The Warnings Are Clear

I'll tell you what is really powerful to me as I push to be diligent in my walk with Yah...

Adam and Eve walked with Yah in the garden and still disobeyed Him.

Noah got drunk and his son was cursed because of what happened.  (Note his son was also guilty)

Abraham spoke with Yah and Sarah still laughed at Him in disbelief that she would have a child.

Lot got drunk (after being saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gommorah, mind you) and had two children from incest because of it.

Lot's daughters, after witnessing Yah's salvation from the destruction of Sodom and Gommorah, were so afraid of what would happen next (lacking faith in He who saved them from something that I am sure was much more fearful than the wilderness they now faced) that they got their dad drunk and seduced him to "save the human race."

The Israelites lost faith in their journey numerous times...and they saw the parting of the Red Sea!  They gathered and ate the miracle Manna!  They witnessed Yah on the mount and saw how Moses's face shone!  It only took them 40 days and 40 nights alone to make a golden calf!!

How many times through 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles did Israel get put into bondage for their transgressions?  In Nehemiah, they had just barely rebuilt Jerusalem and they were already screwing up!

Yah's beloved David fell to temptation of the devil (YHVH rebuke him) and numbered Israel.  He fell to temptation of Bathsheba and adultered and murdered!  (Though he was punished and saved through repentance)

The most wise to ever live, the glorious Solomon, the author of the great and wonderful Book of Proverbs, went word for word in the direction against Deuteronomy 17:16-17 and turned his back on Yah and worshiped idols and sacrificed to other deities in the end of his life.

The apostles walked with Yahshua and not only saw His miracles but PERFORMED miracles themselves!!  And yet Judas betrayed Him.  And Peter denied Him.

After all of these years, humanity has not changed.  So often people use these examples to comfort themselves and others in their shortcomings, but I heed them as warnings.  That if Adam and Eve and Noah and Lot and all of ancient Israel and David and Solomon and Judas and Peter and all of the others in scripture could mess up, SO CAN I.  Someone made a point to me that Yahshua knew who his betrayer was and knew who would deny Him.  He also knows if I should betray Him or deny Him and I pray so often that I won't be one to do so.  Each of these examples in scripture are of people who witnessed more than I may ever witness in my lifetime and they still went the wrong way...and so can I.

So often today we hear preached about Yah's mercy and His forgiveness and He is merciful and He is forgiving.  But He also gave us plenty of warnings.

Matthew 10:22  And ye shall be hated of all for my name's sake, BUT HE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED

Dear Abba Yah, Heavenly Father and Mighty Blessed King,
As I stand before you as your humble servant, I pray that you might allow me to always remain humble before you and before your creation and that I might always interact with Your creation with love and compassion as you would see fit, Father.  I pray that you will help me to fortify myself in you and in your word and that I might have the courage and the strength to move when you tell me to move.  That I will have the wisdom to quench not Your Ruach, Your Spirit, Father, when you descend upon me to move in my life, Father, and also that I might have the wisdom and the courage to acknowledge and right my own wrongs, Father.  I also pray that I may never deny you, that I never turn away from you, that I never disappoint you, Father.  And I know that You know if I will and if I am one that endureth not to the end for whatever reason I do not understand, I am sorry for hurting You.  Please help me to always continue in Your Paths, Father, in Your Will and in Your Way and please help me to silence and deny my fleshly desires that interfere with my following You.  Please never let me lose sight of who You are, the Creator of all things, the One who is above and in charge of all things, the Judge of all things.  Please don't ever let my faith falter in Your strength, Yah, and Your infinite wisdom, Yah, and in your promise to eventually right all wrongs.  I love You, Father, I praise You, Father, I worship You and You alone, Father.  In Yahshua's Beautiful, Merciful, Saving, Gracious, Glorious, Holy Name I pray, HalaluYah!