He Is A Good God

When we are having a joyful season ,a time filled with abundance ,it is easy to know He is a good God. Usually this is when one is likely to give a testimony . Learning He is a good God , all the time has benefited me more than all my years of Bible Study. In order to learn that He is this God, a God who is good all the time, requires : knowing Him, not about Him. Although the latter is not in vain, as it helps to know as much as you can about anyone who you desire to "know." Still I can not assume my children will find their way to "knowing God" without a word of my testimony. That means in all seasons and not just the seasons when we see fruit from our labors. As the seasons are revealed to my children I hope to say, "Blessed be the name of the LORD, bless His Holy name. He gives and He takes away. Bless His name."

Just A Little Irritating Isn't It ?

I know it is so . Whenever I am having a really good sleep and someone comes in and turns on the light. It not only awakens me but it is irritating. So it is with the light of Christ. Eph 5:14 says, Wherefore he saith, Awake sleeper arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. I know that people do not always want to be woke up from their sleep. However, some are aware that something is wrong and ask to be woke up. Yet ,when you let them know what is wrong, they may at first be irritated. To let them know that the eyes of their understanding need to be enlightened to know the hope of His calling, may irritate them at first. Just how irritating one dares to be is truly questionable. We are told to not cast our pearls before swine. Someone explained to me that the reason for that is, swine don't eat pearls. In other words, tell people something they want to eat, I mean hear. Oh wait, you might be getting the wrong idea here. Tell them what they have asked to hear. If they get a little irritated, back off a while, give them time to wake up.

Praying More

Our speaker Sunday said that he found if he did not have time to get everything done in a day, he would pray more and then find he got everything done. He was trying to share one of those odd things that seems to happen when you follow Jesus , and I could not agree with him more. The world's way would be : if you are short on time to get everything done, cut your prayer time short. This morning when I woke up an hour early I thought, oh good, I'll have an extra hour to pray. Only it occurred to me to pray this prayer first. Lord, you know how many times I have come before you and prayed for hours. And all through those hours I have felt as though you were on the other side of a lake and I was trying to get a message across the lake to you but not really sure you were hearing me. What can I do so that my usual hour of prayer would not be like that today ? Then I waited. I picked up a book I had been reading and decided to read a while. When I would see a foot note, (you know those little numbers ) I would go to the back of the book and see if it was scripture related. Sure enough several times they were, and I would look those scriptures up. Before long I felt as though a communion between myself and the Holy Spirit was in process and it wasn't long when my usual hour to pray came that I was ready. All it took , was a little more time.

Let There Be No Dam

For out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living water. Lord help us not dam it by quenching the Holy Spirit. Sunday, I thought a song was going to come from my lips. I was hearing that portion of the scripture ,for out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living water and feeling as though I wanted to be able to just flow everywhere. It is such a feeling. The love of the LORD is on you and it is like, this surely will help someone . I do not think very fast so just how this anointing or love that I am aware of being poured down on me can help others I am not sure. Yet , a song, now I have heard some very anointed songs lately. Songs that the people were just giving all praise and glory to our King. Please check out this blog site if you haven't already. http://letmebealight.blogspot/ Besides the song on the left hand side there if you scroll down you'll see a blog titled anointed Song. So I guess my faith was increased to think that perhaps a song was going to flow through my lips as I was worshipping our LORD. So I allowed my mouth to open and offered up my voice , only it was not an English worded song that came , it was of tongues that I suppose angels use when speaking to the King. It felt as though some beautiful something had been poured into me for me now to pour back upon our KING's feet. I thought of golden water for some reason. Yet , I knew that this kind of worship could distract the others who were there so I kept it quiet and tried to whisper it. The reason I am sharing this is because knowing such experiences exist for us common folk is very important. Also that no special evangelist needed to come to town and pray for me. No special anything was required but my open willingness to draw nigh unto our LORD and praise Him. Please do not fear being close to Him. He is all loving and totally merciful and giver of grace. We can never be worthy of being in His presence , so don't wait for "a good day." Today would be a good day to draw nigh unto Him and receive a blessing that you will find yourself pouring back to Him , I am sure.

I Will Rejoice

Psa 57:1 [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.]] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea,
in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.
Psa 63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Although there is no Saul that I am fleeing from , my soul needs to take refuge in the LORD.
He (JESUS) is my peace. He is my righteousness. I can do no righteousness on my own. My fear that I will not respond as He would should lose it ground to stand on , as I see there is nothing that I do in my self. All has been given me as a free gift.
Isa 53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Healing In His Wings

Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. Realizing who you are and then being able to come to Him may be the kind of fear this writer had in mind. Being able to come to Him just as you are can only be done as an act of faith in His eternal goodness and grace. Trusting that He accepts you , just as you are , we approach Him with fear. As I wait for His word I am transformed by His presence . His word gives me strength and hope. Today it was, there is healing in his wings. My cry to be able to love as He loves ,can only be answered when He has healed me of all my diseases. The bitterness in my soul has become disease like and requires His healing so that I can be made whole. Coming to Him,
just as I am , allows Him to spread His healing wings over me. My heart rejoices as I remember the tree that was thrown in the bitter waters of Ma'rah. Verse 26 of Ex 15 ends with these words : for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Come Just As You Are

Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Mar 10:14 But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luk 18:16 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Jhn 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Jhn 7:37 In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

Did Jesus mean that I can come to Him ? What about when my husband has been critical and bitter towards me , and I did not feel loving towards him at that moment? What if some person has pointed out my actions and words were not as Jesus would do ? What if someone seems to always see the things I should do but did not get done , and my feelings are hurt ?
Should I come to Him then ?
It is very hard to come to Him when you feel unlovely. I picture myself someone that He would like to be around , when I see that I have been doing ,"as He would do." However, I know this is not the defining factor as far as He is concerned.
Actually, receiving His righteousness and choosing to come to Him, is all that He has required.

Speaking Rightly of God

Praying seems like a very good thing to do. Making petitions from our Father on the behalf of others or ourselves. I found some interesting scriptures concerning prayer in Job 42:7And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath]. Job 42:8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.
Here is the message I gleaned from this passage and those surrounding it .
Job knew how to speak the thing that was right about God. His friends did not. His friends were told by the LORD to have Job pray for them. The thing that Job consistently said was, "Blessed be the name of the LORD." No matter what, he still said, "blessed be the name of the LORD." A good friend to Job would have also joined in and said, "Yes, blessed be the name of the LORD, He gives and He takes away. Blessed be His name."
I want my my mind to be renewed with God's Word in light of these scriptures. A more religious light (some would call light) might be just like Job's friends told him. "You have sinned Job, God is correcting you for your sin Job," (paraphrased by me.)
It is true that God chastens those whom He loves. However, I really think God's personal conversation with Job ought to be given more consideration. If He was pleased with Job for believing that He was a good God and deserved blessing no matter what, then maybe I ought to do that too.