There is something in the water. When in church some 25 years ago I remember the pastor talking about prayer time. In it he mentioned people asking the Lord what was beneath the water of a situation. He told us to ask the Lord what was there that could potentially bring destruction and despair. I still ask the Lord what is beneath the troubled waters. Sincerely He would respond in the respect of a person having an opposite view from God. Troubled waters were making a noise loud and clear. One could know just by asking the right question to God Himself!
As the righteous we can know some things. God helps us to see and know. Many times we think He owes it to us, but in truth we only know by being holy before Him.
God lives in His holiness, and it is from righteousness that
our relation with God is shared. It is
God's holiness that is realized in righteousness. "God the Holy One is
sanctified in righteousness" (Isa 5:16). So Isaiah's peculiar phrase,
"the Holy One of Israel," brings God in His most exalted being into a
relation of knowledge and moral reciprocity with Israel.
1 Samuel 2:2 — "No one is holy like the Lord."
Psalm 99:2-3 — The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high
above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name-He is holy.
Isaiah 6:3 — "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of His glory!"
Revelation 4:8 — "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!"
Hannah spoke this about God in 1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none
more holy like the Lord, there is none besides You, there is no Rock like our
God. Hannah was speaking of His divinity not to a
characteristic of God.
He is Peace : God is Jehovah-shalom. This name means “the
God of peace.” We are meant to know the fullness of God’s perfect peace, or His
“shalom.” God’s peace surpasses understanding and sustains us even through
difficult times. It is the product of fully being what we were created to be. —Judges
6:16-24
There is something in the water!
Among the multiple pantheons of gods, only one God lives the way a God ought to live. This particular God—the God of Israel—is holy, that is, He alone is transcendentally different, superior, and separate. He has called His people to be holy (1 Peter 1:15-16). It follows that a holy person must be different in the way that God is different.
From God's holiness flows His love—outgoing concern for others, His outstanding attribute. When God looked on Israel, however, He saw a whole nation, from her culture to her government to her religion, organized on the basis of human self-concern. God wanted to see clear evidence of godly living, by which He could verify their claims of being His people. In Israel, He saw no such evidence, but instead a people in opposition to Him in every area of life. Spiritual adultery had occurred. Amos 4:2 NKJV The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: "Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, And your posterity with fishhooks.
In Christ, we are given a new position which is
defined and motivated to practice. In unity with Him in His death and
resurrection, we now Christ are made into what God requires.
1. In faith, the demand is our way of life conformed into the meaning
of the spoken Word of God, the Gospel. See please in Ro. 12:1-2; 2 Cor. 5:21 For He made Him
who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God
in Him. Having died to the power of & the practice of sin ; entering into
death of Jesus by Faith. Further reading in Romans 6:1-14; & then compare 2
Timothy 2:19 NKJV; 1 John 3:1-10
2. 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and , "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
3. Hunger and thirst must be our heart for the Lord: to fill our heart with the water of His word; To be cleansed Purity of Heart : Matthew 5:8 NKJV (8) Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Purity of heart is a work in progress in which both God and man share responsibility. Many scriptures show that God will cleanse by pardoning sin. But our responsibility in cleansing is very important and frequently mentioned along with what we must do to be cleansed. Clearly given here by James, he points to the purifying as our responsibility: "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8).
Cleansing and Purifying: Peter 1:22 makes a summary statement:
"Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently
with a pure heart." Obedience to the truth through the Spirit purifies our
character by inculcating right habits within it.
1. Isaiah 1:16-17 “Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend
the fatherless, plead for the widow.
2. Guarding
our heart to have no deceit in our mouths nor perverse speaking: Proverbs 4:23-27
NKJV 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of
life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth ( devious mouth), and put perverse
lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your
ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; removed your foot from
evil.
Without our heart being washed by the word of God,
we never meet the standards to operate in godly integrity.
. God, with our cooperation through faith, is ultimately the Creator of a pure
heart in us, but it is a protracted process achieved by imparting a holy nature
by His Spirit. This unites us with a holy Christ, with whom we fellowship,
washing us in the blood of the Lamb so that with His aid we can mortify the
flesh and live toward God, giving Him first priority in everything.
Purity of desires, motives, and intents should characterize
the child of God. We need to examine ourselves, searching diligently whether we
have freed ourselves from the dominion of hypocrisy.
1. Are
we seated in heaven, yes….is our love found there?
2. Has the fear of the Lord grown strong enough that we love what He loves and hate what He hates?
3. Is our conscious of being accurate for God displayed, or only accurate for self’s own priorities?
Alive to the presence of God: is obedient righteousness, for we
participate by faith in the risen Savior. Our life is in the risen life of Christ. Please read
Romans 6:16-19 & then compare with Matthew 5:6,10; 1 Corinthians 15:34; 2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV Do not be
unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has
righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion ha slight with darkness?
We are not to compromise: a group who wants to change God and His word will compromise your integrity of faith……….. Romans 6:16-20 …NKJV…..16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. 17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions & offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, & avoid them. 18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, & simple concerning evil. ( evil speaking going on )20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Be wise in God, be wise to what is God. It is not flattering speech we need nor is it any cursing or divisive evil, but the word of God delivers us!
There was a plane in trouble over Brevard County Florida. Two young twenty somethings flying got into some situation. They had to land on a freeway. Their plane hit a car with a couple inside, not one once nor twice but three times. And the plane finally got to the pavement. The couple in the car, a couple, pastors of a church in that area only had minor scrapes. The water of God's word is everything we need to know as to what is coming toward us.
2026 is upon us in two weeks, earthquakes are getting more frequent and louder each time, the people desiring to stay home instead of work is a monstrous problem for the coming generations to see. Not everyone can do computer work, but certainly there are trade jobs like welders or electricians which are needed right now.
There is something in the water: stepping up for a fight looks like Columbia, Mexico and Venezuela want to tangle with U.S., there is a rise of AI Christianity where nearly two-thirds of pastors are now using artificial intelligence for their sermons, Russia is trying to assassinate a Ukranian President, Verizon is restructuring with a cost-cutting layoff of over 13,000 workers, and it is taking approximately 140,000 dollars for a family of four to afford the basics. There is something in the water. But the Lord is revealing to us the depth of that danger and the force of His word for safety and peace. Let us ba live unto Him, know Him and dwell there in safety.
Dive into His word and find the depth of peace to maintain your heart in 2026. Amen!
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