Poetry
11 Chronicles 16
What starts out right can end up wrong
It is possible to be married but not in love
Therefore we must look after our salvation
People have started off right but are ending up in the wrong place
A man named Asa spent the first 35 years of his 41-year reign
Doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord
However in the 36th year, his faith shifted and this
Changed his fellowship with the Lord
Asa at one point in his life did not call on the help of the Lord
This cost him dearly—it changed the cause of his life
As a result Asa turned against God
Tragically, after following the Lord for most of his life,
Asa died in misery because his heart had turned cold in his old age
Today we see many in this category—their hearts are turning cold
They start off well for the Lord and are quite long with Him and
Then the latter part of their lives they turn against God
Today I see many churches doing the same
I see the emerging churches turning against God
I see pastors turning against God—A similar fate as Asa
There are stages in our lives that we are suppose to go to God for help
And we decide to go to someone else; This is a mistake
We must first go to God—we worship Him when we bring something difficult to Him
What starts out right can end up wrong
It is possible to be married but not in love
Therefore we must look after our salvation
People have started off right but are ending up in the wrong place
When this happens it is an indication that individuals
Have been power hungry and not God hungry
Many today have the Holy Spirit but have not search their hearts
They have ignored the information the Holy Spirit has been given them
Concerning their true desires for the Gospel and as a result
They were suppose to repent and change their motives
The heart is inherently evil; therefore we must listen to Him
Christ is the new creation in our lives
Let us pray for each other because many are becoming ‘cold’ and
They are turning away from the Lord—they are becoming like Asa
Asa had the spirit of the Lord and then his heart was revealed
Mark Frank
Copyright 2008
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Mark, since I wrote you a long email on this topic, I won't reiterate what I said there, as this poem is on a bit of a different topic -- yet the same. I will just remind you of one incident of when Christ cast out demons from someone who had many, and then He said,"Go and sin no more, lest a worse thing happens to you." I haven't looked this up right now, so may not have the details right, but the principle is the same. If we don't fill up our lives and hearts with the Holy Spirit, and keep on asking daily for His infilling, then things like the "world, the flesh and the devil" come in and take over. It is then that you can turn wrong. Asa was a prime example. He ignored God's instructions and turned cold. Being a Christian is a daily thing. We have to eat and drink every day to live physically. We have to feed on God's word and ask Him for a renewed infilling of the Holy Spirit every day in order to live Spiritually. Otherwise we die....I cannot comment on the marriage thing. My husband and I have been married for over 50 years, so someone else will have to comment on why marriages go wrong...Hope this helps you and others whw may read it. God bless you....Helen
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