What is Your Purpose! To Be Fishers of Men!

Good morning to all on this Sunday  morning and I woke up with Him on my mind! I needed to get up and start praising God for He alone is worthy, worthy to be praised. Happy Mother's Day to all and I thank God for all mothers for they bear their children and raise them the best way they know how. There is no magic recipe for being a good Mom; I have made my share of mistakes but I thank God for my 2 sons and my 2 bonus daughters. ET is doing better and continue to keep him in your prayers. Please continue to keep JKS in your prayers.

I am continuing my journey in Jeremiah 2, verses 1-19, "The Word of the LORD came to me: “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved Me and followed Me through the wilderness, through a land not sown. Israel was holy to the LORD, the first fruits of His harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them, declares the LORD. Hear the Word of the LORD, you descendants of Jacob, all you clans of Israel. This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your ancestors find in Me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’ I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled My land and made my inheritance detestable. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who deal with the law did not know Me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols. Therefore I bring charges against you again, declares the LORD. And I will bring charges against your children’s children. Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this: Has a nation ever changed its gods? Yet they are not gods at all. But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror, declares the LORD. “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the Spring of Living Water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder? Lions have roared; they have growled at him. They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted. Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skull. Have you not brought this on yourselves by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way? Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates? Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty." Amen and amen!

Thank you Lord for the GIFT of Grace and Mercy that came through the sacrificial death of your Son Jesus! I have to start by praising God for His gift of Life, because under the Old Dispensation, I would have been lost, lost, lost. As I was reading this passage in Jeremiah, what came to mind was the real purpose of the creation of man. Man just did not happen--we were created by God, our Father, for a purpose. He created us so that He could have something to LOVE! We are the object of His Vast and Great Love! He created us so that He could communicate this love for us, one on one. That was what He did with Adam and then Eve in the Garden. He would come down and walk in the Garden with them just to talk and extend this vast LOVE. Think about things you create. When I make a sweater or a piece of art, I put myself into the creation. I toil, I start over when things are not just right, and then I sit back and I admire my creation. I take pleasure in this labor of love. How much more did God sit back and admire His most magnificant creation - Man. Our only job in the Garden was to freely love God back -- that was our only JOB!

Satan cannot stand anything or anyone to have this status with God. Remember satan was the highest angel until he forgot his purpose and wanted to be God and ever since, he roams the earth seeking to destroy the object of God's love and affection -- us. Ever since our fall from grace, God has been sending intermediaries to communicate with us. First it was just He and us; after sin He sent prophets, then priests, then kings to communicate His instructions on how to repair this relationship that was destroyed when we disobeyed Him and sinned. None of these intermediaries worked. The Israelites always asked for deliverance and once delivered, always began to worship false Gods to the point that they nullified the Promise that they would be the chosen people. God decided to start over and come again in the form of man to pay the ultimate price for the sins of man--He sacrificed His Son Jesus as a final payment for the sin that occurred in Garden. In so doing, He also made a  decision that ALL who believed on this Sacrifice by His Son would spend eternity with Him! Our passage into the Garden has been re-established. We will again walk with Him in the cool of the day. We will know no illness, no anxiety, no pain. We will feel His sweet breath on our face and bask in the glow and warmth of His love. Hallelujah and amen. I love the Lord, for He heard my cry and delivered me from all my fears. Let's do our job and share this GREAT message with others.

Praise God for His love for you today. All you mothers who love their children--you are loved as much and more by the Creator who wants you to have a life of abundance. Claim it today in Jesus name. Amen and amen.

Now may the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you; may the LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace. Amen.

Stephanie