In the beginning, I was
going to reflect on some notes I picked up from Jesse Bering. You
can find him on line and twitter and all over the place. He did a bit
of research about liars and he came up with some great conclusions.
Jesse is a research psychologist who enjoys human behavior. With us
being in the heat of the political season, I found Jesse’s writings
very interesting. However, I also found that he is so thorough that
he is easy to plagiarize and that means difficult to place my own
thought provoking content without mentioning everything is attributed
back to Mr. Bering. You might want to use Goodsearch and look up
Bering in Mind.
So, since I am not going
to throw my thoughts on paper about politicians and their ability to
tell us what we want to hear, and how we know they are lying but we
like the sounds of it, then I’ll move on to other thoughts. (Did
that perk your curiosity to go search for Jesse? If so, find “18
Attributes of Highly Effective Liars”).
There has been a bit of
heightened interest in Purim this year and much written on the topic.
We are loaded with parodies for celebration songs and it seems
everyone has a viewpoint on why so many of us are so taken up in the
thoughts of Esther and Mordecai. Instead of preaching to the choir
about the story of Esther, which if you haven’t read it by now,
shame on you! Why not mark your place on this post and read it. It
is much more historic and meaningful than anything I can pen to
paper. (Trying not to sound like a highly effective liar…hard to
tell some of them, they are so practiced)
Instead of the lessons of
Esther, lets put Esther with us in the room today. In front of you
is a beautiful (judgmental) young lady (I was judgmental, not
Esther) who used the gifts YHVH gave her to behave as Torah directs.
Someone says, “Esther, you most certainly love your neighbor as
yourself.” And she nods with an affirmative nod. She liked and
must have agreed with what was said. I don’t think she took it to
be lying.
[Very
difficult to write and justify everything we say. I
am going to stop the explanations and justification and I will just
take for granted that you researched Jesse’ writings and are
smiling to yourself…we don’t know who is telling the truth..we
only know what we know and if what we hear does not disagree with our
internal data, then they are all honest. But what if someone lied to
us from birth?]
This week the world sat
and watched Esther and Mordecai. We did not see Haman but he was the
topic of discussion. A fascinating event took place during their
visit. Mordecai gave Esther a book to read. The name of the book
is: Book of Esther. (See: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/07/netanyhus-book-of-esther-gift-for-obama-a-pointed-reminder-of-iran-threat/ ) So this tells me that during this meeting,
Mordecai was educating the fair one, the one who could charm the
steel nuts off a rusted bridge. Lessons had to be learned. The life
of the world as we know it is at stake. Should Esther not grasp the
gravity of the situation, then Mordecai and Esther may end up being
killed along with thousands upon thousands others.
In my mental travels this
week, Mordecai promised Esther that if she was unable, or not
willing, to denounce Haman, then he would stray from the original
text, and he would do what he could for his people to survive.
Folks, we are living in a very tempestuous world. We are able to see
the Word uncovered before our very eyes. I have heard from some who
want to run to the woods and hide. I have heard from some who want
to stand strong and stand up straight for what is right. Along the
way I even read with great intense that a Jew doesn’t bow. We may
not consider ourselves Jews, but let us not break the bond of
returning to His Covenant. We are, should we choose, Israelites. We
have, if we choose, been permitted to grab hold of the hem of the
garment. We bow only to one God. YHVH,
T’zvaot. The Great Compassionate Elohim.
We are His, He is our El Shaddai.
Abraham called on the Name of YHVH before our Creator proclaimed
Himself in front of Moses in Exodus 33:19 and 34:5.
When we call on the Name
of YHVH, we are worshiping Him. He takes joy in our recognizing who
He is and Why He is in our life. Through this joy we gain strength
to stand strong. He asks us to be Priests of Israel. To do so, we
must minister in His Name. (Deut. 18;5 and 21:5) As believers, we
gather in His Name. Our prayers are made in His Name. Salvation
only comes through Him. To make it even easier for us to understand
His Greatness, He sent us His Son to be a mediator for us. He
permits us to Worship Him through Yahshua, the Messiah. Yahshua
reminds us that He came only for the lost sheep of Israel. Yahshua
reminds us He only says and does what His Father instructed. He
wants us to do the same. Yahshua’s Father is our Father. One and
the same. And so every knee will bow and every tongue confess that
Yahshua is our Master and King; the manifest Glory of YHVH Elohim.
In the beginning the
intent of this blog was to expose the attributes of a skillful liar.
Big deal. What about the attributes of YHVH? YHVH
Yireh: YHVH will provide; YHVH
Nissi: YHVH is my banner. He is the rallying
point and the one who ensures victory. YHVH
Shalom: YHVH is Peace; YHVH
T’zvaot: YHVH of Hosts. The Commander in
Chief; YHVH M'kaddeshim: YHVH
the Sanctifier, setting believers apart for His purposes; YHVH
Ro’i; YHVH our Shepherd; YHVH
Tzidkenu: YHVH our Righteousness; YHVH
Shammah: YHVH is there, present in the
millennial kingdom; YHVH Elohim Israel:
YHVH, the Lord, the God of Israel. The God of all gods. El
Shaddai: God Almighty, no one and nothing is
mightier; El Elyon;
the Most High God; His strength, sovereignty, and supremacy is
greater than all; El Olam:
The Everlasting God; He does not change, The same yesterday, today
and tomorrow. From the beginning until the end. He will be there.
Let us then not focus on
the liars and imposters around us. Let us focus on Him and Him
alone. He is our King…we bow only to Him.
Shalom with Love
Pinchas,
a/k/a Frankly
Speaking All the Time
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