Treasures of Truth

“I rejoice at thy word,

as one that findeth great spoil”

Psalm 119:162

As the spoils of battle go to the victor, so the treasures of truth go to those who prevail upon the flesh by appropriating the powerful armaments found in God’s book of triumph. Proverbs 6:22-23 speaks of the bounty of hearing God’s Word outwardly and writing it upon the tablets of our hearts inwardly:

“When thou goest, it shall lead thee, when thou

sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest,

it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a

lamp; and the law a light; and reproofs of

instruction are the way of life:”

Those discovering God’s will for their lives are in His Word daily. Those whose testimonies and opportunities are preserved of God are in His Word daily. Those enjoying communion with God are in His Word daily. The headlights of Bible promises and the guardrails of Bible commandments keep us on the highway of abundant life in Christ (Prov. 13:6).

Declare war upon your fleshly lusts. Get into God’s Word and realize the spoils of the victorious Spirit-filled life!

–Tim Cruse

The Lightning Bolt of Life

Scientists tell us that lightning flashes around the world some 6,000 times per minute. Like a bolt of lightning, we are shot through this world in a flash and then gone forever.

Our lives are “a vapour, that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14). The days of our years are “soon cut off, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10). We are as “a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again” (Psalm 78:39).

Away, away, away! We are here today and gone the next; never to pass through this life again. We only get one life to count for God. This is it. We will not get another.

Away then with regret - wishing you were someone else, someplace else, doing something else. If you are doing what God wants you to do, “do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). Give who you are, where you have been and what is left of your life to that which never dies (I Peter 4:2, I John 2:15-17). You do not have to consume away and die for want of instruction (Proverbs 5:23). Listen up and take note.

Someone has said, “Life is like a coin, you can spend it any which way you wish. But, you can only spend it once.” Life is short. How are you spending the coin of your life?

Life is filled with storms. And, we know that lightning flashes brightest during the darkest storm. How bright will the flash of your life be?

–Tim Cruse

Are You Available?

"The LORD is with thee,
thou mighty man of valour."
– Judges 6:12

God oftentimes sees more in us than we see in
ourselves. While we see our own insufficiencies,
He sees His ability to do mighty things through
the lives of those who will take Him at His Word.

Gideon thought that he did not have the lineage,
the standing among men, nor the possessions to
do something eternally significant with his life.
What he learned was that God was looking for a
man who would trust Him completely to do what
only He could do through him. It was not about
ability; it was about availability of life and nobility
of character.

Many are those who have made themselves
available to defend the freedoms of our nation.
Some gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.
God give us more men and women who will make
themselves available to fulfill their duties toward
Him, their families, and our country at all cost.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service."
– Romans 12:1

– Tim Cruse

Speak Up

“Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace” -II Kings 7:9

How long has it been since you told someone how to be saved? Have you made any attempts of late to obey your Lord by declaring the good tidings of salvation by grace through faith?

The contemplations of the weightier matters of life are bearing down upon many in this day of political instability and economic uncertainty. There are people all around us that God is dealing with and are open to consider the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ.

A noted preacher once asked, “Why should anyone hear the gospel twice when there are those who have never heard it once?” God help us to shine the light of gospel knowledge to the ones who will cross our path today.

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” -Proverbs 4:18

– Tim Cruse