"May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future." My Dad always wished me this Irish Blessing and I want it to matter today and every other day in my life.
Monday 3 March 2014
Jordan
2 Kings 2 (Amplified Bible)
11 As they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses
of fire parted the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariot of
Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own
clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back
and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
There comes a time when we all have to face our ‘Jordan’
when something happens and we need to take over from our peers.
As Elijah was preparing Elisha for the job at hand they were
strolling down and all of a sudden out from the heavens came a chariot of fire
and horses of fire which parted both Elijah and Elisha. Thinking about that I was struck by the
description of how the Lord sent a chariot from heaven to pick Elijah up and
bring him into heaven. Totally amazing
was this and must have struck Elisha as wonderful.
Elisha wanted to be as good as Elijah. Now he didn’t have his mentor anymore, he had
to get up and move on. He could stand
around and mope all day but he took the mantle for Elijah that fell to the
ground and threw it over his shoulders.
Reading him to take up his position.
He started doing exactly what Elijah taught him.
Take up your position as you go through your Jordan, live
starts now. It won’t be easy but you can
do this. You have been preparing for so
long.
Tuesday 11 February 2014
People I draw towards myself
One of the problems I have is that I am a very judgemental
person. I can listen to a conversation
in within minutes deduct what kind of person I am dealing with. The problem with that is that I have become
too judging. Now the Lord truly has a
good sense of humour, He gave me to look after a teenager who is just so
judging.
My problem isn’t the fact that I can discern what the person
is like, my problem is that I draw these kinds of people towards me
constantly. I need help because I need
to learn the lesson and move on. What
must I do to stop the judgemental attitude?
Lord help me!
Monday 10 February 2014
Ruth - changed the outcome of her life dramatically
Praise the Eternal One, He has not abandone you. He did not leave without a redeeming guardian. May your offspring become famous all through Israel. Ruth 4: 14
Ruth is one of my favourite classics in the bible. As I look at her life I admire her for her tenacity
in being able to take a decision on where she wants to be and what her motives
are. She leaves behind her own country
and countrymen going to a new country.
With her mother-in-law going with her whom had lost everything, her
husband and both her sons. Naomi is faced
with a new challenge, as she speaks to her friends she tells them how
disappointed she feels. All the
important people in her life had passed away, she feels God deserted her. Then Ruth comes with her to her
mother-in-laws country and she starts working in the fields gathering food for
the both of them. Ruth finds favour in
the eyes of a very important relative of Naomi now named Mara. Now Boas the owner of the field asked about
Ruth and gave orders that Ruth be treated fairly. Boas really looked out for Ruth and she received
his favour by being able to follow his workers and eating with them. On telling her mother-in-law she is told to
be kind and sleep at the feet of Boas.
Boas woke up in the night and saw her on speaking to her he told her he
would speak to the elders of the community and the other relative who would
have the right to buy the land her mother-in-law was selling.
As the practice was in the town, he asked a couple of the
elders from the town to sit with him as he waited for the relative to come into
town. On spotting the relative he called
him over and told him that Naomi was selling her land and that he was first in
line to buy the land. The relative said
yes he was interested. The Boas said
there was the matter of Ruth the Moabite woman that would have to be taken in
as part of the deal. Considering the
situation the relative decided not to accept the offer and said that he would
not want to buy the land. Boas stated
that he intended to buy the land and that he would marry Ruth.
All done and said he gave his sandal as confirmation of the
deal and took Ruth as his wife. Ruth
made her mother-in-law really happy when she fell pregnant with a son whom she
named Obed and the best of all is that Obed then became Jesse’s father in turn
David’s father.
The Lord is awesome and HE knows best. Bad things happen to good people but the outcome
is always pleasing. If you are facing a difficult
time in your life, take time to fast and pray and see how the Lord works in
your live and saves you with an awesome outcome.
Friday 7 February 2014
Rest in the Lord
‘When the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?’
Luke 18: 8
I hear of all the devastation and all the weather changes
and not forgetting the economy, everyone is fussing and doing their best. People seem to be concerned about the climate
and also the economic climate. Would you
say we are going into the last days? Are
we going to see more and more disasters?
When the Lord Jesus Christ returns on the clouds with He
find faith on the earth? Will the people
still be serving Him or will they have fallen away?
Shall we go and sanctify our lives before the living God and
shall we come before Him and pray for His grace to cover our multitudes of sin.
My prayer is that you and I shall sanctify our lives and
believe in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, resting in the faith and
waiting for His arrival. God bless you
today! Rest in the Lord Jesus and wait
for his coming.
Sunday 2 February 2014
Renewing my mind
Deuteronomy 15:5
The Voice
(VOICE)
4-5 However, ideally, there
shouldn’t be any poor people among you. If you listen attentively to the voice
of the Eternal your God and carefully obey all the commands I’m giving you
today, then the Eternal will bless you with great prosperity in the land
He’s giving you to live in and pass down within your family.
Changing the speech in my mind to fit into God’s
word. I have been plagued with negative
thoughts for so many years, I really don’t know how to rectify it but this year
I am to spend more time in the presence of the Lord my God and start to live my
life according to God’s word. The
thoughts of negativity that plague me are something like ‘you’re just not good
enough and things like this.’
I have decided to focus my thoughts around thoughts of
God will bless me with great prosperity in the land He is giving to me to live
in and pass down within my family. I am
not going to listen to negative thoughts any longer.
I intend to stay focused and stay close to the Lord. I have so much going for me and I want to get
to my goal.
I have a couple of things I want to pursue and I want to
pray and give my ideas into Gods hand this year and see how He will bless
me. My life as I knew it is over and I
am aspiring to grow closer and work with God this year. Believing that God is going to change my
thoughts and my spirit will grow.
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