DAILY BREAD ~ No. 2
~ What's Important ~ ~ To You? ~
(Caps, Bold print used for emphasis)
As urgent, necessary and wanted as anything or anyone may seem to us in this life ~ Everything and everyone here is 'temporary'.
Like a deck of cards we shuffle seeking to find and play the right cards so as to win, is life's constant expectations, demands, and responsibilities.
The quest? To get everything in God's Divine Order. Priority? ~ At what price? Our 'spiritual heart condition' determines these choices.
Following ~ His Word, we walk through every area of our living on earth, our 'ducks are all in a row' and we are prepared and ready for whatever, now and Eternally.
When I think of Jesus, I see Him as one would see the wheel of a bicycle, e.g. He is The Hub that holds the spokes of the wheel. This idea has and shall ever help me to 'Consider Him and His Feelings' insuring that I apply His Word to myself ~ into all facets of my innermost being and lifestyle on earth.
Analogy: The Hub is Him. The spokes are connected to The Hub. United. The spokes represent every area of our life we each deal with day by day. Between Him and us. (The Author and Finisher of our Faith) The Hub holds the spokes tightly connected and into the tire, enabling productive, proper movement. Now, the message.
Ezekiel 14: 13 ~ 20
" Son of man, when the land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, Then will I stretch out Mine Hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith The Lord God.
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith The Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; They only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
Or if I bring a Sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith The Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. (Seek out your own Salvation with fear and trembling)
Or if I send a pestilence (disease, plague) into that land, and pour out My fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith The Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. "
Matthew 4: 8 ~ 11
Again, the devil taketh Him (Jesus) up into an exceeding high Mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto Him, All these things will I give Thee, (Duh ~ HE Made and Owns it All!) if Thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then Saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for It Is Written, Thou Shalt Worship The Lord thy God, and Him Only Shalt thou Serve. Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, Angels came and ministered unto Him.
We see God's Heart revealed in these Scriptures.
We know He has no favorites so what was it that set them apart under His Divine Protective Covering?
When we read about Noah, Daniel and Job we see they were each 'faithful to God and His way' of being and doing things in their life.
We see each one of them, no matter what they experienced, being in a loving, submissive relationship with Their Heavenly Father.
We see His opinion of Noah, Daniel and Job ~ and this, for our exhortation to go and do likewise.
We see 3 different men in 3 different times throughout Bible History, that 'revered, honored God in their inner self' ~ in 'their positions with Him' and lifestyle ~ so willingly and beautifully did so ~ no matter what. Devoted allegiance of self under Him. Hallelujah!
How very encouraging it is for us today, to take a precious spiritual journey with Father through The Holy Bible , seeing great believers who walked in sweet holy relationship with God Himself. Genuine and sincere with Him day-by-day.
There they all are ~ To be seen and read by man ~ Such dear children of God ~ Under the control of His Divine Nature and hand. They fulfilled His expectations on their life.
May we each be ~ Go ~ and do ~ likewise, is my prayer in agreement with Him for us all.
Proverbs 15: 2, 3
" The tongue of the wise useth knowledge right: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
The Eyes of The Lord are in every place, beholding (seeing and hearing) the evil and the good."
Luke 21: 31 ~ 36 Jesus said:
" So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that The Kingdom of God is near at hand. ...I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, Till all be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: But My Words shall not pass away.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (gluttony) drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that Day come upon you unawares. (Be as the wise virgins in The Gospels ~ Ready to leave this earth ~ each moment)
For as a snare (trap) shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, And to stand before The Son of man."
Matthew 22: 37 - 39
" Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt Love The Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is The First and Great Commandment. And The Second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. "
Luke 12: 34 ~ 36 Jesus said:
" For where your treasure (preferences, priorities, activities, loves, involvements, 'other gods') is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when He will return from The Wedding; that when He cometh and knocketh, they may open unto Him immediately."
~ What's important ~ ~ To You? ~
June 20, 2014
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