Every time you discount the work of the Lord in your life…every time you treat with insignificance the miraculous things He’s done in and through you…you are maligning God. In effect you’re saying to the Lord, ” Your unearned favor towards me means nothing .” So today, think about just how far the Lord has brought you, and then thank Him…for you are who you are today because of Him.
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Isaiah 13: 11 ” I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.”
The day of the Lord is coming, and with it, judgment. The proud will be brought low, the cruel will be stopped in their tracks. The Lord’s fierce anger and wrath will not be held back from the unrighteous. The day of the Lord is coming.
Jeremiah 51:15 ” He made the earth by His power; He founded the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.”
At that pivotal moment…at the beginning of time…God brought into existence the heavens and earth. He created the world and everything within it, and stretched out the heavens like a tent across the sky. In God’s infinite intelligence and knowledge, all was called into being…where there had been nothing before.
I Thessalonians 3:13 ” May He strengthen your heart so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all His holy ones.”
While the authority of Jesus may go totally unnoticed and often maligned by the world today, it’s not a matter of if…but rather when His return will take place. And on that magnificent Second Coming of Christ Jesus, His power and glory will be revealed to all the earth.
Proverbs 16:33 ” The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.”
We may think that all things happen by chance, and that fate or destiny are the authors of our life story. But this scripture says quite the opposite. It’s not just luck or happenstance that governs our lives and determines our moves…it’s God Himself making those judgment calls…and luck has nothing to do with it.
II Thessalonians 1:11 ” …we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.”
In the Lord’s eyes your life has ultimate purpose…and through Him, it will be brought to fruition, for His glory. Even when you think your life lacks worth and focus…God is ever working to show the plans,goals, and objectives He has for you to accomplish for Him.
Ezekiel 33:7 ” Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from Me.”
The Lord had placed on Ezekiel the mantle of Prophet, and had then called him to take His message to the people. Ezekiel was not only responsible to listen carefully to God, but to then articulate His word to the House of Israel. God had charged Ezekiel with the duty and obligation of warning His people of their sin.
Judges 6:12 ” When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘ The Lord is with you mighty warrior.’ “
On hearing himself called a powerful and brave warrior, Gideon responded as most of us would. In verse 15 he whimpered, ” But Lord, Gideon asked, how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” But God saw past this scrawny young man filled with doubt…and instead spoke His vision into Gideon’s life. And so it happens when God speaks His vision into your life…you will take on and become that vision, through His work in you.
Numbers 14:24 ” But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.”
When you look at an obstacle or challenge in your life – do you view it through your vision or God’s? When we ask God to give us His vision in the matter…suddenly we can see opportunities in place of those obstacles, and cooperation in place of challenges…for our vision is so small. And when we have grasped God’s vision, we can move forward without doubts or reservations, totally confident in Him.
I Corinthians 8: 1-3 ” We know that we possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But a man who loves God is known by God.”
In our vain human nature, great understanding often brings with it boastful self-importance…that somehow we know much more than others. But the Lord doesn’t want us to be wise in our own eyes, but rather, if we want to boast about anything, let us boast that we’re loved by God.
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