Joshua 5: 11-12
And on the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the Land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the Land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate of the yield of the Land of Canaan during that year.
The manna had continued to be provided even in the Land, until they could actually eat of the Land. Now that they could eat the good things from this bountiful Land, they didn't need the miracle of manna any longer.
God is making changes in my life right now. When I have come into the new situation in life, I will no longer need some of the things I had before. My hope is that I will not miss these things, or regret that they are gone; but instead rejoice in and enjoy all the good things God will provide for me then.
I want always to look forward, anticipating all the things God is doing, while enjoying today what He has given me right now. I don't ever want to long for what has passed, because what is coming is so much better.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Friday, February 2, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Walk, Stand, Sit
Psalm 1: 1-2
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in His Law he meditates day and night.
We see a progression here, from walking to standing to sitting. Once we start on something inertia carries us along, so we need to be careful to pay attention to what we're doing, what we're believing, and what and Who we're trusting in.
If we're just following our own ideas (because, after all, we're smart), then they probably aren't God's ways, because His ways are so far above ours that we need Him to lead us.
When we turn to the Lord and His Word; and we read it and study it, and think about it continually; then we will know what to ask Him for, what He wants to give us, and we will expect to receive His blessings and enjoy His bounty.
Do you have children? Don't you want to see them living good lives, enjoying what they have? God is a Good Father, a loving Parent, Who wants to see us enjoying what He provides, too.
We can get swept up in the wrath God pours out on the World that rejects Him; but if we are paying attention to what is going on around us, then we can "come out" of where people are about to be judged by the weather or climactic events (Revelation 18:4), separating ourselves from their practices and their presence.
We are told to run away from the temptations to sin (I Corinthians 6:18; 10:14; I Timothy 6:11; II Timothy 2:22), and to put on the Armor of God to resist and fight the Enemy (James 4:7; Ephesians 6:10-17).
That way we will be open to receiving the Good God wants to give us, and we will be able to rejoice, even in hardship or downturns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in His Law he meditates day and night.
We see a progression here, from walking to standing to sitting. Once we start on something inertia carries us along, so we need to be careful to pay attention to what we're doing, what we're believing, and what and Who we're trusting in.
If we're just following our own ideas (because, after all, we're smart), then they probably aren't God's ways, because His ways are so far above ours that we need Him to lead us.
When we turn to the Lord and His Word; and we read it and study it, and think about it continually; then we will know what to ask Him for, what He wants to give us, and we will expect to receive His blessings and enjoy His bounty.
Do you have children? Don't you want to see them living good lives, enjoying what they have? God is a Good Father, a loving Parent, Who wants to see us enjoying what He provides, too.
We can get swept up in the wrath God pours out on the World that rejects Him; but if we are paying attention to what is going on around us, then we can "come out" of where people are about to be judged by the weather or climactic events (Revelation 18:4), separating ourselves from their practices and their presence.
We are told to run away from the temptations to sin (I Corinthians 6:18; 10:14; I Timothy 6:11; II Timothy 2:22), and to put on the Armor of God to resist and fight the Enemy (James 4:7; Ephesians 6:10-17).
That way we will be open to receiving the Good God wants to give us, and we will be able to rejoice, even in hardship or downturns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The Hand Of The Lord Is Mighty
Joshua 3: 16-17
The waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap a great distance away at Adam (15 miles upstream)...completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. The Priests (not the Kohathites who usually carried it) who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground, until all the Nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
So the Lord caused the River to stand up like He had done with the Red Sea. The Priests carried the Ark, and the people had to be at least 3,000 feet away from it at all times (see verse 4), so they crossed up- and down-stream 1,000 yards from the Ark. They always had to be protected from the dire effects of God having rested on it, on the Mercy Seat between the Cherubim.
4 :18
...The waters of the Jordan returned, and went over its banks as before.
Just like the Red Sea had collapsed suddenly on the Egyptians, drowning them with no chance to escape; now the Jordan River also is suddenly released to flow normally again. Just like God stopped it with His hand, then took His hand away again. No natural explanation fits, it was obviously God.
4: 14
On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so that they revered him, just as they had revered Moses all the days of his life.
God made sure that the people would listen to this new leader, so they wouldn't be scattered like sheep without a shepherd. (We are like sheep, aren't we!)
4: 24
That all the peoples of the Earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.
God wants all the peoples of the Earth to know Him, and love Him, and live by His ways! He always did.
When God first made Man upon the Earth, they all knew Who He was, and when they turned away from Him they incorporated a lot of what they knew about Him into their own religions and sacred writings. That's why there are some similarities between them and God's Word. But only God's Word is trustworthy and can be depended on to tell us Truth without any error.
Our Creator and Maker is a God of Truth, and He wants us to know the Truth, because only His Truth can set us free from the chains and addictions of this life (John 8:32).
I know, because He set me free from my relationship addiction five decades ago, and that addiction has never returned, regardless of the varying circumstances in my life all those years. God is faithful to me, and I want to be faithful to Him, too.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
The waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap a great distance away at Adam (15 miles upstream)...completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. The Priests (not the Kohathites who usually carried it) who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground, until all the Nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
So the Lord caused the River to stand up like He had done with the Red Sea. The Priests carried the Ark, and the people had to be at least 3,000 feet away from it at all times (see verse 4), so they crossed up- and down-stream 1,000 yards from the Ark. They always had to be protected from the dire effects of God having rested on it, on the Mercy Seat between the Cherubim.
4 :18
...The waters of the Jordan returned, and went over its banks as before.
Just like the Red Sea had collapsed suddenly on the Egyptians, drowning them with no chance to escape; now the Jordan River also is suddenly released to flow normally again. Just like God stopped it with His hand, then took His hand away again. No natural explanation fits, it was obviously God.
4: 14
On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so that they revered him, just as they had revered Moses all the days of his life.
God made sure that the people would listen to this new leader, so they wouldn't be scattered like sheep without a shepherd. (We are like sheep, aren't we!)
4: 24
That all the peoples of the Earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.
God wants all the peoples of the Earth to know Him, and love Him, and live by His ways! He always did.
When God first made Man upon the Earth, they all knew Who He was, and when they turned away from Him they incorporated a lot of what they knew about Him into their own religions and sacred writings. That's why there are some similarities between them and God's Word. But only God's Word is trustworthy and can be depended on to tell us Truth without any error.
Our Creator and Maker is a God of Truth, and He wants us to know the Truth, because only His Truth can set us free from the chains and addictions of this life (John 8:32).
I know, because He set me free from my relationship addiction five decades ago, and that addiction has never returned, regardless of the varying circumstances in my life all those years. God is faithful to me, and I want to be faithful to Him, too.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Faith's Rewards
Joshua 2: 11b
The Lord your God, He is God in Heaven above and on Earth beneath.
This is Rahab's faith, the hotel owner who concealed the Hebrew spies when they were checking out Jericho. Verses 8-11 record what she told them: That God had given them the land, and everyone was terrified of them, because the Lord had dried up the Red Sea for them, and how He gave them victory over the powerful kings who lived on the East side of the Jordan.
Hearing the news of how God had done these things convinced her, and she completely renounced all the gods and idols she had previously worshiped and put her faith in the God of Israel as the only True God Who is worthy of worship.
And she proved her faith by putting herself in danger by helping the spies.
God rewarded her for her faith by saving her and her family from death when, "the walls come a'tumblin' down" and the Israelites each walked straight in and conquered the city (6:20).
And she was even granted to be in the direct line of Messiah! She married Salmon, and gave birth to Boaz, who then married Ruth and had Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who's youngest son was King David (Matthew 1:5-6; I Samuel 16:6-13).
God knows who are His in every Nation, every tribe, every family; and every person who recognizes Him for Who He is and puts their trust in Him fully, God will call to repentance and faith (John 3:16-17). Even back then, when Israel was the only Nation to worship God, individuals from other Nations would come to know Israel's Lord God and renounce their local gods and idols to put their faith in the Great YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah), the Lord God in the Old Testament Who we know as Jesus.
Rahab and Ruth were both foreigners who put their faith in the Lord God of Israel, and they are both in Jesus' ancestry.
God knows how to reward His children for their faith. He will never leave us on our own, He's always here with us to show us the way.
I want to get to know Him so well that I will have no doubt or hesitancy in following Him. I know He has a plan for my life that is so much better than anything I can think of, and I don't want to miss out on any of the blessings He wants to give me, no matter how scary the path may seem at times. I want to persevere and carry on, until I reach the end of my Earthly road, when He calls me home or I meet Him in the air.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
The Lord your God, He is God in Heaven above and on Earth beneath.
This is Rahab's faith, the hotel owner who concealed the Hebrew spies when they were checking out Jericho. Verses 8-11 record what she told them: That God had given them the land, and everyone was terrified of them, because the Lord had dried up the Red Sea for them, and how He gave them victory over the powerful kings who lived on the East side of the Jordan.
Hearing the news of how God had done these things convinced her, and she completely renounced all the gods and idols she had previously worshiped and put her faith in the God of Israel as the only True God Who is worthy of worship.
And she proved her faith by putting herself in danger by helping the spies.
God rewarded her for her faith by saving her and her family from death when, "the walls come a'tumblin' down" and the Israelites each walked straight in and conquered the city (6:20).
And she was even granted to be in the direct line of Messiah! She married Salmon, and gave birth to Boaz, who then married Ruth and had Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who's youngest son was King David (Matthew 1:5-6; I Samuel 16:6-13).
God knows who are His in every Nation, every tribe, every family; and every person who recognizes Him for Who He is and puts their trust in Him fully, God will call to repentance and faith (John 3:16-17). Even back then, when Israel was the only Nation to worship God, individuals from other Nations would come to know Israel's Lord God and renounce their local gods and idols to put their faith in the Great YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah), the Lord God in the Old Testament Who we know as Jesus.
Rahab and Ruth were both foreigners who put their faith in the Lord God of Israel, and they are both in Jesus' ancestry.
God knows how to reward His children for their faith. He will never leave us on our own, He's always here with us to show us the way.
I want to get to know Him so well that I will have no doubt or hesitancy in following Him. I know He has a plan for my life that is so much better than anything I can think of, and I don't want to miss out on any of the blessings He wants to give me, no matter how scary the path may seem at times. I want to persevere and carry on, until I reach the end of my Earthly road, when He calls me home or I meet Him in the air.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Monday, January 29, 2018
Be Strong, Courageous, and Careful
Joshua 1: 7-8
Only be strong and very courageous, be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may have success wherever you go. This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Here it is. This is how God designed this World to work. He gave us all the particulars of how to cooperate with the Design of this environment so that we will reap its bounty, and be prosperous and have success in every area of life.
To know God and to study His Word, to be thinking about it day and night, and to reason through why God would say what He said, to connect the dots--that's what I've been doing, and this is how I realize that God wants us to do well, and gave us everything we need to know and apply in His Word.
The World has gotten hold of God's design of how things work here, but they leave Him out of it, and say to "ask the universe," instead of asking the God Who made the Universe. To follow His ways will bring prosperity (not just money), but even if you gain the whole World, what will you profit, if in the end you've lost what's most important, the eternal.
I want you, my dear reader (yes, you are dear to me), to know God, to realize how much He loves you, and that He has already taken care of your greatest need, the eternal, spiritual debt that you can't pay.
And He's laid out in His Word how we can align with how He made this World to work--loving Him and loving one another. We all know right from wrong, and we make choices every day based on what we think is right. But we still mess up. That's why we need to consult Him in every decision we make, recognizing that He is with us all day every day; and follow His leading.
Then, even when things don't happen like we want or expect, we can still trust Him in everything. He is our Good Father, Who teaches us and guides us, and even protects us, seeing our futures, around all the corners where we can't see. So He sees the Big Picture, we only see a part. We must trust Him.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Only be strong and very courageous, be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may have success wherever you go. This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Here it is. This is how God designed this World to work. He gave us all the particulars of how to cooperate with the Design of this environment so that we will reap its bounty, and be prosperous and have success in every area of life.
To know God and to study His Word, to be thinking about it day and night, and to reason through why God would say what He said, to connect the dots--that's what I've been doing, and this is how I realize that God wants us to do well, and gave us everything we need to know and apply in His Word.
The World has gotten hold of God's design of how things work here, but they leave Him out of it, and say to "ask the universe," instead of asking the God Who made the Universe. To follow His ways will bring prosperity (not just money), but even if you gain the whole World, what will you profit, if in the end you've lost what's most important, the eternal.
I want you, my dear reader (yes, you are dear to me), to know God, to realize how much He loves you, and that He has already taken care of your greatest need, the eternal, spiritual debt that you can't pay.
And He's laid out in His Word how we can align with how He made this World to work--loving Him and loving one another. We all know right from wrong, and we make choices every day based on what we think is right. But we still mess up. That's why we need to consult Him in every decision we make, recognizing that He is with us all day every day; and follow His leading.
Then, even when things don't happen like we want or expect, we can still trust Him in everything. He is our Good Father, Who teaches us and guides us, and even protects us, seeing our futures, around all the corners where we can't see. So He sees the Big Picture, we only see a part. We must trust Him.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Vengeance
Deuteronomy 32: 35, 41
Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, in due time their foot will slip; for the day of their calamity is near, and the impending things are hastening upon them.
When I sharpen my flashing sword, and My hand lays hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, and repay those who hate Me.
God says that vengeance belongs to Him. Whenever we want to "get even" or "get back" at our adversaries, we are taking what belongs to God.
We can't handle it, it's way too powerful and dangerous to our psyches. It would make us bitter, negative people who can't receive any of God's goodness into our lives.
God is the only One Who can safely administer that kind of justice. And He will. He will even all the odds, pay back every debt, settle every dispute. We can trust Him to take care of all of it.
Our part is to love those people back to God, so that they will realize what harm they've done, repent, and turn their lives around. And if they don't, we are to love them anyway, and persevere in praying for them.
I was one who did much harm to people's relationships and marriages. I deserved great retribution. But God had pity on me, drew me to Himself, and let me know that my debt was paid in full.
That's when I became a Christian, a "little Christ." Jesus took my place, in taking upon Himself the death I deserve, and then God wiped my debt out of His Book, washed me in the Blood, and made me completely clean and pure; and gave me His own Holy Spirit to live in my spirit to seal me as His own. Now nothing can separate me from His love (see Romans 8:35-39), His Seal will hold me firmly in His grasp, to never again be "lost."
God will save every person who realizes they need Him, and turn around to seek Him (John 3:16-17). No matter how far they have strayed, how wicked their deeds have been, how many lives they have destroyed; if they come to know that they deserve God's wrath and repent, then God will let them know that He put all His wrath they deserve on Jesus on the Cross. That's why He was born.
But we must put from our thinking any ideas that we want to punish someone who has hurt and harmed us. God has forgiven us, and He wants us to forgive others, too. It's not easy, but with His help, we can. It may take time, and we may need to forgive them repeatedly, but we must persevere; and when you can think of that person and what they did without any more pain, then you will be free of that millstone around your neck!
We don't forgive for their benefit, but for our own. To hold on to it only hurts us further, without touching them. That's why we need to keep on forgiving every time we remember it.
I hope those families that I harmed all those years ago were able to let that negativity go. There's nothing I can do now except to pray for them. They're in God's hands. I trust Him to do what is Right for all of us, so I don't need to worry.
If you find yourself holding on to some grudge against someone who genuinely harmed you, then decide to free yourself and let it go.
You won't be sorry--you'll be free!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, in due time their foot will slip; for the day of their calamity is near, and the impending things are hastening upon them.
When I sharpen my flashing sword, and My hand lays hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, and repay those who hate Me.
God says that vengeance belongs to Him. Whenever we want to "get even" or "get back" at our adversaries, we are taking what belongs to God.
We can't handle it, it's way too powerful and dangerous to our psyches. It would make us bitter, negative people who can't receive any of God's goodness into our lives.
God is the only One Who can safely administer that kind of justice. And He will. He will even all the odds, pay back every debt, settle every dispute. We can trust Him to take care of all of it.
Our part is to love those people back to God, so that they will realize what harm they've done, repent, and turn their lives around. And if they don't, we are to love them anyway, and persevere in praying for them.
I was one who did much harm to people's relationships and marriages. I deserved great retribution. But God had pity on me, drew me to Himself, and let me know that my debt was paid in full.
That's when I became a Christian, a "little Christ." Jesus took my place, in taking upon Himself the death I deserve, and then God wiped my debt out of His Book, washed me in the Blood, and made me completely clean and pure; and gave me His own Holy Spirit to live in my spirit to seal me as His own. Now nothing can separate me from His love (see Romans 8:35-39), His Seal will hold me firmly in His grasp, to never again be "lost."
God will save every person who realizes they need Him, and turn around to seek Him (John 3:16-17). No matter how far they have strayed, how wicked their deeds have been, how many lives they have destroyed; if they come to know that they deserve God's wrath and repent, then God will let them know that He put all His wrath they deserve on Jesus on the Cross. That's why He was born.
But we must put from our thinking any ideas that we want to punish someone who has hurt and harmed us. God has forgiven us, and He wants us to forgive others, too. It's not easy, but with His help, we can. It may take time, and we may need to forgive them repeatedly, but we must persevere; and when you can think of that person and what they did without any more pain, then you will be free of that millstone around your neck!
We don't forgive for their benefit, but for our own. To hold on to it only hurts us further, without touching them. That's why we need to keep on forgiving every time we remember it.
I hope those families that I harmed all those years ago were able to let that negativity go. There's nothing I can do now except to pray for them. They're in God's hands. I trust Him to do what is Right for all of us, so I don't need to worry.
If you find yourself holding on to some grudge against someone who genuinely harmed you, then decide to free yourself and let it go.
You won't be sorry--you'll be free!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Be Strong And Courageous
Deuteronomy 31: 7-8, 12
Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the Land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
And the Lord is the One Who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Moses was not going to be their leader any more. In order for the people to not be scattered like sheep without a shepherd, he commissioned Joshua in front of all the people so that they would know that they could follow him, and that God had given him authority like He had Moses to lead them, to conquer this Land.
And he also made it clear that God would be the One Who would subdue these peoples that were bigger and stronger and more numerous than Israel. So that they would all look to Joshua and trust God as they entered this Promised Land. And to encourage Joshua to pick up this mantle of authority confidently.
...Be careful to observe...
And they all, Joshua included, were to pay attention and be careful in their thinking processes so that they wouldn't be seduced by all the attractive ways of these peoples who already live here. That's why they were to destroy not just the people who would convince them, but also all the altars, all the idols, all the totems, all the things that were used in the worship of these false gods, these demons.
We must all pay attention to ourselves to be "in the moment" and recognize how we're thinking to make sure that we are not drifting away from the Lord's ways. We are all vulnerable when we're not being careful. We are also seduced by all the attractive ways of the World around us.
Our enemy has convinced by deception so many around us, that we (in America, at least) are eating what are not even food, but chemicals and plastics and Franken-foods. No wonder we are suffering with all these auto-immune diseases. And he has convinced so many to think in a scarcity mode, to think that for one to have more, he has to take it from one who has less. When God has put everything here in abundance, so that every person can have all we need, and make wealth by providing good things to others, enriching them, too.
Whenever God gives, it's always in abundance, far more than just basic necessities. When Jesus made the water into wine, it was a week's worth of beverage for the whole party. When He multiplied the 5 loaves and 2 fishes for the 5000, they had twelve huge baskets full left over. God is generous, giving to us out of His great riches (Philippians 4:19).
We never need to feel that we're in need. We never need to feel that we are deprived or denied. God has already given us everything in abundance in this Earth. We only need to know His ways and order our thinking along His lines, and decide to do life His way. In purity, and in honesty, and in generosity. In considering other before ourselves, and giving God the credit.
That's how He designed it to work.
God didn't want the Israelites to be seduced away from their "Husband," and He doesn't want us to be seduced away from our "Bridegroom." He loves us, and wants us to enjoy the life He provides.
So let us ask Him, seek Him, knock on the door of His ways, as He tells us to do (Luke 11:9-10). Let us continually be aware of His presence with us and in us, to cooperate with how He made this World; and we will enjoy the benefits as we give Him the glory. A win-win.
Even so,come, Lord Jesus!
Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the Land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
And the Lord is the One Who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
Moses was not going to be their leader any more. In order for the people to not be scattered like sheep without a shepherd, he commissioned Joshua in front of all the people so that they would know that they could follow him, and that God had given him authority like He had Moses to lead them, to conquer this Land.
And he also made it clear that God would be the One Who would subdue these peoples that were bigger and stronger and more numerous than Israel. So that they would all look to Joshua and trust God as they entered this Promised Land. And to encourage Joshua to pick up this mantle of authority confidently.
...Be careful to observe...
And they all, Joshua included, were to pay attention and be careful in their thinking processes so that they wouldn't be seduced by all the attractive ways of these peoples who already live here. That's why they were to destroy not just the people who would convince them, but also all the altars, all the idols, all the totems, all the things that were used in the worship of these false gods, these demons.
We must all pay attention to ourselves to be "in the moment" and recognize how we're thinking to make sure that we are not drifting away from the Lord's ways. We are all vulnerable when we're not being careful. We are also seduced by all the attractive ways of the World around us.
Our enemy has convinced by deception so many around us, that we (in America, at least) are eating what are not even food, but chemicals and plastics and Franken-foods. No wonder we are suffering with all these auto-immune diseases. And he has convinced so many to think in a scarcity mode, to think that for one to have more, he has to take it from one who has less. When God has put everything here in abundance, so that every person can have all we need, and make wealth by providing good things to others, enriching them, too.
Whenever God gives, it's always in abundance, far more than just basic necessities. When Jesus made the water into wine, it was a week's worth of beverage for the whole party. When He multiplied the 5 loaves and 2 fishes for the 5000, they had twelve huge baskets full left over. God is generous, giving to us out of His great riches (Philippians 4:19).
We never need to feel that we're in need. We never need to feel that we are deprived or denied. God has already given us everything in abundance in this Earth. We only need to know His ways and order our thinking along His lines, and decide to do life His way. In purity, and in honesty, and in generosity. In considering other before ourselves, and giving God the credit.
That's how He designed it to work.
God didn't want the Israelites to be seduced away from their "Husband," and He doesn't want us to be seduced away from our "Bridegroom." He loves us, and wants us to enjoy the life He provides.
So let us ask Him, seek Him, knock on the door of His ways, as He tells us to do (Luke 11:9-10). Let us continually be aware of His presence with us and in us, to cooperate with how He made this World; and we will enjoy the benefits as we give Him the glory. A win-win.
Even so,come, Lord Jesus!
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