Good morning to all on this glorious Tuesday morning. I woke up with God on my mind and Jesus in my heart. I have been thanking God for His marvelous blessings for me in the wee hours of the morning. He is such a good God and I love Him beyond measure. Waine and I are having a rare and wonderful time in our own house, sleeping in our own bed. We have been traveling so much that its just good to be home! I continue to marvel at this God Who loves us best and always. He is patient beyond measure with me; I don't know how He is with you but I suspect He is patient and loving as well. Erics's memorial is this Friday in Lake Charles; please continue to keep His family in your prayers. Please continue to keep JKS in your prayers and pray for her healing. Pray for the emotional healing for BB. Pray for the financial security of SJ and SP. Satan is busy and wants all of us to keep the junk in our trunk. Fear is the weapon he uses; fear of loss, fear of loneliness, fear of not being respected, fear of a loss of power. When there is fear in your life, look for Satan. Amen.
I am continuing my journey in the book of Jeremiah. It is a difficult book for me to get through so I have been reading commentaries which as it turns out is a good thing. Jeremiah 1- 6 reads, " Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction. I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate. Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion. Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long. So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses! This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression. As a well pours out its water, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me. Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.” May the Lord add a blessing to the hearing and living of His Word.
One of the reasons it is so hard for me to get through Jeremiah is because this God of wrath is not the God I know. I only know the God of the New testament; the God of Jesus the Christ and not the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.But as it turns out, He is the same God throughout history; God is a a God that cannot be in the same space as sin and yet He nevers gives up on us, His greatest creation. He works through people to communicate PRINCIPLES of the UNIVERSE HE CREATED. I think this is a principle that is lost of many of us. Satan has us thinking that we are in control of our circumstances and life and that is the Greatest Lie ever told. We are not in control not even of our destruction. Hallelujah and amen!
When SIN was ushered into the Garden, instead of gaining control we lost control to it (SIN). We became by nature not god like; we became sin-like. That was Satan's plan all along that another creation of God's would join him (Satan) in a life devoid of God. What Satan does not realize, or more liekly refuses to acknowledge, is that God will never give up on us. Hallelujah. He will send the Jeremiahs into this world to give us warnings and exaltation's. He even sent His Son not only to give us warnings, but to give us the ultimate sacrifice, His life for ours! As Christians it is our job to Kingdom build; to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ and also to teach the world that whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we set ourselves for the troubles of this life. In the verses above, the Chaldean army was set to break in upon the land of Judah, and would in a little time devour it. The day was coming, when those careless and secure in sinful ways would be visited by folly because they chose to live a life without God. The people of Judah were eager, not that they might fulfil God's counsels, but that they might fill their own treasures. Yet God served His own purposes. He is telling us in these verses that the corrupt heart of man, in its natural state, will still cast out evil thoughts, just as a fountain casts out her waters. It is always flowing, yet always full. The God of mercy is loath to depart even from a provoking people, and is earnest with them, that by repentance and reformation, they may prevent things from coming to extremity. This is the God we serve! He is loath that any should perish even when we set our foot to the path of destruction. The world needs this message. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN FROM SIN and set your foot on the path of righteousness. Man is the eternal Prodigal Son who grieves his Father and yet the Father is always eager to greet the son home with a feast, a ring and fine garments. We only need to decide to stop feeding at the trough of pigs and begin the journey home.
I thank God for each of you. I thank God for Jeremiah. I hank God for clarity of thought this day. If you are not experiencing the abundance that life has to offer today, look where the "fear" is and rebuke Satan in Jesus name.
Now may the 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
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