Tag: His faithfulness

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Psalm 40, HIS Thoughts for us!

Psa 40:1-3, … I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD; AND HE INCLINED TO ME, AND HEARD MY CRY. HE ALSO BROUGHT ME UP OUT OF A HORRIBLE PIT, OUT OF THE MIRY CLAY, AND SET MY FEET UPON A ROCK, AND ESTABLISHED MY STEPS. He has put a new song in my mouth—Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD.

In times of trouble it’s hard, at least for me, to patiently wait on the LORD! I remember that we were bleeding out money and nothing coming in, BUT THEN HE OPENED A DOOR FOR ME! ALL I COULD DO IS PRAISE HIM! THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO TODAY (OCT 1, 2018)! REMEMBER THE LORD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND IS NEVER LATE!

Psa 40:4, BLESSED IS THAT MAN WHO MAKES THE LORD HIS TRUST…

Psa 40:5, MANY, O LORD MY GOD, ARE YOUR WONDERFUL WORKS WHICH YOU HAVE DONE; AND YOUR THOUGHTS TOWARD US CANNOT BE RECOUNTED TO YOU IN ORDER; IF I WOULD DECLARE AND SPEAK OF THEM, THEY ARE MORE THAN CAN BE NUMBERED. 

The LORD is always working and is never sleeping on the job! HIS thoughts for you can’t be counted for HE is always thinking of you!

Jer 29:11, FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, says the LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE. 

We were at the beach recently, and while looking at the sand it brought this beautiful scripture to memory!

Psa 139:17-18, How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! HOW GREAT IS THE SUM OF THEM! IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM, THEY WOULD BE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE SAND; When I awake, I am still with You.

The Creator of the universal, the Creator of everything seen and unseen knows your name! HE listens to your voice and looks upon you at every moment! HE is always thinking about you and has a plan for you! WOW!

Psa 40:17, But I am poor and needy; YET THE LORD THINKS UPON ME. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God. 

IT’S NOT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HIM, BUT WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER US! HE IS LOVE, AND A FATHER TO THOSE THAT PLACE THEIR TRUST IN HIM! BLESSED ARE YOU IF YOU TRUST IN HIM!

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Psalm 38, in sickness and health!

TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE, O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.

David felt that he was physically ill because of his sins, he felt the piercing pain which he called the LORDs arrows! HE DOESN’T DEAL WITH HIS SONS WITH JUDGEMENT, BUT AS A FATHER WHO PROPERLY CORRECTS HIS SON!

Pro 3:12, FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CORRECTS, JUST AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTS. 

For those fathers, we should never rebuke our children in our anger, but in love that they may understand their error!

Psa 38:3-5, There is NO SOUNDNESS IN MY FLESH Because of Your anger, NOR ANY HEALTH IN MY BONES BECAUSE OF MY SIN. For MY INIQUITIES have gone over my head; LIKE A HEAVY BURDEN THEY ARE TOO HEAVY FOR ME. MY WOUNDS ARE FOUL AND FESTERING BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS. 

David felt no health in his flesh nor bones and he attributed his pains to his sins! I LOVE THE HOW DAVID SPEAKS TO HIS FATHER! HE DOESN’T HIDE ANYTHING FROM HIM AND JUST TALKS TO THE LORD HOW HE FEELS! JESUS SAID TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE WEARY!

Mat 11:28, COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. 

Psa 38:18, FOR I WILL DECLARE MY INIQUITY; I WILL BE IN ANGUISH OVER MY SIN. 

THE LORD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, IF WE CONFESS THEM! (1John 1:9)

Pro 28:13, He who covers his sins will not prosper, BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY. 

Psa 38:21-22, Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD, MY SALVATION!

The title of this Psalm is “TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE” Not that the LORD needs to be reminded, but in scripture, FOR GOD TO REMEMBER IS FOR HIM TO ACT! MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME O LORD, MY SALVATION! 

DAVID ALWAYS SOUGHT THE LORD, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN TRIALS AND GREAT JOY! THE LORD WAS THE STRENGTH OF HIS LIFE AND SO IT MUST BE FOR US! SEEK THE LORD DAILY!

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Psalm 31, HE is faithful!

Psa 31:1, …In You, O LORD, I PUT MY TRUST; LET ME NEVER BE ASHAMED; Deliver me in Your righteousness. 

Because of your faith many people will mock you in times of trouble; ISN’T HE A CHRISTIAN, WHERE IS THE GOD WHO HE TRUSTED IN? He believes in GOD, yet he can’t find work, he can’t support his own family! Even JESUS on the cross was mocked!

Mat 27:43, HE TRUSTED IN GOD; LET HIM DELIVER HIM NOW if He will have Him; FOR HE SAID, ‘I AM THE SON OF GOD.’ ” 

Psa 31:2-3, Bow down Your ear to me, DELIVER ME SPEEDILY; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to SAVE ME. For You are my rock and my fortress; THEREFORE, FOR YOUR NAME’S SAKE, Lead me and guide me.

LORD, as they mock me they also mock YOU; FOR THE HONOR OF YOUR NAME save me!

When I was laid off from work, I remember my family telling me, “you still don’t have a job”!  I told them “IN HIS TIME THE LORD WILL PROVIDE”! They turned away and laughed, YET MY FAITHFUL AND AWESOME GOD DID OPEN DOORS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY!  ALL GLORY TO HIM FOR HE IS FAITHFUL!

Deu 7:9, “Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS; 

Do you know that HE honors HIS promises, and YOUR FAITH IN HIM?

Heb 11:6, But without FAITH it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Psa 31:23-24, Oh, LOVE THE LORD, ALL YOU HIS SAINTS! FOR THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL, And fully repays the proud person. BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART, ALL YOU WHO HOPE IN THE LORD.

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND IN TIMES OF JOY STAND ON THE SOLID GROUND OF HIS WORD! FOR HE IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE! SEEK AND HAVE FAITH IN HIM FOR HE IS FAITHFUL TO THOSE THAT LOVE HIM!

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Psalm 24, Robes of righteousness!

Psa 24:3, WHO MAY ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? Or WHO MAY STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE? 

NO MAN CAN BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND LIVE (Ex 33:20) FOR OUR SINS ARE ALWAYS BEFORE US! HE DWELLS IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT (1Tim 6:16)

Psa 24:4, HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART, WHO HAS NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL, NOR SWORN DECEITFULLY.

WELL THAT LEAVES ME OUT FOR I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT I’VE DONE!

Jer 17:9, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?

People say “FOLLOW YOUR HEART”, without knowing that the heart is extremely wicked!

Truth is that I did follow my heart and it only led to immorality! NO ONE ON EARTH QUALIFIES TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE!

Ecc 7:20, FOR THERE IS NOT A JUST MAN ON EARTH WHO DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN. 

BUT IN CHRIST WE HAVE HOPE, EVEN A PERSON LIKE ME!

1Pe 3:18, FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED ONCE FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING US TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH BUT MADE ALIVE BY THE SPIRIT, 

THE MAN I WAS IS DEAD AND I’M ALIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHRIST! NOT BECAUSE I DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR MY SINS WITH HIS BLOOD!

2Co 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, HE IS A NEW CREATION; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Psa 24:5, HE SHALL RECEIVE BLESSING FROM THE LORD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE GOD OF HIS SALVATION.

Isa 61:10, I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS….

HE has taken my filthy clothing and clothed me with HIS righteousness!  ONLY IN CHRIST IS MAN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE FATHER! GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD!

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Psalm 18, Trusting in the LORD!

Psa 18:1-3, … I WILL LOVE YOU, O LORD, MY STRENGTH. THE LORD IS MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER; My God, MY STRENGTH, IN WHOM I WILL TRUST; MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION, MY STRONGHOLD. I WILL CALL UPON THE LORD, WHO IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED; SO SHALL I BE SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES.

David most likely wrote this psalm when he was young, BUT SANG IT AT THE END OF HIS LIFE (2Sam 22)!  AFTER A LIFE OF TROUBLE, OF RUNNING FROM SAUL, TROUBLES IN HIS FAMILY, TROUBLES IN HIS SINS; HE REALISES THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS THERE!

Psa 18:28-29, FOR YOU WILL LIGHT MY LAMP; The LORD my God WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS. FOR BY YOU I can run against a troop, BY MY GOD I can leap over a wall.

IT WAS GOD THAT BROUGHT OUT THE LIGHT IN HIS DARKEST MOMENTS, IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE HIM HIS STRENGTH TO CONTINUE!

Psa 18:30-31, AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT; THE WORD OF THE LORD IS PROVEN; HE IS A SHIELD TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM. FOR WHO IS GOD, EXCEPT THE LORD? AND WHO IS A ROCK, EXCEPT OUR GOD?

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE DAVID REALIZED THAT THE PROMISES OF THE LORD ARE TRUE DESPITE HIS CIRCUMSTANCES!

Rom 8:28, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 

HE WAS A SHIELD WHEN DAVID NEEDED A SHIELD, HE WAS HIS STRENGTH WHEN DAVID WAS WEAK, HE WAS HIS HOPE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY!

Psa 18:32-35, IT IS GOD WHO ARMS ME WITH STRENGTH, And makes my way perfect. HE MAKES MY FEET LIKE THE FEET OF DEER, And sets me on my high places. HE TEACHES MY HANDS TO MAKE WAR, SO THAT MY ARMS CAN BEND A BOW OF BRONZE. YOU HAVE ALSO GIVEN ME THE SHIELD OF YOUR SALVATION; YOUR RIGHT HAND HAS HELD ME UP, YOUR GENTLENESS has made me great.

FOR YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO TRUST THE LORD MAY SEEM DIFFICULT BUT AS YOU GROW IN AGE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HIS HAND IN YOUR LIFE! HE IS ALWAYS THERE AND HE CAN CLEARLY SEE AND HEAR YOU EVEN IF YOU CAN’T! TRUST IN THE LORD!

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Psalm 13, How long oh LORD!

Psa 13:1, … HOW LONG, O LORD? Will YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? HOW LONG Will YOU HIDE YOUR FACE FROM ME? 

Some times during trials we believe that GOD has forgotten about us or hiding from us, BUT FEELINGS ARE NOT FACTS! IN TRIALS WE TEND TO EMBRACE OUR FEELINGS AND SITUATIONS RATHER THAN GOD!

Psa 13:2, HOW LONG SHALL I TAKE COUNSEL IN MY SOUL, HAVING SORROW IN MY HEART DAILY? HOW LONG WILL MY ENEMY BE EXALTED OVER ME? 

David, in his desperation repeats the phrase “HOW LONG” four times! IF WE ONLY KNEW HOW LONG THIS TRIAL WILL LAST BEFORE IT’S LIFTED FROM US! DOES SCRIPTURE SAY “WE WALK BY FEELINGS, OR BY SIGHT”? NO!

2Co 5:7, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. 

ALWAYS REMEMBER, HE CAN’T LIE! HE HONORS HIS PROMISES MORE THAN HIS NAME!

Psa 138:2, … FOR YOU HAVE MAGNIFIED YOUR WORD ABOVE ALL YOUR NAME.

Psa 13:5-6, BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY; MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. I will sing to the LORD, BECAUSE HE HAS DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH ME.

 DAVID REMEMBERS GOD’S FAITHFULNESS in the past, and RATHER THAN TO DWELL ON THE PROBLEM HE CHOOSES TO SING TO THE LORD!

Psa 77:10-12, … BUT I WILL REMEMBER THE YEARS OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH.” I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD; SURELY I WILL REMEMBER YOUR WONDERS OF OLD. I WILL ALSO MEDITATE ON ALL YOUR WORK, AND TALK OF YOUR DEEDS.

During trials our imagination runs wild! WILL I FIND ANOTHER JOB? WILL I BE ABLE TO PAY MY BILLS? WILL WE BE LIVING IN THE STREETS! WILL WE BE IN HUNGER?

Psa 37:25, I have been young, and now am old; YET I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS BEGGING BREAD. 

THE LORD IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US! HE USES TRIALS TO BUILD US UP THAT WE MAY LEAN CLOSER TO HIM!

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Psalm 8, Our BLESSED HOPE!

Psa 8:2, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED STRENGTH, BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES, THAT YOU MAY SILENCE THE ENEMY…

The LORD can even use little children to confound the wise priest or scribe!

AS THE CHIEF PRIEST AND SCRIBES SAW THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT JESUS DID, THEY WERE INCENSED WHEN THEY HEARD CHILDREN AROUND JESUS SAYING “HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID!”

Mat 21:16, and said to Him, “DO YOU HEAR WHAT THESE ARE SAYING?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE PERFECTED PRAISE’?”

1Co 1:27, BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY; 

Psa 8:3-4, When I consider Your heavens, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU VISIT HIM?

David can see the greatness of GOD in what he sees in the stars above! IF WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS GLORY AND WERE AMAZED AT THEM, who are we that HE would give us a mere glance? 

IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE BUT WHO HE IS! HE IS OUR LOVING, MERCIFUL FATHER, INFINITE IN STRENGTH AND GLORY, YET HE FEEDS EVEN THE BIRDS OF THE AIR! HE HAS VISITED US BY SENDING HIS OWN SON TO PAY FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AT THE COST OF HIS OWN LIFE! HE IS THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS!

Joh 3:16, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 

Psa 8:9, O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! 

As David started, he also ended! HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! NO MATTER WHERE WERE AT WE CAN ALWAYS SEE THE LORD BY WHAT WE SEE AROUND US! DO YOU KNOW HIM? DO YOU SEEK HIM? THE TIME OF HIS COMING IS NEAR AND WE WILL SEE OUR BLESSED HOPE FACE TO FACE! BE READY AND SEEK HIM!

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Psalm 3, True faith is greater than your circumstances!

Psa 3:1-2, A Psalm of David When He Fled from Absalom His Son. LORD, HOW THEY HAVE INCREASED WHO TROUBLE ME! MANY ARE THEY WHO RISE UP AGAINST ME. MANY ARE THEY WHO SAY OF ME, “THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD.” Selah

David’s own son rebelled against him, and the men of Israel turned on their king (2Sa 15:13 & 2Sa 16:8)! Many believed or felt like David lost favor with GOD! IT’S NOT HOW YOU FEEL OR HOW IT LOOKS TO OTHERS ON THE OUTSIDE; IN GOD THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!

Rom 8:31, …IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 

Psa 3:3-4, But You, O LORD, ARE A SHIELD FOR ME, MY GLORY AND THE ONE WHO LIFTS UP MY HEAD. I CRIED TO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME FROM HIS HOLY HILL. Selah

David’s true strength came from knowing his GOD, IT’S NOT ABOUT FEELINGS! WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, AS DAVID DID, THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOUR AT HE WILL ALWAYS HERE YOU FOR HE PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY GO! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Jos 1:9, HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.” 

We have the same promises that David did! DO YOU BELIEVE IT? DO YOU KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD?

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? Or HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

Psa 89:34-35, MY COVENANT I WILL NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE WORD THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS. ONCE I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS; I WILL NOT LIE TO DAVID:

NOR WILL HE LIE TO ANYONE! AS THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE CRUMBLING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, LEAN ON THE ONE WHO HAS THE FINAL WORD ON THE MATTER! LEAN NOT ON YOUR FEELING OR UNDERSTANDING, BUT ON THE KING OF kings and LORD OF lords!

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Job 42, Reunion in Heaven!

Job 42:1,5-6, THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID: ….”I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. THEREFORE I ABHOR MYSELF, AND REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES.”

Job basically said, “I TAKE BACK WHAT I HAVE SAID, AND I REPENT BEFORE MY MAKER”! Before he heard and read about GOD, BUT NOW HE SEES HIS PRESENCE IN THE WHIRLWIND!

Psa 51:17, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise.

Job 42:7, And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, THAT THE LORD SAID TO ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, “MY WRATH IS AROUSED AGAINST YOU AND YOUR TWO FRIENDS, FOR YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME WHAT IS RIGHT, AS MY SERVANT JOB HAS. 

Job’s three friends are now scared for they have seen the wrath that Job endured, and NOW HIS WRATH IS ON THEM!

Heb 10:30-31, For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD.

Job 42:10, And the LORD restored Job’s losses WHEN he prayed for his friends. INDEED THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE.

IF YOU COMPARE JOB 1:3 TO JOB 42:12, YOU WILL FIND THAT INDEED GOD GAVE JOB DOUBLE OF WHAT HE HAD BEFORE! BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS CHILDREN?

Job 1:2, AND SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS WERE BORN TO HIM. 

Job 42:13, HE ALSO HAD SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS.

You see, Job never lost the first 10 children, and in Heaven he is with all 20 of his kids! ONE DAY WE WILL EXPERIENCE A GREAT REUNION IN HEAVEN WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO LOVE THE LORD! THE SHEER JOY THAT AWAITS US IS BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION! BE READY FOR HE IS NEAR!!

1Co 2:9, But as it is written: “EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NOR HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” 

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Job 23, Seeking the LORD in times of trouble!

Job 23:8-9, “LOOK, I GO FORWARD, BUT HE IS NOT THERE, AND BACKWARD, BUT I CANNOT PERCEIVE HIM; When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I CANNOT SEE HIM.

In times of trouble our faith is always put to the test! We seek HIM, Pray to HIM to change the situation, yet nothing seems to change; “LORD ARE YOU EVEN THERE”?

Psa 66:10, FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE TESTED US; YOU HAVE REFINED US AS SILVER IS REFINED. 

During these times WE ARE REFINED just as gold or silver is! The fire causes the impurities to float to the surface and then it’s removed! ONE CAN EASILY SAY I HAVE FAITH IN GOD! BUT, WHEN TESTED, TRUE BELIEVERS WILL SEEK HIS MAKER EVEN MORE AND THE FALSE BELIEVER WILL BE DRAWN AWAY TO WHATEVER THEY TRUST IN MOST!

Job 23:10-11, BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE HAS TESTED ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD. MY FOOT HAS HELD FAST TO HIS STEPS; I HAVE KEPT HIS WAY AND NOT TURNED ASIDE.

Job knew that his GOD was still there even though he didn’t know why this is happening to him! JOB, KNEW HIS GOD, KNEW HIS WAYS, KNEW HIS WORD. HAPPEN WHAT MAY, I WILL TRUST IN HIM!

Job 13:15, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM

WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO HOLD FAST TO HIS STEPS, THE WAY SHOWN TO US THROUGH HIS WORD, AND THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE! JESUS IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER!

Joh 14:6, JESUS said to him, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. 

TRIALS WILL COME, BUT TRUE BELIEVERS WILL ALWAYS BECOME STRONGER IN THEIR FAITH!

2Co 5:7, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.