God is My Deliverer

Psalms 91:14 says, "Because he loves me," says, the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name."

I was reading my morning devotion and the scripture of focus is Psalms 91:14a. The writer says that a promise of deliverance is the first of the seven promises made to the one who loves God. She decided to make the scripture personal by saying, "Because I love You, Lord I thank You that You have promised to deliver me."  

The writer shared a personal story about being tormented with fear and  how her happy life was changed to a nightmare that lasted eight years. She said she turned to one verse in scripture that walked her out of that living mental hell. The scripture shared is "All who call on the Name of the Lord shall be delivered (Joel 2:32).  I agree with the her that many of us desperately need God's promise of deliverance. The writer said the Word worked for her and it will work for us.

The writer says there are other types of deliverance that are internal and external. "The writer said God will deliver us from all of the following:"

"Lion problems- are life threatening attacks, Young Lions problems- are constant harassment, Cobra problems- are sneaky attacks which seem to come out of nowhere, Dragon problems- are imaginary fears, past fears, vain imaginations, Terror by night problems- are evils that come through man like war, terror, or violence, enemy assignments sent to wound, Pestilence problems- are plagues, deadly diseases, fatal epidemics, Destruction problems- are evils over which man has no control."  

All problems imaginable God mentions in Psalms 91:14 and more importantly, scripture says that those  who love Him, He will deliver us from them all. The writer says God wants to deliver us from every evil known to mankind. I give credit of this devotion to Peggy Joyce Ruth a contributing writer for the Bible app. I agree with her by thanking God that He is the God of deliverance."

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Pray: "Lord thank You for being my Deliverer and for providing a means of escape from all the threats of violence and harassment, the sneaky problems and the evil schemes of the enemy. I am so grateful for Your Word and the authority You have given me as a believer. In Jesus' name. Amen

             

 

I Choose God!

I Choose God!

Joshua 24:15 (NIV) says, "But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve."

The scripture says, that we are to make a decision without delay to “choose ye this day who we’re going to serve.” I believe the time has gotten urgent for people to choose God or Satan. I decided a long time ago to choose God; nothing else makes sense to me. Everything else is a lie and a deceptive scheme, but I did not fall for it; I have made my choice. "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." We’re living in some crazy and dangerous times. Evil is running rampant on every level of life.

It is definitely a time for recognizing where you are and whose you are without fear, apology or hesitation. The Bible says that Satan wants to crush us like wheat. If he thinks we’re walking alone, unprepared and not protected, he will most definitely make an assassination attempt on our life to destroy everything about us. 

I know I’m loved. I know I’m covered. I know I’m not alone. I know I’m connected and protected. I know my purpose, and I know I’m still growing in it. I know I need Jesus. I know Jesus loves me and He chose me first.  I know I love Him in return and I have chosen this day whom I will serve and I know I will forever serve Him.We have to get serious, pay attention, and make a choice. We can not be inconsistent in our faith. We can not let our guards down. The time is now! The time is crucial! It's time to make a choice!

What Ecclesiastes Says

Ecclesiastes 1:2-5
What is the main message of Ecclesiastes? I read the book a couple of times and always feel a sense of peace and godly perspective afterwards. 

According to BibleGateway.com, Ecclesiastes shows us in stunning ways that the key to life is not in life itself. Pleasure, materialism, wisdom, and money are all futile and folly. True happiness comes from centering our lives on God, not ourselves. In chapter one verses 1-5 below, King David's son explores the true meaning of life and looks over his life for lasting value. He then concludes, that everything is meaningless. Ecclesiastes is a book about wisdom and to have wisdom, one must have an understanding about the cycle of life as we know it and experience it. 

Everything Is Meaningless

Eccl. 1:1-5

These are the words of the Teacher, King David's son who ruled in Jerusalem. "Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "completely meaningless!  What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes. The sun rises then the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. 

The fact that all is vanity should drive us closer to God and his plan for our lives. Honestly, what Ecclesiastes says is true. We already know everything we work hard for on earth has no place in heaven, only our eternal perspective is what lasts forever.

 

The Power of Yet

 The Power of Yet

By Brent Rinehart

“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength” - Habakkuk 3:17-19b)

I decided to share this article by Brent Rinehart because it is very relevant. After you read it, you will see what I mean.

Have you experienced times in your life where you can’t feel God’s presence? When the worst happens in our lives, while we do our best to cling to our faith, it’s easy to question God. Where is He when a loved one dies far too young? Where is God in divorce, disease and death? Where is He when war rages? These are age-old questions humans have struggled with for centuries, and questions we can easily ask today. It seems as if the world is on the brink of disaster, so we are left searching for God through all of it.

Habakkuk wrote his prophecy at time when he and God’s people were asking the same questions. The Babylonians were preparing to invade Judah where the remnant of God’s people remained. This was a direct judgment from the Lord, for they had experienced rapid moral and spiritually decline. Habakkuk complains against God, not understanding how he could use a downright wicked nation in Babylon to judge a less wicked one in Judah. But, we know that God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9).

The book of Habakkuk can easily be an unnoticed little book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. Habakkuk like many of us, wants God to show up and deal with the human evil they are experiencing. God reminds Habakkuk that He will deal with evil in every generation and God will deal with evil in our generation today.  Although it seems that evildoers are getting away with what they are doing, God says they are not. "Yet, I will trust Him." There is this word, "Yet" meaning, "Nevertheless" I see the evil and darkness all around me, I will trust my God to deal with it. I will trust Him to protect me.

It may look like the fig tree is not blooming and many other disappointments are present, "yet, I will rejoice and trust in the Lord." There is power in the word,"yet."

                                      

     https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/your-daily-bible-verse/your-daily-bible-verse-may-29.html

This is the Day!

This is the Day!

"This is the day which the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it," Psalms 118:24.

Today, I am beyond happy to be alive and healthy.  Actually, I am exceedingly glad about it. I am thankful for my family and friends. I am thankful that I get to see the beauty in another day, and I am thankful that I "choose" to focus on my blessings today and not on my problems.

I am glad that the Lord gives me choices for each day that He blesses me with. I can freely choose to embrace my day with a positive attitude or I can do the opposite. I choose to smile today and to love today and I choose joy with gladness today. 

After all, God has made this day and allowed me to see it. I am going to rejoice in this day and live this day in contentment with myself, my flaws and all. And I am going to be exceedingly glad in today- I can not worry about tomorrow; it is not here yet.