Moses had spent time with the Lord and the glory shone on his face, so much that all the Israelites recognized immediately what had happened up on that mountain. After you’ve spent time with the Lord in His Word, can people tell by your face? Isaiah 60:1 states, ” Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” God’s majesty dawns upon you every time you read His Word and spend time in fellowship with Him…your face will radiate His glory and love to others.
Tag: spirituality
I Chronicles 4: 10 ” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.
When your mother’s birth of you is so traumatizing that she names you ‘Pain’… you’ve got one strike against you from the very start! But it says that Jabez was more honorable than his brothers…honorable meaning wealthy and renowned. So what had turned his life around? It was the prayer that he cried out to the Lord…a prayer seeking His blessing, asking that God would multiply his sphere of influence, and beseeching the Lord to protect him. And it says that God bestowed on him what he had asked for. Right now, consider praying this powerful prayer into your own life…regardless of your past, God can bless you today!
Romans 8: 16-17 ” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ…”
Growing up we all need validation from those around us that we are loved, needed, wanted, and important…when this is missing, we can feel devalued, outcast, rejected and worthless. These very negative emotions can follow us into adulthood and unfortunately, into our relationships with others. But you are not insignificant in God’s sight, rather you are His child. And not only a loved and valued child of His, but a joint heir with His son Jesus. If invalidation was part of your past growing up, give it to the Lord, and move forward as a treasured co-beneficiary of the Glory beyond.
Luke 6:38 ” Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
God’s premise is simple…give and it will be given to you…the proportion you use to give is the same proportion you will receive back. Give stingily, and you will receive little…give lavishly, and the Lord will bless you beyond measure…for you can not out give God! Blessings upon blessings, almost too difficult to contain, He will pour into your life.
John 6: 5-6 ” When Jesus looked up and saw the great crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?’ He asked this only to test him, for He already had in mind what He was going to do.”
As the Disciples traveled with Jesus ,they were witness to countless miracles, so when Jesus asked Philip where they should get food to feed this huge crowd, He was really asking him a much more serious question. He was asking… where is your faith level Philip? On our journeys you’ve seen many miracles…can you now use what you’ve seen and apply it here? Jesus wanted Philip to stop looking at things from his perspective, and start seeing them through God’s limitless one…He wanted Philip to take his eyes off the temporal and catch a vision of the boundless power of God. How would you answer that question?
Acts 17:24 ” The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples buildt by hands.”
It has to be totally presumptuous to think we could somehow contain God in a temple. The Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it, the God who gives us breath and life can not be contained in a building. His magnificence would far overshadow any building that could possibly be imagined by any feeble human mind. But there is one temple He fits in beautifully, there is one temple He desires to dwell in…it’s you, for I Corinthians 3:16 says, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” You are that magnificently sacred temple where He choses to live.
Jeremiah 23:29 ” Is not My Word like fire,declares the Lord, And like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? “
God’s Word…it’s alive, powerful, effective, and ever brand new. I dare say, that if we all read the same passage, we would all receive something different from it, which has to be the most amazing quality of His Word! God’s Word can convict us where we live, for nothing is hidden from Him. His Word can judge our most hidden thoughts and attitudes we think no one knows. God’s Word is like fire that burns away the “stuff” of the world, leaving behind what we’re really made of. His Word is like a hammer that chips away at our hard exterior until Jesus is exposed in us. God’s Word… a letter written just for you!
Luke 19:5 ” When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.’ “
Zacchaeus had the very loathsome job title in Jericho of chief tax collector. His great wealth had come from extorting money from the citizens, thus he was not very well liked by them! When Jesus invited Himself to his house, the people were outraged that He would even consider going into a home of such a “sinner”. But meeting Jesus face to face profoundly changed Zacchaeus forever…he pledged to give half of his wealth to the poor , and to repay anyone who felt they had been cheated four times the amount back. Zacchaeus didn’t realize when he climbed up into that sycamore tree that he’d have a divine appointment with the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 ” Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
My son and his wife were ocean kayaking off the San Juan Islands with a group and their guide when a pod of Orca whales suddenly appeared. The guide instructed them to quickly maneuver the kayaks side by side and lock arms. By doing so, they were much more stable in the water, and less likely of capsizing as the whales swam around them. In ancient times, Roman soldiers would not only lock arms as they went into battle, but their shields locked together too. If a comrade was hit, they would carry the injured man along with them…not leaving him behind. Facing adversity alone is very difficult…there are times when we need to lock arms with a trusted friend and face the battle together. And when God is there also, we now have a three strand cord…one that is not easily broken.
Proverbs 17:1 ” Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.”
This Proverb can only conjure up unpleasant memories for many of disputes around the dining table! Sadly, so many times a beautifully prepared meal has been marred by quarreling and contention of those gathered to partake of it. This Proverb was written by King Solomon, who having 700 wifes and 300 concubines, probably had rather lively discussions around his table…and could have been wishing for more peace and quiet in his own life!
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