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Yes, we laughed about some momentous moments of getting that "bird" cooked and served just like you see on T.V. or in a magazine.
But I recalled this one time, when I was about ten years old, that when the meal for our family who had gathered at Thanksgiving, comprised a total of eighteen people. Of that number ten were children and the oldest of the group pushed out her chair and ran for the "turkey" that remained from that festive meal. In the process, some things were moved and even pushed out of the way to present the part of the "bird" that at least three people desired to grab hold of and that was the "the wish bone".
Chaos ensued, and much yelling of "who" would take hold.........meaning only two people can hold it between them and break the wish bone, right? With the battle over, the wish bone broken, I thought of all the hoopla over a...."bone"!
In relating this tale to our daughter, we laughed at the humor and wondered if people still do that sort of thing.
Of more recent days, I remember just seeing a commercial around the holiday season of some younger ones grabbing for that "wish bone" and wonder why or "if" they still do it.
In thinking of our walk with God, we do not need "wish bones". We have His word that will strengthen us. His words comfort us when in hurt and pain. He delights for us to call on Him and delights to hear us give Him praise for all that He has done for us. Was on the way back from a blood draw the other day and praised Him on that trip, both going and coming back to the country. It was a great report. The hemoglobin was around its normal level. Yes, God is good!
I also thought today in hearing a teaching by Joyce Meyer how it is important to have a backbone.
In a prayer meeting about 3 years ago, I remember this young man prophesying about the "church" the body of believer's to have a real backbone. Although I have thought of his given word from the Lord many times in the past three years, I believe it to be so more of the "now word" if you please!
Each of us has to stand. We need the stability and agility to stand and still be flexible....without breaking or falling apart. In a recent teaching loaded on my "Voice of Prayer" You Tube Channel, it was title The Truthful Witness: Not Based on Lies, False Ideas or Fantasy. We had looked at Luke 4:1-13.......NKJV.
Luke 4:1 -13….NKJV…Then
Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led
by the Spirit into the wilderness 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil.
And in those days He ate nothing and afterward, when they had ended, He was
hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, ”If You are the son of God, command this
stone to be become bread.” 4 But Jesus answered, saying “It is written, “man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” 5 Then the devil,
taking Him upon on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in
a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “all this authority I will
give You, and their glory, for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to
whomever I wish. 7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be
Yours.” Hemming in, isolation
8 And Jesus answered & said to him, “Get
behind Me, Satan!” “For it is written You shall worship the LORD your God
& Him only you shall serve.” 9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of
the temple and said to HIM, “if You
are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. 10 for it is
written: “He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you, ‘ 11 “and , in
their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. 12
And Jesus answered & said to him, “It has been said, YOU shall not tempt
the LORD your God.” 13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he
departed from Him until an opportune time.
In that teaching you will remember if you saw it and heard it that the Holy Spirit lead Jesus out into the wilderness. Hard time? Most likely! But testing does come, and we must have the backbone to stand, yes with flexibility but also with agility to move when God sends us out to do something for Him. That strength comes when we apply our heart to His instruction and our ears to the words of knowledge. As we lend our ear to understand, we are preserved by His discretion working in us. And it is His loving kindness in the daytime and at night, we see and know, His song is with us......it is the prayer to the God of my life and your life.
For if we would just come and hear Him, come and hear all who fear God..........others should hear what you and I will declare what He has done for our souls. Jesus heard the devil speak and Jesus answered with the written word of God. It was not some quote from some guy who lived a hundred years ago, but by the living Word of God.
Will we stand with backbone in these last days? Will we proclaim God's goodness?
James 3 :9-18 Amplified Bible
9 With
it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in
God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These
things, my brethren, ought not to be so. 11 Does a fountain send forth
[simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter?
12 Can a fig tree, my brethren bear olives or
a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water. 13 Who is
there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living
show forth his [good] works with the [un-obstrusive] humility [which is the
proper attribute] of true wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and
contention (rivalry) selfish ambition in your hearts, do not pride yourselves
on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.
15 This [superficial] wisdom is not such as
comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal, even devilish
(demonical). 16 For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition)
there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of
evil and vile practices. 17 But the wisdom
from above is first of all pure (undefiled) then it is peace-loving, courteous
(considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion
and good fruits: it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and
unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering and insincerity).
In Genesis 4:9-16 we read of Cain and when he killed his brother Abel. With intent in his heart, he killed. Out of a hateful jealousy he killed him. And verse 15-16 of chapter 4 mentions that God put a mark on Cain and Cain left the presence of God.
I think of Cain being marked because of the hatefulness of his heart, and of his ability to murder. Being marked, is that which marks our character. In being the stable and the distinct reveals the quality of lack of it denoting a person's life. And what character or stength of character and where it lies, will determine the person's life in regard to " the difficult" or "even the hard" in life.
Abraham Lincoln was quoted as saying that "reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree."
Are we displaying a mere shadow.....or....are we displaying that tree...........for others to see.
Psalm 1:1-6 NKJV 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful, 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Living life by making wishes on a wish bone is living life in a "fantasy". I am not making any wishes on a dead turkey! Anything outside of God and His ways is considered rebellion, and of rage.........and will not end in success of anything. It will only lead to death. ( remember Cain)
As Jesus, we too, must be led by the Spirit of God and meditate and know to say the word like Jesus did in the conversation with the devil.
Strengthen that backbone. Kiss the Son in submission to His leadership and you will see your life ruled by His peace when all others outside the boundary of God will experience violence and wrath against them.
Lord, You are with us. We shout for joy because You defend us (them). Let those also who love Your name be joyful in You, for You OH LORD will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. (Psalm 5:11-12)
Amen!
Notice:
The Voice of Prayer has a new teaching:
The Truthful Witness: Not Based on Lies, False Ideas or Fantasies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yapgc3QC344
You can also visit my You Tube channel The Voice of Prayer for more teaching at: http://bit.ly/1tNyBhV
The Truthful Witness: Not Based on Lies, False Ideas or Fantasies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yapgc3QC344
You can also visit my You Tube channel The Voice of Prayer for more teaching at: http://bit.ly/1tNyBhV
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