~ Trust God To Help You ~
Luke, Chapter 1
(Caps and Punctuation Used Throughout for Divine emphasis)
John 8: 31, 32
" Then said Jesus to those Jews which Believed on Him,
If ye Continue In My Word,
then are ye My disciples indeed;
And ye shall Know the Truth,
and the Truth shall make you Free. "
2 Corinthians 3:17
" Now The Lord is that Spirit:
and where The Spirit of The Lord is, there is Liberty."
Have you ever felt totally helpless to change something?
Have you been losing sleep worrying and fearing about your future?
(Only God knows what that will bring forth)
A word to the wise:
Most of what people fear is going to happen ... never does.
(the devil's ploy to ruin the 'happy' of today!)
Throw it all up and over unto God!
Defy what is not of God in and around you.
Do His Word and stand tall in Christ Jesus.
The Presence of His Spirit and Light of His Word
casts off darkness and fear from us.
He knows and cares about what you need; what is happening to you.
You can ~ count on Him ~ to take good care of you;
To help you where you cannot help your self!
Go to Him with it and let go of it.
Psalms 55: 22
" Cast (throw, toss, hurl) thy burden upon The Lord,
and He shall sustain thee:
He shall never suffer (allow) the righteous to be moved. "
Psalms 118: 8
" It is better to trust in The Lord than to put confidence in man. "
Today is a new day!
It shall bring new experiences and feelings.
What defines our individual peace of mind and soul is
whether we are trusting in God and His Word,
the circumstances .. .. or people.
Fear or faith ~
God never changes; people do, things do.
God is not limited; people and circumstances are.
Looking to God
Causes Faith in His Divine Word and working for our behalf;
keeps us free to be, to experience, and to receive His will for our life.
It promotes peace of mind and soul ~ trusting in Him.
This gives us stability in tough times, courage and strength
in the midst of any storm of life we pass through!
Looking to people
Causes fear, puts us into bondage to man's whims and ideas.
Makes us easy prey to be controlled by prideful and self-exalting people
who live as a 'god' unto themselves rather than to honoring God Almighty.
Such people who~want to control you and your choices,
while it is needful for them to control their 'self and their own' things.
Everything looks hopeless and we feel helpless!
Even those who have only good motive for us can hurt us and our situation
by the judgments they form and the words that come from their mouth.
Your priority and influence?
Psalms 121: 1, 2
" I will Lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from Whence cometh my help.
My help Cometh from The Lord,
which made Heaven and earth. "
Jeremiah 32: 17
" Ah Lord God! behold, (look)
Thou hast made The Heaven and the earth
by Thy Great Power and Stretched Out Arm,
and there is Nothing Too hard for Thee:.."
Galatians 1: 10
" For do I now persuade men, or God?
or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men,
I should not be the Servant of Christ. "
Galatians 5: 1
" Stand fast (firm) therefore in the Liberty wherewith
Christ Hath made us Free,
and be Not Entangled again with the yoke of Bondage. "
1 Samuel 12: 21, 22
" And Turn ye Not aside:
for then should ye go after Vain things,
which cannot profit nor deliver
for they are vain.
For The Lord will Not Forsake His people for His Great Name's sake:
because it Hath Pleased The Lord to make you His people. "
Nahum 1: 7
"The Lord is good, a Strong Hold in the day of trouble;
and He Knoweth them that Trust in Him. "
Now, to The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1 in part:
(paraphrased, but do read it for your self dear heart)
There was a God-fearing priest (minister) of God praying in the temple, (Zacharias) while others were gathered without, praying.
He and his wife, Elisabeth, "were both Righteous before God, walking In all the Commandments and Laws of The Lord without blame". (1:6)
They were way past childbearing age and had no children. Elisabeth was barren all her life, although desiring children. One day as Zacharias was asking God for forgiveness of the sins of the people outside the temple, an Angel of The Lord came to him. Awesome! He came to Zacharias, sent directly by God Himself, to Ordain and Bring Forth John The Baptist and Jesus Christ, our Saviour of the world. The Angel Gabriel told him:(vs.13, 14)
" Fear Not Zacharias,
for your Prayer is Heard,
and your wife Elisabeth shall bear you a son
and you shall call his name, John.
And you shall have Joy and gladness:
and many shall Rejoice at his birth. "
Then as you read on, you'll see in detail how Gabriel told him the Purpose of this child's life and the effects on us all. Not only would she that was barren and past childbearing years Conceive, but the gender was given from God to Zacharias, alongside God Himself naming John. Awesome! When Zacharias questioned it, Gabriel said that since he doubted he and his wife's ability to produce as 'Thus saith The Lord to him through Gabriel, His Angel,' that he would not be able to speak again until after John was born and he named him. Divine Intervention all the way around.
Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I AM The Lord, The God of all flesh: Is there Any thing Too hard for Me?"
No! As God said....He changes not! He still...comes on the scene ordering circumstances for His desired outcome for us. We must pray, believe and Trust Him to do so! That's it!
When Zacharias came out of the temple a long time afterwards .. being In The GLORY of The Lord so long and not able to speak, the people assumed that he'd had a Mighty Vision from God. He went home, and his wife Conceived. (vs. 24, 25)
Gabriel's mission from God for us all was not done yet. In the 6th month, the Angel Gabriel Appeared to Mary, a young Virgin maiden, telling her that she would Conceive a child without a man, totally By The Power of The Holy Ghost, never having sex until after...the birth of Jesus. In vs. 30, Gabriel told her not to be afraid, informing her of this in detail, and that she would have a son and should call His Name, JESUS.
In detail, Mary was told the Purpose of her Son coming and His Sacred Mandate from His Father God for all people in the world.
God Himself knew the Future of Joy and Agony this young virgin would experience in motherhood, yet Knew He Could Trust her to be Faithful to HIM and His Son Jesus Christ, through Whatever the future would bring.
Thus she was called 'BLESSED above all women'.
(When He hung on that Cross for you and I, did she 'feel Blessed'? No, yet what a Privilege God 'Could Trust her'; So, He Chose her to bring forth His Only Begotten Son to Deliver all humanity from their sins and to Restore us Into Holy Communing with Him as Adam and Eve once shared prior to their sin in the Garden of Eden.
Again, Divine Intervention from God Almighty Who Knew the Heart of Mary and all she would experience in her 'Chosen of God' life. The rest?....is history....God did what He said! With them, as He will...with each of us Who Follow Christ, He brought Forth His plans for.... and Through them unto others. How? and Why? ~~~ Because....they were 'each' Faithful with God and man.
These are such Wonderful accountings of how people who Loved and Sought after GOD from their hearts, heard from and received His Precious and Wondrous Works into their life....even beyond their own thoughts. Particularly, beyond 'what things Looked like'.
Believing in God and Living Godly is The Key we see for us too to Receive from God.
They each happened to be in Prayer when The Angel Gabriel Came to them. Devoted to God, they Worshiped HIM, Prayed for others, and Trusted Him for their self. The same is true of Cornelius in Acts Chapter 10.
Praying, each of them..Prepared ~into Being Given 'The Mind of God for their life and His Instruction and plan up ahead for them.'
Thus, God Commissions, helps and Entrusts His 'Call' on those who He Knows Shall Do It Faithfully.
Another aspect of Prayer is that we our self See things Differently and Change as people. Then, we're Able toBe Anointed by God, molded, prepared, and equipped to Do His bidding!
He can come on the scene and change it all for you!
There is no limit as to 'how' He shall come to you....Suddenly~
In closing, I say to you, ... Enjoy Jesus and Learning your Bible Daily. His Holy Word IS SPIRIT And Truth with Sound Counsel!!
Enjoy your own precious 'Relationship with Him'. He is always the same to us. Never changes.
Enjoy your life on this earth day-by-day. He wants His children to be happy and freely their own special self in Him. :)
Focus on what will bring joy to our Lord's Heart as He Sees, Hears and Knows 'you.'
That's what really Matters isn't it.
What He wants for you and your... life.
How He'll react if you go with that .. or don't.
Yes, God has a 'plan' for your life
This message helps you to see how He can and Does Divinely Intervene to Fulfill His Plan in the Life of one Whose Heart and Allegiance Is for HIM. He said, 'I change not.' So, He can do the same today Coming into the lives of people who sit With Him, as He did for these dear souls and so many more then and throughout the ages. There are various results in us making Him our 1st Love.
I hope this sermon wets your appetite for that, I really do.
May it Inspire you to Truly come to Terms With Him and your Inner self. I agree with Him and His Precious will for you and your life right now, whatever that is. Sobeit! (amen)
Jeremiah 29: 13
" And ye shall Seek Me, and Find Me,
When ye shall Search for Me with All your heart. "
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