{"id":19140,"date":"2021-07-08T06:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=19140"},"modified":"2021-07-08T06:31:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T13:31:30","slug":"put-a-cork-in-it-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/08\/put-a-cork-in-it-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Put a cork in it already!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu-1024x535.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu-1024x535.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu-500x261.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iu.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ecclesiastes 3:1\u20138,<\/strong> <strong><em>There is a season.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#9100a3\" class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There is a time\u2026and there is <em>not <\/em>a time\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There is a time and season for everything.<\/strong> That sounds like an innocuously bland and self-evident statement, but not really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a time do to things, as the wise preacher informs us in his famous Ecclesiastes three passage, which begins with the famous words, \u201cTo everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die\u2026\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the more the years and decades slide past me and am not in the grandparenting season of my life, the more I realize that there is, perhaps, more importantly, a time <em>not <\/em>to do a lot of things that I might have done at an earlier time in my life. There are battles <em>not <\/em>to fight, things <em>not<\/em> to thing (for a Scripture declares elsewhere, \u201cAs a man thinketh, so is he\u201d\u2014a scary thought!) things <em>not <\/em>to do, and definitely things <em>not<\/em> to say. There are several reasons that immediately come to mind for <em>not<\/em> doing these things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, and, perhaps, most importantly, it\u2019s about priorities. As one reaches the top of the hill of one\u2019s life and begins the descent on the other side toward death, one can see more circumspectly one\u2019s past life as well as that which remains whether it be a long or a short time. With the stark reality of one\u2019s life in full view and the idealizations of past expectations unfulfilled gone like dust in the wind, that which remains in one\u2019s life suddenly becomes as valued treasure. Add to this the unexpected deaths of loved ones and friends around you, which, to any young people reading this, occurs more frequently the older one gets, suddenly, every breath and heartbeat becomes a cherished gift from the Creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second reason for not doing or saying many things that I might have in earlier years has to do with following the leading of the Set-Apart Spirit of Elohim more precisely instead of jumping unquestioningly in lockstep to the demanding impulses of my impatient, impetuous and sin-oriented flesh. This too has to do with priorities\u2014desiring to be in the perfect will of the Almighty by seeking <em>first<\/em> the kingdom of Elohim as Yeshua instructed his disciples to do instead of seeking all those other carnal and earthly things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third reason for adding the negative adverb <em>not<\/em> to the statements in Solomon\u2019s famous Ecclesiastes three passage is that the older one gets, one starts getting a little more tired if not physically, at least emotionally from chasing the wind and ending up with little or nothing to show for it. Many things become, as the Preacher in Ecclesiastes definitively declares repeatedly, is vanity of vanities. Suddenly one wakes up and discovers the wisdom of working smarter, instead of harder. This is wisdom, which only comes with age and perspective. It\u2019s wise to conserve energy and to save it for those things that are worth the time and effort, and for which there is a payoff especially in the next life. All else is little more than emptiness and chasing the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mouth-1-21041238-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19143\" width=\"301\" height=\"385\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fourth, so much of what we do and say is an expression of human pride and vanity. We are all guilty, so raise your hand. I\u2019ve got mine up! As I get older, I agree with the preacher\u2019s words in Ecclesiastes verse two of chapter one, \u201c\u2018Vanity of vanities,\u2019 says the Preacher; \u2018Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.\u201d When one gets brutally honest with oneself and analyses most of one\u2019s words and actions, human pride and vanity is the pathetic though realistic label that must be applied to most of it. So what does the Almighty have to say about this? What reasons will we give to him on judgment day as to the motives behind most of what we have said and done? What legacy of value are we really leaving to the next generation? Will we be leaving behind a grandiose frozen-in-time, stone cold and lifeless monument to ourselves, or will we have sown seeds into the fertile ground of the lives of those around us that will hopefully bring forth fruit that will not only make the world a better place, but that will also serve to expand the kingdom of Elohim at the expense of the kingdom of darkness?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make no mistake, every one of our thoughts, words and deeds is a pebble dropped into the vast ocean of our existence; the ripples go forth and touch many lives for good and for bad much more than we can know or imagine. We have no idea of this! The ripples travel beyond the horizon. So act and speak wisely on the front end, for who knows what the end consequences will be. This is another good reason <em>not<\/em> to do and say a lot of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another reason to say less is this: Did you every wonder why we have two ears and two eyes but only one mouth? One learns more by listening and observing than by talking. Some people never stop talking! You ask them a simple yes or no or a one sentence question expecting an equally short answer and you get an epistle. I\u2019ve been guilty of this on more than one occasion! A mark of wisdom is to speak volumes with few words. Yeshua the Messiah was the master of this approach. His longest sermon was only three chapters long and only takes a few minutes to read, yet these few words have turned the world on its head!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add to all these reasons why there is a time <em>not <\/em>to speak and do is this one: The older I get, the more I realize that most people don\u2019t care what you have to say or think anyway. They\u2019re too preoccupied with their own stuff and too self-absorbed to care beyond that. So why waste the time, energy and breath saying it if only to hear yourself talk? This too is vanity of vanities! Those who do care\u2014who have ears to hear\u2014will seek you out. You don\u2019t have to have to go after them. I found this out the frustrating way after 18 years of pastoring a local congregation and more than 30 years in continuous ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, you learn more by being a receiver than a transmitter. Currently, my receiver is pointed heavenward. This means waiting patiently on Yehovah to transmit. The older I get, the more I realize how much I don\u2019t know. To be sure, this is humbling. At the same time, the more I realize that others don\u2019t know as well. Those who act like they have all the answers and know it all usually have something to sell you. Follow the money! Most of them, too, are fools (like the rest of us), but they\u2019re too proud to admit it. This too is vanity of vanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you\u2019ve read this far, do you really want to really know what\u2019s going on? It\u2019s this. The world is currently in a state of hyper confusion induced by godless men under the spell of secular humanism and demonic antichrist concepts and agendas, which the Bible prophesied would occur prior to the second coming. We live in gross darkness, and there are no human spiritual leaders to guide us through this Satanic black hole cesspool. Where are they? Most are too busy making money and building their empires, and they\u2019re clueless. It\u2019s business as usual. That leaves the rest of us searching for answers and direction. We\u2019ve never been this way before, for we are in the last days after all! There\u2019s only one direction to look for guidance, and that\u2019s up. We have only the Word of Elohim and his Set-Apart Spirit to guide us at this point, since we\u2019re in uncharted territory. That means shutting up and listening. You can\u2019t receive directions from heaven if you\u2019re transmitting via your big yap and listening to yourself speak!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me leave you with these words of David,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will lift up my eyes to the hills\u2014from whence comes my help? My help comes from YHVH, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. YHVH is your keeper; YHVH is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. YHVH shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. YHVH shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore. (Psalm 121:1\u20138)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to YHVH our Elohim, Until He has mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O YHVH, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud. 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