What is tenacity? What is
stewardship over the lambs and sheep that YHVH has sent my way? What am I to do with my gifts and
callings? Let me tell you... I continue.
And that's the hardest part.
Continuing. Perseverance. Tenacity. Going on after you've already gone on. The
Apostle Paul said: "When you've done all to stand... Stand." And I
feel that way sometimes. I press on towards the higher calling in Christ Jesus.
No matter what. No matter if my best friends think I'm a freak. And they do.
I've lost friends along the way for all sorts of reasons.
I wear Tzit-tzits because
the Bible tells me to. I obey Sabbath because the Bible tells me to. I think
the earth is flat. Seriously. Why? Again... Because the Bible tells me that it
is. And that's a matter for hatred and revision right there. Christians think
I'm nuts, Torah people think I'm nuts... And regular folk think I'm
certifiable. But guess what? I persevere. The Bible calls it: "Long
Suffering."
As a child my father had me
memorize Psalms chapter one. Do you know what it says? You should read it.
Basically it says that if i think about Torah all day long I will be
successful. That if I meditate on it, ponder it, think on it, I will succeed.
And guess what happens when you think about The Word all day? You start falling
in love with the Creator of the Word. Remember John chapter one? The Word
became flesh. The Torah became alive and dwelt among men. That's awesome.
So I don't give up because
of Jesus. I love Him. He's my favorite. He's my only. He's my home. Look...
When you've had fame and disappointment and get reviled by other authors you
know personally it sucks. I've been famous. It lasted a couple of seconds and
then it was gone. I got thru it. And then I got famous again, and then that was
gone. Fame can't feed you. Fame can't get you thru the night. Fame is fleeting.
It's ugly, and even sinful.
But guess what remains?
Humility. People remember humility in times of grief and hardship and suffering
and loss. And I totally respect those who are in grief because they call me
when they don't know anyone else to call. They know I love them and they know
I'm kind of a hard-ass about morality but they know that I stand for something
that they don't understand... They know I have an anchor.
It's not the world or the
things in the world. I don't submit to the things of this world. I submit to
God, and because He wants me to obey authority, by submitting to Him, then I submit
to God. I'm not open minded. I'm a bond slave to Christ. I'm not a free
thinker. I'm a bond slave to Christ. I'm racist. As a matter of fact, I'm the
most racist person that I know. Why? Because the Metaphysical Reborn are not
carnal Mudmen and Spare-ribs anymore. We have had our heart of stone replaced
with a heart of flesh. No, I’m not a bigot. Mankind is only divided into the
lost and the saved. Those are the races of men.
Sorry, probably some of that
went over your head. But guess what? When you have the Spirit of the
Intelligent Designer living inside of you, He will teach you in all things. So
feel free to ignore the ramblings of that "One Pauly Hart Dude" if
you must, but do this: Believe me when I tell you that I believe in the Bible
and the Creator of the whole cosmos SO MUCH that I would be willing to die for
my faith.
That's right, you heard me
correctly. Look. Genesis 6:3 says that I can live to be 120 years old, so
that's cool. But I tell you what, if Hillary Clinton and the whole of the
Arkansas Cocaine Mafia comes after me to martyr me for my love of Jesus, then
TO DIE IS GAIN. It's not that I have a death wish or anything... I will never
commit suicide. Mark my words, and I'll say it again. I will never do anything
stupid like rob a bank or touch little girls or blow up an abortion clinic or
go against the ethos of holiness that God himself directs me in.
And that's why they may come
and martyr me. Not because I'm evil, but because I'm righteous. Blessed am I
when they revile me for His name's sake. Amen. And like I was saying, my
friends don't agree with me. They don't. My family doesn't either. Oh they may say that they believe and shed a few hot
tears in their mega-buildings on Sunday mornings after the "tithe" is
taken up and a really emotional song is sung by an overweight ethnic woman...
But is that "Christianity?" No.
Look, when your brother,
father, and all your family think your insane... When the co-authors of the
book you wrote together revile you... you keep writing flat earth books.
Tenacity man. That's what it takes man. Tenacity. The only way we who are
reborn into Christ and are grafted into the vine can be defeated is when we
quit. I will say it again. The only way we lose is when we quit. Let that sink
in because there will come times where you feel like shit. There will come
times when you feel like a dog in heat. But persevere.
When you're drunk - pray.
When you're afraid - pray. When you're horny - pray. When you're high - pray.
Be sober minded and alert and awake and obey the commandments that Jesus
taught. Obey like Daniel did. Obey like Josiah did. Obey like Paul did. Obey.
Do you know why? Because to obey is better than sacrifice. That's what Samuel
said to Saul and then had to cut off the nasty old head of Agag because Saul
had misplaced His obedience and let his own plan get in the way.
Even in success, things get
tempting. That's why fame sucks. That's why fame is horrible. You want to know
something? It's easier for a famous man to get thru the eye of a needle than it
is for him to enter into the kingdom of God. So let the pulpits and lecterns be
filled with the self-righteous. Let them swarm to them like wasps to honey. Let
them play their tambourines and their pipes in the marketplaces and make their
prayers loud. I will go into my closet and pray until I burst the capillaries
in my forehead for their repentance.
The axe is laid at the root
already, for every tree that bears not fruit will be cut down and thrown into
the fire. So what should you do? Repent. Turn back to your God, turn back to
the one you forsook. Return to your first love. Return to that place at Summer
Camp where you gave your heart to Him for the very first time with tears in
your eyes and your friends sweaty hugs.
What is tenacity? What is it
that drives me? What is the calling of God in my heart so loud that I cannot
help but to tell people that Jesus loves them and has a plan for their lives?
It's the overflow. The loving living purifying pater of the precious Holy
Spirit of God. It's Jesus alive on the inside. It's love that drives me. Love
makes me tenacious.
- Pauly Hart
8/16/2019 1:15am