Hi, it has been a while; and honestly, I wish it were not so. In fact, I am praying for an open door for my life where I will be able to more fully give myself unto these things that the Lord has placed on my heart; and it is my trust that this door will open.
As I write this, I wonder where you are in your walk with Him. Are you overwhelmed with trying to survive in a broken country; or in a skewered economy; and has the challenge of it made you forget what glory the promise there is on your life? Are you in a place where your heart hurts because of the people around you? The broken promises and letdowns a pain so great; your heart wonders if the effort is worth it? Maybe its a sickness, a loved one in so much pain and so broken by the disease, former times are hard to remember? I don’t know; but if for any reason you feel down, afraid, scared or unsure of God’s heart towards you, then this is probably for you.
Do you remember when in His Word He talks about creation? About how He formed all that is from the purity and fire of His vision within? How it His Word that sets the tone for what it is that will happen? Do you remember when Jesus spoke, and the centurion’s servant many miles away was healed? When He says He sent His Word and it healed all their dis-ease? He is still the same, and over you He says “By His stripes you are and were healed; and upon Him was the chastisement (punishment in plain English) of your peace (shalom—translated peace, wholeness, peace, prosperity. health)
Do you remember when in the Desert, the children of Israel got hungry for meat, and he sent the wind, and it rained quail around the camp, I think it was to at least knee height? Or when Elijah in the desert got his sustenance from the mouth of ravens that daily came with provision for Him? Do you remember that in a drought, a year of famine, Isaac sowed a seed, and in that same year received a hundredfold return? Or that even with an Employer who tried to defraud Him, God ensured that Jacob got a good deal by virtue of the favour of the Lord?
Do you remember what He says to the barren woman in Isaiah? That she should sing because such is the acceleration of childbirth she will have, that many more will her children be than those who was giving birth naturally? Do you remember; than when the promise that we are heirs of the promise, it is only contingent on the fact that we are in Christ?
Have you forgotten about Daniel? And His companions; who through the fire walked but not a single hair on their body was singed? Or about Balaam; who though hired to curse the people of God, could not because the Lord had not cursed His people? Is it in your remembrance that you are the apple of His eye; that for your sake, Jesus humbled himself, even unto death on a cross? Is it in your mind that the death of Jesus has a yoke breaking purpose in every single area of your life? That such is the love He has, He has not left anything to chance; but the price is already paid?
Do you remember? Or has the worry of the world-the cares of this life and the opinions of man distracted you? And has from your heart this world been stolen? Mine today is a gentle reminder; you serve a living God; whose promises over your life are wonderful; who sends His angels into your life to fulfil His Word.
You have nothing to fear; He is the same yesterday, today and forever; and He is not a respector of persons. May you see the fulfilment of His promise of healing, provision, prosperity and healthy family come to pass in your life.
In Jesus’ name.
Selah