ETERNAL TRUTHS!

 

For it is a day of tro9ble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of df crying in the mountains….Ye made also aa ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, nether had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth. And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine; let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

And it was revealed in mine ears, by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. …Go get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Sheba, which is over the house, and say; What has thou here? And whom has thou here, that thou has hewed thee out a sepulcher here, as he that heweth him out a sepulcher on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shall thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house. …And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity; from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fail, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off, for the LORD hath spoken it! Isaiah 22:5, 11-14- 16, 18, 25

 

According to our scripture text, God speaks to His Servant Isaiah in the midst of troubling times. While God has revealed Himself to those whom He chose, called and sanctified unto Himself, Israel persistent in their evil ways, backsliding and running-a-whoring after other gods. Once again finding themselves perplexed, after all they still sacrificed the sheep, slayed the oxen, abstained from eating the flesh of unclean animals, right. In other words, they were religious. They went to church, most Sundays, at least. And they read the Daily Bread on line, if time allowed. Okay, they tried tithing but after all, the church wasn’t gonna pay their rent, car note or electric bill, C’mon nah! Ain’t nobody perfect! And besides that, JESUS PAID IT ALL?
Somehow,  like us, they forgot that The SOVEREIGN Lord GOD of hosts and  had given them EVERYTHING, was a Jealous God Who rightfully expected faithful obedience motivated by love and gratitude, could not continue to overlook and reward their willful disobedience!

Nevertheless, when trouble came, rather than humbly repenting,  weeping in sackcloth and ashes before The Mercy Seat and standing firmly in faithful commitment to God, they responded by heaping upon themselves high ranking deceitful leaders and teachers, like Shebna. driven by self-aggrandizing hedonistic fatalism, who took full advantage of their lusts, greed and rebelliousness! As a result of forsaking The True and Living Creator and Sustainer of Life, destruction was upon them and they were carried away by nations more evil then themselves. THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED, BUT LOST WHAT THEY HAD! #4REAL

GOD had established Jerusalem as the pinnacle and epiphany of those who would seek Him first , striving to live their lives following His statutes and commands would drive other nations to covet and envy their covenant love relationship to GOD! Yet their refusal to hear and obey His Heart provoked GOD to reveal the other side of His RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE!

Beloved, God is NOT obligated to shield, protect, provide or promote those who have a form of godliness but deny HIS Divine Authority, Power and Right as to rule and reign as LORD OVER THE ENTIREITY OF THEIR LIVES according to HIS DIVINE PURPOSE AND PLAN!

GOD, refusing to give up His Family, gave Isaiah a vision  in the valley of burden, chaos, confusion, devastation and trauma,  that in the fullness of time, He would raise up ANOTHER MAN unlike ANY, clothed in a Robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS, STRENGTHENED with HOLY SPIRIT, FASTENED AS A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE, ESTABLISHED and EXALTED HIS NAME ABOVE ALL OTHERS, HANGING UPON HIM ALL THE GLORY OF HIS FATHERS HOUSE, COMMITTING THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD TO COME INTO HIS HANDS! THAT MAN IS JESUS!

PRECIOUS ONE, STOP LOOKING TO THE ARM OF FLESH TO DO WHAT ONLY GOD CAN!  SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ON THINGS ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH! 

TRUTHBTOLD, while kings and kingdoms, presidents and dictators, elections and coups of this world have come and gone, WE HAVE AN ETERNAL KING WHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOREVER AND EVER! JESUS IS LORD!

ETERNAL TRUTHS!

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ETERNAL TRUTHS!

 

And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of their bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. Exodus 2:23-25

 

Our scripture text reveal the historical events that transpire after the death of God’s Servant, Joseph. A new Pharaoh, (who didn’t know Joseph) fearing retaliation once the Israelites realized the Presence and Power of The Almighty God Who chose and sustained them as His Very Own People, planned to diminish the Israelites! Yet despite his efforts to destroy them, the Israelites rapidly increased into a mighty people. In order to divert this frightening consequence, Pharaoh set about to enslave and tighten his control over the Israelites with bitter cruelty, intimidation, oppression and subsequently demoralization!

 

BUT GOD, refusing to be deterred, breaking thru nearly 400 years of silence, raised up Moses to tell His people that He’d not forgotten them nor His Promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. GOD wanted to assure His people that while it may have appeared that their cries were being ignored, His Eyes were watching and His Ears were attentive to every one of their groanings and was coming down to deliver them from the hand of their wicked Egyptian captors.

Quiet as it’s often kept, every one of us who’ve professed Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord has experienced gapping periodic silences when all circumstantial evidence would suggest that Heaven has hit the mute button, slashing all means of communication, leaving us abandoned, isolated, vulnerable and alone to fend for ourselves!

 

While this may not fit into the 21^st Century Theologian Doctrine of some sometimes it jus seems like everything is working against those of us who are striving to live our everyday lives in a manner that pleases and glorifies The God Who has called and redeemed us from ‘a miserable life of sin’! #ijs!!!

 

TRUTHBTOLD, life has a way of contradicting all of those ‘faith’ confessions that we cling to, until it drains our souls, depletes our hope and left unabated, causes us to doubt God’s Faithfulness and unintentionally heeding seducing spirits that suggest that perhaps this time, Satan jus might be a true prophet. And we all know how that turns out, huh?

TRUST2KNO, the devil is STILL a liar and the Father of lies. In other words, ‘IT AIN’T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE’! Satan, the Master of Deception manipulates these moments of desperate silence attempting to overwhelm us with fear in order to persuade us that God is not to be trusted!

Beloved, in spite of appearances, logic or feelings, we must never forget that our Heavenly Father has sworn by GODSELF to never leave us or forsake us. The Omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent Creator and Sustainer of all life has committed GODSELF to be with us! Even if we can’t see Him, by faith we know that He’s ALWAYS there, working behind the scenes, fulfilling His intents and purposes for each of our lives.

When the cares of this world overshadow the Voice of The Lord, when we can’t trace God’s Hand, we can still trust His Heart!

Precious one, WHEN HEAVEN GOES MUTE, DON’T FALL 4 THE OKEY DOKE! IT’S NOT TIME TO GIVE UP!  REST ASSURED, HELP IS ON THE WAY!

Be still and know that I am GOD; I will be exalted among the heathen. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us, the GOD of Jacob is our refuge. Selah! Psalm 46:10-11

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ETERNAL TRUTHS! #CARE2SHARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELAH Daily Devotions!

 

Good morning Family, GOT A MOMENT? GREAT! Once again we invite you to join us in our Weekly Thursdays’  Corporate Prayer and Fasting today! With up stretched arms, open hearts and mouths filled, we praise …

Awesome ruler, Gentile Redeemer! God with us, the Living Truth; And what a friend we have in you! You are the Living Word! Jesus, Jesus! That’s what we call you! Manger born, but on a tree, You died to save humanity; You are the Living Word! Change me O God! Make me more like You! Change me O God! Wash me thru and thru! Create in me, a clean heart…so…that I can be more like You…We’re pray now, believing and trusting…

Heavenly Father, we come today, In The Magnificent Name of Jesus The King of Glorrraa, thanking You for blessing us to see one more brand new day! We thank You for another opportunity to embrace the abundance of Your Mercy, Grace, Power and Peace!

Abba Father, it’s only because of You, that we even know to cherish this day and not take it for granted as if we have a right to live! Because of You we live, move and have our being! We come with our  hearts rejoicing, hands lifted up and our lips forever praizing You! Father, as we bow before Your Presence this morning , we’re thanking You for the honor and privilege that You have bestowed upon us, choosing us to be your very own children! Oh, how awesome are Your deeds! For You have preseved our lives and kept our feet from slipping!

O Lord, God of Heaven and earth, who keeps covenant Love with those who Love and Obey Your Word, we’re grateful that Your ears are attentive to our prayers. We confess our sinfulness, wickedness, and disobedience to Your commands, collectively as well as individually, and we ask that You forgive us, cleanse us in The Precious Blood of Jesus and restore us back to right-fellowship with You. We’re thankful that because yet knowing our frame, Your faithfulness and compassion continuously allows You to look beyond the frailties, faults and iniquities of our humanity and minister to every one of our real need! We thank You, Heavenly Father for being The True and Living God of  Salvation, Hope, Deliverance, Breakthrough and Provision!

We’re eternally grateful that although we’re living in these last days, surrounded by corruption, deception, greed in the midst of ungodliness and ominous threats of impending chaos and destruction, You are yet in control of all thing. We continue to look up with our eyes fixed on The Steadfast Hope that beyond this world! You are our Strength and  Faithful Shield, A Rock in a weary land, our Refuge and Impenitable  Stronghold! We run to our hiding place knowing that the safest place in this whole world is smack-dab-in-da-middle of YOUR PERFECT WILL! Lord Jesus, we’re so grateful that You are yet in control of all things.

Precious Lord, as You have declared  Your Will is that none shall perish, we ask that You save that person who is yet walking in darkness, outside of covenant relationship with You, and reclaim every back-slider who has turned away from following You; Father, put a committed YES in their hearts and in their minds that they will run swiftly to You today and receive You as their personal Savior and Lord! Bless them now and place them and settle them into a church home that they might be restored and their character developed in the ways of Holiness and Righteousness. Fill them with  Your Precious Holy Ghost amd arm them with  a determination to live out the rest of their days in humble-faithful obedience to You!

Abba Father, touch our brother, touch our sister whose body has been afflicted by all manner of sickness and disease, especially the Spirit of cancer and rebuke and cast it out at the root, for Your Name Sake. Lord! Touch the minds of all who are being tormented and struggling with mental disorders.  Heavenly Father, because You are Alpha and Omega, the same yesterday, today and forever,  we believe that even as You walked in this earth healing all who were sick, feeble, lame, we know that You’re Well Able to do the same right now! Your Word declares that Your stripes have redeemed and healed us therefpre we’re standing on Your Promises that the prayer of faith shall save the sick and raise them up, In Jesus Name! Amen 3x!
Lord,  remember and bring comfort and strength to all those who are presently going thru a season of mourning and grief because of the lost of a loved one, those who have been victimized by abuse, addictions, marital relationships, divorce, loss of employment, bankruptcy and foreclosures! We plead the Blood of Jesus over the demonic thoughts, spirits of anxiety, oppression, depression and confusion, because we know that You are not the author of these demonic thoughts and feelings, but You have given us who have put our personal trust in Your Son Jesus, Your Righteousness, Love and Joy in The Holy Ghost!

Precious Jesus, as always by faith, we’re lifting up our children, our grands, great and great-great grands, committing them into Your care, realizing that You have a plan and purpose for their lives also. We have Your Blessed Assurance that no matter what it looks like, their steps and stops are yet being Divinely ordered by Your Eyes! We rebuke the spirits of bullying, intimidation, fear, failure, anxiety, low self-esteem, lethargy, dyslexia and autism! We release The Spirit of Peace, Hope, Excellence, Empowerment, Wisdom, Understanding, Confidence, Security and Success! We thank You that because the angels of the Lord are encamped around them, NO WEAPON THAT IS FORMED AGAINST THEM SHALL PROSPER every threat, plot, scheme, curse that is directed towards them is BEING RECOILED, In Jesus Name! AMEN 3X!

Abba Father, we lift up every Bishop, Pastor, Overseer, Apostle, Evangelist, Preacher and Tearcher. We ask that You undergird them with Your Anointing and conviction to carryout their God-ordained assignment, under the direction of Holy Spirit. Cover them as they go in and out amongst Your people and those who seek to discredit, hinder and even destroy their faith, faithfulness and minister!

Heavenly Father, as You have instructed, we pray for the leaders of our world and our nation, gpverment. corporate, judicial, education, financial, healthcare providers, military, public servants, even our churches. Touch their minds and hearts, speak to them in the nite seasons in dreams and visions letting them know that You Who sit Enthroned Above the Heavens is keeping records of the deeds of every man’s hearts and You will reward each one accordingly!  We believe that because their hearts are in Your Hands, they shall be continuously opened to hear and obey Your Will! Lord Jesus, we’re standing on YOUR WORD, AS DECREED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS WORLD SHALL REST UPON YOUR SHOULDERS AND YOU ARE THE ETERNAL KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!

Abba, we ask that You encourage and comfort the souls of Your elect who are overwhelmed with fear, doubt and worry because of the things that are going on in our personal lives and in this ungodly world systems! Release Divine power, send Supernatural Strength, Health, Provision, Prosperity and Protection. Father, give us restful assurance that at the appointed time You, will bring us out wholly restored, renewed, refreshed and with the reward as You have promised  in Your Word. We ask that in our weakness, You empower us with an overwhelming consciousness of Your Abiding Presence! Help us to recognize that regardless of our circumstances, we are never alone and never without Your Very Present Help! YOU are Jehovah Jareh, Who supplies all of our need according to Your Riches in Glory!

Father as we wait in confidence and quietness we are rejoicing in hope, trusting that all workers of iniquity are trembling and suddenly departing in shameful defeat, because You have heard the voice of our weeping, our supplications and received our prayer as a sweet savor coming up before Your Sovereign Throne of Grace and Mercy!

Abba Father, we stand in agreement with You, Our Sovereign High Priest, Who hears ours prayers and forgives our transgressions! Holy Father, because You have chosen  and called us to live  in Peace, eternally in Your House, we shout with exceeding joy unto The One to Whom all men will come!

We bow in obedient reverence before The Hope of all the earth, believing that as Your face shines upon us that, You are making Your ways and salvation known among all nations for You Guide and Rule justly!
Father, we seal this pray with a Triumphant Thank You and a Holy Hallelujah!  WE believe that it is DONE and SHALL BE MANIFESTED according to Your Timing, Plan and Purpose! In The Exalted Name of Jesus. Amen 3X and It Is So!

Now every BLOOD WASHED, BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD  standing in agreement with this prayer, GO TELL SOMEBODY THAT JESUS IS LORD 2 THE GLORY OF GOD OUR FATHER!

 

SELAH!

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