Issac Can’t Die!

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die, flourish, indestructible, Live, Promise, shall come to pass

Hebrews 11:17-19

“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Issac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.  Of whom it was said, that in Issac shall they seed be called; Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence and he received him in a figure.”

God gave Abraham a promise that in Issac his seed would be called and Abraham believed God.  Even when God told Abraham to take this same son in whom He said in him would his seed be called and offer him upon a mountain in Moriah Abraham believed God.   The scripture says that Abraham believed that God was able to raise Issac up even from the dead.  In other words Abraham knew that Issac could not die until the promise was fulfilled.

The promises of God are indestructible, and Issac was a promise child just as Jesus was a promise child.  All hell came against Him to destroy Him but the promise is indestructible.  Jesus said in John 10:17-18, “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.  I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.  This commandment have I received of my Father.”

Every promise that God has given to you are indestructible, they cannot die.  It doesn’t matter how much adversity surrounds the promise it shall live and not die.  Hold on to the promises of God for they shall come to pass.  Even though God had given Hagar a promise concerning Ishmael, when adversity arose and it looked as though Ishmael would die, she turned her back on the promise (Gen. 21:15-16).  But the angel of the Lord spoke to her and said “…What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is” (Gen. 21:17).  God was saying to Hagar I gave you a promise.  He then gives her instructions in verse 18  that would change her life forever, “Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”  In other words, I will perform the word that I’ve spoken out of my mouth.

What has God said concerning your life? Have you forgotten or dismissed the promise of God over your life because of adversity?  The promises of God are indestructible.  Do as God told Hagar, arise, lift up the promise and hold on to it for it shall surely come to pass.  It cannot die.

Rain, Son, Harvest!

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abundance, Harvest, Increase, Jesus, Rain, Son, Sun

Joel 2:23

“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.”

God knows how to give us rain.  When the earth is dry, He sends the rain and after the rain He sends the sun, and after the sun, He sends the harvest.  Rain and sun will cause any seed to produce.

Jesus is our rain and He is the Son of the living God.  When God gave us Jesus He not only rained upon us but He shined upon us with the light of His Son.  Think about this, when the children of Israel where in the middle of the wilderness, a place where they could not go to the local market and buy bread to eat, God caused it to rain down manna from heaven which was a foreshadow of the bread of life that would rain down upon us.  Jesus said “…I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” (John 6:35).

Therefore, with Jesus being our rain and sun (because He is the light of the world John 1:4) we can expect an abundant harvest.  The prophet Joel said because of the rain that would come down which is Jesus, that our floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil and all things would be restored to us and we shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord our God, that hath dealt wondrously with us and we shall never be ashamed (Joel 2:24-26).  Praise the Lord!  Jesus is the seed, He’s the rain and He is the Son.  God has rained down His Son and given us an abundant harvest!

Not By Mite

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Give, Might, Provide, provider, supply, Trust, Widow Mite

St. Luke 21:2-3

“And He saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.  And He said, of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.”

Will you trust God with your last?  This widow woman gave all that she had to Jesus even though she needed it herself.  How was she able to do what the rich could not?  It’s simple, she saw Jesus as being more to her than what she possessed.

The rich saw their riches as more therefore they were not willing to give all of it to Jesus.  Remember the rich young ruler, “Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.  And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful; for he was very rich” (Luke 18:22-23).   Why was he sorrowful?  He saw what he possessed as being more than Jesus.

Therefore, until you come to know, understand and believe that God gave us Jesus and in doing so He gave us everything that we would ever need in an unlimited supply you will continue to live off of your mite and not His might. 

Philippians 4:19 says “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”  God is not only able but He is willing to supply your every need and when you see that He is able and willing His supply will always super exceed your need.

Cry Out To Draw Out

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Ask, Cry, Cry out, Draw out, grace, Jesus, power, pray, prayer, Receive

Mark 10:50-51

“And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.  And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?  The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.”

Everywhere Jesus went there was someone pressing upon Him to receive something from Him and Bartimaeus, was no different.

As Jesus was leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus was sitting by the highway begging as he usually did every day he had no idea that that day would forever change his life. 

When Bartimaeus heard the noise of the crowd he asked the reason for the noise and when they told him it was Jesus he began to do something that turned heads, he cried out.  Mark 10:47 “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.”  The scripture says that many told him to hold his peace but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me (Mark 10:48).  His cries didn’t go out in vain it got Jesus attention.  “And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called…” (Mark 10:49).  When Bartimaeus was told he got Jesus attention, he cast away his garment, got up and went to Jesus.  And Jesus said unto him “what wilt thou that I should do unto thee?”   Bartimaeus received his sight because he called upon the one who was passing by.

Today, Jesus is not just passing by but He lives in you. He walks with you and talks with you.  He’s given us His word that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Heb 13:5).  But like Bartimaeus we have to cast away our garments, our righteousness, our way, our works, our life and receive what He came to give us, His righteousness, His way, His works, His life.

When we cry out to Him, He gives us the same answer He gave Bartimaeus, “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?”  The one whose sole purpose is to bless you is asking you today What do you want me to do for you?   There were many in Bartimaeus’s day that had needs but they didn’t cry out, to draw out what was in Jesus to give.

Beloved, you are not alone on this journey, Jesus is with you.   Whatever you need today cry out to Him and He will pour out to you whatever you ask of Him.

The Lord Is Our Shepherd

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blood, Body, Drink, Eat, Flesh, Giver, Nourisher, provider, rest, Shepherd, supply

Psalms 23:1

“The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want.”

The responsibility of the shepherd is to cause the flock to eat, drink and rest.   Jesus says in John 10:`11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”   His life is the diet of His sheep.

Jeremiah 23:4 says “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.”  And Jesus says in John 6:55-56 “For my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed.  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.”  The sheep feed off of the Shepherd because the Shepherd gives them His life to feed upon.  His life is nourishment to the sheep.

However, the sheep must take in what the Shepherd gives.  As the sheep feed upon the shepherd’s life they find that they are not afraid or dismayed because of the things that are going on in the world neither do they lack anything.  That’s why David said “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want” he understood that the Lord was supplying all that he needed out of His life.   Philippians 4:19 “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

When you are full of Jesus you have no room to take in fear, doubt, anxiety or stress.  The only thing you want to do is rest.  Feed upon Jesus and rest.

Look To Jesus!

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Desires, Eagles, Eagles feeding, Fulfill, Look to Jesus, Needs, Salvation, Salvation is in Jesus, See Jesus

II Chronicles 20:12

“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.”

There is no better place to be than to be in a place where you know that there is nothing that you, or anybody or anything on earth can do to deliver you; a place where you are totally looking to God to fill your needs and desires.

However, in order to get to this place you must first come to the realization that salvation is not in man’s hands.  Salvation can only be found in Jesus and Jesus alone.  Psalms 3:8 says “Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah”

Look at how young eagles look to their mother for their substance, their heads are lifted up towards her expecting a meal for the day. They know that she alone has what they need and desire.  They are unable to gather for themselves.  They don’t have the skills as yet.  So they are totally dependent upon her to supply.  Likewise, as we come to know, not just with head knowledge, but when we really see Jesus as our source and resource, we will no longer look to our jobs, our government, our spouses or other people to fill our needs and desires. But our heads will be lifted up “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of your faith…” (Heb 12:2). 

But this is a place that is easy to slip out of it takes a daily positioning of one’s self.  Daily seeing Jesus as the only one in whose hands is your salvation.  For example, when you are receiving a check twice a month it can be easier to see that job as your source and instead of looking to Jesus to pay your bill and feed your family you are depending upon that check. We must position ourselves daily to see Jesus afresh everyday as the only one in whose hands is our salvation. Luke 11:3 “Give us day by day our daily bread.” 

Child of God it comes down to this, when you look to Jesus what you will see is one who has all the ability, power and resource to meet your every need and to fulfill your every desire.  Like the mother eagle He’s waiting for you to open up so He can pour out from Himself into your life.

God Is Bigger Than That!

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Psalms 34:3
“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”

To magnify something is to make it be bigger.  When David said “O magnify the Lord with me…” he was saying let’s make the Lord bigger.

The question is bigger to who?  Not bigger to God for He knows who He is  and surely not bigger to the enemy for he too knows how big God is having been in the presence of God.  It remains then that there is a need for us to make God bigger to ourselves.  How we see God is how He will be in our lives.

Look at David when he went up against Goliath.  Saul and all of Israel were looking at Goliath, his height, his weight, his armour, his spear and all that  they saw was all that they talked about.  Unless you have a revelation of the truth you will not be able to speak life when confronted with death.  What you see is what you will speak.  Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:13 “… we believe therefore we speak.”   When David went before Saul Saul said “…Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth” I Sam. 17:33.  As Saul magnified Goliath David begans to magnified God “Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.  David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine…” I Sam. 17:36-37.  What David was saying was my God is Bigger than that!

Child of God, don’t look at the problem confronting you, see Jesus and what He has done. Notice when David went into the camp and Goliath presented himself David didn’t even mention Goliath (I Sam. 17:23).  It wasn’t that David didn’t see and hear Goliath, it was just that he saw his God being bigger and heard the voice of his God louder.   Because David saw God bigger, he saw Goliath defeated and he was ready to collect his reward (I Sam 17:26).   No matter what you’re facing today, God is bigger than that and the reward is yours!

Reigning In 2011!

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2011, abundance, crowned goodness, dominate, reign, subdue

Romans 5:17
“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”

2011 has been declared by God to be a year of His abundance and crowned goodness, but unless you use the power that He has given you to subdue and dominate in your land you won’t experience that abundance. It’s not that God is not pouring it out but it’s that you are not ruling over what’s coming in.

When the children of Israel were to go into the promise land, God told them to utterly destroy the inhabitants of the land. The land was a land flowing with milk and honey, houses and vineyards, filled with all good things. But they would not be able to enjoy all those good things until they first destroyed the inhabitants of the land and take possession. In other words they had to subdue and dominate but if Israel failed to do so they would be subdued and dominated and what they failed to destroy would destroy them.

But as new covenant believers Christ has destroyed the enemy for us. 1 John 3:8 says, “…for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” And Colossians 2:15, “and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” It’s through the victory of Christ that we have the power to subdue and dominate in life. Christ has given us back what Adam gave away, the power to reign.

But just as Israel had to dominate or be dominated. We too must use Christ to dominate or be dominated. If not, we will not enjoy the good of the land. Not that we don’t have it but we won’t enjoy it. For example, temperance is a fruit of the Spirit, it is Christ in us. It’s through his temperance that we rule over wasteful spending in our lives. The enemy that causes wasteful spending has been destroyed, Christ did that on the cross and when we stop using our own efforts to control our spending and rest in his temperance, wasteful spending is defeated in our lives. And what happens when we are not spending foolishly, we see the increase of the land. We enjoy the good of the land because we are not giving all our money to our debtors and we are able to be a blessing in the kingdom of God. But we must allow Christ to work through us, because it’s his life that gives us power over the enemy.

Therefore, since the enemy has been destroyed and the land is ours, lets use the power that God has given us to rule over the works of his hands. Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God His life is our power to reign.