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So I start my confessions of having God's wisdom: James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him, 6 but let him asking faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. Then I am reminded of Jesus and His disciples....you know where Jesus comes walking on the water....Mathew 14: 22-33 and Mark 6:45-52.
I start speaking that my husband and I will speak truth and not the world's wisdom, and will ask the Lord regularly for His rule in that day for us especially those kind of things that affect large populations and travel.
Then I hear this man from the Weather Channel mentioning "snowtals"......and I am thinking and asking myself" what is snowtals"?
After a a couple of minutes of rewording his sentence, the Weather Channel meteorologist spoke the word expressing the accurate word was....... actually "snow totals" for this big snow event headed for the Northwest Region of the U.S.
Oh, okay, now I am with you.....and the man continues to mark out the specific areas impacted by heavy snow and those with winds, and ice.
I pay attention to this and mention to my husband when he gets home from work what was coming down out of the "north". And then the next day, early on that Friday, we are outside with our dog looking over some small amount of snow that remained from a previous small event and our neighbor asked if we had heard about "Snowmeggeddon" on its way and we spoke in unison, "Yes".
Of course, my husband and I stand with God and His word in those promises.....when... such things occur for the those whose travel is on roadways effected by such horrific storms. So throughout the week for work, to get groceries, visit family or church, we are thanking the Lord for safety to cross over as the Hebrews did over the Red Sea and away from Pharaoh and his army. We were well armed and ready to take that stand with our confessions ready to display before that which was headed toward us out of Canada.
Certainly we must know God's provision in His word to dispel any darkness within our own thinking that has been instilled by a culture of changing systems regularly. Still the devil has in place his system that brings captive those who are ruled by lust of their eyes, the lust of their flesh and the pride of life. And within that system, Eve and Adam bought the farm of life without God, without His rule and to scratch out a living. And the devil sets no captives free!
In Matthew 4:4 we find Jesus speaking to the devil " man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds of the mouth of God".
The devil presented his world and the beauty and sweetness that he could generate being that fallen one from God's presence:Isaiah 14: 12 How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!" 13 For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 "Those who see you will gaze at you and consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms. 17 Who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners.
Yes, the devil has in place his beautiful kingdom to hold captives in that place of fleshly living! They are so many places to travel and embark on never before seen sights, tasting new foods that still appear alive since they are crawling on your plate, and oh yes, those really exotic styled vacations that exhibit clear light blue oceans, sands with bugs you cannot see or the parasites you knew nothing of till you arrived home to find a flaming red mark consistently moving from the bottom of your foot to your thigh. Yikes!
What taste does our stomach hold out for? IS it the word of God we search for diligently or for that far away trip to isolated beauty of third world counties with their own troubles. Heard recently of someone who went to Africa to visit family and a friend and came back with ebola virus! Now that is no good time or trip. I wondered how many they, the traveler infected with that disease on their plane ride home.
YOU and I certainly should know God's word in this day and time. And should confess His word regularly. We are to ask the Lord for His leading and to find those things He planned or purposed for us, not only as individuals but for the body of believer's as well.
YOU may not encounter the meteorologist who knows it all and will not give any more time to giving accurate weather. YOU may not encounter snow or high winds or ice, but you will encounter others who travel oh so freely to third world countries to bring back those terrible diseases, flesh eating bacteria and well, exotic morals or the lack of them.
OUR Father God desires us to live for Him and for His glory and within those parameter lines have surely fallen to us in pleasant places. (Psalm 16:6) Let's not waste our time or love on things that kill but spend time with Him who brings life to us and others we may meet. Seek His rule and leading and you will find those who actually give you accurate weather and snow totals, actually give you truth and not some twisted lies of deceit. Our faith in God is not that of "wishful thinking" but it is of the devoted heart seeking His words of life for today and every day.
He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Amen! So whatever the storm, circumstance, or maybe even sickness, still He is here, is alive and is ready to hear you call.....
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