19 July 2014

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. [Isaiah 55:2]

So often we spend a disproportionately large amount of our money on the things that are not of God. I'm not saying that everything bought should be about religion and God, but when large amount of time and money we spend on worldly things, we are not satisfied.

I'm saying that when the bulk of your time and money is spend on bread (food: physical and spiritual), you will be truly satisfied, and have much more money leftover.

So let your soul delight in abundance coming from the goodness of God!

18 July 2014

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. [2 Corinthians 5:21]

Many of us focus on part one, where Jesus became sin. But do you know of part two?

That in Him we may become the righteousness of God in Christ.

Start focusing as well on seeing yourself as the righteousness of God in Christ, my friend!

17 July 2014

Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway. [Psalm 85:11-13]

I proclaim these promises over your life this very day, in Jesus' name!

16 July 2014

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. [Psalm 85:9-10]

This sounds like a prophecy to me. A prophecy about Jesus. In fact the word 'salvation' in Hebrew is the root word for 'Yeshua', which is literally Jesus' name!

Glory dwells where Jesus dwells. At the cross, God's truth in punishing our sins kissed with His mercy in sparing us, by punishing Jesus for our sins, on our behalf, declaring us righteous not by merit but by His effort.

15 July 2014

I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly. [Psalm 85:8]

The wisest thing to do and the most beneficial is to hear Him. In Hebrew,

Shema, which means 'hear attentively'. Hear His peace and may His grace and may His ways empower you to go and sin no more. (John 8:11)

14 July 2014

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation. [Psalm 85:5-7]

The mercy of the Lord is that He turns His anger away from His people and revives them again, that they may rejoice Him. And through Jesus, we have such mercy! Rejoice, for the Lord is no longer angry at you!

13 July 2014

You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. [Psalm 85:3-4]

Before Christ, the Jews longed for God to turn His anger from them, after they have repented. But as God swore that never again will He destroy the earth with a flood (confirm plus chop), He also swore that He will never be angry with us not rebuke (condemn) us, Isaiah 54:9-10.

(Sidenote: God does discipline those whom He loves, Hebrews 12:6, but the Hebrew word for that in Isaiah is the word used in Zechariah 3:2 where it says, 'The Lord rebuke you, Satan!')

God is not angry at you today!