We see this as 12 commands for the Saints: to be strong in the Lord, be strong in His power, put on the whole armor of God ( not the world), STAND, having your loins girded about His TRUTH, putting on the breastplate of righteousness, having feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, taking the helmet of salvation, using the the sword of the Spirit, praying in the Spirit and watching in prayer.
To be fully armored is to be heavily armed as a soldier. This armor of God gives us ability to stand against all enemies. Ability to withstand all attacks. It also gives ability to quench every fiery dart of Satan.
Now prayer is not the part of armor but is in addition to this full armor. If we choose not to do this, then we walk through this life with no soaring, and again I say no soaring with God in the heavenlies!
Isaiah 40:30
Even youths shall faint & be weary, & [selected] young men shall feebly
stumble & fall exhausted; 31 But those who wait for the Lord [who expect,
look for, & hope in Him] shall change & renew their strength &
power; they shall lift up their wings & mount up [close to God], as eagles
[mount up to the sun]; they shall run & not be weary, they shall walk &
not faint or become tired. [Heb. 12:1-3]
Wait on
the Lord, He Who is from everlasting: He who is above those little gods of
idols, not pecking at the ground like chickens..…God, the Creator, the God who
is not fatigued nor exhausted but continues daily in His mercy to extend life,
love & peace to us! It is in Him we look for & expect…..to be the
renewed….and rise toward the Son of God!
( Three points from Isaiah 40: to abide in the Lord, to be active and ….
to fly above the circumstances)
Without
this prayer added, this verse is ineffective. We must power up with God to see
Ephesains 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the
saints
What if people chose to just go so far with God and then reside in hospice care? You know it as the program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient’s home. In this hospice care one is only expected to live nor more than 6 months. So does the Christain decide to hide out, lay on the edge of active life and choose dying over living? Hospice is to be the “specialized medical care” focusing on comfort and support emphasizing quality of life and dignity during the very end of life. You choose not to seek God, give Jesus praise, but only choose to take from others, say like the leech!
Proverbs 30:15-16 NKJV 15 The leech has two daughters-----Give and Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!” 16 “The grave, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water-----and the fire never says, “Enough!”
The Leech is described as taking without contributing anything at anytime. How sad if we as a people do not contribute to the care of our family or those in need around us!
1. Sheol and fire always try to destroy
2. The womb and the soil strives to
produce; just put posts in the ground when building a fence and the soil will
try to make it produce
Those
in their own glory and multitude with pomp and jubilant voices descend into it:
Jeremiah 13:15-16 Hear
and give ear: do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD
your God before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark
mountains, and while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of
death and makes it a dense darkness.
1. These are headed for “hell” ….the
shadow of death ; makes it dense darkness; Drunkenness robs one of the ability
to act; their feet stumble while looking for light : Phil.
3:19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory
is in their shame---who set their mind on earthly things.
2. Their honors are in the “dust”….this
is death & the grave Ps. 49: 17-20 For when he dies
he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lives he blesses
himself (for men will praise you when you do well for yourself) 19 He shall go
to the generation of his father’s; they shall never see light. 20 A man who is
in honor, yet does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.
Death is the equalizer: the foolish rich can die like the wise poor can
With the armor of God on, we are to continue to sow God’s word into our lives. Not that we peck the ground but soar with eagles. 1. Would be made perfect….1 John 2:1-5 Amp Bible My little children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God’s law & sin. But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (One Who will intercede for us) with the Father----[it is] Jesus Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father’s will in every purpose, thought & action]. 2 And he [ that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
3 And this how we may discern [daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand & become better acquainted with Him]; if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments). From the NW ..back to page 2
4 Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, & am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep & obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth is not in him. 5 But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of & for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize & be sure] that we are in Him. In this love of God,…..we pray…
a. Pray 1st before doing anything!
b. If someone has spoken evil of you as in
gossip, pray.
c. If someone in the workplace has fired
you, pray!
d. If someone has passed suddenly within
your family or circle of friends, pray!
e. If someone, who you do not know,
suddenly writes something concerning you for others to see and read…pray. Seek the God of love!
This
best way is through prayer….to do the right thing, and the Lord will remind you
of His word in you…
2. Established and far from Oppression: Isaiah 54:14-17 Amp. Bible
14 You
shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God’s
will & order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or
destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come
near you. Established in God they are no
longer tossed about or afflicted
15
Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from Me.
Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you. 16 Behold,
I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a
weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy.
Anyone
who troubles God’s people will themselves be troubled!
17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced ,,,chickens for chicken city, chicken soup)]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord….many marching in unity for ruin…anything against God is for ruin…(unity is those who believe consistently and stand continually on His power words!)
Understand
we are to be the secure in God…so..do we know Him as our justice..? Justification comes through the heart: one
which is either…based in God and His
teachings , those commands and the other is based in the ruins of the divisive
of evil against God and His people.
What any one person thinks of you or me should not rule over us, only God’s rule, His standard is to be raised against the tongues of judgment. Whether they wrote it, spoke it, tweeted it….God’s commands should be our standard for life…..WHY obey or answer a fool? A foolish person should not have dominion over us….Any malicious intent, God will take care of it and we must participate by faith knowing He will care for us and we are the secure in HIM!
Eyes on
Jesus, Eyes on Him Who Renews our Strength….Psalm 27: 13-14 … NKJV 13 I would
have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the
LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD; be of good courage; and He
shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say on the LORD!
That
believe : is the ‘aman…Strongs: 539….is
to be firm, stable, established, also to be firmly persuaded.
Mounting up on Wings of Eagles: Go from strength to strength: Psalm 84:4-7 Amp bible 4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied ) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence: they shall be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause and calmly think of that]! 5 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
1. Whose heart: their thoughts and actions
are on God
2. They are always happy and to be envied!
6
Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings. 7 They go from strength
to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God
in Zion. Zion is God’s stronghold and a
place of restoration…
No Fainting: Galatians 6:6-9 Amp Bible…6 Let him who receives instruction in the Word [of God] share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his support. 7 Do not be deceived & deluded, & misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside;) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.
God does
NOT like those who wear masks and pretend to be godly!
8 For he
who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap
decay and ruin & destruction, he who sows to the Spirit will from the
Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint
in action nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we
will reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
This
sowing is spiritually done! Those who sow to the spirit will enjoy eternal life
in the here and now in way which other
Christians do not. The harvest comes to the faithful who sow, not only the word
of God into their lives but also in the finances, and in prayer! There are churches who will not allow the
Holy spirit to move within their service! Sown towards that power of God, then
you operate in His power, praying in the Holy Spirit, loosing Him in your
lives….( Understand all is God’s. You own nothing. God does. He provides. He is
to guide and move you into His plan, not your plan!)
In closing: Ex.19: 1-6 Amp Bible 1 In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt , the same day, they came into the Wilderness of Sinai. 2 When they had departed from Rephidim and had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, they encamped there before the mountain. 3 And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, Say this to the house of Jacob and tell the Israelites 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagle’s wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be my own peculiar possession & treasure from among & above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation [consecrated, set apart to the worship of God]. These are the words you shall speak to the Israelites. Those of unity…a kingdom of priests…
From
this passage of Exodus 19, the people were to obey God. He would bless them.
Their perfection, that completion was to be in God, and through the teachings of the Gospel we
know today! “Bore you on eagle’s wings, was the miraculous life of living in
and through the Spirit of God! Why would
we not want to live that way always?
Jesus
brought it all together in His Sermon on the mount: Matthew 5 :6 Blessed, and fortunate and happy
and spiritually prosperous ( in that state in which the born- again child of
God enjoys His favor & salvation) are those who hunger & thirst for
righteousness (uprightness & right standing with God, for they shall be
completely satisfied.
It is a
spiritual kingdom that is one which operates in having faith in God. It is
trusting God no matter what! This is only one of many blessings that were
listed in Matthew 5, but all of them were given by Jesus that the kingdom
citizen would adhere to and become the ideal who acknowledged they are the poor
spiritually, sense their inadequacies, and reach for that which is supplied by
heaven through Jesus Himself. This kingdom is the dwelling where
self-sufficiency is no virtue nor is self-exaltation practiced. The only
strength we need is found in the Lord, and in that we go from strength to
strength in Him….Amen!
No
spiritual hospice, our soaring is seeing Him in the heavenly place where we are
seated in Christ Jesus!
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