If Your Heart is Wise

 

Proverbs 23:15-18 NKJV  My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice----indeed, I myself; 16 yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak right things. 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.

 In this what they call the modern society, the world has large quantities of commercials to show you want you really want and need. They show you these exotic places of white glistening sand, and beautiful aqua colored oceans with waiters bringing some kind of drink in glasses with flowers decorating its opening. I saw one the other evening I told my husband when these folks make a reservation to exotic island, they should make sure that the camera crew, the sound media team and party instigators are there as well.

Because the couples’ wardrobe looks good on those doing the commercial, but may not fit the one going to exotic island. And the “one” going on this trip may not need an alcoholic beverage because they have had issues in their past with all kinds of liquor.  And will everyone still be dancing, kicking sand up with naked toes, and laughing without any control when the visit is finished and the plane ride is the next thing home!  Masks anyone?

I told my husband I wanted to go to this one car dealership who advertises constantly on T.V. and ask them if we could take out one of their vehicles for a test drive and ask them if I could drive it like their commercials show. I mean we can certainly see those who hi-jacked someone’s car do all kinds of jumps over barbed-wire fencing, flying over the top of an interstate exit and slam into a tree to prove it can stand the strain. But the looks of it on the outside  describes it only as that of destruction and of no use to anyone. And for those commercials, and I could list many here, but I am not sure what these people are trying to sell: only destructive type driving skills, destroy the new vehicle in short time by driving over gravel roads, snow and ice and traveling at 100 miles per hour or so to  prove what? For those who have hijacked someone else’s vehicle, some have taken this to the max for they certainly took it from those commercials! Well if they are demonstrating that, is that right for us to do?

My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice---indeed, I myself.  When our daughter was growing up, we were all about her education, then her development to live in a home and do work as others living within that home. There was things to been done in living under one roof. We expected her development to grow in the workplace and did not stop her from getting work as her grades always maintained that 4.0. She knew if she owned a car, she was going to pay for all its maintenance. There would be no forgetting insurance or any other thing connected to its maintenance.

Then Proverbs 23:16 yes, my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak right things. 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.

And this is a must for children to not curse their parents or any family member. Children as they grow are to respect their parents and I am certain some parents did not live unto their parenting roles as expected, but you have the parents you have been given by the Lord. Whether they be right or wrong, still it is God who will judge.  He has His eyes on those who He is looking to be His own children. And we are to obey His instruction when becoming that born again unto His kingdom which has come to us spiritually.

We are to speak right things. We are to speak right about our lives, about our parents and about the faith we have in our Lord Jesus.

Our faith is to demonstrate where our trust resides! A deliberate trust will reveal who we serve. And certainly God the Lord does not want the members of His church to follow the example of unbelief! Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who hear it. We are to not just hear Gods gospel of truth but we are to believe it. We are to share it, participate in it and yes be a companion to it! Partaking of Christ is a daily activity. We are to understand and live in cooperation to God’s kingdom, and it comes by the revelation of the Holy Spirit to us. It is the Holy Spirit revealing Jesus to us, to help us focus on adoring Him in His perfect reflection of God’s glory and by His blood, our minds are cleansed to serve him without hesitation.

It was the prophet Isaiah who penned words here in Isaiah 43:1-3, 5 Fear not, for I have redeemed you;  I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; “Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;

Throughout His Word it is God Who has promised us His protection. And He is especially watchful to protect those who will carry out His great command! Those who will be His witnesses, whether in Seattle, Washington, or Lyle, Washington, whether it be in Tokyo, Japan or the Isle of Man. God can deliver you from those who might want to harm you in evil ways. He gave us parents that we might learn of Him and know Him. And for some today, many never had a parent to teach them of Jesus or the right way to live. Oh, they might teach them of being slaves to something, but not experiencing life that is free in Jesus Christ. And the Lord Jesus can deliver us from situations that are life-threatening, and deliver us into that peaceful place but He does not guarantee to cover our foolishness when we ourselves persist into putting our lives in those potentially dangerous situations. He is God and He abhors being tempted as if He needs to prove Himself and His power to us. ( example seen in Psalm 78)

As parents we have that desire that our children grow up safe and act as mature individuals showing responsibility to their own lives and for showing a compassion for their neighbors. And that “faith” thing appears in whether we truly trust in the Lord or just throwing some words around and see if they stick to anything.

 In Mark 16:17-18   NKJV   17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

 NOW this account is only given in the book of Mark!  We also know that there are presented here that point to the commission of the apostles: as in Matthew 28: 16-20 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20”teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. ( and is also found Luke 24:36-49)

But it is here in the book of Mark that we are given this:  “signs will follow those who believe.” Now there are Christians who will deliberately handle snakes ( and yes this is tempting God), but in truth the very meaning has to do with trust that Christians are protected if they are bitten. We are reminded of Paul on that ship headed toward Rome. NO cruise ship and no islands of pleasure with music, men delivering mixed drinks to the cabana, nor people dancing toasting the day away, no this was on the island of Malta.

And the ship Paul was on, well, it fell apart into splinters, for the seas were rough and those who should have been paying attention to Paul’s warnings, decided they knew more about ships, and the seas, so these navigators, ship owners, and even a centurion made up their own minds about it! But warnings came by the Holy Spirit to stay put and you will know that even today, money speaks louder than words. Stay put and people go headlong into disasters!

Acts 28:1-6 Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. 2 And the natives showed us un usual kindness; for they kindles a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold. 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a  murderer whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.  5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. 6 However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him,  they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

 

It was Luke the physician who wrote in Luke 10:17-20 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” 18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19”Behold, I give you that authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

He also recorded in Acts 5:12... . through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people."

BUT Mark says: Mark 16:17…. . these signs will follow those who believe."  He did not list who they were just that to all believers, to all Christians, regardless of when they live, they will have sings to follow them.

Well, for Paul he had prayed and the Holy Spirit revealed to him of the trip to Rome and what would transpire if they did not wait! In Paul what was revealed was a man led by the Holy Spirit in His power, love and sound mind. And is that operating within us? For any parent, we desire great things for our children and our grandchildren, but it will come by trusting in the Lord and praying for them. We desire our children and grandchildren to be the wise, to revere God, respect their parents who gave them a home to live in and the resources to grow and become what God intended. And prayer is the thing required to see it come to pass. Prayer is the major purpose for us to draw near to God for us to be comparing spiritual things with spiritual…that is …….spiritually discerning. And we do that  with the Holy Spirit for we will harmonize with God when we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us through prayer. With God’s Spirit we are eternally equipped to live eternally in peace and oneness with God, to hear what He has spoken & what He has done so that we do the same.  Praying stimulates our faith, helps us to trust more fully & to lean on & in His truth.  

Faith is paramount! Hopefully you will not be on a cruise distend to stormy seas, where the cruise director has never you locked down because of some corona-virus thing or the such? Psalm 37:37 Mark the blameless man and observe the upright; for the future of that man is peace.

Surely we will not be those who blame another for our failure if we have not prayed for our spouse, our children or neighbor? Surely we will not be those who whine and complain when our desire is not met for this nation or its leaders, if we have not touched God with prayer?  May we bring into remembrance His words spoken …so surely deliberate that we will not lead those astray in thinking we are all that, but that we are among His people, we are led by His power for His glory and in Him we will continue to see light, will see the wise among His own and declare His glory for He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Wait patiently in Him for in Him there is nothing to fear and nothing to be envious about! Amen.

 

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The Kingdom Teacher

Was meditating on some Scripture this week and it seemed like my eyes opened wide to see this one thing! I had heard this on a news report. This was not on “fake news” but another news station who is consistent with actual truths and not folly! But this one lady in her speaking said that “ a group of people has not learned to grow to become the citizens they were meant to be. She mentioned their status as one who are really the needy in that they never learned to read nor write. My question, although this woman could not hear me, but I responded with a question “where was their parents when they were born, and where were those in academia when they had come into the school system?

There is always the “blame game” and to put off on others what “we” as parents or even as adults are expected to do! As I thought on Scripture again so as not to be carried away into what tangent of darkness this thought might take me,  I instantly returned to remember Jesus being found in the Temple asking questions of those who taught in the temple: 

Luke 2:41-52 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished the days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem.  And Joseph and His mother did not know it; 44  but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances. 45 So when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him. 46 Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. 48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.”

49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” 50 But they did not understand the statement which he spoke to them. 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men.

Certainly the responsible party was Joseph and Mary in keeping their son with them. It was not up to others to see about Him. So you have a family returning to Nazareth, but the Boy Jesus was not with them. And when they find Him, the Boy is amazing scholars who know the law. He had understanding that was amazing. He was twelve and had both understanding and he had that which judged, yes, the discerning side as well!

And He told His mother, “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” He was about His Father God’s business. Would we not want our children to be about being scholarly in respect to the things of God?

Back to the lady who talked about those who could not read nor write and they are today adults. She said they were needy.  Yes, they need to be taught. They need to sit down long enough to learn to write and learn to read and then go be the responsible. But again, you will find what people choose to blame when they find they do not meet that merit system.

My parents expected us to attend school and learn to be responsible. And we learned and did we sometimes need the extra help? Yes! And my parents were there even when the new books had come out for “new math” when I was going into Junior High School. I remember my dad asked what was wrong with the other math for it worked well for him! But we kept learning and by high school and then graduation, we had both learned to read and write, to formulate and speak a new language that was foreign to us. And that language was Spanish. For all the work and hours we put in: we earned a diploma. We got it for applying ourselves to that which was at hand: to read and write and be somebody!

Yet today, there are many wanting to do away with the ‘merit system’. You hear of it spoken by some governors of several states. They want to reward the Johnny come lately, the lazy Susan, and Typhoid Mary!

But Jesus was twelve and talking with those who taught in the Temple. They were not philosophers! Jesus advanced in wisdom and favor. He visibly displayed His unique relationship with the Father. Jesus returned with His mother and Joseph but He maintained His truths in the Father.

Then I continued to meditate Scripture. I came to this question: are we using the time wisely of knowing who we are in Christ? If we were saved like some twenty years ago and had begun that process, are we still trying to figure out who we are in Him, when the Bible has so much about being in Him!

You and I cannot be a grand-child of God’s. He has no grand-children! He has only sons! I am a “son” spiritually. 1 John 3:1-2 behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God.

Romans 8:14, 16-17 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God…….16 The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ…..

Born again unto God, we are the children of God! We are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ! We are to be those daring to take our place as God’s children. As those sons and daughters who have received Jesus today, we confess who we are in Him! Life is to be enjoyed and be known with purpose. God’s Word reveals to us how to not just talk about Him but to walk with Him and converse with Him.

What we hold in our heart will reveal what we believe! Some people are ready to hold aspirin up as their healer for pain. Others take the more exotic way of specialty drugs and love it till it kills them. What is reality to us?

Romans 10: 9-10 if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. 10 For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

We are to confess Him by speaking it out loud for our own ears to hear it. We are stand and speak: we believe Him to be the Son of God. We believe Him to have been raised from the dead. He is our Savior, He is our Lord, and He is seated on the throne of our hearts. He is guiding us to the future by His Holy Spirit.

Acts 17:28 for in Him we live and move and have our being. You and I are to live within Jesus. We move as He moves. He is super power! He is super Lord………..He has energy and strength for the impossible tasks we face!

Have you ever had opportunity to stand where they produce power at a dam? I had never had the opportunity till about twenty-one years ago. It was one dam that was located in Concrete, Washington. My husband and I had a tour there one day. And I remember taking that walk into the area where those engines were operating and standing above the water forcing through the gates and that tremble under my feet. The whirring of the engines and the vibration of the floor under the engines, caused the ground beneath my feet to vibrate with a force I had never encountered before. This was power magnified, it was manifested and the combination produced light somewhere in America!

Now can you imagine God’s Word of water forced through little you and to light up someone’s life on your pathway in this world? In Him we are to live and move and have our being in Him. This is not philosophy. And it should not take us forever to find out who we are in Him! We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. ( Ephesians 2:10) We are in Him, In WHOM we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. (Ephesians 1:7) Who in His own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: By WHOSE strips we were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)

WE are not going to be healed someday. We are the healed now. Jesus did this for you and for me and by His stripes we are the healed. We are made the whole with nothing missing, or lacking or broken in our lives. For the law of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

There was another plague in the last century that was written about: the bubonic plague. One such person who we read about was John G. Lake, who as a missionary to Africa,  relied on the Scriptures especially of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.

 He cared for the sick and buried the dead. When a team of British doctors had appeared with a ship of supplies and a group of doctors to bring aide and relief, he was asked what he had been using to protect himself against the bubonic plague. Of course his answer was: “I believe the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. And as long as I walk in the light of that law of Life, no germ will attach itself to me.”

The group of doctors wanted him, John G. Lake, to see the ferocious activity of the living mass of germs that killed.  John G. Lake told them that he would take that foam from the mouth of a dead person and place it on his hand and they could see it as he held it under the microscope. With the approval of this action, it was John G. Lake that proved to those doctors that what he was holding in his hand caused them to die instantly. Why? “That is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.”

John G. Lake believed God and His word!

Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ( James 4:7) The devil is a quitter. He always gives up. He is one who wants his own way and after a short time he goes away for another time to attack you. But his characteristics prove he is only a liar and short on patience!

He has certainly done a number on those who believe they cannot read nor write and use the blame game on others so actively today, so they free themselves from any blame to themselves. Yet we are to be responsible for ourselves. But all the devil had to work on was one parent, and the next generation parent and the next one. Because one left to do their own thing, the remaining parent had a double duty of providing for the offspring and seeing they were educated as well.

I am blessed that my parents wanted me to succeed. I was blessed in the truth that they worked as a team. They wanted me to receive a diploma and be responsible. It was not a blame game. I heard out of both their mouths that effort was needed. It was going to require some work and there would be some of those not set for learning and who would most definitely quit.  But I was told I was one who would never quit. And I have never stopped, not from my beginning in school or to this very day, learning is my heart's desire!

There is a group called the ‘Marines’. They are the few, the proud, the Marines’. They go in for a job. They go in to make a change. Now what if it took them some twenty to thirty years to finally go in and make a change. Well, most likely, the ones they went to rescue, the ones they were to save but could not because it took them some thirty years  or later to train for that rescues, most of them to be rescued would certainly be dead on their late arrival for said 'rescue'.

No, when these men or women go into the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines, they are in a place to be disciplined. They have a drill sergeant or someone like him who walks them through the early morning and into their day. You have someone who will drill discipline into you. 

They will drill into you what you need to know. They will drill into you the action to be taken. They will regard what the "end game is" and how to get there.

They know all about the merit system. They are no longer a Johnny come lately nor a lazy Susan. They are military. They drink military thoughts and eat military diets. Exercise is their choice. Could you image a PeeWee Herman showing up to try to rescue you, let's say in Iran? No, these are in uniform to show who they represent, they reveal who they are for and what they stand for. 

So why cannot a Christian be ready for active duty like Jesus was? Why does it take so long for a Christian, especially living in this day with all the technology to learn to speak as Jesus spoke? Are there not enough drill sergeants to give the word of God in teaching and to pray for them to become active for that purpose God has set before them to be and become? Is the 21st century Christian too absorbed about material things and not enough gusto for real life in God and His way and thoughts?

Christians are dressed in royal attire. They experience grace. It was divine. It was for salvation that was meant to save us from destruction!

Our Commander in Chief is Jesus Christ! He is warrior! Read Revelation chapter 1. That is a Warrior! Exodus 15:3 The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is His name.

Zechariah 14:3 then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley.

This is Jesus in Revelation chapter 1 going to set His foot on earth. He is majesty, He is mighty, He is authority, He is greatness and honor!

 Colossians 2:6-7…6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.  NIV

 Jude 1:20-21..“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”   

For Christians,  the wall represents the spiritual protection God wants to be established in each Believer’s life. In the New Testament Paul refers to it as “armor of God”: Ephesians 6:11-12

 Jesus was twelve and he had questions. He asked those who knew! And those who viewed His activity were astonished.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

From that we know, Jesus the Christ, told us to seek the kingdom of God and all things are added to us. (Matthew 6:33) And in His righteousness we are in right standing with God. 

Let us be active as a military man or woman, to be those by faith active to apprehend what is ours in Jesus. Where we are weak Holy Spirit strengthens us, and He helps us to see and heed more clearly. 

Fill up on spiritual food and receive that which helps one grow, heal and reveal what is purposed for our lives. We tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt us. We are strengthened by that implanted word to hold firm. We have taken the whole armor of God to stand.

If you have issues with reading or seeing with clear vision, start by hearing His word. Put it in our heart! Hear it while you sleep and hear it while you eat! Put priority ONE on it....to Hear Him so that those truths suddenly can come into your life. Because if it is of the heart that will lead us when there is Jesus seated upon it. May we know the kingdom Teacher intimately so that we are disciplined to hear, disciplined to know Him, and disciplined to ride with Him when He returns to earth! Amen!

 

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Standing as Esther

Allow prayer and your relationship with God move you in position!

We all affect other people's lives. No matter where you go you will at some point affect another person. You can see it when people are texting and not paying attention to their driving. You can see it when there is road rage on the highway. Have you seen it yet? If not, you will if you spend anytime driving back and forth to the workplace or the grocery market.

IN 1 Samuel we find something in Saul that he did not obey the instructions given him.
1 Samuel 13:8 Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 So Saul said, "Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me." And he offered the burnt offering. 10 Then it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the brunt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
11 And Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, 12 "then I said, 'The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.' Therefore I felt compelled and offered a burnt offering." 13 And Samuel said to Saul, "YOU have done foolishly. "You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The  LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept wht the LORD commanded you."15 Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six-hundred men.

Saul sits on the outskirts  of Gibeah. There with him was 600 men. Out of control by not obeying God, Saul watches. He knows not where his son Jonathan is at. Ahijah the  great-grandson of Eli the former prophet in Shiloh who had seen Samuel come in to serve the LORD at 2 years of age had fallen from the graces of God and not obeyed either. So all of Eli's line was rejected by God. The Two men, Jonathan and his armor bearer go in against the Philistines. And God helps them!
but Saul has continuing wars and within 1 Samuel 14:47 he fights the Amalekites. In 1 Samuel 15:7 Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8  He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 but Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

By verse 10 word has come to Samuel the prophet that God has rejected Saul. Samuel the prophet sets out to meet with Saul but when he arrives he finds "Saul went to Carmel, and indeed he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by and gone down to Gilgal.

In his defiant manner, he stroked his ego by building a monument for himself. He was making his own rules to live by....and calling it the LORD's.
Samuel finally has conversation with Saul! 1 Samuel 15:13 Then Samuel went to Saul and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD." 14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating fot he sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" 15 And Saul said, "they have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed." 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Be quiet!" And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak on". 17 So Samuel said, "when you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel?" 18 "Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.' 19 "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the LORD?" 20 And Saul said to Samuel, "
but I have obedyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

Then Saul again speaks: 21 "But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the tings which should have been utterly destroyed to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

Yes, twice Saul has regarded God as Samuel's God and not as his God.  And any religious activity has no value at all! Continuing on in this passage Saul shows his true nature or colors you might say. We recall he blamed the people in verse 15. He desires to be honored but has done everything according to his own plan. He desires people to look to him but has no intent to repent of his total error against God.
In verse 32 Samuel says, "Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me." So Agag come to him cautiously. and Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." 33 But Sameul said, "As your sword has women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samule hacked Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Samuel returned to Ramah and Saul went to his house. Samuel went no more to see Saul.

Then jumping to the days of Esther.  We read of Esther and how Haman has appeared in the lives of the Jewish people because Saul did not obey God and rid the land of the Amalekites.

Esther 2 :8-17   NKJV   8 So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king’s place, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women. 9 Now the young woman pleased him, and she obtained his favor; so he readily gave beauty preparations to her, besides her allowance. Then seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women. 10 Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 11 And every day Mordecai paced in front on the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her. 12 Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months’ preparation, according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their preparations apportioned; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women. 13 Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women’s quarters to the king’s palace. 14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name. 15 Now when the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the custodian of the women advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. 16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

As Queen, Esther finds herself in an environment far from where she was brought up. What ultimately looked like another face in the crowd proved to be a lot more. God was with her!

BUT within this new environment she had to heed new instructions for those in royalty and still remember what "royalty" she truly belongs to!

Favor surely came to her, but she had to follow instructions, and obey every command whether she liked it or not. Sometimes people think they know better maybe by their age or even their schooling. But it must have been Esther’s upbringing in the Lord God that brought her to the place she was meant to stand. We only looked at the first part of the walk Esther took toward being Queen. Her greatest obstacle still lay before her, yet she had made it through the first hallmark of being favored by God.

Then in comes Haman, yes descendant of King Agag. Yes, the king Agag had a pregnant wife who managed to get away from Saul and delivered a child. And the hate had continued against the Jewish people. All the while the king Ahasuerus planned to go to battle, another battle was brewing within Haman against the Jews. Haman continued to apply his subtle ways and thoughts into the king every chance he got and when chosen by the King Ahasuerus to be left in charge when the "king" was away at war appeared to bring more threats and a heavy arm against the nation. (Esther 5:11)
The plot is heard by Mordecai and he gets word to his niece Esther who is within the palace. (Esther 2:19-3: 1-15)
Led into this position Esther sets to pray and fast for the coming event. For the showdown would become evident as the days would reveal Haman's plot, not only by the letters sent out but by the gallows being built. (Esther 5:13-14)

But what Haman had planned for the Jews, God turned it around. Haman was hung on the gallows he had built. (Esther 7:9-10)
I believe this to be a "prophetic" word for those called to stand as Esther in these last days however long they may be. Being led into position, you are led into provision and protection. Seek the welfare of God's people when you find yourself standing in those positions to speak.
Understand what was allowed either before your birth or soon after, you will have stand against!
It is paramount to stay close to God and to hear His every instruction in your days ahead.

It will be in your devotion to God that He will propel you into the greatest days in the moments of history that will unfold. Remain firm, remain diligent in your worship to Him..........this is not about any "religious rules" and will not abide in opinions of you or others. It will always bring praise and glory to God that you stand in Him and reveal His purpose to a world needing Jesus! YOU WILL BE MARKED AS THE ONE SPEAKING PEACE AND SEEKING THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOD'S!
GO now and obey the Lord's guidance and instructions. Amen!



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Willing to Ask God to Blot Your Name Out of His Book

Exodus 32:31-35
31 So Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."

33 The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin."

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.  NIV

Now they were talking about the book of Life. And Moses asked God to forgive them for their sin, in creating for themselves a golden calf to worship. But God spoke, and He asked Moses to lead the people to the place He had told him to take them. And God said His angel, will go before them. That angel was Jesus.  God continued, when it comes time to punish them, I will punish them for their sin.
Instantly, He struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf, and yes at the hands of the priest Aaron.

When we look back up to Exodus 32 and verses 1-2......we find the people gathering around the priest Aaron and  complaining. They had seen Moses delayed from coming down the mountain. They now wanted to make up their "own gods" because we do not know where this man was at who brought them out.
Exodus 32:1-2
32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."   NKJV

Oh, how quickly people forget what God has done for them!


Exodus 32:7-10
7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!' " 9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."   NKJV



God tells him to get down the mountain quickly for "your people", whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. God told him that they had worshiped it and sacrificed to it...........speaking  "this is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!" And God told him that He would bring wrath upon them, that which would burn hot that He may consume them, and make Moses a great "nation"!

 In Exodus 32:11-24 we find Moses pleading with LORD his God. "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

It is interesting that in verse 12, Moses is speaking about the Egyptians left in Egypt.......why have them speak evil of God. Moses speaks this then: 

  "Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.' " 14 So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people. 

Moses had to have had some kind of heart for these people. He was trying to persuade God to relent. He was asking God? Would we be willing to pray for another, who continually got into mischief and much wrong-dong as well?

15 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. 16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp." 18 But he said: 

"It is not the noise of the shout of victory,

Nor the noise of the cry of defeat,

But the sound of singing I hear."

Yes, Moses knew this group of people even in their multitude and heard their singing. And Joshua, his servant, heard as well!

19 So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses' anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 Then he took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder; and he scattered it on the water and made the children of Israel drink it. 21 And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought so great a sin upon them?" 22 So Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord become hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. 23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods that shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' 24 "And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out."  NKJV

Moses now is very angry with the people. He has cast the tablets (ten commandments) onto the ground at the foot of the mountain. Moses asks Aaron about what they did and he willingly told him, that the people are set on evil. He told Moses that they wanted him to make them "the gods who would go before them."

Aaron had not restrained the people ( verse 25) who were running around "naked" or better stated they were stripped of their dignity. Ever seen anyone who has acted in this manner?


  Moses who then stood at the entrance of the camp said,  "Whoever is on the LORD's side, come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

Unity is always important for the "right thing". Are we held together by the Word of God to obey?
Are we not to live by justice and righteousness that Jesus delivered to us?

27 And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.' " 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Then Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother." 

By verse 30, we see Moses speaking on the next day to the people......... "You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." 31 Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin--but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."

Luke 10:20
20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
NIV

33 And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. 34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin." 

35 So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.
NKJV

No, no man could stop what they had in serving sin and creating for themselves a calf of gold.

Punishment always comes from sin. It grows just like a plant or a tree grows. The more one gives into doing the sin, it becomes of great size in a person.
People are known by their deeds.

Luke 6:43-45

43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn-bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. 

NIV

Amplified speaks this: 43 For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, no on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit. 44 For each is known and identified by its own fruit, for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush. 45 The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.

Aaron was to be "in charge" when Moses was not there. But he was "weak". He held no authority and came under the same name of evil as the rest, yet he chose to blame them, the people! Evil will kill, steal and destroy you. It holds no mercy or regard. Those who practice in it, find themselves with more than they bargained for. It is like those who leave home, live in the world, in the world's ways.......leaving home healthy but return home sick with a disease that is finding it's way into those lives of people who rather throw "caution to the wind."

Moses felt responsible since they were in his "keeping". And was willing to ask God to blot out his name out of the book of Life. Would we desire to do that? No, everyone wants to go to heaven, but all will not go to heaven. All would like to participate in the things of God and have good every day, but rather they choose to serve themselves. YIKES!

Moses had those removed who did not want to be on the LORD'S Side! Those on that side were those who wanted to follow God. Though the road look less traveled, wilderness and solitude many miles from any form of civilization, yet surrounded by a least a million or two million people. Still, God could not have the sacrifice of Moses for man's sin.

It is God who decides judgement. Our part is to pray and speak a blessing on all who are "made in His image". The sacrifice was taken by Jesus. 

Roman 6:8-10

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 

NIV

Hebrews 9:11-15

11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! 

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance-now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. 

NIV

1 Peter 4:7-11

7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.  NIV

We must be the clear minded and the self-controlled to pray.
We are to love our neighbors and when we see them do something we may not understand, we certainly pray for them. May the very words we speak be those of God that is in love. May we serve others in the strength that God provides and in all that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.

For we may have our moments with an "Aaron" but our Shepherd is Jesus. Our hearts are to hold His thoughts and purposes for us and for others. In expressing love to others may we always remember that love covers a multitude of sins. For the end of all things is near.

Can we lead our family and stay in obedience to the Lord? Do we follow the pattern that He laid down for us to follow?
Those who came out of Egypt were following the things that would ultimately lead back to Egypt! We are to be transformed in the renewing of our minds. We are to have that daily dose of God's word that HOLDS US IN PLACE.......SO that we fear not, but walk in faith by believing, trusting, adhering and understanding His ways and His thoughts. His ways are not burdensome, but a delight!

1 John 5:3-5
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
NKJV

In closing: Moses was an Old Testament Apostle. In his relationship with God, God had given him a plan to produce a community. He was to lead them, out of slavery and to regain freedom. They needed to be delivered from themselves. Moses had heart for the nation. He suffered through their unbelief. In his life to minister God to them: he had to pull rubbish, and much debris out of their hearts to see what God had wanted. Even more than that though, Moses kept his relationship with God. He had kept the voice of God, by keeping covenant with the Father Who gave it!
We too, give voice to leading our children and grand-children back to the Father of the Covenant through Jesus Christ. But even more, we reach those who desire to be sons, who desire to hear and receive the blessing that was promised. A lot of idolatry worship was in Israel, but Moses sought to deliver them and give voice in establishing governmental foundation to them.

Father, our beginnings are in You. In the name of Jesus......we know You have given us Your Holy Spirit and according to John 3:34,35 " for since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit!" The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand." By this Holy word, You gave to us Your Holy Spirit without measure. We loose Him into our lives. It was for order and righteousness that You set up Your kingdom. When Your Word is given to us O Lord, we pray You are seated on the throne of our hearts to help us receive that which is not only truth but power to prevail. For Jesus the Prophet prevailed to gain for us the victory we need to have a fruitful life of power in HIM. Help us to speak against evil, and any oppression against the weak. It is YOUR Word that brings restoration back to our lives in harmonizing with YOU! Help us to dig through any accumulation of that which was done away when we received Jesus, knowing that Christ dwells in our hearts through our faith. Help us to be those [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, being the fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God's people) the width and length and height and depth of His love and come to know through personal experience the love of of Christ which far surpasses mere knowledge, that we be filled throughout our being to all the fullness of God [so that we may have the richest experience of God's presence in our lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself. Amen.
(Amplified Bible:Ephesians 3:17-19)


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