John 15:13 – 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
He died for each and every one of us, which are willing to accept it and make Him Lord. Today reflect on how much love the Lord has shown to each one of us. For a perfect loving God to die for a bunch of out of control haywire humans, is nothing to be taken for granted.
The God who made the whole universe died in our place, so we may live. Praise your glorious name Lord!
Deuteronomy 4:23-31 – 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
I was reading in my one year Bible this morning and came across this. I’ve written quite a few times about the promises and covenant with Israel that God has. Why? Because replacement theology is very common in the world today amongst many denominations and people. It helped lead to the holocaust and is a doctrine from Satan.
God has a promise, He will keep His promise. Those who don’t read or follow the Word of God are many. We need to read the Word so we are not led astray but what makes worldly sense to us. We are fallen creatures. We are very susceptible to hearing fallen doctrine and being fooled, if we don’t know the Word and the Truth.
Psalm 128:1 – 1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in obedience to him.
Blessed. A word we should not overlook. Our Lord wants us to be obedient, obedient out of love. Serve Him and not ourselves. Make Him Lord, that’s what wants. He wants our hearts.
That’s what our walk needs to be all about. The further off the path the darker it gets. It’s easier to get lost when it gets dark.
We need to be afraid of spiritual darkness.
Psalm 51:1-2 –1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
Before Jesus came and did this very thing, David knew the importance.
People today sadly don’t know they need to have their sins cleansed. They aren’t looking for the One Whom created them. They aren’t worried about being accountable to Him.
We need to do our best to share that it is important to others. Without our iniquity being washed away by the blood of the Lamb, hell awaits. That’s scary and ugly. Not everyone will choose their Creator as Lord, but we need to do our best to give them a chance.
Leviticus 20:6 – 6 “‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
It’s amazing the farther America gets away from God and the Bible where they turn to. It’s back to the same old song and dance, nothing new. So where has people’s freedom from God led them? Back into seeking psychics, mediums, etc. They pay big money to inquire about the future. They are fascinated by it.
One observation I have made, is that the same people are never excited about God’s truth. It’s spirit thing. Loving truth means that you won’t always like what it reveals.
Who are the mediums and spiritist communicating with? God’s enemies. The problem is people are ignoring God and listening to His enemies.
I’ve said it many times. We don’t want to be an enemy of God in any way shape or form. Seek His truth. There are so many out there teaching doctrines from seducing spirits that are not truth. How do we know? Because it contradicts the Bible and His Word.
Leviticus 18:24-28- 24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
The advice to Israel rang true as God’s Word is. America has been kicking God out of all its infrastructure and can’t seem to defile itself fast enough now.
Psalm 42:2 – 1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
Reading these verses remind me that I hope the rapture is in the next second. Are you excited to be with the One who loves you and only wants heaven and happiness for you? Or are you fixated on this world and all of your own accomplishments more.
I underlined “more”, because the Lord wants us to keep Him the center and work hard while we’re here, but I can promise you if you’re more excited about this place than His coming..?????
Put yourself in His shoes. You’re coming back for your bride and your bride would rather you not show up right now. You’re bride doesn’t even want to think about you showing up right now.
Just thinking about that and hearing yourself read it is kind of scary, isn’t it? It kind of reminds of this parable.
Luke 14:15-24 – 15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
Don’t love the world, Love Your Lord! His appearing is so close. Is your heart ready?
Psalm 39:4-6-4 “Show me, O Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.
5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man’s life is but a breath. Selah
6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
If we believe the scriptures, all physical possessions pass away. They are temporary. We are warned not to put all our efforts into them.
However, how we love our Lord and how we treat others in the Lord’s name does. Love, kindness, and spreading the good news so that others have the opportunity not to parish all matter. These will last an eternity. One way or another they impact and don’t pass away.
I never want to forget how short our life is to be able to serve. It’s too easy to take the tact of why not put off today what you can do tomorrow. I think most of us have lived like that at times. I know I have too much over my lifetime. If Jesus was coming in a week, how would you want to prepare? That’s the importance of His imminent return. We should live everyday like He is coming today.
2 Peter 1:3-11 – 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Such encouraging words to remind us to keep our eyes on the prize. It’s a reminder that the Lord isn’t just looking for someone to accept His grace and then just continue living anyway they want. We are to make every effort to be an ambassador for the Lord. Live for Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 –
9 However, as it is written:
“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him”
I can think of some pretty cool things. However, just like in my life, the Lord knows what I need more than I would choose. He does a fabulous job. Praise be to our wonderful Lord.
Which takes us to phase two. Those verses up above mean….we can’t possibly imagine how great the Lord has made it for us in Heaven. How AWESOME is that!
I’ve written on the story before and want to bring it up again. One night back when I was in my late twenties (been awhile now :)) I just really wanted something to uplift my spirit from the Lord. I didn’t ask for anything specific, just something encouraging.
The coolest thing happened. I went to sleep and had a great dream. You know what it was about? Neither do I. I wasn’t allowed to remember. Am I freaking you out?
Here is what I was allowed to get from the dream. I remember by my emotions that I was extremely in awe and excited. I remember that I thought it was incredibly beautiful. I remember coming out of the dream and away from what I was shown and saying, “Lord you have shown me more than I could ever have asked for!”
You know how I know it was from the Lord? One I asked before I went to bed, which I never had before and still haven’t since. Two, I wasn’t allowed to remember one of the neatest and incredible things that my mind enjoyed.
But I know this. When I read the above scripture and add it to the wonderful gift that the Lord gave to me, I know that we cannot even conceive how great it will be.
Are you ready? Are you living for Him? There have been some recent signs in the stars with the meteor hitting in Russia and the asteroid flying close by. Pretty wild that they happened on the same day. There have been 15 earthquakes over 6.2 since January 30th. Out of those, 7 were 6.8 or higher. Also we have the Pope stepping down. The Prophecy of the Popes isn’t biblical, but still pretty amazing. According to it, this is the last Pope before Rome is destroyed. Why is it so amazing? If you’re Catholic, this isn’t the kind of prophecy that you’re excited about being fulfilled and yet it has been known for 400 years now. Look into it. It is interesting how it can fit in with things of Revelation.
I believe our King is coming soon. Real soon. God Bless.