Forever…
The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore. (Psalm 93, ESV)
The Lord reigns from the beginning to the end of time…
The world will never be moved, the Lord has established it and is enthroned forever.And we can believe and hope and trust in what the Lord has told us. The holiness of the Lord benefits our house forever. He has established the world and He is in control of everything that happens. He has given us His grace and enlivens our existence in ways we will never be able to do on our own. Praise His name forever and lift up His holy name!
Scripture on the Fly: HOT! HOT! HOT!
Do you want to be healed?
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, Do you want to be healed? The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me. Jesus said to him, Get up, take up your bed, and walk. And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. (John 5:1-3, 5-9 ESV)
This is one of the many healing stories in the New Testament. Here Jesus heals an invalid. But that is not what strikes me about this story…
Jesus asks the man, “do you want to be healed?” what would you say to Jesus if He asked you if you wanted to be healed?
Many of us are content in our disease. And all of us have dis ease… But do we want to be healed of it? We are able to function and get attention because of it. We have learned to use our disease to our advantage. We are scared to be healed. We don’t k ow if we can make it with out our crutch.
So what would you say to Jesus, “Do you want to be healed?”
The man made excuses for why he wasn’t healed… He did not tell Jesus he wanted to be healed he gave Him the excuse for why he was not healed. The man learned to live in his disease and was scared to be out of it… And notice the man has no name because he is you, or you are him…
So do you want to be healed? Give up your disease and live in the life that God has prepared for you? Are you ready to trust God and Jesus and let go of what you have known and leap into the wonderful life that waits before your?
Give up your disease and trust Jesus!
Unexpected
He entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:1-10 ESV)
Jesus entered the city and sought out the person that the religious people thought was not one who should be with Jesus.
How many times has this happened to you?
The old joke is true.
One day a man walked into heaven and saw all the people who had done him wrong. They were the ones who bullied him… He looked at St Peter and asked “how did these people make it in here?” And St Peter said, “my son many of them are wondering why you are here.”
Jesus does the unexpected and looks for those we think are beyond His reach. Jesus does the unexpected…
Are you ready for Him to do the unexpected in your life?
May the 4th!
National Star Wars Day…
Shield
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. (Proverbs 2:6-8, ESV)
Have you ever wondered how you made it through a given situation?
Sometimes the odds against us seem insurmountable. We look and all we see is the mountain ahead and we can not see the path that winds up the side. All we see is the problem of getting over this big thing…
Just recently I needed gas for my car and I knew that our bank account was almost empty. I wondered where I would come up with the money to be able to get the gas we needed. Then I checked the bank account and there was a deposit made. It was our tax refund, so I did not have to worry about where the money was going to come from… You may say that was just a coincidence, but I say there is no such thing as coincidence. That was a Godincidence!
Many times before when I or my family has needed something, really needed it, it has been there. God has been our shield and protector and guarded our paths and watched over us. He will do the same for you and all of His saints!
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