When Wounds are Many

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of stars; He calls them all by name. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Brokenness happens! It happens to rich people and poor people! It will happen to those in the city and to those in the country! It will happen everywhere to men and women alike. When wounds are many, it is only the Lord who can cure their pain and the sorrows of the wounds.

People are human. They make mistakes! Just look back at the Garden of Eden! Wow, what a mess, yet we each can say we have created such messes at some point in our lives. Although ours did not cause mankind to fall to sin, yet, our family is affected by such messes and sometimes for many generations since we ultimately all came from that same garden. Right?
You can see that today in the number of adults who have no regard for father figures. They do not regard them for they neither had one nor knew of one. But if it is never talked about, the problem will continue to grow to cover a nation will ill-regard for men in leadership.

I was recently hearing a teaching on Proverbs 27:5-6. In this the teacher told that rebukes can hurt and yet rebuke will come to the one experiencing that world of hurt. And if we truly have a really good friend, a rebuke given with love is more apt to bring change to our lives.

In the world today you are to love all people everywhere in everything. It has something about being politically correct. But rebuke is to make some uncomfortable. Like knowing that killing is wrong, and same sex marriages are also wrong according to words God set forth and delivered, not only through the prophets but also through that of the Son of His love!

There are those times one may need to be told that they are of the foolish nature and wrong! But we must remember we cannot make people choose right over wrong. People will do with that correction the way they desire and if they choose the other, then so be it. But reality is, that is if we do not warn them with a rebuke, then we are accomplices to the very problem these people hold especially if they are family. Even close friends seem to repeat the same from the last few years. They hold on to the fact they are alone and need somebody, so they choose the same person they chose a year ago. And most likely they will fall to the other's lies and be hurt resembling last years hurts!

Ah yes, when wounds are many, and they continue to become many more when changes are not made. WE certainly are to love others and are to love them in their mistake making progress, yet if they continue in the same muddy mess, something must change.

Of course, we start with us first!  Each of us must find the word of God and apply it to our own lives. We are to walk accordingly to the path set by God for us. In this we have protection. But if we choose to go our own way in making decisions of choosing that spouse, that new job or even a change of living from city to country, from the farm to the beach, many decisions may be made haphazardly causing more destruction to one's own life. We must make our decisicions based on the truth of God's Word.

Proverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. If we never speak up, then we are loving others into more sin. Even as a physician has to bring some formula to the table of a person's care if they are truly sick. If the physician only caters to bringing what is pleasing rather than bringing what is really needed the sick patient may become more ill to the point of death!
Tough love is better than flattering hypocrisy!

In Matthew 26:49-50 we find Judas kissing Jesus. 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed Him. 50 But Jesus said to him, "Friend, why have you come?" Then they laid hands on Jesus and took Him.
Judas in his hypocrisy kissed Jesus with the "kiss " of the intimate friend. Betrayal can cause many wounds like in this situation. But Jesus was revealing His true nature. And Judas revealed his true nature. In this Judas had received coins from those he gave Jesus up to. Within those coins was not the coins that the nation of Israel produced but was of the coinage that represented Caesar. What a terrible place for Judas to be. He had taken of that which was precious, and Jesus allowed Judas his day in the arena of pain. And within that Judas suffered a lot to the point of death.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend for they are not just the "yes man" but they will speak truth. According to Ephesians 4:15 in the Amplified Bible: 15 rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly.] Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ ( the Messiah, the Anointed One).
 If we are the true friend, we will act according to the word of God: no more and no less, it will be about our being submitted to the authority of Jesus Christ in our lives, showing allegiance to him and where there is disharmony God's way will always take precedence.
Acts 4 :19-20 But Peter answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard..'

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MAKEOVER

Have you seen some of  those make-overs? When the doctor gets through with the patient.........they no longer look like themselves.
In school, many years ago, I remembering reading on those explorers who traveled thousands of miles to find the Fountain of Youth. And one such traveler who came across the seas believed he had located this "fountain" in Florida.
Now this Ponce de Leon was told by Native Americans where this great restorer was located.
Being that this all took place in the 16th century, I am not certain those original communicators of that region and time would be available for a comment on this subject.
In Ponce de Leon's writings, nothing was ever mentioned about the course he took, where Bemini might be. Of course we know today that it is found or was thought to be in the area of Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Although mythical in nature, still the land was thought to hold wealth and prosperity who came and took it.

What people will do for a make-over! Yet God's Word is a true youth maker. In reading and depositing His Word in our hearts, we make our stand in life for Him. It reading and depositing that Word of faith, we believe we are the youthful. We can do exploits because the Word of God tells us that. He confirms it. He sent Jesus. Enough said, "right?"

Seriously, people will travel, seek out and find the latest and the greatest thing in the land. What culture proclaims, do we run to take and use that which may cause harm to the body that God created.
Endeavoring to really please God is seeing that He is pleased with us because He sent His Son.

Malls were not around in the 16th century, at least not to my knowledge at this time. But I do know God has been around forever. He has been tested and proved. He is the FAITHFUL AND THE TRUE!

The best place to look for a change, is of course the heart.

He promises us a blessed life. And trials and tribulations are given in the word as well. But where these people of the Bible were blessed, you can see it in the pages of those like Abraham and Sarah. Look at how old she was, and other men desired her. She had to have been a really beautiful woman.
The Lord makes us strong where we are weak. He makes us sound good when we seek to please Him in the Word. We learn to worship in grace. We learn and begin to see with His eyes.........and the beauty before us.
Truly beauty fills Heaven and everything God has touched.
Have you allowed Him to touch your heart..........so your face will smooth out.........with no more worry lines? Have you allowed Him to give details of your future life with Him?
No!
Well, take the Word.......and read it. Take a mirror and view yourself in it. Take a picture and mark this day as the STARTING LINE.........THAT STARTING MOMENT TO HAVE THINGS CHANGE FOR GOOD!
Seek God, open up His Light and let it fill every low place, and every dark place, and see the smile return to that which you remember seeing long ago.
Go now...........start that MAKEOVER and see what God will do for you..............!
Glory to YOUR Name, O  LORD........You are high and lifted up today....Amen!

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GOING FORWARD: TO BUILD!

1 John 4:1-6
4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.                 NKJV

I like what our pastor spoke on Thursday evening. He was speaking on that KEEPING IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT! Of course, we know what that is, right? But he simplified it: walking with the spirit is the building up and anything else is the tearing down.......that spirit of error!

In looking into that which we see in those with a prophet's call will see this:Jeremiah 1:9-12

Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: 

"Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 

10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To root out and to pull down,

To destroy and to throw down,

To build and to plant." 

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree." 12 Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word."            NKJV

Like what was given to Jeremiah, the prophet, certainly represents the picture of whatever is to be built was first rooted out........that which did not belong there in the first place. Pull down anything existing in structure........see it destroyed and then to build and plant.

It was a seeing what needed to come down.........that needed to be destroyed in Israel. But in all this for Israel.........that which was given to Jeremiah was for judgment to the people and the land! But we have the PROPHET:JESUS!

Today, we can see people who thoroughly want to destroy what has been established by God and they will use any means to do it. But in truth, these folks are only hurting themselves. We certainly do not want to be found fighting against God.

DISCERNMENT

IT IS GIVEN BY GOD: 

Daniel 2:20-22

"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

For wisdom and might are His. 

21 And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and raises up kings;

He gives wisdom to the wise 

And knowledge to those who have understanding. 

22 He reveals deep and secret things;

He knows what is in the darkness,

And light dwells with Him.     NKJV

He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him. Is that not the most wonderful thing to hear? 

Like Daniel, we can see into that darkness, and find answers that may seem to stop us. But finding this takes prayer. When we read the entire portion in context, Daniel had asked his companions to pray as well.

Daniel 2:17-23

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18 that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said: 

"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

For wisdom and might are His. 

21 And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and raises up kings;

He gives wisdom to the wise 

And knowledge to those who have understanding. 

22 He reveals deep and secret things;

He knows what is in the darkness,

And light dwells with Him. 

23 "I thank You and praise You,

O God of my fathers;

You have given me wisdom and might,

And have now made known to me what we asked of You,

For You have made known to us the king's demand."              NKJV

Yes, Daniel went to his house.......and sought out his companions and asked that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret.

Verse 19.....the secret was revealed and Daniel blessed God of heaven.

We certainly can find wisdom in the pages of Proverbs..........and read a chapter for everyday of the month!

GIVEN TO US THROUGH HIS WORD:

Hebrews 5:13-14

13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.        NKJV

We find in the verses above that we can discern both good and evil.........truth and error.....by taking on the solid food........that is God's Word for us! That solid food helps us to grow and to exercise in discernment!
Our living on milk only is for infants. But the real meat is for those who have grown in their Christian walk. It is by doing that which helps us practice the Word, learning right from wrong and walking in righteousness. (Hebrews 5:12-14 TLB)

Philippians 1:9-11

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.               NKJV

Loving God's word will produce in us a discernment that is rich in truth, Embracing God's Word brings to us the good.......and show us clearly that which should be avoided. He directs us through to that which is excellence and of the best thing for us.

GIVEN TO A RENEWED MIND: KNOWING GOD'S WILL

Romans 12:2

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.      NKJV

2 Corinthians 2:16-17

16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.      NKJV

ASKING: TO RECEIVE DISCERNMENT FROM THE WISDOM OF GOD

James 1:5-8

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.   NKJV

NO doubting now, but if you lack wisdom ask God who will give liberally and without reproach.

Is it not interesting that God adds this portion to this verse...........no doubting.........for that man is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind?

Ever seen this in church? Church service begins.......people are worshiping..............PERSON....comes in and sits at the front and middle of congregation. They will not stand.............but said PERSON....just sits............placing their face in their hands. Then in the next moment.........the cell phone comes out..............PERSON......takes it in hand and writes out some text. In the next moment.............PERSON.........puts phone down............places face in hands again............and THEN LEAVES THE SANCTUARY...............never mind service has BEGUN!

NOT WORSHIPING GOD RIGHT NOW!!!

PERSON............goes out to the foyer to find some shoulder.........NOW, THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. AND interesting is the truth....of.....how many are out in the foyer.....some 15 -20 minutes after service has started.
What do people need to talk about while a service of worship is going on?
Not sure why I thought of this: but here goes!
Back in April, we had put some property on the market to be sold and praise the Lord, it sold! Hallelujah! My husband had wanted to go up and check on the property when we put it up to be sold. The few days before he was to go, we heard about this young woman, 19 years old..........drove off an overpass of I-5 while she was texting. She flew over and that Ford Explorer slammed to the ground. Yes all was recorded..........and it happened at 3:40 pm.......blocking southbound lanes till after 5 pm that eventful Friday the 10th. ( the texting we heard some days later as many investigated this tragic end)
What would have been so important to cause one to text and drive at the same time? My first thought was if "she was saved".

So we come back to PERSON. What if something really big is coming toward her and she needs God for the answer?

PERSON...........now has several patting them on shoulder............and said PERSON.............does not know what to do in THIS SITUATION. REALLY?!? Saved for decades now, and gone through really high water and things that can cause death..........and.......come out on the other side.........and still this up and down, up and down..........OH, POOR PERSON!

I have been there. But we really must grow up in the Lord. Friendship is awesome. Cherish your friends but do not let THEM become a "god" to YOU.

I like what Joyce Meyer said about something like that! She mentioned her early years, and how she was up and then down......depressed, not depressed.........and in reality.....she mentioned that those times of being up and down can sometimes be because "PERSON" likes the attention.......more  ................ than God teaching them how to go forward. They really like the ATTENTION!

But the main thing I remember what Joyce said was, that her husband would call her on it......this very thing, when she acted like this........! And he would speak something ...and Joyce said that he was right............She would be up one day and down the next. She was happy one day and sad the next. She said if someone did not speak to her, or she did not have the day she thought she should have had...........well, it was all over! Then she would go back and be depressed. But Joyce's husband told her she needed to stop doing that. Either God was God in her life or He was NOT! (She probably has a teaching on this!)

Well, Shelley, I think you are just judging PERSON. Scripture tells us that we can judge their fruit! What fruit are they producing?

Matthew 7:17-20
17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. NIV

Matthew 7:19-20
19 So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on the fire. 20 Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit produced.  TLB
Not good for anything.....my words!

I go back to the teaching on Thursday night, and the scripture our pastor gave on Galatians 5. And like God's fruit, there is (verse 22-23)  love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  NKJV

Yikes, yes, there it is.........crucified that flesh creature with its passions and desires. Now, let's take a look at us. Do we do any of that? If we live in the Spirit, then we are to walk in the Spirit. 

Okay........so let's say, we have to stand in line at the grocery store.........will we complain about it? It is the city you know! What about not being chosen to do something you really want to do? What about the pastors not noticing you at all.............they will not talk to you! Yikes!

So if PERSON is really needing say help for something serious....like life or death......why take it out to the foyer..........God says He inhabits our praises, right? So what about worshiping God and finding the answer in asking Him about it instead of man!

We must let God lead us, and that is into truth always! People like PERSON can certainly have some trying moments in their lives, but however hard that wave comes and however painful it may be......it is by His Word and His touch on our hearts that will brings us to the moments of victory. Yes our times are in His hand. He Who created the Heavens and the earth........He is the Master craftsman and He has a wonderful plan for PERSON!

But what if you or I "try to help PERSON"........BUT only end up giving her some crutches.........instead of what she really needs. What if you gave PERSON a boost last week and she still acts like she does? Well, Shelley, she seems to hear from God! So does the devil! 

Job 1:6-12

6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" 

Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." 

8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." 

9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. 10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." 

12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." 

Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.    NIV

I have been in that place where the pity pat worked for about 2 minutes. But ultimately we all need God............that friendship with man can take you so far, but it is that friendship with God that brings us to peace in HIM! And believe me, I would rather be in His peace when needing to make a MAJOR DECISION! Seriously, if someone has had the same behavior pattern , and nothing changes, then it is only God who can help. We should not be dealing with stuff that causes us to fall back into unbelief. If we have that kind of stuff that is a wave after wave............up one minute and down the next..........we as the individual have to find out why we do it, and then stop doing it!

FOR that word in James 1:5-8........is truth and anyone double-minded will not receive that wisdom of God.

I would rather have the wisdom of God and know that He is with me when those bad reports come. For people cannot be with you at 3 AM in the hospital room when the Admitting Dr. appears and tells you  ARE of the "high risk" you just signed up for, but the ONLY other answer is "death".

No, our trust has to be in God and in His wisdom.............to know when there is "truth or error" in our lives. We must know when to sign our names and get the needed treatment or leave it alone and go home. (see blog on HIGH RISK!)

I certainly like spending time with people and love hearing them laugh and tell their stories, but I am not one to stroke the fur. If we truly desire to move out of the mundane and into the supernatural of God, we must be men and women who seek God daily to know His wisdom. It is in Him that we are to live, move and have our being.
If we see someone in need, pray for them........encourage them in the Word..........maybe they need someone with them as they go for a test at the hospital or maybe help with a suffering or dying spouse, but we are not to become god to them. We are to direct them to God.

In closing:

I return back to what our pastor was speaking and that which builds us. If we are seeking that which strokes our fur, is that not the "bad thing" in getting people to rally around us? Are we those who attend church "with our own agendas" or we truly there to worship God?

In our distinguishing that which is Holy from the common thing is this:

Leviticus 10:8-11

 10 Your duties will be to arbitrate for the people, to teach them the difference between what is holy and what is ordinary, what is pure and what is impure; 11 and to teach them all the laws Jehovah has given through Moses."           TLB

1 Peter 3:3-6

 4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.   NIV

And do not give way to fear................good word.........!

1 Peter 1:13-19

13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 

16 because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."  17 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 

NKJV

Conducting our lives is that which is of faith and hope that are in God. Not living anymore in ignorance, but living out our lives in the fear of God. If our hope is in God, will we not trust Him completely? Like Jeremiah the prophet, we are the prophets of our own lives. As God had called Jeremiah, God has called us each to that which He placed in us long ago. It is certainly His plan to build. But running to others when we have a crisis can become serious when we begin thinking they have the answer for us. If we keep running to them instead of God, we become of no effect. And the devil will know it. It can then turn out to be detrimental at times. For some folks certainly have loose lips, and loose lips can sink ships. Certainly we are to be those leaders who solve problems, but our first priority should be to pray for them, and not just give a pity pat on the back!

Ours is not to think towards the negative of a "thing" but toward what God has planned. If one like PERSON, desires to be wrapped up in the wave after wave of doubt and unbelief, then where is God in all that? In the Superstorm Kartrina back in 2005...........who should "one" have run to? Seems like most did not have an answer and most could not come to help..............there was flood waters everywhere!
People did not need the pity pat on the back, they needed a solution to the problem. AND ONLY GOD HAS THAT ANSWER.

 In Daniel, we can read throughout many times when he and his companions were put on the line, so to speak..............that someone was coming against what they believed..........as in ONE GOD...........and not to pray to HIM....but Daniel brought his companions together to pray. If there is a crisis or a problem, by all means seek out a prayer person to agree for a healing, a promotion, a salvation, or even finances to come, but not to have the "fur creature stroked"!

Let's not be those with the "doom" mentality. We have a God who has a place wrapped up for us and that is in that knowledge of Him.

May we pray like Daniel, and speak as the "prophet" over our lives............and expect good things!

We can look into that "darkness" and know without a doubt that God will bring His light and gives us details of what we can do going forward.............to build! Amen!

Father, thank You for Jesus. He was made wisdom to us. As Jesus grew and became strong in spirit, may we also become the strong in spirit; filled with wisdom. (Luke 2:40)

May we even speak like Jesus did when He was only twelve years old, and that others would be astonished at our understanding and answers. May we be about Your business and not the world's. May we forego the "me, myself and I" trip.

But like Jesus, we desire to increase in wisdom and stature and in favor with You our Father and with men. (Luke 2:52)

May we be so much like Stephen to be full of faith and power doing great wonders and signs among the people that will bring glory to YOU our Father. (Acts 6:8) 

We desire to not be those "tossed by every wave".....like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For whatever wind of doctrine........even our own made up ones, have to be stopped. We desire to not be double-minded in all our ways. We have people counting on us as in our husbands or wives, children and even a elder parent or two.

Father, in Jesus' name, we pray and give thanks for the communication of our faith becomes effectual by acknowledging every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus. Wisdom and might are YOURS. (Daniel 2:20) It is You who gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. (Daniel 2:21) It is YOU Who reveals deep and secret things.........that which is in the darkness. Thank You for giving to us that which we have asked of YOU. We are those who today are led into truth by Your Holy Spirit. And whatever He hears from the Father, He announces and declares to us those things that are to come. Thank You Father.AMEN!

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Is Not This the Day of MIRACLES?

John 7:14-31...... 14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?" 16 Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?" 20 The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?" 21 Jesus answered and said to them, "I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from." 28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me." 30 Then they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"   NKJV

IS not this the day of "miracles"? Even those of little faith spoke and was recorded for our benefit. "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?" With no courage in their hearts, they still regarded that the One sent from God, the Messiah would perform miracles and they would see many healed.
Take note this was done in the synagogue! So Jesus referred to them both, those of His disciples and those who believed Him to be the Messiah, AND those who attended the synagogue. They were both confronted when Jesus spoke in verse 28-verse 29.....YOU BOTH know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself; but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. But I know Him but; for I am from Him and He sent Me.

Wow! bold in the face of those "church" folk, and Jesus knew those who attended the synagogue but did not know God.
Ever been in a service and someone is asked to speak for a few minutes. They speak in boldness and truth of God. They do not mince words, but speak boldly about what God has shown them in their time with Him. Jesus told them that God had sent Him to them. Certainly we know that when the "someone" gets up to minister a word about what God is doing and showing them, that many times those in the service will never recognize that one truth. They have not been with God, so they no not what it looks like.  And Jesus pointed it out, and had it written for our benefit!

Now the thing about those who have gotten up to speak, and seem to ramble on about nothing seem likely to have no fire. Although they mention a time they did something for God, even at the moment they speak, life does not seem evident.  They have an hour and say nothing that encourages or motivates us to move!
I had the T. V. on the other day on this one Christian program. It turned out to be a talk show hosted by one gentleman. Well, the one guest was speaking when I had turned it on. That one guy spoke volumes in his two minutes and spurred me on to write a blog for that day. I was motivated by the Presence of God to speak what the Lord was showing me, and it came from someone I knew who had been with God. Every word he spoke was fire. Everyone encouragement had the life of God in it!
I shut off the T.V. and I went to the office to write!


John 2:23-25.............23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.   NKJV

John 2:23-24..............23 Because of the miracles he did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people were convinced that he was indeed the Messiah. 24 But Jesus didn't trust them, for he knew mankind to the core. No one needed to tell him how changeable human nature is! 
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Jesus knew what was in man. He was not going to put His trust in man for anything.

In today's society, millions keep their focus on man and woman rather than on God. The world wants heroes and they name them throughout every sport possible. They declare some to be the "best the world can have or see", yet with all that publicity, one or all of them noted as the "greatest player" of a specific sport, they come full circle in being exposed of using some kind of drug, to have beaten their wife or children, and  to be one revealed in cheating in the sport itself.
Jesus knew what was in man. He knew how weak one is and how man can be persuaded.....1 John 2:15-17..............15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.  NKJV

Men and women make mistakes and those without Jesus do it very often. We need to keep the focus that there is One Lord. The Lord over all...........! We must remember that lust of anything is not of God.

Yes, how changeable is human nature? Today we like that show, and tomorrow we do not like it. Today I want short hair and tomorrow I want long hair. It is hot today and I need air conditioning, and tomorrow it is back around 55 degrees and I need the heater going to warm the house. Yikes!

Today I have people who like me and tomorrow they will not remember my name. Today I am called to serve in the meeting and tomorrow the meeting is canceled. Am asked to serve by giving a testimony for a conference and then in two weeks later it is listed with another' name!
When we meet together, is it in knowing the Holy Spirit is with us and hearing all that is said and done by Him and through us? Do we actually know when someone has the Holy Spirit in them and is guided by HIM?
Who makes the decisions of what is right or wrong? Who decides what will be presented and what will not be presented? We must be very "careful" when speaking,

 "Well, God told me to change it", especially when God never said that at all! We have to be cautious in throwing around our own thoughts and doings and saying ,"they are God's thoughts and doings" .......AND....in reality it is just us wanting our own way to do our own thing! Not good, and it shows up in many ways, when someone is out of the will of God.
Many things change including the people who surround them. Just take a look sometime and watch. YOU might be surprised what the Lord will show you when someone is wanting their own way!  If you think not, take a look at what happened to Jerusalem some seventy years after Jesus died on the Cross. He told them to repent and to hear God. They liked the "old way" and the "things of the past". They wanted the "preeminence", they wanted to retain their importance, their prestige with the people, and they wanted and loved the celebrity status! They wanted to be NUMBER ONE!

Those kind of things will surely bring someone down.
Sure glad God did not change His mind when sending Jesus. And I AM really thankful Jesus did not change His mind at the last minute. Wow! Just try to imagine US WITH  NO  REDEEMER EVER! ( and everyone doing their "own" thing!)

Prayer and the teachings is what kept Jesus on His course. All that Word from Isaiah and all which He taught in the synagogues, surely found its place in His heart. And prayer........all that time with the Father and hearing Him speak did not deter Him. He surely had His moments in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, and have we all not had our moments there as well?  But those who truly want God's will for their lives will find whatever needs to be nailed to the Cross, to find it nailed there forever.

The scripture in Hebrews comes to mind......

Hebrews 4:12-16.......12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.  Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. 

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. NIV


I like what the same scripture says in the Living Bible:

Hebrews 4:12-16.......12 For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are. 13 He knows about everyone, everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from him to whom we must explain all that we have done.

14 But Jesus the Son of God is our great High Priest who has gone to heaven itself to help us; therefore let us never stop trusting him. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses since he had the same temptations we do, though he never once gave way to them and sinned. 16 So let us come boldly to the very throne of God and stay there to receive his mercy and to find grace to help us in our times of need. TLB

No where can I find that Jesus told Judas Iscariot that He had made a mistake by choosing him for one of the twelve disciples. Jesus found out what was in him and no doubt knew he was the one who would mount military men to come to take Him and be the catalyst to begin Jesus' being arrested to seeing Him sentenced to death.
No, Jesus, heard what the Pharisees spoke, and He knew what others whispered about Him, but His trust was in God and in Him alone!

We desire God to do miracles in our lives, and it had been almost 500 years since any miracles had been done until Jesus came on the scene. Those of small faith saw the ones that He had performed, but were still questioning themselves who might be the Messiah and "Is He still coming"? Because they thought that even the Coming One would or could still do more miracles than what this Man had done!

Even John the Baptist and those who followed him, asked the same.....
Luke 7:19-23.....19 And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?" 20 When the men had come to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, 'Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?' " 21 And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. 23 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."
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Jesus told John and those who followed John...."And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."

Are we looking for the outside appearance of the man or woman? Are we looking to how they draw the crowd or do we think we can do better than possibly the one that God has appointed to that place to either preach, teach, or even minister in a song or a testimony of healing? Is it possible that we fall on our faces, fall short of following Him and end up in a mess, because we did not follow His plan for any set thing before us. Do we ask God to search our hearts?
In the recent blog of "Who Then is the Faithful and Wise Servant?", I got the person' name that God wanted the testimony to be written about. I sent this woman a copy of it before being published. It is important to know they are willing to participate, but even more than that, she had the heart of love for others, and God wanted it printed with her testimony about autism. It all came down to love in the heart for others. For God looks on the heart and not on the man or woman's appearance!

Acts 13:22.......22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'   NKJV

God always looks on the heart!

My husband and I are still experiencing miracles in our lives today. I have seen many in our daughter and her family' s lives as well! I can name probably five right now that God has done just for us all in recent weeks. The medical bill I had accumulated in just a few days with a severe anemia, was paid in full and God did it. Our daughter and family have a beautiful new home, living in a new area, and God did it!

Jesus spoke and He showed by example that many were cured of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. And the poor have the gospel preached to them!

Jesus evidently was not the package the Pharisees were seeking. Why, is He not the carpenter's son? Is He not from Galilee?

John 7:45-52..............45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why have you not brought Him?" 46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this Man!" 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, "Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed." 50 Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?" 52 They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."     NKJV

Sometimes we are looking for the miracle in the daytime, with sun shining, and everything at peace. And I tell you that the "miracle" comes in the middle of chaos. The miracle shows up in the middle of a dark night! Ask anyone who has had a report of death to their person, and the miracle comes when they are believing for it in the midst of the most horrific time in their life!

Is not this the day of Miracles? Has not Jesus risen from the dead and lives in us through His Holy Spirit? Are we not equipped to operate just like Jesus did and see the same Miracles as He did?

Or are we looking at the world for the latest and the greatest singer, the latest and the greatest dancer, the one with an I.Q. of 200 or are we recognizing those God has placed around us to minister life, and healing to us all?  Are we really seeing who the most powerful men or women who are in this world at this moment? Those most powerful are those who follow Jesus, fill up on the Word of God and spend time in prayer to Hear God SPEAK! Today is the day for the miraculous. WE who have the heart that sees it will receive it! Embrace those God has sent to surround you. Embrace them, for they have been sent to surround you and speak life to you when ""all hell is bent on destroying you".

Our search in the Word reveals His plan. The more we spend in study and prayer the more our faith grows.

It is that "faith" word!

Colossians 2:4-10.....4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. 

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We are not to be deceived by those who philosophize life. We are not be deceived by empty deceit. What is empty deceit? Any untruth or fallacy that leads no where. It is an error in thinking, or a misleading. Empty deceit is flawed, and is not real!

Jesus is our Head. He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily and we are complete in Him in the authority and the power He has given to each of us who believe. Nothing in this world can add any holiness or redemption to our lives as Jesus did for us!  We are to remain steadfast in our faith in Christ Jesus, as our Lord, rooted and established in every Word He spoke and gave to us to adhere to always. It is not in the traditions of men or according to the basic principles of the world that we seek to be the example for our lives. That package sent to us was in the Man who came to live as we live and to die a terrible death taking on all sin of mankind. He was known for His wisdom and boldness to look sin in the face of unrighteousness and rebuke it loudly. Remember the  "money changers"?     ( see John 2: 13-17) He took a whip of cords and drove them out of His Father's house, the House of Prayer!

Faith is seen, and is evident when we believe and know truth. When our trust is in God and not in man, we move in power to see the "unseen".

Father, today we pray against that being self-focused and our own right to be first, the chosen for something, when ultimately Your vote is the only one we need. Father, in Jesus' name we pray to be focused on what Jesus did when He shed His Blood to provide for us what we needed. Praise the Lord we have a Redeemer!  Father, today we understand that we are not righteous without Jesus and we are to seek His righteousness. We are never righteous due to our performance or even in religious works. Our righteousness comes from Christ's righteousness! Help us to understand our faith is not just centered around a specific day, or even a sunny day, but healing comes when we need it, for healing was taken care of at the Cross for us.
Today, I plead the Blood of Jesus over every one who reads this. I plead the Blood over the portals of their minds, their wills and their emotions and their bodies. I pray they will know Jesus intimately and know those the Lord has sent to surround them to give them encouragement, to give them a teaching, or even speak healing over their lives and families.
Father, that power which works in us is for the impossible in our lives. That power is being exerted in our lives even now. We co-operate with You and Your kingdom. We are established in YOU before any world storms are driven toward us. Whatever walk we are in, whatever decisions, we will not be carried around by any wave of adversity or wave of doubt. Today we believe we receive that which Jesus conquered at the Cross. We are those are WHO receive our Miracles today and every day. Our faith is growing stronger and we know IN whom we have believed and are persuaded that He is able to keep what we have committed to Him until that DAY!(2 Timothy 1:12)

Today, God our Father is our witness, whom we choose to serve with our spirit in the gospel of His Son that His will is done in our lives. Amen.

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