The Rewards of Serving the Lord God - Poem

The Rewards of Serving the Lord God

The good man obtains favour from the LORD
 the righteous obtains prosperity as a reward
The diligent are satisfied fully by the LORD
 the blessings are on a man who helps the needy

Success will overtake you – committing your plans
 to the Lord Jesus Christ
Such are people they continue to plan and plot
 but God’s purpose prevails!

The pursuit of righteousness brings right standing with God
 By fearing the Lord we are taught wisdom and humility
through fearing the Lord we avoid evil
  it’s better to pursues righteousness with God 

Trusting in God

By Yvette van Niekerk

Lord where are you?

The frost covered lawn
   the trees - bare no leaves
     the water frozen in the pond

Walking across the lawn
  with the frost at my feet
     with the cracking of ice

Cold feelings rush up my legs
  chills come down my back
    crying out for some warmth 

Lord Jesus hear my cry
 lend a hand to my plight
  lost and alone I stand

The trees bear no leaves
  the bark is dark
   the doves watches from on high

A slight breeze between the branches
  a shivering chill down my back
    a small voice behind me, “Here I am”

The Lord spoke to me - softly
  the world seems brighter
   the sun peeps through the clouds
 
poem by 

Yvette van Niekerk

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Heb. 13:8

Great and majestic is my Lord.  The Lord is my shield I can go to Him in my hour of need.  The Lord God will protect me and keep me safe.  The Lord God gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for my sins.  LORD God You are awesome and wonderful.  I live and breathe because of You I am so honoured to come into Your presence in awe I stand before You this morning.  I give You thanks and praise Your name for all You have done in my life.  Lord You are my King and my God.  I dedicate my life back into Your hands today.  I praise Your Name.  For Lord Your word states that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  How awesome is that Lord that we may come to You because of Your Son Jesus Christ.

By the Blood of Jesus Christ we are saved.  We may enter Your courts with thanks giving in our hearts and praise in our mouth.  Father God we bring You all the glory and honour and we thank You for the opportunity in being able to stand before You.

Praise You Lord, I will praise You LORD, my soul will praise You.  I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  Blessed are the people whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.  You Lord the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them – You LORD God remains faithful forever.  

The Lord sets the prisoners free, the Lords gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.  The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations.  Praise the Lord.  Psalm 146.  For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

I Love the Lord my God, Jesus Christ

‘If you love me, you will obey my commandments.’ John 14: 15

In humility I come before the Lord God and I stand and accept the commandments in humble obedience to my Lord Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.  I also declare and state that I love the Lord my God with all my heart, body and soul.  

I find myself in the wilderness, I entrust my life into the hands of the Lord my God.  I believe that I am the head and not the tail.  I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ.  I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and that He rose from the dead in 3 days.  I have eternal life and I can stand before the Lord God through Jesus Christ.

In humility I ask Lord search my heart and mind and help me to repent of any sin that may be within me that which I am aware of as well as that which I do not know of.  I declare Psalm 145: 9 ‘The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.’  I believe that I am a work in progress and God is still working with me forming into His desired plan.

Normal - is over rated.

‘I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but Me.’ Isaiah 44: 6

Thinking about this the Lord God was the first, is the last and the only God on this earth.  I don’t believe we really can understand the greatness of our true God.  Tonight it is my desire to draw near to the Lord God and become more and more like the Lord.  God sent His only begotten son Jesus Christ to die on the Cross for our sins.

Thinking back to a time in the early days of the year 2000 my ex-husband and I with our three children were invited to attend act of a hypnotizer.   The poor man just could not get the people go under and from the stage he walked straight to me and said ‘Stop praying, this isn’t a evil thing I am doing.  It’s just for fun and we don’t want to harm you or anybody else.’  I was shocked at this reaction and couldn’t believe his outburst.  The fact of the matter is that the magician wasn’t able to get the people to go under hypnosis and that made the audience angry as well as the hypnotiser.  We left the theatre and went home, my ex-husband was very angry with me and told me I should stop my nonsense and behave like any normal person.

Anyway long story short, it seems I am not a normal person as I still love the Lord God with all my heart, body and mind.  I still believe God is in control over my life and He is my everything.  My life cannot change unless my Lord permits it to and that sits well with me.  I am blessed and the righteousness of God in Christ.