God is in control...

So glad for the example of Jacob, who grew into the responsibility of telling his sons and household to get rid of their idols. And it is important to be grateful to our leaders, because they give us impetus, if not memory joggers, to truly worship only God. After all, while I consider my leaders my brothers, there is still an authority granted to them by God (Numbers 17:4) They are not His representative. Nevertheless, our leaders lead the way in being holy. (Joshua 5:15).

 

“Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth the good news…) it says in Nahum 1:15, an exhortation to be thankful and gracious and do what our teachers tell us to do.

I have a dream (blessed be the believers, part 4)

And I am so joyous to wait upon Him. To wait is to know something good is coming. My heart soars. (Isa 40:31) I have waited upon Him in trials as well as in good times. The result is always the same. God rewards me according to His Will and purpose, as well as, the delights of my heart and His love never ends. As He does all who believe in Him, trust Him and obey Him. What we get in return are relationships that are loving and kind in which we see just how much God loves us. We need one another, for comfort, encouragement, and to help up become like sheep keeping in line with our walk with God. (Hebrews 10:25). The church in which we worship is not the building with bricks and mortar; we are the church, we are the holy priesthood. We are His elect. (1 Peter 2:5) And we are accountable in how we walk and how sincere our worship is (Revelations 11:1) because of the example that we show to one another. In fact individually the relationship between and among fellow Christians must be just that—relationships--and they must be built up. We must help each other grow, because when that happens we fulfill the Law, God’s Law. (Hebrew 10:25) All the apostles knew the greatest of these is love and that is God for God is Love (1 John 4:8). And, as are all those who follow Him, I am consecrated to Him as1 Peter 2:9 describes. Consecration is a devotion to the God by worshipping Him. Just as the Levites were consecrated in Exodus 13:2 and12-15.

 

I have a dream (blessed be the believers, part 3)

We as believers are His chosen and are welcomed and blessed in His courts. (Psalm 65:4) And because of this, I share the Psalmists sentiment in Psalm 84:1-4 about worshipping God, praising Him, crying out for His presence. He cares for even the sparrow, providing for them. He will do the same for His people. I really believe that I would rather be in the stability of being in the Lord than in the vortex that worldly living brings. (Psalm 84:10)

 

We all come through the wilderness in our lives. We are starving and thirsty. Is God there? I had to sell my house when I took the transfer to Kentucky. God knew the perfect time to do this and did so and while I am in debt, I will get out of debt. Perhaps not as fast as I want to, but I will get out of debt. God told me to move and I did and He has led me from a wilderness. I have had major surgeries, had broken bones and He has taken me through all of that. Praise Him – He has taken me through a rather strong threat of furlough – praise Him throughout the earth! Yes, praise Him, and may all those who struggle and all those no matter what stage of struggling they are in realize what a great God we serve!!! (Psalms 107:6-8) You see, God always gives me something in the midst of struggle, something to lift my spirits and convinces me to continue to seek Him. ) There is never a day I cannot proclaim Him, never a day I will not worship Him. (Psalm 132:7). The Lord has chosen Zion, “the land of desolation”. (Psalm 132:13-14) just so that we would be humbled, and so that we would know that He is greater than anything that will ever happen and the author of all Creation.

Give us this Day (thank God for leader)

I thank God for an example through the leaders teach us how to be priests. The leaders demonstrate to us that we are the ones who are in contact with God, that now we can approach His throne with boldness. Our high priest Jesus has made us all like Him. We become like those in Deuteronomy 10:8 who are set apart to carry the ark. We become like those who truly are sanctified, as the Levites called by God. Aaron was to lead the Levites and they were to serve Him (Numbers 3:16-18), much as our leaders are appointed by God to serve Him. I thank God for teaching our leaders to be His instruments, to keep us on the straight and narrow, polished in and by His Word, to move toward being pure and without spot, by reflecting His Son and walking within the example of Jesus.

 

I have a dream .... blessed are the believers (part 2)

Believers are blessed by God, as they are given of His abundance (Psalm 36:8). He longs to lavish upon the believers and call us His sons (1 John 3:1) so that our inheritance is in His World. I also share David’s sentiment of what soul-felt joy it is to be in His House/ (Psalm 12:4). I am so grateful and my heart pours out thanksgiving for being able to worship Him in His temple, His House, among His people. (Psalm 48:9, 55:14) And  I am so grateful to be able to sit in His lap and enter His rest. (Hebrew 4:3)