Good morning to all on this Tuesday morning. Waine and I are in Atlanta and will have a few days here before traveling again. There definitely has been some rainy nights in Georgia and Atlanta is lush and green. Not so for other parts of the US which are drought stricken. I woke up asking God to get into the middle of my circumstances and woke up needing to get into His Word. Please continue to keep JKS in your prayers and BB in your prayers. We are all in the need of prayer so pray for me as well. I thank God for each of you and thank God that His Kingdom building activities continue despite our short comings.
I am continuing my journey in Jeremiah 6 verses 16-21, "This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But you said, ‘We will not listen.’ Therefore hear, you nations; you who are witnesses, observe what will happen to them. Hear, you earth: I am bringing disaster on this people,
the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to My words and have rejected My law. What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me. Therefore this is what the LORD says: I will put obstacles before this people. Parents and children alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.” May God bring a blessing to the reading and hearing of His Word. Amen!
I am reflecting on my own life and reflecting how many times in a day do I ask God "where the good road is" so that I can walk on that road. Most of the time I go through my daily walk, putting one foot in front of the other because the path seems so familiar yet what these verses tell me is that I am to ASK for the ancient paths, the GOOD WAY and THEN walk in it. Well how ancient is ancient? The Beginning is the WORD and the scriptures say that the WORD was with God and the WORD was God. The WORD as described by the scriptures is Jesus the Christ, so then I am to ask Jesus which way is the good way so that I might walk that path. The PATH which will fulfill me and when I am fulfilled, I am to live a life of abundance just like we did when we were in the GARDEN. I life that was free from worry, disease and strife. A life that was filled with LOVE, JOY, PEACE, FORBEARANCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF CONTROL. This is the Path that was set by the ANCIENTS for man. We were made to live a life with these traits which is why we lived so long. SIN forever set our feet on a different path until the LOVE and SACRIFICE of Jesus gave us a choice to put our feet back on the path of the ancients. Hallelujah!
If you are burdened this day with anything; if you are not experiencing the life of abundance today and you know Christ, then ask Him to give you the choice to put your feet on the Ancient path so that you can immediately start walking the path that has been chosen for you. When you start on this path you don't have to wait to start experiencing the path, your feet, ,your body, your mind, your soul are one with the path. All you need do is ASK. If you are not a Christian then ask Christ into your heart this moment. Ask God to forgive you for the sin of rejecting Him and His Son and then ask Him to put your feet on the right path. It is as easy as that!
God bless you this day 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
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