I will go before you and make crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron…I am the Lord and there is none else.
God prepares a way when there is no way.
He makes my path straight and gives me light for my feet.
When he makes a promise no one can stop it.
No one can stand against it.
He is God.
Adapted from Isaiah 44 verse 2.
Missed the point again?
Too bad?
Squelch that unhealthy thought.
No child of God is a loser.
How can we be losers when our father is the Most High God?
Sure life is hard. Debt is high and money seems to have wings.
Pray a prayer of faith and believe like Habakkuk did.
In chapter 3, he says even though there is no fruit on the trees, and no meat, no provision to be had yet he says he will rejoice and joy in the God of his salvation.
He knew God will not leave him or his people destitute.
God will always provide.
His name is Jehovah – jireh
The Lord will provide.
My relationship with God began before I was born. He knew me. I was not an afterthought. None of us are afterthought in God’s mind.
Going back to the blog entry before.
God was not alone in the beginning. He took counsel and said, “Let us make man.”
In the Old Testament book of Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, Jehovah is called Elohim, meaning God. There is more it in the Hebrew language wbut simply put here, it is a plural noun followed by a plural verb.
Some say he took counsel with his angels.
Really???
Let me get this straight:
The Creator needed to tell his other creatures who were his ministers doing his will, what he planned as if asking permission?
If you believe that, then you bring God down to your level.
He is the almighty
The One who formed the world’s at his our will. Who planted the stars in the heavens, who made all creatures great and small. At his will, everything subsist.
Again, think about who we serve.
Proving God should be easy. Society pulls us one way, saying we should be independent while the word of God tells us to put our trust in him.
We must be brave and dig deep, holding on to the edge of his garment and believe.
The edge of his garment is his word. Repeat it in your head. Say it out loud and trust him. A few words if hope gives us strength.
Prove him…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will direct your path. Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6
Give it all to God. If the problem is too big and the solution is too hard to fathom.
When there is no hope in the natural sense, believe.
Remember, we serve a supernatural God whose ways for not our ways. Who can do anything far above what we can ever think.
Only if we believe and trust in him with a faith even as small as a mustard seed. He will move heaven and earth to see us through.
We can’t understand the great mysteries of life. How the rivers follow into the sea and the sea never gets full. Why does the sun rise and set at a certain time? How nature knows when it is spring when all the trees and blossoms begin to bloom.
We know there is a time for everything, and we believe and accept that event will happen.
We don’t know or understand the mind of God. His ways are past finding out. In other words, they are beyond our comprehension.
But it is for us to trust God where we can not trace Him.
As thou knoweth not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knoweth not the works of God who make the all. Ecclesiastes 11 verse 5.
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 69 verse 3
Sometimes the problem is so big I can not see beyond it, so focused am I on the situation I fail to remember His promises.
There is nothing too big or too small to waken the ear of my God.
The answer may not come when I am looking for it or even where I anticipate it’s coming, but rest assured it will come on time.
He will not tarry in his deliverance because he will not make those who wait on him be ashamed.
This is his promise to me.
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.”
Psalm 66 verse 4.
The Lord is worthy to be praised. And in a soon coming day, all the earth shall bow the knee and own him as Lord over all.
Amen.
Don’t be afraid of those who have power, those who make decisions, those who rule over you, and control your advancement. These people are here on earth for a little while. Like the cycle of life, everything comes to an end.
Man and his vain brief authority.
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house increased; for when he dies, he shall carry nothing aqay: his glory shall not descend after him. Man, that is in honor and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 49 verses 16, 17,20.
Compassion is at the forefront of being a true believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
When Jesus walked this earth,
He was moved with compassion for so many who came to Him for help that He helped them. He helped them and asked for nothing for Himself.
To be like Christ, we have to behave like Him, then we will be His deciples in thought, word, and deed.
Blessed is he that considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalm 41 verse 1.
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