Showing posts with label Promise-Keeping God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Promise-Keeping God. Show all posts

Friday, July 29, 2016

HAPPY SABBATH: Faith ... And Belief








I Had Been Approaching Life The Wrong Way!

I Had Been Allowing Circumstance To Have The Say
BUT
I Had A Conversation With God One Day
AND
I Learned
That There Is A Better Way!

Really?!

Really!!

Okay!  Show Me!

What Do Joshua
Elijah
David
Samson
Hezekiah
Elisha
Daniel
Shadrach
Meshach
And Abednego
Have In Common?

Faith?

UNCOMMON FAITH!
They Believed God At His Word!

What Do You Mean?!

Take Joshua.  
God Said That The Battle Was Israel's
AND
As A Token
He Sent Rocks From Heaven 
To Help Destroy Israel's Foes!
In Charity With God
AND
In Faith And Belief
In The Everlasting Word
Joshua
In Determination To Complete The Battle
Said:

Sun Do Not Set!
Moon Do Not Rise!

And ... It Was So!

A Man Of Living Faith!

Take The Hebrew Boys!

Nebuchadnezzar! We Are Not Careful
To Speak To You!
We Will Not Worship Your God!
Our God Will Deliver Us
AND
Even If He Doesn't
We Still Will Not Bow Down!

And Jesus Christ Himself Came Down
AND ...

Saved Them!

Job?!

The Lord Giveth
AND
The Lord Taketh Away!
Blessed Is The Name Of The Lord!

His End Was Better Than His Beginning!
He Received Double What He Had Lost 
For He Maintained His Integrity Before God
Knowing That The Judge Of The Earth Would Do Right!

Elijah?

Called Down Fire From Heaven 
To Consume His Waterlogged Sacrifice!

AND

Prior To That
He Closed Up Heaven 
For THREE And A Half Years
So That It Did Not Rain!

AND ...

He Then In Turn Looked For Rain
AND
The Rains Came!

Elisha?

Asked For The First Born's Blessing 
- A Double Portion Of His "Father" Elijah's Spirit! -
AND
He Got It!

What Are You Changing About Your Self?

I Am Choosing To Believe God Can ...!

Can What?!

Do For Me What I Cannot Do For My Self!

I Am Choosing
- Even In The Face Of Mortal Disappointment -
To Permit God To Bless Me
By Believing In Advance That God Has Blessed Me
Even When What I Desire
Is Denied Me!
I Choose To Let God Lead Me
By My Faith In My Belief In God!

Samson Had Lost His Strength
AND
His Eyesight!
He Asked God
To Give Him Back His Strength
To Accomplish A Job Of Work!
God Blessed His Request
AND
He Levelled A Temple
With Bare Hands
Killing More People
That What He Killed
When He Was In His Prime!

Taking God
At His Word
Is Needful For All Christians
Elsewise
Who Can You Trust For Eternal Life In Eternity
IF
You Cannot Trust God
For Food
Shelter
Provision
Protection!

I Choose
To Trust The Eternal God
To Protect Me
Against The Machinations Of The Fraud
I Choose To Believe
That God Will Make A Way
For Me
As Long As I
Trust
Honor
Worship
Love
AND
Obey!

If God Says He Can
Then I Choose To Believe That He Will!

His Word Says
He Has
A Thousand Ways Of Provision
Which We Knowing Not About!

Lord,
Help Me This Day
To Keep My Big Trust Out
Even As Others Laugh
And
Joke About!
Help Me
Despite The World's Harsh Levity
To Indeed Trust You
With Great Gravity!
AMEN!

*********


I Choose To Believe Jesus Christ!

What About YOU?!




Monday, July 11, 2016

I Got Extras From God!


I Followed After Righteousness And Mercy!
I Desired To Possess Them
BUT
Not As You Would A Hot Car
For I Knew That They Were Gifts From Heaven
Which Have No Shelf Life
NOR
Any Coded Expiration Bar!

NOW ...

I'd Long Been Told
By The Good Book
That God Gives More
That I Could Ask For, Think, Or See
So ...
It Was No Surprise
When I Caught Up
With God's Bona Fides
That I Had Received Extras -
Not One A Booby Prize!

I Desired Righteousness!
Got It, Getting It -  I Am Being Satisfied!
I Am Doing Well With Right Living
Having By Grace
Gotten Away From Constant Sinning!

I Desired Mercy
AND
I Will Tell You True
The God Of Heaven Gave Me
What I Didn't Know I Needed,  Too!

God's Great Mercy
Gave Me
Honor
AND
Life!
Life For Living Now
AND
Later
His Eternal Life
PLUS
Honor
Such Honor
So That I Can - In This Flesh
Approach The King
AND
At That
Stand Before His Throne
Without Dread Fear
AND
Desperate Groveling!

Take My Advice!
I'm Giving It Free!
Ask God For True Blessings
AND
Without Outward Seeking
Get The Gracious Overflowing!

Thank You,  Lord
For Saving My Soul!







Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Promise-Keeping God!



A Beloved Brother Ended a Message to Me Recently With These Words:

"And God is still Working On US...!!"

I Responded with:

"And He has Promised to Finish What He Has Started! ... And He IS The God of The Kept, Sealed and Settled Word! ... And He IS Our Almighty God! ... And,  By His Grace,  and With His Mercy,  We Shall Stay The Course,  and Arrive Safely Home!
I Like How This God Rolls!!"

In These Few Words Is The Sermon of The Ages!




The Promise-Keeping God 
Provides Grace - Unmerited  Favor - To Us

Seasoned With His Mercy

AND 

His Love Loves Us 
Despite Our Great Shame

FOR

His Word - Character -
Is Perfect!

He Will "Do The Do"
As He Hath Promised
To Me and To You

SO ...

Do Not Let Satan Rob You
Of What God Has Promised You!

*******

Hear The Promise!

Believe The Promise!

Hold The Promise!

Live In Anticipation of Receiving The Promise!

AND

At The Appointed Time

AND 

In The Stipulated Place

We Will Hold Out Our Hands

AND

Bow Our Heads

IN

Receipt and Acceptance

OF

The Fulfillment of The Promise!

*******

May God Grant Us All 
The Blessing of Peace 
As We Walk Holy
and
Wholly Faithful
Up Toward 
The Kingdom Of His Light!