Waiting and Watching

My son and I are Rail Fans and my wife has caught on too.  Many times you can find us waiting at a designated spot by the railroad tracks waiting to take a picture of trains.  Mainly a steam trains and some diesels trains too.   Norhfolk Southern, CSX , Union Pacific or BNSF we like them all.  While waiting for the train to come by is what made me think about writing this blog.  The first thing you learn to do listen for the train whistle.  Then you know the train is near and you need to get your camera gear ready.  Some of the times you hear a false sound.  A car horn or a big truck horn which lets you down because you know it’s not the real thing.  Many times false prophet will make a false sound concern the coming of Christ or even the end of the world.  They will give a designated time and place then say the Lord will return.  In my years of ministry I have seen this from time to time, but we just continue on because of our love for the Lord.  To help us in our rail fanning, we decided to buy a radio scanner so that we can hear the conversation of the engineer or hear the maintenance check from a rail unit indicating no defects.  Usually a unit will be at a certain mile maker and it will sound a defect if there is a problem such as a bad wheel or ball barren.  And this helps us to get ready, meaning setting up our cameras or getting to our designated place to take a picture of the coming train.  Spiritually, I think sometimes we need to turn on a spiritual radios and raise our in antennas try to hear from signals heaven.  For God is telling us to get ready and go to our designated place then get ready to hear from Him.  What is He trying to talk to you about??

Many get the call for service confused with the call of salvation.  The Lord always calls you before He uses you.  See Noah, Abraham and Moses in the Old Testament then Peter and Paul in the New testament of the bible.  Really, the Lord’s more interested in making you a son than using you as a servant. He wants to establish a relationship with you first, and then He can use you.  And it’s during that time that He separates the men form the boys.  Besides it’s your relationship with Him that will get you through the rough and restless times.

WOW, how did I get from rail fanning to hearing and waiting on Him??  Well, they are much the same in a certain way.  With trains and the Lord we have to be watching, waiting and hearing.

Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

First call on Him today and then He will use you.

God Bless you Friend,

RevDanSam