“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.”
Mark 4: 37 (New King James Version)
My mom had to undergo her 4th Chemotherapy session today. And the doctors tried to find a strong enough vein but each time they tried the vein would swell up like a bubble. They tried this five times and then gave up and said that they would have to perform a surgery with local anesthesia to slit open my mom’s arm and then find a vein and try and insert something there and then stitch her arm back up so that she could undergo the chemo . Well my mom was being prepped for surgery and while this was being done , my sis (cousin in a different city) was praying that the doctor would find a good vein by God’s grace so that my mom would not have to undergo surgery. My mom meanwhile as she was praying felt led to ask God to cleanse her from all unforgiveness and sin . Which she did.
Guess what ? The surgeon kept searching for a good place to make the incision and then he told my mom that they might have to make a cut for a vein near her neck instead !! Not the kind of thing you want to hear !!
We read in Mark 4 : 35 , “On the same day, when the evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.””
The disciples were going the way Christ wanted them to go. They weren’t like Jonah running away from God’s will. They were going where Christ wanted them to go.
And we read n verse 37 that waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling . Imaging that ! Not just scary waves outside the boat , but waves started pouring into the boat and water was rising up !! And even in that circumstance you know what Christ wants us to do ? Have faith ! And His peace will reign !!
Want to take a guess as to what happened to my mom ? Within minutes of having said that statement they found a good strong vein on my mom’s arm strong enough for the Chemo. No surgery nothing !! Wow !! Isn’t our God so amazing ! She underwent her chemo a couple of hours later and my mom and dad are now on their way back home by God’s grace.
Never lose faith ! Our God never fails . He is our faithful God . Sometimes the waves may begin to beat , the boat might begin to sway … the water may even start filling up the boat (my mom was even given the local anesthesia for surgery)… but our God will reign victorious over every circumstance and situation. He is above all ! Nothing is impossible for our God.
As I listened to my sister tell me what happened today and what my mom had said, this is the passage that the Lord reminded me of Mark 11: 22-25, “So Jesus answered and said to them,” Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
We had a group who lead service this Sunday at our church and this is part of the lyrics of a song they sang. This song really hit home by God’s grace
Chains be broken , Lives be healed
Eyes be opened, Christ is revealed
I have decided….. to wait upon You Lord
My Rock and redeemer , my truth and reward
I’ll wait upon You Lord
And surely as the sun will rise , You’ll come to us
…..let Your glory fall as you respond to us
Spirit run into our thirsty hearts again
We are not shaken , we are not moved
We wait upon you Lord
Our Mighty Deliverer , …
We wait upon you Lord
I pray that we will always wait upon the Lord in total surrender and in faith
God Bless
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
God's communication network
“”Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.”
Matthew 6: 8 (New King James Version)
One of the papers that I found interesting to read while studying in college was Mobile Communication. It was fascinating the way how signal areas were divided up into cell spaces/ranges and hence the name cellular communication. We read about why signals drop and how data is transmitted and how data is validated and so forth.
Technology has increased to such an extent that world seems so much smaller than what it was a decade ago. To call someone across continents takes just a couple of button pushes on my phone and voila I can talk to them , I can text them. Mobile deals come with their own exciting plans prepaid , postpaid … Some schemes give you unlimited texts for a certain price, some scheme give you unlimited internet browsing for a certain price… all to keep in touch with friends and family in an instant.
Isn’t God’s communication network amazing ? Someone once told me when I was a kid that God’s phone number is Jeremiah 33:3 , “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” I found it so cool . He is always accessible to us . He is always available to us !
And you know the best part about His plan ? Its free ! He paid the price !! Its unlimited access to Him anytime we want . And there is no concept of networks busy or unreachable in God’s network ! The Bible says call to Him and He WILL answer us . And not just that … not only does He hear us but He will show us great and mighty things which we do not know ! Wow ! Isn’t that amazing .
Now when I call up a friend or family and I feel like sharing something , I gotta bring them up to speed with what’s happening . I need to tell them ‘hey you know what this and this happened..’
We read in Matthew 6: 8 that our Father knows the things you have need of even before you ask Him. When we have a need that’s on our hearts even before our knees have had a chance to touch the ground, even before our lips have uttered a single word God already knows it . Now that’s communication !! How awesome is our Lord Jesus !!
Praise the Lord we are part of the Jesus Christ Plan !! And you know what makes this even better ? You do not get just bonus points when you refer a friend . We read in Daniel 12 : 3 , “Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.” Wow !
Praise the Lord we are washed by His blood. Praise the Lord He is Lord and Savior of our lives.
God Bless
Matthew 6: 8 (New King James Version)
One of the papers that I found interesting to read while studying in college was Mobile Communication. It was fascinating the way how signal areas were divided up into cell spaces/ranges and hence the name cellular communication. We read about why signals drop and how data is transmitted and how data is validated and so forth.
Technology has increased to such an extent that world seems so much smaller than what it was a decade ago. To call someone across continents takes just a couple of button pushes on my phone and voila I can talk to them , I can text them. Mobile deals come with their own exciting plans prepaid , postpaid … Some schemes give you unlimited texts for a certain price, some scheme give you unlimited internet browsing for a certain price… all to keep in touch with friends and family in an instant.
Isn’t God’s communication network amazing ? Someone once told me when I was a kid that God’s phone number is Jeremiah 33:3 , “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” I found it so cool . He is always accessible to us . He is always available to us !
And you know the best part about His plan ? Its free ! He paid the price !! Its unlimited access to Him anytime we want . And there is no concept of networks busy or unreachable in God’s network ! The Bible says call to Him and He WILL answer us . And not just that … not only does He hear us but He will show us great and mighty things which we do not know ! Wow ! Isn’t that amazing .
Now when I call up a friend or family and I feel like sharing something , I gotta bring them up to speed with what’s happening . I need to tell them ‘hey you know what this and this happened..’
We read in Matthew 6: 8 that our Father knows the things you have need of even before you ask Him. When we have a need that’s on our hearts even before our knees have had a chance to touch the ground, even before our lips have uttered a single word God already knows it . Now that’s communication !! How awesome is our Lord Jesus !!
Praise the Lord we are part of the Jesus Christ Plan !! And you know what makes this even better ? You do not get just bonus points when you refer a friend . We read in Daniel 12 : 3 , “Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.” Wow !
Praise the Lord we are washed by His blood. Praise the Lord He is Lord and Savior of our lives.
God Bless
Thursday, July 15, 2010
According to His riches... His Spirit... His Might ! Its all about Him
“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height – to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3 : 14-19 (New King James Version)
A lot of us love using this part of the verse ‘Yes God will grant us according to the riches of His glory’ . Unfortunately some of us tend to always use this in the context of materialistic blessings only.
This is such an amazing prayer. God will grant us according to the riches of His glory ! His glory ! We can’t even begin to imagine that . We read in Isaiah 6 : 1-3 , “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said: “ Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”” Now check this out… according to the riches of HIS GLORY , that God will grant us to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man !!
Wow ! What an amazing prayer ! According to the riches of His glory that we be strengthened with MIGHT through HIS SPIRIT in the inner man. And it does not stop just there. As we keep reading we see that it goes on to say that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith , that we may be rooted and grounded in love. Wow ! And then that we may understand that we cannot understand the love of Christ as it passes knowledge and that we may be filled with the fullness of God ! All this according to the riches of His glory !!
This needs to be our prayer, for ourselves and for one another. It’s all about Him and His Spirit working in us. Some of us love doing things for God but don’t take the time to withdraw to one-to-one time with God in prayer. I being no exception of this. And this is what the Lord taught me today It’s not about us working for God, it’s about us letting God work in us. That makes all the difference between things done on our own strength and things done by His Spirit.
God Bless
Ephesians 3 : 14-19 (New King James Version)
A lot of us love using this part of the verse ‘Yes God will grant us according to the riches of His glory’ . Unfortunately some of us tend to always use this in the context of materialistic blessings only.
This is such an amazing prayer. God will grant us according to the riches of His glory ! His glory ! We can’t even begin to imagine that . We read in Isaiah 6 : 1-3 , “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said: “ Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”” Now check this out… according to the riches of HIS GLORY , that God will grant us to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man !!
Wow ! What an amazing prayer ! According to the riches of His glory that we be strengthened with MIGHT through HIS SPIRIT in the inner man. And it does not stop just there. As we keep reading we see that it goes on to say that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith , that we may be rooted and grounded in love. Wow ! And then that we may understand that we cannot understand the love of Christ as it passes knowledge and that we may be filled with the fullness of God ! All this according to the riches of His glory !!
This needs to be our prayer, for ourselves and for one another. It’s all about Him and His Spirit working in us. Some of us love doing things for God but don’t take the time to withdraw to one-to-one time with God in prayer. I being no exception of this. And this is what the Lord taught me today It’s not about us working for God, it’s about us letting God work in us. That makes all the difference between things done on our own strength and things done by His Spirit.
God Bless
To obey is better than sacrifice
“So Samuel said: “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.””
I Samuel 15:22 (New King James Version)
What dictates how we react ? Our circumstances or our faith ? What drives us to do what we do ? Love for God or an obligation to do something ? Let’s turn back a couple of chapters .. we read in chapter 13 that Saul chose for himself three thousand men and Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines. Then the Philistines gathered together to fight Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude ! Whoa .. that’s not a pleasant situation to be in is it ? Now the men of Israel saw that they were in danger and they hid in caves , in pits… some crossed over Jordan. Now there are two people’s outlooks that we will be reading on today. One that of Saul and the other that of Jonathan.
We read in I Samuel 13 : 8 – 12 , “Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. So Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”” He felt compelled (obliged , duty-bound) . he thought that the Philistines would come against him and he had not sought the favor of the Lord and so he forced himself and offered the burnt offering . I encourage you brothers and sisters to read chapters 13 through 15.
Now let’s see how Jonathan saw the same situation . We read in I Samuel 14 : 6 , “Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.”” It’s all about Him. It’s by His strength and not by what we do.
How is our reaction to circumstances and situations around us ? The Lord sees our hearts. It’s not about what we do . It’s about why we do it . Do we seek self ? Or do we truly trust in Him and know that it’s not about us?
In the context of today’s verse we read in Chapter 15 that Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs and all that was good. We read in I Samuel 15: 12, “So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying , “Saul went to Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gown down to Gilgal.”
I Samuel 15: 18-21 , “Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal." “
God’s delight is in us obeying His voice. Because if we obey His voice then we are walking in accordance to His leading and not as per our own strength and our own wisdom. Sometimes we think we know better. We think with what we see with our eye ! We read in Luke11: 34 , “”The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.” What do we have our eyes focused on ? Things that we deem is good ? things of our strength ? Things of our wisdom ? Or things of God ? Obedience to His voice. We are like vapor in the wind. Imagine that !!! Given the choice between relying on the wisdom of vapor or the wisdom of the great I AM who would you rely on ?
I pray that the Lord will bless us with obedience to His voice. It’s not about doing things which we term good , it’s about doing His things because He knows what is good.
God Bless
I Samuel 15:22 (New King James Version)
What dictates how we react ? Our circumstances or our faith ? What drives us to do what we do ? Love for God or an obligation to do something ? Let’s turn back a couple of chapters .. we read in chapter 13 that Saul chose for himself three thousand men and Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines. Then the Philistines gathered together to fight Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude ! Whoa .. that’s not a pleasant situation to be in is it ? Now the men of Israel saw that they were in danger and they hid in caves , in pits… some crossed over Jordan. Now there are two people’s outlooks that we will be reading on today. One that of Saul and the other that of Jonathan.
We read in I Samuel 13 : 8 – 12 , “Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. So Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”” He felt compelled (obliged , duty-bound) . he thought that the Philistines would come against him and he had not sought the favor of the Lord and so he forced himself and offered the burnt offering . I encourage you brothers and sisters to read chapters 13 through 15.
Now let’s see how Jonathan saw the same situation . We read in I Samuel 14 : 6 , “Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.”” It’s all about Him. It’s by His strength and not by what we do.
How is our reaction to circumstances and situations around us ? The Lord sees our hearts. It’s not about what we do . It’s about why we do it . Do we seek self ? Or do we truly trust in Him and know that it’s not about us?
In the context of today’s verse we read in Chapter 15 that Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs and all that was good. We read in I Samuel 15: 12, “So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying , “Saul went to Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gown down to Gilgal.”
I Samuel 15: 18-21 , “Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal." “
God’s delight is in us obeying His voice. Because if we obey His voice then we are walking in accordance to His leading and not as per our own strength and our own wisdom. Sometimes we think we know better. We think with what we see with our eye ! We read in Luke11: 34 , “”The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.” What do we have our eyes focused on ? Things that we deem is good ? things of our strength ? Things of our wisdom ? Or things of God ? Obedience to His voice. We are like vapor in the wind. Imagine that !!! Given the choice between relying on the wisdom of vapor or the wisdom of the great I AM who would you rely on ?
I pray that the Lord will bless us with obedience to His voice. It’s not about doing things which we term good , it’s about doing His things because He knows what is good.
God Bless
Oh Come
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:”
Psalm 95 : 6-7 (New King James Version)
Step 1 : The willingness to come. Isn’t it interesting that we somehow can make time in our schedule for important work related meetings, for fun social events .. but when it comes to spending time in His presence we have every excuse in the world.
Ever wonder why it’s so easy to let our hearts go astray ? We read in Galatians 5: 17 , “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish .” The flesh and the Spirit are in constant war with each other. However we need to understand “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:24) Wow ! we really need to get this. We who are Christ’s have what ? Crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
We read in verse Galatians 5: 16 , “I say then : Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” If we would walk in the Spirit then its not that you ‘may not’ or ‘most probably not’ fulfill the lust of the flesh … no no no … the word of God says you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. In other words if we would walk in the Spirit then we WILL NOT gratify any desire of sinful nature !
Sometimes satan blinds our eyes that we don’t even recognize the sin in our lives. I pray that the Lord will convict us of every sinful nature in our lives and that we will surrender to Him completely that He will purge away everything in our lives that is not of Him.
Oh come :-) Amazing isn’t it . I love those two words ‘Oh Come’ . And when we walk in the Spirit we definitely come. We come together and worship and bow down to the great I AM. We kneel down before the Lord our Maker. If there are things in our life that have hindered us from coming into His presence and giving Him our very best then we need to pray and ask Him to clean us up. The latter half of verse 8 says ‘Today, if you will hear His voice:’ When ? Today !
We read in verses 8-11 , “”Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”” What are God’s ways ? They are of the Spirit. Do we walk in His ways ? Are we walking in the Spirit ?
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:”
God Bless
Psalm 95 : 6-7 (New King James Version)
Step 1 : The willingness to come. Isn’t it interesting that we somehow can make time in our schedule for important work related meetings, for fun social events .. but when it comes to spending time in His presence we have every excuse in the world.
Ever wonder why it’s so easy to let our hearts go astray ? We read in Galatians 5: 17 , “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish .” The flesh and the Spirit are in constant war with each other. However we need to understand “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:24) Wow ! we really need to get this. We who are Christ’s have what ? Crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
We read in verse Galatians 5: 16 , “I say then : Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” If we would walk in the Spirit then its not that you ‘may not’ or ‘most probably not’ fulfill the lust of the flesh … no no no … the word of God says you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. In other words if we would walk in the Spirit then we WILL NOT gratify any desire of sinful nature !
Sometimes satan blinds our eyes that we don’t even recognize the sin in our lives. I pray that the Lord will convict us of every sinful nature in our lives and that we will surrender to Him completely that He will purge away everything in our lives that is not of Him.
Oh come :-) Amazing isn’t it . I love those two words ‘Oh Come’ . And when we walk in the Spirit we definitely come. We come together and worship and bow down to the great I AM. We kneel down before the Lord our Maker. If there are things in our life that have hindered us from coming into His presence and giving Him our very best then we need to pray and ask Him to clean us up. The latter half of verse 8 says ‘Today, if you will hear His voice:’ When ? Today !
We read in verses 8-11 , “”Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work. For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”” What are God’s ways ? They are of the Spirit. Do we walk in His ways ? Are we walking in the Spirit ?
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:”
God Bless
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture
“Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”
Psalm 100 : 3 (New King James Version)
The first half of the verse seems like a really obvious statement doesn’t it ? Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves. We definitely say ‘Yes Lord we acknowledge that You are God and it is You who has made us and not we ourselves’. But do we lead lives that reflect that statement ?
Do we truly live life everyday saying ‘Lord this life that I live is Yours. Have Your way ! ‘ Do we say , “Lord every minute is Yours , You lead me, I lift up every minute to You , have Your way”
Or have we started living lives where we say “yes Lord You are my God , but now I have things I need to do so thank You for this day and keep me safe so that I can continue doing what I want to do “
Ever feel a difference when you say ‘You are my God’ as compared to ‘I am Yours’ ? Many at times we try and fit God to be a tiny part of our schedule and we expect God to be content with it that we have sacrificed half an hour or an hour for Him. It’s become like getting work done “yes Lord You are my God so I have made some time for You.”
Have we forgotten who He is ? He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings, He is the great I AM !!
The latter half of the verse says We are HIS people and the sheep of HIS pasture. We are to graze/feed of His pasture. We are to trod in His presence. We are His and hence are to be sensitive to His voice and walk where He leads. In other words follow with obedience and know that He is our God
I pray that we will live this verse to its fullest “Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”
God Bless
Psalm 100 : 3 (New King James Version)
The first half of the verse seems like a really obvious statement doesn’t it ? Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves. We definitely say ‘Yes Lord we acknowledge that You are God and it is You who has made us and not we ourselves’. But do we lead lives that reflect that statement ?
Do we truly live life everyday saying ‘Lord this life that I live is Yours. Have Your way ! ‘ Do we say , “Lord every minute is Yours , You lead me, I lift up every minute to You , have Your way”
Or have we started living lives where we say “yes Lord You are my God , but now I have things I need to do so thank You for this day and keep me safe so that I can continue doing what I want to do “
Ever feel a difference when you say ‘You are my God’ as compared to ‘I am Yours’ ? Many at times we try and fit God to be a tiny part of our schedule and we expect God to be content with it that we have sacrificed half an hour or an hour for Him. It’s become like getting work done “yes Lord You are my God so I have made some time for You.”
Have we forgotten who He is ? He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings, He is the great I AM !!
The latter half of the verse says We are HIS people and the sheep of HIS pasture. We are to graze/feed of His pasture. We are to trod in His presence. We are His and hence are to be sensitive to His voice and walk where He leads. In other words follow with obedience and know that He is our God
I pray that we will live this verse to its fullest “Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”
God Bless
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