"See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
Each man will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water int he desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
The mind of the rash will know and understand,
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
No longer will the fool be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
For the fool speaks folly,
his mind is busy with evil;
He practices ungodliness
and spreads error concerning the Lord;
the hungry he leaves empty
and from the thirsty he withholds water.
The scoundrels methods are wicked,
he makes up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.
Bu tthe noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands."

Isaiah 32:1-8


I'll be honest, I have no idea where this is going, but this passage is where I felt the Lord lead me, so I'm just gonna let Him go with it wherever He chooses, haha.

I'm gonna start with the first couple lines of the second paragraph, which are verses 3 and 4 if you're curious. "Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen." Jesus makes references to this a few times.

"This is why I speak to them in parables:

'Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.'

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:

'You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people's heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.'"

Matthew 13:13-15

Basically, some refuse to hear. They don't want to hear the Truth. Why? No idea. I always wonder why non-believers wouldn't want such a gift, ya know? I mean, the Kingdom of Heaven is yours, and all you have to do is reach out and take it! Beauty and grace and mercy galore!


Side note: I was just on facebook, browsing my news feed or something lame, and I came across this event.

Jesus Christ Himself says: "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper. Freely as you have received, freely give." So I implore you to pray for Noah Biorkman. This is supposed to be his last Christmas? In Jesus' name, I pray for at least 80 more. There is no room in the Kingdom of Heaven for sickness or disease. I pray that he will be a testimony, that he will be like a lamp in the darkness, and everyone will see the miraculous healing power and love of Jesus Christ.

Man, I totally lost my train of that. So maybe we'll come back to that later.

"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

Mark 16:17-18

My friend Peter made a good point today. "Did it say, 'it will accompany the New Testament apostles?' Did it say, 'if you went to seminary for 8 years?' Or, 'only to people with the most faith?'" Nope, it says "those who believe." This is the authority that we have been given through Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of Heaven. With Jesus Christ in our hearts, we can do everything that He did.

What, Tyler? No wayy! We can never do all the stuff Jesus did! Now you're being crazy.

No, I speak the truth! As I've mentioned before, when we accept Jesus Christ into our hearts, it is no longer us living, but Jesus living through us! And therefore, who is to say that we can't heal the sick and raise the dead and cast out demons, because Jesus Christ lives inside of us. Truth. Amen.