Merited

"Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field," Isaiah 32:15.

God's good work. But first: Deserved ruin, destroyed land, deserted houses, due destruction, for ever. Merited disfavor. Civilization created by humans keeps imploding on itself, despite flashes of nobility and glory. And why? because humans keep on ignoring their Creator, God. They speak folly, busy their hearts with iniquity, practice ungodliness, spread misinformation about the Lord, fail to help the hungry, deprive drink from the thirsty, lie to the poor. (At any rate that's what Isaiah says.) So buildings serve as dens for wild beasts. For ever. For ever that is, until God's Spirit pours onto us from above. Then fruitful field becomes forest, justice abides, and peace comes, then quietness and trust. And security forever. God's good work. Sky kingdom.

Serving a brother or sister today we receive God's Spirit in His fellowship, renewed and made rich in Jesus' grace. And, together, our hearts speak thanks for receiving the peaceable, unshakeable kingdom, eternal in the skies.