Tag: His faithfulness

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Job 21, His ways!

Job 21:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MY SPEECH, AND LET THIS BE YOUR CONSOLATION. Bear with me that I may speak, AND AFTER I HAVE SPOKEN, KEEP MOCKING.

Job’s friends weren’t listening, but he was! Job said, “COMFORT ME BY LISTENING TO ME”!

Job 21:4-5, “As for me, IS MY COMPLAINT AGAINST MAN? … Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

Job complaint is not against man, BUT AGAINST GOD FOR HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT GOD WAS DOING! WHY LORD! WHY!

Psa 77:7-8, NLT, HAS THE LORD REJECTED ME FOREVER? WILL HE NEVER AGAIN BE KIND TO ME? IS HIS UNFAILING LOVE GONE FOREVER? HAVE HIS PROMISES PERMANENTLY FAILED?

Job 21:22-23, 25-26, “CAN ANYONE TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, Since He judges those on high? ONE DIES IN HIS FULL STRENGTH, Being wholly at ease and secure; … ANOTHER MAN DIES IN THE BITTERNESS OF HIS SOUL, Never having eaten with pleasure. THEY LIE DOWN ALIKE IN THE DUST, AND WORMS COVER THEM.

Job, doesn’t understand GOD’s way! ONE MAN LIVES IN PROSPERIRTY AND IN GOOD HEALTH, YET ANOTHER LIVES IN BITTER POVERTY! WHY?

Isa 55:8-9, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

THE MIND OF MAN IS LIMITED, BUT THE LORD KNOWS ALL! WHO CAN TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, OR WHO CAN GIVE GOD COUNCIL? NO ONE CAN!  

Isa 40:13-14, Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?

WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON WHY THINGS HAPPEN TO US, BUT WE CAN KNOW THAT HE IS IN FULL CONTROL! TRUST IN HIM!

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Job 19, our Redeemer lives!

Job 19:21, “HAVE PITY ON ME, HAVE PITY ON ME, O YOU MY FRIENDS, FOR THE HAND OF GOD HAS STRUCK ME!

Again, Job lost all that he had, his children, his relatives, his close friends and even his servants don’t answer when he calls! V13-19!

Rom 12:15, Rejoice with those who rejoice, and WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP. 

Job 19:23-24, “OH, THAT MY WORDS WERE WRITTEN! OH, THAT THEY WERE INSCRIBED IN A BOOK! THAT THEY WERE ENGRAVED ON A ROCK WITH AN IRON PEN AND LEAD, FOREVER! 

He didn’t know it but the LORD honored his request! His words have been written on THE SOLID ROCK OF SCRIPTURE WITH AN IRON PEN! THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF ALL TIME!

Job 19:25-27, FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES, AND HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; AND AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

WOW! JOB’S TRUE FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD COMES OUT! IN HIS FLESH HE SHALL SEE THE LORD STANDING ON THE EARTH!

1Th 4:16, For the LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD. AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. 

Isa 54:5-8, FOR YOUR MAKER IS YOUR HUSBAND, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND YOUR REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; He is called the God of the whole earth. FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED YOU LIKE A WOMAN FORSAKEN AND GRIEVED IN SPIRIT, Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” Says your God. “FOR A MERE MOMENT I HAVE FORSAKEN YOU, BUT WITH GREAT MERCIES I WILL GATHER YOU. WITH A LITTLE WRATH I HID MY FACE FROM YOU FOR A MOMENT; But with EVERLASTING Kindness I will have mercy on you,” SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER.

WE MAY GRIEVE FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT KNOW THAT OUR REDEEMER IS COMING FOR HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH! NOT THAT WE DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE IS FAITHFUL!

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Job 3, The battle in our mind!

Job 3:2-5, And Job spoke, and said: “MAY THE DAY PERISH ON WHICH I WAS BORN, And the night in which it was said, ‘A male child is conceived.’ MAY THAT DAY BE DARKNESS; May God above not seek it, NOR THE LIGHT SHINE UPON IT. MAY DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH CLAIM IT; May a cloud settle on it; May the blackness of the day terrify it.

Satan was waiting on Job to curse GOD, Yet Job cursed the day of his birth! In Chapter 1, he lost his family, and his wealth. Chapter 2, he lost his physical health and gained relentless pain! Now Chapter 3, the battle in Job’s mind, deep depression takes over!

Psa 34:18 NLT, THE LORD IS CLOSE TO THE BROKENHEARTED; HE RESCUES THOSE WHOSE SPIRITS ARE CRUSHED. 

THE LORD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS TO US, THE BATTLES WE FACE, THE DEPRESSION WE FEEL. THE LORD DOESN’T LEAVE US, BUT DRAWS CLOSER TO US!

Job 3:25, FOR THE THING I GREATLY FEARED HAS COME UPON ME, AND WHAT I DREADED HAS HAPPENED TO ME. 

His greatest fear was for his kids as is ours! HE WOULD OFFER THE LORD BURNT OFFERINGS JUST IN CASE HIS KIDS CURSED GOD!

Job 1:5, … AND OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS according to the number of them all. FOR JOB SAID, “IT MAY BE THAT MY SONS HAVE SINNED AND CURSED GOD IN THEIR HEARTS.” Thus Job did regularly.

Psa 94:11, THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF MAN, THAT THEY ARE FUTILE. 

Isa 26:3, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU.

IF WE TRULY TRUST IN THE LORD, THEN HE WILL KEEP US IN PERFECT PEACE BECAUSE THE LORD IS ALWAYS WITH OUR KIDS AND US! AS HE TAUGHT YOU SO HE WILL TEACH THEM! REMEMBER THE LORD DOESN’T SLEEP AND HE HEARS OUR PRAYERS! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Isa 54:13, ALL YOUR CHILDREN SHALL BE TAUGHT BY THE LORD, AND GREAT SHALL BE THE PEACE OF YOUR CHILDREN. 

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Esther 10, HIS Providence!

Est 10:3, FOR MORDECAI THE JEW WAS SECOND TO KING AHASUERUS, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, SEEKING THE GOOD OF HIS PEOPLE AND SPEAKING PEACE TO ALL HIS COUNTRYMEN.

Mordecai came from nothing to be second in command of Persia. Like Joseph, who was sold as a slave to Egypt and became second in command of the land!

Psa 75:6-7, For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south. BUT GOD IS THE JUDGE: HE PUTS DOWN ONE, AND EXALTS ANOTHER.

And the story ends without the mention of GOD’s name, Yet we clearly see the work of HIS hands!

IT WASN’T MERE LUCK that Queen Vashti lost her position. IT WASN’T LUCK that Esther won a beauty contest and made Queen in Vashti’s place! IT WASN’T JUST COINCIDENCE that Mordecai heard of the plot to kill the king!

In a sleepless night GOD ARRANGED king Ahasuerus to read a book of records only to find that Mordecai wasn’t honored for saving the kings life!  

Spurgeon said “ESTHER IS A BOOK OF WONDERS WITHOUT A MIRACLE”, FOR GOD WORKS SUPERNATURALLY IN THE NATURAL!

Psa 77:14, YOU ARE THE GOD WHO DOES WONDERS; YOU HAVE DECLARED YOUR STRENGTH AMONG THE PEOPLES.

AS BELIEVERS WE SHOULD NEVER ATTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO LUCK FOR GOD IS ALWAYS WORKING ON OUR BEHALF! WE DON’T NEED TO SEE A MIRACLE HAPPEN JUST TO SAY THAT WAS FROM THE LORD; FOR HE ARRANGES EVERYTHING AROUND US! DO YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, HIS POWER HIS STRENGTH?

Dan 11:32b, … BUT THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG, AND CARRY OUT GREAT EXPLOITS. 

Exo 33:14, And HE said, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.” 

Joh 21:25, AND THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT JESUS DID, WHICH IF THEY WERE WRITTEN ONE BY ONE, I SUPPOSE THAT EVEN THE WORLD ITSELF COULD NOT CONTAIN THE BOOKS THAT WOULD BE WRITTEN. AMEN.

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Esther 8, He is always there!

Est 8:1-2, On that day King Ahasuerus GAVE QUEEN ESTHER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. SO THE KING TOOK OFF HIS SIGNET RING, WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM HAMAN, AND GAVE IT TO MORDECAI…

Haman was a rich man who lost everything including his life because he was determined to kill the people of GOD! EVEN THOUGH THE LORDS NAME IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK, EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T SEE HIM, HE IS ALWAYS NEAR US WORKING FOR OUR GOOD!

Psa 121:4, BEHOLD, HE WHO KEEPS ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP. 

The decree which Haman wrote is still hanging over every Jews head, but now they were giving the rights to defend themselves!

Isa 54:17, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER, …

IN THIS WORLD WE WILL HAVE TROUBLES, AND WEAPONS WILL BE FORGED AGAINST US. WE MAY NOT SEE HIM NOR SENSE HIM, YET THE LORD IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP THOSE WHO SEEK HIS FACE! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Ecc 12:13-14, LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, FOR THIS IS MAN’S ALL. FOR GOD WILL BRING EVERY WORK INTO JUDGMENT, INCLUDING EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL.

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Esther 4, for such a time as this!

Est 4:1, When Mordecai learned all that had happened, HE TORE HIS CLOTHES AND PUT ON SACKCLOTH AND ASHES … HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD AND BITTER CRY. 

Mordecai knew it was because of him that the decree to kill all the Jews went out in the first place! But once written it cannot be changed!

Est 1:19, … and let it be recorded in the laws of the PERSIANS AND THE MEDES, SO THAT IT WILL NOT BE ALTERED

We should always be in communion with the LORD thru prayer Especially in times of trouble! HE IS OUR FATHER WHO LOVES US AND IS WILLING TO HELP US IF WE ASK!

Est 4:11, “… know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, WHO HAS NOT BEEN CALLED, HE HAS BUT ONE LAW: PUT ALL TO DEATH, EXCEPT THE ONE TO WHOM THE KING HOLDS OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTER, that he may live. …

WHAT HAS THE LORD CALLED YOU TO DO? ESTHER WAS NOW IN A POSITION TO HELP HER PEOPLE, YET SHE WAS PLACED THERE BY THE LIVING GOD FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

Psa 75:7, BUT GOD IS THE JUDGE: HE PUTS DOWN ONE, AND EXALTS ANOTHER. 

Est 4:14, FOR IF YOU REMAIN COMPLETELY SILENT AT THIS TIME, RELIEF AND DELIVERANCE WILL ARISE FOR THE JEWS FROM ANOTHER PLACE, but you and your father’s house will perish. YET WHO KNOWS WHETHER YOU HAVE COME TO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?” 

Mordecai trust was in the faithfulness of GOD, not in Esther. Man is easily pushed from side to side, BUT THE LORD IS OUR STEADFAST ROCK AND HIS PROMISES ARE FAITHFUL!

2Ti 2:13, IF WE ARE FAITHLESS, HE REMAINS FAITHFUL; HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF. 

HE HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF US, TRUST IN HIM! THERE IS A REASON HE HAS YOU WHERE YOUR AT NOW!

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.