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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Wholly Dependant on Him
Although I feel Gods testing in my life right now I also feel His peace. It's a wonderful and incredible thing to have hope in the Lord and His plans for our lives. I liked this little devotion a friend passed to me this week. God is so good. ;)
God has always wanted a people who would walk totally reliant on him before the
eyes of the world. That’s why he took the insignificant little nation of
Israel and isolated them in a wilderness. He was placing them in a school of
testing, to produce a people who would trust in him no matter what their
circumstance. He wanted Israel to testify, “I can go through any test, any
difficulty, even those beyond my abilities. How? I know my God is with me in
every trial. He will always bring me through.”
Consider Moses’ statement to Israel: “[God] suffered thee to hunger”
(Deuteronomy 8:3). The Lord was telling them, “I orchestrated your trial. It
wasn’t the devil. I possessed all the bread and meat you needed the whole
time. And I was ready to drop it out of the sky at any minute. It was all
stored up, waiting for you to receive it. But I withheld it for a while. And I
did this for a season. I was waiting for you to come to the end of all your
self-reliance. I wanted to bring you to a point of crisis, where only I could
deliver you. I allowed you to experience your ‘wit’s end,’ a place of
human helplessness. And it required a miracle of deliverance from me.”
Today, the Lord is still looking for a people who’ll rely totally on him. He
wants a church that will testify both in words and actions that God is
all-powerful on their behalf. He wants an unsaved world to see that he works
mightily for those who love him.
Job declared, “He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold” (Job 23:10). Here is an incredible statement, especially
considering the context in which Job spoke it.
Job suffered one of the worst trials any human could undergo. He lost all of
his children in a tragic accident, and then he lost his wealth and possessions.
Finally, he lost his physical health. And all these things happened in such a
short time, they were utterly overwhelming.
Yet, God had put Job on this path. And the Lord alone knew where it eventually
would lead. It was a plan so divinely orchestrated that God even allowed Satan
to do the afflicting of Job. That’s why Job couldn’t see God in any of it:
“I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth
himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: but he knoweth the way that I
take” (Job 23:8–10).
Job was saying, “I know that God knows everything I’m enduring. And he
knows the way through it all. My Lord is trying me right now. And I’m
confident he’ll bring me through with a stronger faith. I’ll come out
purged and cleansed, with a faith more precious than gold.”
God has always wanted a people who would walk totally reliant on him before the
eyes of the world. That’s why he took the insignificant little nation of
Israel and isolated them in a wilderness. He was placing them in a school of
testing, to produce a people who would trust in him no matter what their
circumstance. He wanted Israel to testify, “I can go through any test, any
difficulty, even those beyond my abilities. How? I know my God is with me in
every trial. He will always bring me through.”
Consider Moses’ statement to Israel: “[God] suffered thee to hunger”
(Deuteronomy 8:3). The Lord was telling them, “I orchestrated your trial. It
wasn’t the devil. I possessed all the bread and meat you needed the whole
time. And I was ready to drop it out of the sky at any minute. It was all
stored up, waiting for you to receive it. But I withheld it for a while. And I
did this for a season. I was waiting for you to come to the end of all your
self-reliance. I wanted to bring you to a point of crisis, where only I could
deliver you. I allowed you to experience your ‘wit’s end,’ a place of
human helplessness. And it required a miracle of deliverance from me.”
Today, the Lord is still looking for a people who’ll rely totally on him. He
wants a church that will testify both in words and actions that God is
all-powerful on their behalf. He wants an unsaved world to see that he works
mightily for those who love him.
Job declared, “He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold” (Job 23:10). Here is an incredible statement, especially
considering the context in which Job spoke it.
Job suffered one of the worst trials any human could undergo. He lost all of
his children in a tragic accident, and then he lost his wealth and possessions.
Finally, he lost his physical health. And all these things happened in such a
short time, they were utterly overwhelming.
Yet, God had put Job on this path. And the Lord alone knew where it eventually
would lead. It was a plan so divinely orchestrated that God even allowed Satan
to do the afflicting of Job. That’s why Job couldn’t see God in any of it:
“I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth
himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: but he knoweth the way that I
take” (Job 23:8–10).
Job was saying, “I know that God knows everything I’m enduring. And he
knows the way through it all. My Lord is trying me right now. And I’m
confident he’ll bring me through with a stronger faith. I’ll come out
purged and cleansed, with a faith more precious than gold.”
Friday, February 25, 2011
God Delights in Me!!
(devotion by David Wilkerson)
The Holy Spirit gave David a revelation that is the key to all deliverance.
David could say, “The reason God delivered me from all my enemies—from all
my sorrows and the powers of hell—is because I am precious to him. My God
delights in me!” “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered
me, because he delighted in me” (Psalm 18:19). Do you need deliverance? From
lust, temptation or trial? From a problem that’s mental, spiritual, emotional
or physical? The key to your victory is in this verse. God delights in you. You
are precious to him!
In Song of Solomon, the Lord says of his bride, “How fair and how pleasant
art thou, O love, for delights! (Song of Solomon 7:6). Three of the Hebrew
words in this verse are synonymous: fair, meaning “precious”; pleasant,
indicating “pleasure”; and delights. These words describe Jesus’ thoughts
toward his bride as he beholds her. He looks at her and says, “How beautiful,
sweet and delightful you are. You are precious to me, O love.” In turn, the
bride boasts, “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me” (7:10).
The meaning here is, “He runs after me with delight. He chases me because I
am so precious to him.” These same thoughts are found throughout the Psalms:
“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his
mercy” (Psalm 147:11). “The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the meek with salvation” (149:4).
I can try to convince you of God’s delight in you by telling you, “You are
precious to the Lord.” Yet you may think, “That’s sweet. But it’s only
a lovely thought.” No, this truth is much more than a lovely thought. It is
the very key to your deliverance from every battle that rages in your soul. It
is the secret to entering into the rest God has promised you. Until you lay
hold of it—until it becomes a foundation of truth in your heart—you won’t
be able to withstand the trials of life.
Isaiah had a revelation of God’s great delight in us. He prophesied, “O
Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee: and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Isaiah
43:1-2).
Isaiah wasn’t talking about a literal flood or fire. He was talking about
what people go through spiritually and mentally. Israel was in captivity at the
time; their floods were trials, their fires were temptations, their rivers were
testings. These were all Satan’s attempts to destroy and overwhelm God’s
people. Isaiah’s words were a message of pure mercy to Israel. The people
were in captivity because of their own stupidity and foolishness. But God sent
them a brokenhearted prophet who said, “God wants me to tell you that you
belong to him.”
Right now, you may be in the midst of your own swirling waters. You may feel
overwhelmed by a trial or temptation that threatens to consume you. You’ve
got to understand from these biblical examples that the Lord does not always
calm the waters. He doesn’t always keep the floods from coming or put out the
fires. Yet he does promise this: “I will walk with you through it all. This
trial or circumstance will not destroy you. It won’t consume you. So, walk
on. You’ll come out on the other side with me beside you!”
The Holy Spirit gave David a revelation that is the key to all deliverance.
David could say, “The reason God delivered me from all my enemies—from all
my sorrows and the powers of hell—is because I am precious to him. My God
delights in me!” “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered
me, because he delighted in me” (Psalm 18:19). Do you need deliverance? From
lust, temptation or trial? From a problem that’s mental, spiritual, emotional
or physical? The key to your victory is in this verse. God delights in you. You
are precious to him!
In Song of Solomon, the Lord says of his bride, “How fair and how pleasant
art thou, O love, for delights! (Song of Solomon 7:6). Three of the Hebrew
words in this verse are synonymous: fair, meaning “precious”; pleasant,
indicating “pleasure”; and delights. These words describe Jesus’ thoughts
toward his bride as he beholds her. He looks at her and says, “How beautiful,
sweet and delightful you are. You are precious to me, O love.” In turn, the
bride boasts, “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me” (7:10).
The meaning here is, “He runs after me with delight. He chases me because I
am so precious to him.” These same thoughts are found throughout the Psalms:
“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his
mercy” (Psalm 147:11). “The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the meek with salvation” (149:4).
I can try to convince you of God’s delight in you by telling you, “You are
precious to the Lord.” Yet you may think, “That’s sweet. But it’s only
a lovely thought.” No, this truth is much more than a lovely thought. It is
the very key to your deliverance from every battle that rages in your soul. It
is the secret to entering into the rest God has promised you. Until you lay
hold of it—until it becomes a foundation of truth in your heart—you won’t
be able to withstand the trials of life.
Isaiah had a revelation of God’s great delight in us. He prophesied, “O
Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee: and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Isaiah
43:1-2).
Isaiah wasn’t talking about a literal flood or fire. He was talking about
what people go through spiritually and mentally. Israel was in captivity at the
time; their floods were trials, their fires were temptations, their rivers were
testings. These were all Satan’s attempts to destroy and overwhelm God’s
people. Isaiah’s words were a message of pure mercy to Israel. The people
were in captivity because of their own stupidity and foolishness. But God sent
them a brokenhearted prophet who said, “God wants me to tell you that you
belong to him.”
Right now, you may be in the midst of your own swirling waters. You may feel
overwhelmed by a trial or temptation that threatens to consume you. You’ve
got to understand from these biblical examples that the Lord does not always
calm the waters. He doesn’t always keep the floods from coming or put out the
fires. Yet he does promise this: “I will walk with you through it all. This
trial or circumstance will not destroy you. It won’t consume you. So, walk
on. You’ll come out on the other side with me beside you!”
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Our God is Great
It is so amazing to me. Gods moving in so many ways in so many lives. I can hardly stand it! Just yesterday I read of three very different stories in very different lives and I stand in awe of God. He is so big. So loving. So unchanging. From taking a young boy of 12 home to be with Him in an instant, to a couple who has been together in the Lord for many years, to the devastating news of a baby in the womb who has a poor chance of survival....God is in all these things! God has impressed their stories deep in my heart. He has shown me (again) He is a sovereign God. An intensely personal God. I am so moved knowing He is just as involved in my life! Is He awesome or what?! He has been doing so much in the life of my family lately I can barely wait to see what's next. For as many trials have come our way I count at least twice the blessings. He surely carries us and easily takes the burdens He's promised to bear. I don't claim to be strong and He continues to show me my utter dependance on Him. I am so grateful. I am loved by the one who can. All glory, honor and praise to Him!
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