THE EQUALIZER

Good Morning...Afternoon...Evening...depending on when you are Rambling.

Imagine picking up a copy of your newspaper and going to the want ads...and reading this..."Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer. 212 555-4200." Now if you had a problem and the odds were against you...you might be inclined to pick up the phone and call this ficticious telephone number. This was from a television show that ran from 1985-89 called THE EQUALIZER. It starred a British actor named Edward Woodard. He played a retired espionage agent named Robert McCall who goes into private investigation. He was known as a "CHAMPION OF THE UNDERDOG." He would take on cases where the courts and police had failed to BRING JUSTICE by CONVENTIONAL MEANS.

Woodard played a similar character in the U.K....a British spy called David Callan. Both characters were motivated by atoning for their past sins and make amends to ease their conscience of past deceitfulness. THE EQUALIZER is one of my favorite T.V. shows.

An EQUALIZER...is a tool used by sound engineers to bring BALANCE and quality to various aspects of recording. An equalizer can be used to adjust the tonal quality of music by adjusting the bass...the treble...bring in and out the highs and lows...take out missed notes...put in correct notes...lower the back up singers...accentuate the positive and dampen the negative...to the point that what was originally laid down in a recording session...may be totally different than the finished product. It can take the BAD.. EQUALIZE it...and make it GOOD.

In 1970...and even today in 2007...I need an EQUALIZER. I have tried the conventional methods. Multiple self-help gurus and methods. Self-realization bring you to the point that you REALIZE that your SELF is not so good. The concept of I'M OK...YOUR OK...becomes I'M NOT OK...AND YOU STINK. In the 60's the line of reason was peace, love, and rock and roll. Drugs...alcohol and sex were temporary numbing agents...fun while they lasted...but when you came down to reality...you are still faced with yourself...and LONLINESS. It's kind of like going to Hooters...and believing that the waitress is flashing her boobs and her smile at you for anything other than a tip. Here's your tip...WAKE UP! The concept of if you can't be with the one you love...honey love the one you're with...turned into social disease, unwanted pregnancy, and hate for "the man". I've quoted it before but the concept of FREE LOVE...ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...LOVE IN... turned sour because the LOVE was based on what you could get...and once that changed...the LOVE changed. As Larry Norman wrote in his song READERS DIGEST..."The Beatles said all you need is love....and then the broke up."


GOT A PROBLEM? ODDS AGAINST YOU? CALL THE EQUALIZER! Call...Jeremiah 33:3 "CALL to Me...and I will answer you...and I will tell you great and might things, which you do not know." Call from anywhere in the world. It is long distance..unless you are in Jerusalem...where it is a local call. (sorry...old joke).

On one side...of the great chasm...is GOD...on the other side is YOU. On the you side is SIN...on the GOD side is RIGHTEOUSNESS. Sin puts us out of BALANCE...we need to be EQUALIZED.

EQUALIZER SCRIPTURES (with ruminating commentary in parenthesis)

"Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin (unbalance) entered into the world, and death through sin (cause and effect), and so death spread to all men...because all sinned." (Romans 5:12)

"As it is written, there is NONE (nada, zero, zilch, goose egg) righteous...not even one." (Romans 3:10)

"For ALL (from Rodney Boyd to Billy Graham to the Pope to Hitler) have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)

"For the WAGES (what I earn and deserve) of sin is DEATH...BUT the free gift (what I don't earn and don't deserve) of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once (not a cyclical, reincarnated Karma Karnival), and after this comes judgement. (based on what I deserve)" (Hebrews 9:27)

"For by GRACE have you been SAVED through FAITH and that not of YOURSELVES...it is the GIFT OF GOD...NOT as a result of WORKS (what you can do)...that no one should boast (say...I deserve salvation)" (Ephesians 2:8-10)

"He saved us...NOT on the BASIS of deeds that we have done in righteousness...BUT according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit." (Titus 3:5)

"But as many as RECEIVED (versus reject) Him...to them He gave the RIGHT to become children of God...even to those who BELIEVE in His name...who were born not of blood (natural birth)...nor of the will of man (self-realization)...BUT OF GOD (His plan=D.B.R.) (John 1:12)

"For Christ also died for sins...ONCE FOR ALL...the JUST (Jesus)...for the UNJUST (you and me)..IN ORDER (the reason for the D.B.R.)...that He might bring us to God ( THE EQUALIZER)..having been put to death in the flesh (the cross)...but made alive in the spirit (resurrection)." (I Peter 3:18)

"For the love of Christ controls us...having concluded this...that one died (Jesus) for all (the world)... therefore all died; and He (Jesus) died for all...that they who live should no longer live for themselves... but for Him who died...and rose again on their behalf (THE EQUALIZER)." (II Corinthians 2:14,15)

"That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord...and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead...you shall be saved...for with the heart man believes...resulting in righteousness...and with the mouth he confesses...resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:9,10)

"For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13)

"So faith comes from hearing...and hearing by the word of Christ." (Romans 10:19)

"For God so loved the world (you and me) that He gave (a free, undeserved gift) His only begotten Son (Jesus)...that whosoever (it's a choice and open for anyone) believes in Him (the D.B.R.) should not perish (THE EQUALIZATION) but have everlasting life (versus death)." (John 3:16)

Well...these are just a few of the verses...that brought me to the point of EQUALIZATION. I was out of BALANCE...and needed an EQUALIZER...and that EQUALIZER is named JESUS. He HUNG in the BALANCE between heaven and earth...between the glory and the flame...between me and God...and EQUALIZED the ENMITY (being out of balance...enemies ) between me and God. It ain't ying and yang...but it is sinner to God.

Thanks for Rambling with me...I appreciate the kind words that you write back with. If I can ever be of assistance...I'm here for you.

Love and Equalized Kisses
Rod "Lovin' You" Boyd