The Mud Runner or Walking on Water

 

In preparing this the last few days, I spent reading Jesus' prayer in John 17. He prayed for those who would believe. And is our belief in Him or the stock market? Is our faith in Jesus or the world's songs, world's people, idols that carry no life nor breath in them, and do we follow that which is wrong indeed.

So today we choose: to be a believer and be mud runner or believe and walk on water. Thought of Moses and  Aaron who were sent.  Moses sent to speak to Pharaoh. But he felt he was no speaker and asked if Aaron could go with him to be the "speaker". . After they led Israel out from the Pharaoh of Egypt, they faced the Red Sea.  Fear striking on every nerve of each person, they are the consumed in anxiety!  Pharaoh's military was coming quickly from behind them. God told Moses to lift his staff and tell the people to cross. The waters divided and they walked over on dry land!

Later in the Old Testament,  Abram appeared. Told to leave his family behind and take his wife to the place God called them to live. And he went but he took some family members with him. Ultimately Abram's belief became the trust in God. He had to believe that God could change his name, he would have an heir and it would be God's design and not the flesh of man. Abram now called Abraham was known for His faith. He would be the "father" of many. But the idols had to be removed from him.

Reading on him, we find this in Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Proverbs 19:21 There are many plans in a man's heart nevertheless the Lord's counsel that will stand.

In the New Testament, Jesus and John the Baptist came. John announced the coming of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Jesus, the Man of prayer, gave us the example for our lives to be lived out.

Father to the Son, the Son to the Father….1.       Abiding:

John 15:5. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. NKJV

John 17:20-23……………..20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me 23  I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. NIV

 2.       As Children to abide:Matthew 18:1-5

18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.   NKJV

After Jesus, the Apostle Paul wrote 2/3 of New Testament and it was faith that was sent out to those who hear! He taught others to know Jesus by faith.

So we have examples of Abraham and Apostle Paul.  Like what Martin Luther King spoke in a speech in 1963: His desire was for his children to live by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. So many today get his message wrong. They want things their way. Some want God's people removed entirely so they can do away with the book of Revelation. Then prove God wrong and His book null. 

Paul the Apostle brought greetings saying in verse 2 (Philippians) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. in Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

In each of these people, they had to live by their faith in God! They showed us their real lives with real situations which can only be lived in His peace when relating in prayer and worship to Him our God. Without prayer we flounder. We should choose the treasure of His counsel rather the trash of world's way of drugs and more drugs.

Here prayer brings us to see spiritually things God has for us. It could be a new position in a job, getting a study in nursing when we never thought of it. We could be an inventor and invent things for God's glory!

Now let's look at the mud runner Elijah!1 Kings 18:41-46.......................41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain." 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 43 and said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up and looked, and said, "There is nothing." And seven times he said, "Go again." 44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, "There is a cloud, as small as a man's hand, rising out of the sea!" So he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.' " 45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 46 Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. NKJV

Elijah prayed for rain to begin. He kept watch and prayed......and the rain came. It came quickly and with the new moisture on the ground, mud appeared. It was everywhere!  The sky turned dark with clouds. The wind blew and heavy rain appeared.  So warned. King Ahab drove away riding in his chariot with two horses.  The hand of the Lord came upon Elijah and he girded his loins....he was ready to run.
A distance of 25 miles, Elijah ran in the mud! Hand of the Lord is Holy Spirit....revelation and light! Born again we have Holy Spirit.  We pray for rain but mud will appear. If we pray God's will, we can expect His ways!
By Faith he prayed and believed: "There is the sound of an abundance of rain."   Spiritually we know by revelation knowledge.

THE God of Love, who gave His only Son, gifted us to become the sons of God. It was by grace that we are saved. That has given us opportunity to express gratitude, to spend time with Him and to know the Creator of all things. He who gives such a life should be feared.

Jesus was ruled not by His flesh but by His spirit man. He gained strength in staying connected to His Father through the Word that brings truth and life to our mortal being. He chose the treasure of God and the assignment to the Cross.

You and I will not take the Cross Jesus did, but we will face situations especially in prayer, that knowing God is for us, rain will fall and mud will appear.   We can run through that rain and mud. We can run fast through any thing that tries to stop us.  Or we can choose to walk on the water of His word and see His kingdom come.

The sky is certainly getting darker and men's heart match this very thing too.  Jesus died and the ground shook. The curtain in the temple was split from the top to the bottom. Prayer works!

Who do people say that you are: for Jesus.....the Son of God, for Paul who trusted Jesus to his death, he was an apostle and not Pharisee as before, for Elijah, he went up in a fiery chariot up into the sky, Abraham is known today by his faith in God, his prayer for Lot and family when Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed. Moses place of burial is only known by God. John the Baptist had a rough end. But truth was found on his lips to the end!

We are those who have chosen the treasure of God, light and revelation in Jesus and power by Holy Spirit. We see His plan, abide in His glory and are seated in heavenly places with Jesus.

Hey, ask me I know the way to get there...........Amen!

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NOT A HAND OUT BUT A HAND UP

The justice of God is to set things right and see it maintained!

Acts 3:1-10 NKJV  Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "look on us."
5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk."
7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them----walking, leaping and praising God. 10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Now if you have ever gone to church or a prayer meeting or Bible study, one is focused to be on time for that scheduled meeting. Being on time is very important to me. And when seeing this man, the same man that Jesus had walked past when He went there, yet there was no place for healing.
Yet at this moment, while going in for the prayer at the temple, healing was available for the lame man.

Instruction was given for the man to look on Peter and John. In speaking to him, the environment changed. It was when this man gave his full attention to Peter and John that a miracle could occur. For the anointing was always active within the two apostles.

The very anointing Jesus carried was available now within Peter and John. Healing came by the instruction to focus on hearing in the name of Jesus. Faith is always in the name of the "Anointed Savior".

Our focus must be on that which has come to us through Jesus! It is in that name that we walk. It is in Him that we live, move and have our being.

Peter took the man by the right hand. Psalm 48:10 reminds us that As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice)

Proverbs 21:3 Today do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 

Doing justice is to maintain what is right or to set things right. The time had come for the lame man to walk. Silver and gold was not his answer. Helping others, especially during the winter months and Christmas, seem to highlight many people's lives, but in truth, we are help the poor without anyone knowing about it.

In truth, justice is done when honorable relations are maintained, let's say: between husbands and wives, parents and children, employers and employees, government and citizens, and man and God. 

The justice God sees and operates by is that of loyalty where you are the "self-less" and giving to others with a love in heart that is of God and from God. So that justice is one that is done in spirit and has some action behind it.

The one who holds that trait is one who is comprehending God, having His love and seeing with His eyes and a giving heart!

I remember seeing the bell ringers from Salvation Army outside the grocery stores and some other type stores. I also remember people trying to avoid them anyway possible, like moving grocery carts out of the way to go in a side door for the grocery mart!
God expects us to have sacrificed our life to have His will done on earth. His kingdom has come and His will was demonstrated by His Son.
If the Spirit of God lives in us, then we ought to obey what the instruction is: and to "Go". Go and have time for the lame, the poor, the broken. And give to them which looks like the hand up and not just a hand out!
Our lives are short and will give an account of them: what will they reveal about our hearts?

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ACCEPTING A RADICAL LIFE

A radical life is characterized by that which is the effective in bringing change. The radical is that which is spoken of as being complete, far-reaching, thorough, major and even of being rigorous.

 As of a person: one who is zealous, and revolutionary!

 John 2:13-17

  13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!" 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up."  

 NKJV

  Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up!

  This zeal, this passion and fire has eaten Me up. Yes, Jesus had a passion. His zeal was that which consumed all His time and attention. He was passionate and was led by that passion to minister to everyone. He did not just see the rich and the famous, but He saw and spoke with those who made up the crowd of the"down and out". He spoke to those who made their living by asking for "handouts"! Jesus' concern was for that which concerned His father God and made for a radical life to live. In what we have seen of Jesus and His life, it started far from the ways our lives began. His mother was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, carried Him to full term, gave birth and laid Him in a manger. He lived in a home with many siblings and of His life, at the young age of 12 years old, He was found with the teachers, and spoke with wisdom!

  I remember being 12 years old and having many teachers in school and spent time with the Math teacher more than all the rest. Well, for one, it was the NEW MATH, and my parents did not understand what the new teaching was about! And for wisdom, not likely, other than I knew I needed the "help" & needed it from the one who knew it well! (I wanted to pass the grade with my peers!)

   As a young child, I started out with zeal for not being locked in by doors, gates or any kind of fence. Ask anyone who knew me when I was but three and they will have the story to tell. Yeah, no fence was going to keep me fenced in, where I did not want to be. I wanted to be free, run, and keep running!

   Jesus gave with zeal. He captured people with that passion that consumed Him. Yes, meeting Jesus we all had a decision to make. It was entirely based where you wanted to spend eternity: heaven or hell!  He did all by the AUTHORITY given to Him by God!

  Yes, when we read on in Chapter 2, Jesus was questioned on His conduct. Jesus remained the focus. He kept the "fire" burning as well we should do also.

 When honoring God, it is a thing of the heart. It is one which is serious. In what Jesus found was the "Market for  Business" and it was in the Temple which was for God and service to Him only.

Ezekiel 33:30-33...30 As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, "Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD." 31 "So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song who has a pleasant voice and play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33 And when this comes to pass---surely it will come----then they will know that a prophet has been among them." NKJV

That prophetic word can come, like it did for those as we see from Ezekiel. In referring back to some church services, one can see people excited for one praise and worship leader but cut down another, rather because of not liking the songs of the second choice "leader" chose for that service. Even though said "leader" has the anointing, prays in tongues, yet is reviled by those who think: music is either too loud, too slow, not enough drums, too many singers on the platform, or there is not enough "bass" guitar players playing. Or that they, the reviler, could do the job better! Yes, it is back to doing a better job than Ms. So and So or Mr. So and So could ever do.

Meaning of greed: intense and selfish
the desire that is heartfelt for being wealthy, being number 1, being the best at any thing
it is coveting something.........and remember what God spoke about that.
Covetousness-- "pleonexia" meaning having a desire for more.
It is found in Colossians 3:5 So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]; sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God). Amp.

Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

It is building a structure, a lusted-for thing, like being CEO of a company and no real credentials to do the job. Whatever a person lusts after in their heart, that is the thing that will be erected in their heart to be gratified. The question asked most today to the young.......those of grade school is: What do you want to be when you grow up? And their answer of well over 80 percent was that of the "super" athlete. So the other question asked was: What about a Dr. or lawyer...........the Dr. came in 2nd and the lawyer came in 3rd place next after the Super Athlete at number 1. Wow!  I wonder where on the list was the grocer, the pharmacist, the street sweeper, the pastor of a church, the nurse, the elder care person, and the welder, and ship-builder?
In reality, how attainable is that really for average person, that super athlete? For most know that it takes hard work and some amount of gifting, again from God, to play that pro-ball. And those who last, are those who have the passion for it. They enjoy it, and do well in that sport. They are always training, and their thoughts are playing with a team.

Jesus spoke to those about God, and He gave them that needed instruction. Some wanted it, some reviled Him for that correction and many just walked away. Like what we read in Ezekiel 33, we find that which so spoke of those Jesus came in contact with.

For some heard Jesus and others only wanted to revile Him. And many heard when He taught as a Rabbi in the Synagogue, yet many did not hear.  AND many did not do the Word!  That zeal Jesus carried in His heart proved what some would know as disastrous, but Jesus saw it bring Him closer to the Cross. For anyone today, who goes to the House of God and shows love, but their hearts pursue their own gain, they are those who were much like those within the Temple that day Jesus drove the money changers out. What a mob scene that probably looked like!  

The One standing for the honor of God and to His glory and those who just wanted gain in their pockets owing it all to greed,  and then we saw the chaos ensue. These were men wanting things their "own way" and that which brought financial gain into their hands. 
There is a day coming when man or woman will have to leave business at the door and come with open hearts to give honor and glory to God only. There is coming a day when one will be asked to give up their old life for that which brings life and not the deadly path so many encounter today. 

In building that God intended, was that which is completely holy to God. The temple was going to be found in us. And nothing could be brought into the temple that would take away from God!

If God did not allow King David to build the Temple because he was a man of war, how much so in our time for those who go (who attend) the HOUSE of God? How much more today should we find our full attention given to Him Who gives life? How much more should our hearts be filled with that for God and not selfish "man" (Men).
Why?
David truly had heart to build that Temple because of the love he carried for God. But God wanted another to build and had chosen Solomon to do it. David raised the funds needed, and brought all that was needed as of the gold, the silver, and fine woods. Yes, where our heart resides will shine on others or darken on others. In what God had planned from the beginning was His HOUSE, " that body of Christ " that would be with its heart toward one God: (that devotion, that adherence to and faithfulness to God and His plan and not to that of man or men wrapped up in their deeds ( those lustful desires for me, myself and I) , yes the HEART issues that come from man's personal  teachings or anything that would represent some earthly kingdom or thing !

 For where our heart is, there is where we will go for an eternity! For what we treasure, that is that which holds us to, keeps us placed and maybe not in not such a good place, but never the less, the place we treasure and hold onto. Jesus saw the Temple where God would come, and was seeing the day when the Holy Spirit would come to abide and comfort. His interest was in maintaining that which was holy unto the Lord.

It was not buying, trading and selling, but about having worship toward God. It was about employing prayer and having a relationship with God the Father. The temple was not about a few hearing and speaking to God, it was for all men and women alike to hear and speak to God. If people would only come there would be no need of war anymore! It would be a time when people would lay aside all that comprises them toward death. Those who continue to war, do not know God and have never met Him in the secret place! They have never laid anything at the Cross!

1 Timothy 6:17-19

17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, 19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life

NKJV  

Our trust is not to be in "things" but in the living God who gives us richly all things to enjoy. I would rather have what God desires for me to bask in THAN something that is not life to me or anyone else. We are to be the ready to give, willing to share, and storing up that which is a "good foundation" for the time to come..........laying hold unto eternal life. We were to come to serve and love God!

For Lord, we certainly brought nothing into this world and we will not take anything with us when we exit.

Father, today we pray for people everywhere, to come to the Light of Jesus, and know He is life everlasting. For the rich Lord, in this world, we charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, not to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on YOU, God for YOU richly and ceaselessly provide us with everything for our enjoyment. Lord, I pray that we wold be rich in good works to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share with others. And in all this, we are laying for ourselves the riches that endure forever as a good foundation for the future, so that we may grasp that which is life indeed.(1 Timothy 6:16-19 Amp)

MAY we truly focus on that which is life to us, and expect that as we wait on His goodness, those blessings will be poured on us His Beloved!

Father, thank You that having a radical life is one which looks like the devoted, not of one race or color but of many races and many colors. May our prayers be offered in reverence to Your Holy Name...........may the HOUSE of PRAYER be known and may people know that all are welcomed to come. It is in Jesus' name and to His glory we pray and believe for the HOUSE OF PRAYER TO OVERFLOW TO ALL WHO HAVE ZEAL FOR YOU OUR FATHER.  We accept the radical life that honors You. AMEN.

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THE GREATEST INJECTION EVER MADE

Fall appears to be in the air! Temperatures have dropped dramatically the last week and we have seen rain which is a good thing. In seeing the season's change, my thoughts come back to people, namely the healthcare, desiring for those "seniors" to get their flu shots, etc.

Those may work for some folks but kill others. Not sure if I know if they have kept a count of how many are helped and how many are not by taking some "shot" in the arm.

But all that aside, I am thinking today of the greatest injection ever made. It came in the form of a man, who came from heaven with a plan only heaven could send to us!

John 12:9-27

9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. 

12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: 

"Hosanna!

'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'

The King of Israel!" 

14 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 

15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion;

Behold, your King is coming,

Sitting on a donkey's colt."  

16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him. 17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. 18 For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!" 

20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." 22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 23 But Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor." NKJV

Matthew 21:6-16

6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: 

"Hosanna to the Son of David!

'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'

Hosanna in the highest!" 

10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?" 11 So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee." 

12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" 14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant 16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 

'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants 

You have perfected praise'?"                   NKJV

In those days that Jesus walked this earth, those who saw Jesus saw a leadership ability. They saw a man who spoke with wisdom to those who would rebuke Him, and yet Jesus would come back with a word from the Written Word of God and declare it.

When these people laid out their outer garments and spread those palm branches, they were declaring the new "King". And their hope was that Jesus would take His "role" and sit on a throne that would rid the Jews of the Roman rule and much tyranny. When these people laid a pathway, it was to Antonia Fortress.....and.....not to the Temple.........!

These items of clothing and palms were laid toward Antonia Fortress where Pontius Pilate was. It was Herod's palace that was the official residence of the Roman procurator when those visiting dignitaries came to Jerusalem for the major Jewish festival.

It was a place positioned to look over Jerusalem. This Fortress was to have held some 600 + Roman soldiers. As Jesus walked, He had to have broken through this line of people who probably lined both sides of the pathway to Antonio Fortress. Somewhere near the Temple, He broke through the barrier and headed into the Temple.

Those who wanted change and a new leadership in Jesus were probably puzzled in the action occurring in moving through a group of people to get to the Temple. They probably asked themselves, "where is He going?"

In verse 14, we see Jesus has gone into the Temple..........He is NOW HEALING PEOPLE. The blind and the lame had come to HIM and He healed them. Then in verse 15....children were in the Temple........Yikes!
Seeing how Jesus loved the children, and allowed them close to Him, even in this time of travail, the children come in praising Jesus. They were glorifying the One that other men would not glorify!

 Jesus had shown love to those little ones and they came running. However they got to the Temple that day, with parents or with others, still their sight was set on Jesus and they began to sing a song to Him.
These young ones unafraid of the High Priest or Scribes, takes the role front and center to praise the true King. Without fear, the children sang out loudly and those against Jesus, the high priests and Scribes resented this very act they were seeing. Jesus gave an example of what the Temple should be about. He gave something that represented that the kingdom had come.
That "Temple" was not about how many money one was to make, as we saw with Jesus driving out the money changers ( you know those who furnished the proselytes and the Jew who came from other countries, with the current coin in exchange for their own coinage. ) and those that sold the doves or others. It was those who stood in the area of priests. And these men gained a salary by bringing the unmarked and favorable birds and such other animals for the altar. Yes, man was determining whether that sacrifice was a good one or not.

And Jesus spoke of that house being "the House of Prayer". For when we see Jesus overthrow the tables, He then turns and heals the lame and the blind. Jesus called prayer back to the house!

Yes, there were probably many meetings set up that day, I am certain, after Jesus broke through that line of people to get to the Temple, and those upset were rallying others together..............  who wanted a new kingdom set up at that moment and the end to Roman rule. But Jesus was setting one up a kingdom that would not be destroyed. He desired the individual to come to the Temple and to be prayed for. He was the "sacrifice" for all and that it was now time for the change to come to the "Temple".

In the verses below we see Jesus and the children.

Luke 18:15-17

15 Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of God. 17 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it. " NKJV

Allowing them in, Jesus was speaking about the "kingdom of God". And those who were certainly breathing out cruelties His way surely did not act as the young children did in those moments at the Temple. Praise was heard, and God heard those children singing it out!

Yes, it was all about love that day. And the greatest injection ever made came at a time when Israel and the city of Jerusalem needed a shot of "love". For the greatest thing that could or would be done from then to this moment in time, is to go and pray for the blind, and the lame and allow the children to praise His name in the Temple. Amen.

For praying for the fellowman, we see great change can come. It surely did when Jesus injected love and gave back to those biting remarks WITH THE SPOKEN Word of God in Wisdom and in the Peace of God. Can we and will we follow that direction and instruction?

Will our lives reflect a holy life, that is leading children to sing praise to God and to pray for our fellowman? When we inject love into a toxic society, we will change the world. We will see things change dramatically as we saw in Jesus as He prayed for those around Him. 

 1 Corinthians 13:3-8

 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails.    NKJV

Father, we thank You for Jesus, the greatest sacrifice, the Son of Your love. As Jesus was our example, may our love suffer long and be kind. May our love never envy and never be puffed up. We pray to be those who do not behave rudely, not seek our own agendas, and to think no evil. We desire to be those who will not rejoice in iniquity but always rejoice in truth. May our love never fail. May it never fail toward You or family or friend or stranger. May we always be ready to speak life to someone in need and show the love Jesus did to others. May we embrace the little children, pray for them and send them off in Your word, teaching the right way in which to walk. May we always be ready to inject a shot of love into our community by giving of ourselves to touch another's life with Your holy Word, pray for them and to give to them what they may lack as in clothing or food. May we abound to every good work which is in Christ Jesus. Amen.


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