Psalms 145:1-3 (ESV)
"1 I will extol you, my GOD and KING, and bless YOUR name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless YOU and praise YOUR name forever and ever.
3 "GREAT IS THE LORD", and greatly to be praised, and HIS greatness is unsearchable.
Every now and then I sit in amazement of the world we live in. The two paragraphs below testify just how grandiose our universe is, and all GOD had to do was SPEAK it into existence! Read below these two paragraphs from scientists explaining how precise the earth must rotate around the sun for us to survive:
""You might be surprised to know that a spot on the surface of the Earth is moving at 1675 km/h or 465 meters/second. That’s 1,040 miles/hour. Just think, for every second, you’re moving almost half a kilometer through space, and you don’t even feel it.""
""Earth's average orbital speed is about 30 kilometers per second. In other units, that's about 19 miles per second, or 67,000 miles per hour, or 110,000 kilometers per hour (110 million meters per hour).""
To understand that even though I am sitting still right now typing this, yet still I am moving 19 miles per second on a globe that is spinning over 1,000 miles per hour, all without getting out of timing in the slightest is incomprehensible! Yet, we seem to doubt that GOD is in control of the happenings of our finances, our nation, and world! How about how GOD makes plants and trees to provide oxygen, which we NEED to survive? Yet, we accept this unexplainable?!?
"GREAT IS THE LORD" is such an understatement! The passage above is actually a song written by King David over 3,000 years ago. GOD says HE "will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known" in Jeremiah 33:3! Whenever we run into what we see as being a problem, we need to remember that GOD controls the earth on its axis! HE can certainly handle my small problems, no matter how monumental they appear to me! My world is rather small compared to the earth spinning at over 1,000 MPH and moving at 67,000 MPH! Why don't we trust GOD with our lives? After all, "GREAT IS THE LORD"!!!
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
"CREATED FOR MY GLORY!"
Isaiah 43:1-7 (ESV)
"1 But now thus says the LORD, HE who created you, O Jacob, HE who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are MINE.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
3 For I AM the LORD your GOD, the HOLY ONE of Israel, your SAVIOR. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in MY eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring MY sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,
7 everyone who is called by MY name, whom I "CREATED FOR MY GLORY", whom I formed and made."
Recently the fellowship I attend watched a sermon from Matt Chandler entitled "GOD is for GOD". The sermon basically said we were not created so GOD could lavish HIS blessings upon us and make us desire to praise HIM for HIS blessings. GOD created us to magnify and exalt HIS Name and character, to shine (reflect) HIS Light for a lost and dying world to see, not so HE could demonstrate how much HE could help us adapt to "this world"! We are "sojourners" (defined as: a temporary stay:) in a foreign land, not homesteaders trying to wiggle our way into this evil society.
In the mid-1990's, I was in a position where GOD had my full attention! Switching to a property and casualty insurance agency from a life insurance only agency, there was an immense lack of knowledge, although I would never have admitted it the time. There were things I couldn't SEE (Ephesians 1:18) and I wouldn't slow down long enough for GOD to reveal them to me. Visiting a county park one day, I stumbled across Isaiah 43:2 and it was as if GOD HIMSELF was speaking directly to me. The floods have gotten pretty deep, and the fires have gotten extremely hot, but GOD has always been right there to protect me. HIS methods were rather severe at times, but HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL!!! But it seemed I was continually wanting to see what GOD was going to do for me, instead of what I could do for HIM.
While listening to Matt Chandler speak recently, I was almost taken aback when he said that we were "CREATED FOR MY GLORY"! Although I KNEW GOD had CREATED US for HIS GLORY, there are so many self-proclaimed "preachers" these days teaching that GOD is here for our pleasure that hearing the TRUTH is akin to jumping into an ice cold swimming pool! GOD isn't looking for someone who can wear the finest clothes, or drive the most spectacular automobile, nor fly the biggest jet! No, GOD is making a few good men who will be obedient to HIM and follow the leadership of the HOLY SPIRIT in the daily walk with HIM!
GOD has placed a vision in my heart of where I believe HE wants me to go, for HIS Glory. While it is my "nature" (what my natural man desires) to implement HIS Plan in the next few days, I understand that I am "CREATED FOR HIS GLORY" and if I have to suffer for awhile, (1 Peter 5:10b) GOD "WHO has called you to his eternal glory in CHRIST, will HIMSELF restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you" in HIS timing! After all, it is NOT about what I "think" is best for me. I was "CREATED FOR HIS GLORY" and not for my pleasure!
"1 But now thus says the LORD, HE who created you, O Jacob, HE who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are MINE.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
3 For I AM the LORD your GOD, the HOLY ONE of Israel, your SAVIOR. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in MY eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring MY sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,
7 everyone who is called by MY name, whom I "CREATED FOR MY GLORY", whom I formed and made."
Recently the fellowship I attend watched a sermon from Matt Chandler entitled "GOD is for GOD". The sermon basically said we were not created so GOD could lavish HIS blessings upon us and make us desire to praise HIM for HIS blessings. GOD created us to magnify and exalt HIS Name and character, to shine (reflect) HIS Light for a lost and dying world to see, not so HE could demonstrate how much HE could help us adapt to "this world"! We are "sojourners" (defined as: a temporary stay:) in a foreign land, not homesteaders trying to wiggle our way into this evil society.
In the mid-1990's, I was in a position where GOD had my full attention! Switching to a property and casualty insurance agency from a life insurance only agency, there was an immense lack of knowledge, although I would never have admitted it the time. There were things I couldn't SEE (Ephesians 1:18) and I wouldn't slow down long enough for GOD to reveal them to me. Visiting a county park one day, I stumbled across Isaiah 43:2 and it was as if GOD HIMSELF was speaking directly to me. The floods have gotten pretty deep, and the fires have gotten extremely hot, but GOD has always been right there to protect me. HIS methods were rather severe at times, but HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL!!! But it seemed I was continually wanting to see what GOD was going to do for me, instead of what I could do for HIM.
While listening to Matt Chandler speak recently, I was almost taken aback when he said that we were "CREATED FOR MY GLORY"! Although I KNEW GOD had CREATED US for HIS GLORY, there are so many self-proclaimed "preachers" these days teaching that GOD is here for our pleasure that hearing the TRUTH is akin to jumping into an ice cold swimming pool! GOD isn't looking for someone who can wear the finest clothes, or drive the most spectacular automobile, nor fly the biggest jet! No, GOD is making a few good men who will be obedient to HIM and follow the leadership of the HOLY SPIRIT in the daily walk with HIM!
GOD has placed a vision in my heart of where I believe HE wants me to go, for HIS Glory. While it is my "nature" (what my natural man desires) to implement HIS Plan in the next few days, I understand that I am "CREATED FOR HIS GLORY" and if I have to suffer for awhile, (1 Peter 5:10b) GOD "WHO has called you to his eternal glory in CHRIST, will HIMSELF restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you" in HIS timing! After all, it is NOT about what I "think" is best for me. I was "CREATED FOR HIS GLORY" and not for my pleasure!
Friday, October 7, 2016
"WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE!"
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (ESV)
"3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.
4 FOR THE "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" ARE NOT OF THE FLESH but have DIVINE POWER to DESTROY strongholds.
5 WE DESTROY ARGUMENTS and every lofty opinion raised AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and take every thought captive TO OBEY CHRIST,
6 being ready to PUNISH every DISOBEDIENCE, when your OBEDIENCE is COMPLETE."
Sometimes, okay MOST of the time, I find myself "speed reading" through scripture, not giving the words time to sink in and take root in my life so that my life can be changed for the glory of GOD. When GOD speaks, am I moving at a pace that I can even hear HIM? Do I "really" want to hear from GOD AND change my life to be transformed to HIS Plan, or do I really want HIM to conform to things in my mind???
When I SLOW DOWN and allow GOD to gently seep into the crevices of my mind and begin to transform my life, the peace and contentment are something that I don't have the words to write about. Knowing the CREATOR of the universe desires to have an intimate relationship with me it humbles me to no end. There is nothing that I could have done, or I could ever do, to make myself worthy of such an honor to be "chosen" by HIM, it is all because of HIS AMAZING GRACE!
Now since I have this MARVELOUS relationship with GOD, one that is beyond words, why do I allow the enemy to drag me into the depths of doubt and depression? The scriptures above inform us "FOR THE "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" ARE NOT OF THE FLESH but have DIVINE POWER to DESTROY strongholds". Once we are born-again GOD could just take us to Heaven and worship HIM for eternity. But in HIS master Plan, HE chose to leave us here to be tools HE can use for HIS Glory!
Since the "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" are not of flesh and blood, we sometimes have a misconception about what we "HAVE" in our arsenal. Scripture says (Ephesians 5:10-20) that we literally have The SPIRIT of JESUS (John 27:23) living inside of us, and satan had all he wants of JESUS at Calvary! Sometimes I have to be reminded of who I NOW am, and have to remind the enemy of who he is! The "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" have already defeated our foe, we don't need to wallow in the mud and mire of defeat (depression), but live in celebration of the victory JESUS provides!!!
"3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.
4 FOR THE "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" ARE NOT OF THE FLESH but have DIVINE POWER to DESTROY strongholds.
5 WE DESTROY ARGUMENTS and every lofty opinion raised AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and take every thought captive TO OBEY CHRIST,
6 being ready to PUNISH every DISOBEDIENCE, when your OBEDIENCE is COMPLETE."
Sometimes, okay MOST of the time, I find myself "speed reading" through scripture, not giving the words time to sink in and take root in my life so that my life can be changed for the glory of GOD. When GOD speaks, am I moving at a pace that I can even hear HIM? Do I "really" want to hear from GOD AND change my life to be transformed to HIS Plan, or do I really want HIM to conform to things in my mind???
When I SLOW DOWN and allow GOD to gently seep into the crevices of my mind and begin to transform my life, the peace and contentment are something that I don't have the words to write about. Knowing the CREATOR of the universe desires to have an intimate relationship with me it humbles me to no end. There is nothing that I could have done, or I could ever do, to make myself worthy of such an honor to be "chosen" by HIM, it is all because of HIS AMAZING GRACE!
Now since I have this MARVELOUS relationship with GOD, one that is beyond words, why do I allow the enemy to drag me into the depths of doubt and depression? The scriptures above inform us "FOR THE "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" ARE NOT OF THE FLESH but have DIVINE POWER to DESTROY strongholds". Once we are born-again GOD could just take us to Heaven and worship HIM for eternity. But in HIS master Plan, HE chose to leave us here to be tools HE can use for HIS Glory!
Since the "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" are not of flesh and blood, we sometimes have a misconception about what we "HAVE" in our arsenal. Scripture says (Ephesians 5:10-20) that we literally have The SPIRIT of JESUS (John 27:23) living inside of us, and satan had all he wants of JESUS at Calvary! Sometimes I have to be reminded of who I NOW am, and have to remind the enemy of who he is! The "WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE" have already defeated our foe, we don't need to wallow in the mud and mire of defeat (depression), but live in celebration of the victory JESUS provides!!!
Thursday, October 6, 2016
"THE PEOPLE GROAN!"
Proverbs 29:1-2 (ESV)
"1 He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, "THE PEOPLE GROAN!""
The HOLY BIBLE is not just a book with righteous suggestions on how good people might live their lives for things to go better in their lives. As a matter of fact, JESUS said in John 16:33 that "....In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." The HOLY BIBLE is akin to a roadmap given to us by our CREATOR to guide our steps through life's "valley of the shadow of death's" so we can endure until HE calls us Home!
There are times, just as in 1 Samuel 8:7, GOD shows creation "And the LORD said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected ME from being king over them." Rejecting GOD is is a dangerous position to find oneself in. We can do that which we think is best, but Proverbs 14:12 reminds us "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to DEATH!" Unless we "walk by FAITH" we are doomed from the beginning, continuously trying to get somewhere, but we have no idea on where we are going?
What should we be looking for in a leader? Does GOD give us what we should look for in a person who is Spiritually qualified to lead HIS people? James 4:6 lets us know "GOD opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Maybe we should not try to find someone who is successful in the eyes of "this world", but look for someone who seeks GOD's guidance in their personal life, therefore they know how to seek HIS guidance for our country! We can CHOOSE the kind of leader we THINK will be best, or we can let GOD guide us and trust HIM with the results.
America may have been founded on Judeo-Christian values, but we are rapidly abandoning those precepts and resorting to "a way that seems right to a man"! Everybody likes it when things are going smoothly and prosperous. But let things continue down this road we are traveling and you will see "THE PEOPLE GROAN"! That is not a pessimistic guess, that is reading what the WORD of GOD says!!
"1 He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, "THE PEOPLE GROAN!""
The HOLY BIBLE is not just a book with righteous suggestions on how good people might live their lives for things to go better in their lives. As a matter of fact, JESUS said in John 16:33 that "....In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." The HOLY BIBLE is akin to a roadmap given to us by our CREATOR to guide our steps through life's "valley of the shadow of death's" so we can endure until HE calls us Home!
There are times, just as in 1 Samuel 8:7, GOD shows creation "And the LORD said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected ME from being king over them." Rejecting GOD is is a dangerous position to find oneself in. We can do that which we think is best, but Proverbs 14:12 reminds us "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to DEATH!" Unless we "walk by FAITH" we are doomed from the beginning, continuously trying to get somewhere, but we have no idea on where we are going?
What should we be looking for in a leader? Does GOD give us what we should look for in a person who is Spiritually qualified to lead HIS people? James 4:6 lets us know "GOD opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Maybe we should not try to find someone who is successful in the eyes of "this world", but look for someone who seeks GOD's guidance in their personal life, therefore they know how to seek HIS guidance for our country! We can CHOOSE the kind of leader we THINK will be best, or we can let GOD guide us and trust HIM with the results.
America may have been founded on Judeo-Christian values, but we are rapidly abandoning those precepts and resorting to "a way that seems right to a man"! Everybody likes it when things are going smoothly and prosperous. But let things continue down this road we are traveling and you will see "THE PEOPLE GROAN"! That is not a pessimistic guess, that is reading what the WORD of GOD says!!
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
"DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT!"
Daniel 8:24-27 (ESV)
"24 His power shall be great-but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints.
25 BY HIS CUNNING HE SHALL MAKE DECEIT PROSPER UNDER HIS HAND, AND IN HIS MIND HE SHALL BECOME GREAT. WITHOUT WARNING HE SHALL DESTROY MANY. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken-but by no human hand.
26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been told is true, but seal up and the vision, FOR IT REFERS TO MANY DAYS FROM NOW."
27 And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision and "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"."
Like a few of us today, Daniel was a child of GOD who was blessed by obeying whatever he was commanded to do by the LORD. Daniel was not perfect, but he communed with the LORD with his life, and his Spirit was troubled when he could not grip what he was being told. Most of us remember that Daniel was even cast into the lions den for refusing to pray to the King at that time. But Daniel wasn't just obedient in the face of being sentenced to the lions den, he remained obedient even when he "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"!
Daniel was born about 600-625 BC, over 2,500 years ago. He had the dream written about in the scriptures above, and even had the Angel Gabriel interpret it for him (Daniel 8:16)! However, Daniel could make no sense out of the dream, even with Gabriel interpreting it. And that delay in interpretation may be better understood when we read in verse 26 that "IT REFERS TO MANY DAYS FROM NOW". Could MANY DAYS from now be upon us? Could the DECEIT that makes people prosper be at hand. Does the portion of the verse that says "AND IN HIS MIND HE SHALL BECOME GREAT. WITHOUT WARNING HE SHALL DESTROY MANY" sound familiar?
The same GOD WHO gave the vision to Daniel still speaks today. Could it be the MANY DAYS FROM NOW is upon us and the deceit from the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD has become so rampant and vicious that some cannot believe it. Maybe HE is telling us that UNLESS we SLOW DOWN, and know that HE is GOD, we will continue being taken advantage of by the devil and his minions? It could be that we are in the last of the LAST DAYS, and like water going down a drain, the vortex will take much of us with it?
In Daniel 8:25 it says "His power shall be great-but not by his own power;". Might it be that mankind has become so caught up with the busyness of "this world" that GOD has withdrawn enough of HIS protection from us that we are experiencing a glimpse of what life without HIM will be like? When the HOLY BIBLE continually tells us to "trust in the LORD", it isn't just a suggestion to keep us under HIS thumb, rather a loving GOD WHO desires to protect us even when we "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"!!!
"24 His power shall be great-but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints.
25 BY HIS CUNNING HE SHALL MAKE DECEIT PROSPER UNDER HIS HAND, AND IN HIS MIND HE SHALL BECOME GREAT. WITHOUT WARNING HE SHALL DESTROY MANY. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken-but by no human hand.
26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been told is true, but seal up and the vision, FOR IT REFERS TO MANY DAYS FROM NOW."
27 And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision and "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"."
Like a few of us today, Daniel was a child of GOD who was blessed by obeying whatever he was commanded to do by the LORD. Daniel was not perfect, but he communed with the LORD with his life, and his Spirit was troubled when he could not grip what he was being told. Most of us remember that Daniel was even cast into the lions den for refusing to pray to the King at that time. But Daniel wasn't just obedient in the face of being sentenced to the lions den, he remained obedient even when he "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"!
Daniel was born about 600-625 BC, over 2,500 years ago. He had the dream written about in the scriptures above, and even had the Angel Gabriel interpret it for him (Daniel 8:16)! However, Daniel could make no sense out of the dream, even with Gabriel interpreting it. And that delay in interpretation may be better understood when we read in verse 26 that "IT REFERS TO MANY DAYS FROM NOW". Could MANY DAYS from now be upon us? Could the DECEIT that makes people prosper be at hand. Does the portion of the verse that says "AND IN HIS MIND HE SHALL BECOME GREAT. WITHOUT WARNING HE SHALL DESTROY MANY" sound familiar?
The same GOD WHO gave the vision to Daniel still speaks today. Could it be the MANY DAYS FROM NOW is upon us and the deceit from the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD has become so rampant and vicious that some cannot believe it. Maybe HE is telling us that UNLESS we SLOW DOWN, and know that HE is GOD, we will continue being taken advantage of by the devil and his minions? It could be that we are in the last of the LAST DAYS, and like water going down a drain, the vortex will take much of us with it?
In Daniel 8:25 it says "His power shall be great-but not by his own power;". Might it be that mankind has become so caught up with the busyness of "this world" that GOD has withdrawn enough of HIS protection from us that we are experiencing a glimpse of what life without HIM will be like? When the HOLY BIBLE continually tells us to "trust in the LORD", it isn't just a suggestion to keep us under HIS thumb, rather a loving GOD WHO desires to protect us even when we "DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT"!!!
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
"BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD!"
Psalms 46:10 (KJV)
"BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD": I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."
A few days ago I was led by the SPIRIT to write about JESUS being led by the SPIRIT to go into the wilderness in Matthew 4:1. This morning while praying about where in scripture I should study this morning, I saw a lady speaking about how time seems to go by faster the older we get. My mind then went back to JESUS being led by the SPIRIT to go to wilderness again. Could it be that the SPIRIT was leading JESUS into the wilderness so that HE could "BE STILL"? The SPIRIT had to have known how much pressure would be put on the schedule of JESUS in the near future. The SPIRIT also knew the CRITICAL IMPORTANCE of being STILL, AND KNOWING GOD WAS GOD!
GOD is going to be exalted! Whether it is the "heathen", or the entire "earth". JESUS said in Luke 19:40 that "even the rocks would cry out" when the Pharisees complained about the way people were celebrating JESUS. Romans 14:11 says "For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, EVERY knee shall bow to ME, and EVERY tongue shall confess to GOD". No one will have an option on THAT day!
The enemy is spoken about by JESUS in John 14:30 as "the prince of this world". Satan keeps our world spinning at such a pace where we can't acknowledge GOD the FATHER , JESUS the SON, nor the HOLY SPIRIT for WHO they really are, the CREATOR and sustainer of LIFE! The choice is ours. We can either "BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" now, or we can wait until "EVERY knee shall bow to ME, and EVERY tongue shall confess to GOD"! I choose to "BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"!
"BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD": I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."
A few days ago I was led by the SPIRIT to write about JESUS being led by the SPIRIT to go into the wilderness in Matthew 4:1. This morning while praying about where in scripture I should study this morning, I saw a lady speaking about how time seems to go by faster the older we get. My mind then went back to JESUS being led by the SPIRIT to go to wilderness again. Could it be that the SPIRIT was leading JESUS into the wilderness so that HE could "BE STILL"? The SPIRIT had to have known how much pressure would be put on the schedule of JESUS in the near future. The SPIRIT also knew the CRITICAL IMPORTANCE of being STILL, AND KNOWING GOD WAS GOD!
GOD is going to be exalted! Whether it is the "heathen", or the entire "earth". JESUS said in Luke 19:40 that "even the rocks would cry out" when the Pharisees complained about the way people were celebrating JESUS. Romans 14:11 says "For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, EVERY knee shall bow to ME, and EVERY tongue shall confess to GOD". No one will have an option on THAT day!
The enemy is spoken about by JESUS in John 14:30 as "the prince of this world". Satan keeps our world spinning at such a pace where we can't acknowledge GOD the FATHER , JESUS the SON, nor the HOLY SPIRIT for WHO they really are, the CREATOR and sustainer of LIFE! The choice is ours. We can either "BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" now, or we can wait until "EVERY knee shall bow to ME, and EVERY tongue shall confess to GOD"! I choose to "BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"!
Monday, October 3, 2016
"CHILD OF THE KING!"
Matthew 4:1 ;11 (ESV)
"Then JESUS was led up by the SPIRIT into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."
"Then the devil left HIM, and behold, angels came and were ministering to HIM."
As most of us know, JESUS is the second person in the Trinity, GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, and GOD the HOLY SPIRIT. But although all three are equally GOD, JESUS came to earth for the explicit purpose of being a substitute for the sins of ALL MANKIND before a HOLY JUDGE. When JESUS went into the wilderness HE didn't leave HIS deity behind. HE was still the SON of GOD and had all of the powers and authority of GOD the Creator, but HE was obedient to the FATHER's Plan, and HE followed that Plan all the way to Calvary's tree AND BEYOND!
Have you ever wondered why JESUS was "led by the SPIRIT" into the wilderness? Could It be that the ruler of "this world" keeps things so busy in "this world" that downloading from Heaven is better accomplished when we are alone with GOD the FATHER?? The devil KNEW WHO JESUS was, but maybe he thought that since JESUS was in the flesh, HE had given up some of WHO HE was? In Matthew 4:11, after the devil had once again failed, he left JESUS and angels came and ministered to HIM!
Now the same SPIRIT that led JESUS into the wilderness abides within this Temple that houses my Spirit, commonly known as my body. That SPIRIT actually led JESUS to a desolate, lonely, place with no CONNECTION to the outside world, but it was also a place where JESUS could CONNECT to the FATHER!
Do I sometimes misunderstand where I have been led? Do I see the circumstances surrounding me as being a "place with no CONNECTION to the outside world", when in reality it is a place where I can "CONNECT to the FATHER" with no interruptions? HEAVENLY FATHER, cause me to SEE that "who" I am is not defined by "where" I am. Thanks to YOUR Plan that JESUS fulfilled, "who" I am is a "CHILD OF THE KING"! Cause me, not only to keep that at the forefront of my mind, but to remind the devil of that so he will leave me for angels to minister to me!!!
"Then JESUS was led up by the SPIRIT into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."
"Then the devil left HIM, and behold, angels came and were ministering to HIM."
As most of us know, JESUS is the second person in the Trinity, GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, and GOD the HOLY SPIRIT. But although all three are equally GOD, JESUS came to earth for the explicit purpose of being a substitute for the sins of ALL MANKIND before a HOLY JUDGE. When JESUS went into the wilderness HE didn't leave HIS deity behind. HE was still the SON of GOD and had all of the powers and authority of GOD the Creator, but HE was obedient to the FATHER's Plan, and HE followed that Plan all the way to Calvary's tree AND BEYOND!
Have you ever wondered why JESUS was "led by the SPIRIT" into the wilderness? Could It be that the ruler of "this world" keeps things so busy in "this world" that downloading from Heaven is better accomplished when we are alone with GOD the FATHER?? The devil KNEW WHO JESUS was, but maybe he thought that since JESUS was in the flesh, HE had given up some of WHO HE was? In Matthew 4:11, after the devil had once again failed, he left JESUS and angels came and ministered to HIM!
Now the same SPIRIT that led JESUS into the wilderness abides within this Temple that houses my Spirit, commonly known as my body. That SPIRIT actually led JESUS to a desolate, lonely, place with no CONNECTION to the outside world, but it was also a place where JESUS could CONNECT to the FATHER!
Do I sometimes misunderstand where I have been led? Do I see the circumstances surrounding me as being a "place with no CONNECTION to the outside world", when in reality it is a place where I can "CONNECT to the FATHER" with no interruptions? HEAVENLY FATHER, cause me to SEE that "who" I am is not defined by "where" I am. Thanks to YOUR Plan that JESUS fulfilled, "who" I am is a "CHILD OF THE KING"! Cause me, not only to keep that at the forefront of my mind, but to remind the devil of that so he will leave me for angels to minister to me!!!
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