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| ....shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water... |
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 also 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.
Hebrews 10:19-23 NKJV 19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful.
That word "pure" in verse 21 of Hebrews 10 describes a physical cleanliness.
Sin pollutes and it defiles, but the blood of Jesus washes the stains away. Receiving Jesus, washed away our sin. But it is still a daily walk to be refreshed by Him, to see His ways and follow His teachings. That is, we are to obey Him!
Had seen some of the devastation that has taken place in some areas the last several months of 2018. And I was reading of that which swept through North Carolina. A storm that made "an unusual journey" from Africa to the east coast of America. It seemed to have an appointment with the land in that region of the U. S.
When the hurricane "Florence" entered the Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, it was a 350-mile wide tropical storm. It produced large amounts of rain throughout North and South Carolina. It was noted that some area had experienced record rainfall with wide-spread flooding that impacted roadways, homes and businesses not just for the weekend, but for many weeks. It was 34 inches of rain that had fallen in just three days. We can get in the winter time an inch to 2 inches an hour but these folks were getting a lot more in less time. And if we do get that atmospheric river say in our region, it is here today and gone tomorrow.
Ah, but this storm produced serious wind problems as in tornadoes!
According to Kevin Trenberth of the National Center of Atmospheric Research reported that 53 people had died due to the horrific floodwaters. This flooding contained hog waste containing toxic mix of E. coli, Girardia and Salmonella that washed across the countryside. It was 3.4 million chickens died when the deluge struck the heart of the state's agriculture industry.
Devastation indeed had occurred and this was something that would not be cleaned up in a day or two, and it might take more than a year to clean that kind of toxicity from the land.
Can you imagine the cost of such a 'clean-up' of that magnitude? Yet they occurred in Houston Texas during Hurricane Harvey. Such contaminates swept into the water supply and caused a mixture of toxic proportions! These would be found in the land, in homes and in businesses. Can you now imagine the magnitude if those cars in those flooded areas are now cleaned up and sold to other markets in other states and you are driving "such" vehicle on a daily basis; one that has toxic sludge in the bottom parts of the carpets and other dark places?
So, can you imagine what happens to our minds and souls when we leave God's words: His thoughts and ways to follow the counsel of the ungodly, to stand with sinners or sit with the scornful? Can you imagine if you spend time watching advertisements that show partially clothed people with wine in hand and laughing their loudest to be heard and then you wishing you were there with them to partake of the same?
Our delight is to be in the word of God and to meditate day and night on it. And when we do, we are like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf shall not wither, and whatever we do shall prosper.
Anything connected with the world will bring you to stand in sewer water. And it is anything but clean. It is not pure but holds disease and shame. If we are not in God, then we are in 'something'. And like Florence, when she appeared, she made a grand entry into a coastal beach, beautiful sand and waves and stirred up some havoc. She came into that region to dump a lot of water and to flood it causing a deluge striking at the very heart of the state's agriculture industry. Yeah it was going to take a chunk of money from them! Yes, its very livelihood was shook to the foundations and that which is not founded on God will wash away with sewer water and never to be found again.
Devastation is occurring at a phenomenal rate today not only in the U. S. but around the world as well. When I was teen, I remember a tornado occurring every once in a great while. And one had occurred some hundred miles from where we lived. It took some time for that town to rebuild. And it will take time to rebuild cities like Houston who was hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. It will take time to rebuild and clean up areas like Florida hit by Irene in 2017 and again in 2018 by Hurricane Michael. New Orleans was hit in 2005 by Katrina and it is not the city it once was. Only parts were restored and some areas remain damaged from that major event that displaces thousands of people and killed others.
What if we truly paid attention to what matters and not just "looking to be good time Charlie or Charlene'? What if we sought out God though He is not far anyone of us.....Paul wrote this in Acts 17:26-30 NKJV And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though he is not far from each of us; 28 for in Him, we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'. 29 Therefore since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising. 30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
What can save one from a devastating storm? Well, your cell phone cannot save you nor will your government. When something occurs, it is up to the individual to have supplies, and hopefully have dried food in buckets where water will not intrude them. Water should be foremost to have on hand as well as a food supply and a first-aid kit. A generator would be great too. It should be one that does not need gas but is charged by the sun! There has been a forecast of an EMP occurring in many places around the world and I wonder how many are prepared if they lose power to their cell phones, laptops, their cars, their refrigerators and have no food or power. Pray it does not happen in the winter and then pray for a very long summer season. ( like a length of a decade)
For where there is no power, one will die with no water after how many days and will die without any food after how many days?
For the only power we have access to that is 24:7 is the Holy Spirit who gives us details of what Jesus speaks to the Father about. And we can be in the 'know' to stay out of sewer water and to pray : not just for ourselves, but for our brothers and sisters in Christ all over the world. For truly God is for us and He wants to help us....but He will not hear over the loud cries for another bottle wine nor will He hear when our voices sound more like those in Sodom and Gomorrah. No we must seek Him and abide there. We must look for His ways and hear His thoughts and move in that place of protection to be safe in Him and live ................ Amen!
No, no sewer water today Lord, I seek to hear You speak as we are told many times in the book of Revelation....to hear what the Spirit of God is speaking. May we hold firm in a confidence that Jesus is Lord and there is no other in our heart.........so our heart is not struck by devastation and sewer water.
Lord have Your way in our lives today ....we believe You the true and only God have our back and we stay within Your plan....we give You our thanks and we recommit to be those who seek YOUR ways in this world...for we are in it but not of it.
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