I’m not perfect by long shot!
But I’m still striving for perfection, and I’ll never stop!
I see perfection like a definitive line that cannot be crossed!
And every time I get close to it, I suffer much loss!
I am certainly not a stranger to sin!
My patience is used to losing before it wins!
I see life like a relay race, and I’m just passing the baton!
Even if I don’t cross the finish line, my faith has already won!
I am on a life journey seeking after my heart’s desire!
I am the fire brand, that’s been plucked from the midst of the fire!
I was once a gangster disciple who played on the enemy’s field!
Now I’m God’s disciples, and now we playing the game of life for real!
I played the game of checkers while the enemy played chess with my fate!
Now I’m playing chess with GOD on my side, and we just waiting to checkmate!
Now I know all the moves of the enemy, because I once carried his name!
Now I’m on the other side of the fence, and with GOD we have changed the game!
I’m constantly surrounded by false brothers, fake friends, and false lovers, to my own regret!
But I see them clearly, and I bear this burden, for I know I’m a threat!~
I am not perfect by a long shot, and all my righteousness is like filthy rags, compared to my heart’s desire!~
I’m just a firebrand, that’s been plucked out the midst of the fire!
But I am everything my JESUS/GOD says I am in him!~
A Psalm of, A Firebrand That’s Been Plucked Out the Fire, By Reese Kemp
(ZACHARIAH 3:1-5) Now Joshua was clothed with filthy clothing, and stood before the angel.
And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy clothing from him.
And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with change of clothing.
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with clothing.
And the angel of the Lord stood by.
And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
Thus says the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you places to walk among these that stand by.
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit before you: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
In that day, says the Lord of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
PEOPLE, WHEN YOU COME TO KNOW GOD THROUGH THE REVELATION KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST, THEN ALL THE SCRIPTURES BECOME THE LIVING WORD OF GOD FOR YOU, AND THE WORD OF GOD BECOMES PERSONAL FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT STARTS TO SPEAK TO YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL!~
WHEN I GO THROUGH MY OWN TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND SUFFERINGS OF LIFE, THEN I PROPHECY THE WORD OF GOD TO MYSELF, WHETHER I WRITE IT, SPEAK IT, PROPHECY IT, OR MAKE IT POETRY, I KNOW HOW TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF IN THE LORD!~
“HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE YOURSELF?”