Genesis 15:12

As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

Abram was shown what was to befall his lineage. He knew what was coming. This telling was relayed to us after the dread had passed. We do not find any words between Abraham and Isaac warning his son of events that would come.

So what does this have to do with anything that is meaningful to us today?

Dread fell upon the world in the form of a pandemic. Panic set in and production shut down as people were told to shelter in place. What was the result of that pandemic?

As I think about these events, it is seen through my eyes, and just how it affected my norms and no one else’s. What I perceive is only one experience and cannot speak to everyone’s situation.

Television productions stopped and what I watched to keep myself entertained stopped. It was like being left with an unfinished book with no offer to return to publication for the ending of the tale. Thus began the endless series of reruns. Utter boredom set in because of seeing them over and over again.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

The wisdom of Solomon became ever more clear in how deep the Word of God sees into the depths of our humanity.

I immersed myself in the Word to find relief from my boredom.

What was my alternative, endless reruns or entering the ever expanding and darkening arena of the World Wide Web?

Eight years ago I began a journey of declaring my love of God and His Word on the WWW. Suddenly there was an explosion of interest in His Word as I discovered my hit counter climb in volume as others began seeking something better than the same old reruns.

I knew no more about what was going to come than Isaac did.

Proverbs 28:10

Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

Matthew 20:21

And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

Luke 18:41

“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me recover my sight.”

Want comes down to only two issues, selfless and selfish.

The larger issue here is who are we asking to provide our wants. Asking our Lord is acknowledging He has the ability to do all things. Asking our parents is limited to their personal abilities. Asking anyone who has authority over us is begging.

Then there is the thief that neither cares about authority or the needs of others. 

John 10:10 A

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

We know that Satan is the thief but does the thief know he is under Satan thumb?

If there is no god then there is no satan and everything boils down to want, no right, no wrong just want.

My wife asks me nearly every day, “What do you want?” I do not answer her honestly. What I want is beyond her power to provide. The question itself places me into a position of selfishness even if my answer is to see God’s will be done. 

I know what is coming, I just don’t know when or how. If I focus on that and desire to see it in my lifetime I will be focusing on my emotions rather than His commands.

To do the will of the Father one must first know what the Father is asking of us in order to bring about those promises He has made to us, His children. We are involved in the order of things because Father God set all these things in motion so that we can walk in it, by faith.

Faith doesn’t want, it just is.