. We are obligated to love. If we stand sentinel without it then we are
not true to the orders of the Father no matter how shiny our armor or beautiful
our watch post. If you question this, be
aware that everyone is watching you. They
are looking for this whether they know it or not.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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