Tag: The work of GOD

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Proverbs 1:8-33, GOD is always speaking!

Pro 1:10-11, My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

As Parents we are always trying to teach our children to be careful with who you hang around with! There is a known quote that says, “SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I’LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE”!

Pro 13:20, He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 

Pro 1:20-21, WISDOM CALLS ALOUD OUTSIDE; SHE RAISES HER VOICE IN THE OPEN SQUARES. SHE CRIES OUT IN THE CHIEF CONCOURSES, At the openings of the gates in the city SHE SPEAKS HER WORDS:

Solomon personifies wisdom as a woman offering guidance to the hearer! Wisdom is always speaking, yet so many people can’t hear her call!

Psa 19:1-3, … THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK. DAY UNTO DAY UTTERS SPEECH, AND NIGHT UNTO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS NO SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS NOT HEARD.

Look up and around, and you will see HIS creation all around you; for where there is a design there’s always a designer behind it!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, 

Pro 1:22, “HOW LONG, YOU SIMPLE ONES, WILL YOU LOVE SIMPLICITY? For scorners delight in their scorning, AND FOOLS HATE KNOWLEDGE.

Simple one look at creation and say “that nice, it looks pretty”, yet can’t see the Creator who designed it! A fool will attribute all that he see to just chance and luck!  

Psa 14:1, … THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART,”THERE IS NO GOD.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

Pro 1:33, BUT WHOEVER LISTENS TO ME WILL DWELL SAFELY, AND WILL BE SECURE, WITHOUT FEAR OF EVIL.” 

Do you hear her (wisdom’s) call? HE, GOD, is always speaking, through HIS word or through HIS works!

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Esther 9, from Mourning to Joy

Est 9:2-3, The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could withstand them, BECAUSE FEAR OF THEM FELL UPON ALL PEOPLE. And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and all those doing the king’s work, helped the Jews, BECAUSE THE FEAR OF MORDECAI FELL UPON THEM.

Deu 2:25, … I WILL BEGIN TO PUT THE DREAD AND FEAR OF YOU UPON THE NATIONS UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, WHO SHALL HEAR THE REPORT OF YOU, AND SHALL TREMBLE AND BE IN ANGUISH BECAUSE OF YOU.’ 

The LORD can put a thought in their head, and fear their hearts! YET BELIEVERS IN HIM SHOULD NEVER FEAR BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US A DIFFERENT SPIRIT!

2Ti 1:7, FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND. 

Est 9:22, as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month WHICH WAS TURNED FROM SORROW TO JOY FOR THEM, AND FROM MOURNING TO A HOLIDAY;

Whatever situation that were in HE can change it for good! REMEMBER JOSEPH!

Gen 50:20, BUT AS FOR YOU, YOU MEANT EVIL AGAINST ME; BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Psa 30:5, …WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. 

We are limited in our thoughts and understanding, yet HE KNOWS ALL. We may not know why something has happened but HE can change use anything to HIS gain! HAVE FAITH IN TIMES OF TROUBLE FOR HE IS ALWAYS WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF!

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. 

Psa 30:11-12, YOU HAVE TURNED FOR ME MY MOURNING INTO DANCING; YOU HAVE PUT OFF MY SACKCLOTH AND CLOTHED ME WITH GLADNESS, To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD MY GOD, I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOREVER.

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Ezra 6, HIS guiding hand!

Ezr 6:1-2, THEN KING DARIUS ISSUED A DECREE, AND A SEARCH WAS MADE IN THE ARCHIVES, … A SCROLL WAS FOUND, AND IN IT A RECORD WAS WRITTEN THUS:

After a letter sent to king Darius from the governor who was trying to get the work of GOD stopped; Darius found the scroll of Cyrus!

Ezr 6:3, In the first year of King Cyrus, KING CYRUS ISSUED A DECREE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM: “LET THE HOUSE BE REBUILT,

Darius could have found the scroll of Artaxerxes, where he told them to stop the work, BUT HE FOUND THE SCROLL OF CYRUS!

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

Ezr 6:6-7, Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai…, KEEP YOURSELVES FAR FROM THERE. LET THE WORK OF THIS HOUSE OF GOD ALONE; LET THE GOVERNOR OF THE JEWS AND THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS BUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD ON ITS SITE.

GOD has the power to frustrate the work of evil men and to prosper the work done for HIM! HIS WORD WILL NOT COME BACK VOID!

Job 5:12-13, He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

Ezr 6:11, Also I issue a decree that whoever alters this edict, let a timber be pulled from his house and erected, and let him be hanged on it; and let his house be made a refuse heap because of this.

Jer 1:19, They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. FOR I AM WITH YOU,” SAYS THE LORD, “TO DELIVER YOU.

IT’S AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO EVEN WITH NON-BELIEVERS! THE WORK OF THE TEMPLE WAS FINALLY COMPLETED, BECAUSE THE LORD NEVER LEFT THEIR SIDE! HE IS ALWAYS THERE WORKING ON OUR BE-HALF!

Job 11:7-8, “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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Ezra 5, who do you work for?

Ezr 5:1-2, At that time THE PROPHETS HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH SON OF IDDO PROPHESIED TO THE JEWS IN JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. … Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak RESPONDED BY STARTING AGAIN TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE OF GOD IN JERUSALEM.

The foundation was laid, yet they were forced to stop! The people had grown comfortable leaving the work of GOD to the side!

Hag 1:4-5, “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? … LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING TO YOU!

The Jews were working for themselves, BUT NOT FOR GOD! THEY BUILT HOMES, PLANTED GRAIN, YET DIDN’T PROSPER AT ALL!

Hag 1:6-8, You have planted much BUT HARVEST LITTLE. You eat BUT ARE NOT SATISFIED. You drink BUT ARE STILL THIRSTY. You put on clothes BUT CANNOT KEEP WARM. YOUR WAGES DISAPPEAR AS THOUGH YOU WERE PUTTING THEM IN POCKETS FILLED WITH HOLES! “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! NOW GO UP INTO THE HILLS, BRING DOWN TIMBER, AND REBUILD MY HOUSE. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, SAYS THE LORD.

Zec 1:3, Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: RETURN TO ME, AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU, SAYS THE LORD OF HEAVEN’S ARMIES.’ 

The work on the temple re-started and both Haggai and Zechariah helped!

Ezr 5:3,5, But Tattenai, governor of the province …, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO REBUILD THIS TEMPLE AND RESTORE THIS STRUCTURE?” …BUT BECAUSE THEIR GOD WAS WATCHING OVER THEM, the leaders of the JEWS WERE NOT PREVENTED FROM BUILDING until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.

INSTANTLY HOSTILITY TO THE WORK CAME BACK, YET THEY DIDN’T STOP! WE KNOW THAT GOD WATCHES OVER US; WE DON’T WORK FOR THE GOVERNOR, BUT FOR GOD! IT’S TIME WE GET TO WORK AGAIN FOR THE TIME IS SHORT AND MANY SOULS ARE IN NEED OF HIM!