Yom Shishi, Tammuz 14, 6003 – June 29, 2018
Walking In The Woods
A friend of mine recently told me a story about how he was dealing with someone that professes to be a believer but is doing many things to cause harm financially to him and his friends. He said how he has to keep speaking and walking with a clear vision in his mind of a better way – God’s way – and walk toward that goal. It reminded me of two situations.
When I was young I was in the Boy Scouts. Regardless of what that means to some today, it meant a lot back then, especially to me. There is so much to learn about the outdoors, and we had many chances to learn those things. One thing we learned is about walking in the woods, especially if you are trying to get out of them and you are uncertain of the path out. Using a compass you look in the direction you want to go to get out, and identify two landmarks that are in the path you want to take, so that you have three points in a row, where you are, landmark 1, and landmark 2. Walk to landmark 1. Looking at landmark 2, find landmark 3 that is in the same path. Walk to landmark 2 and repeat the process until you are at your destination. This process of constantly verifying your path as straight toward your goal is essential because people have a tendency to walk in circles if they try to just “walk a straight line” on their own reckoning. Sounds a lot like life, right?
The second situation is more intense. It is our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) on the cross. Try to imagine what that must have been like. He had to be very focused on what He was doing. He had to have such a clarity of purpose that His vision of the gola was always immediately in front of Him.
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin [transgression of the Law] which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners [transgressors of the Law] against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
As we walk through the woods of life, we need to keep our eye on the prize. Yahuah (Lord) has given to each person a charge and a goal. With that clearly in mind, we must walk through our lives. Every obstacle that comes in our path we must navigate with our eyes on the goal, and not the obstacle. If we do, we can be like our Messiah.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come in the hearts and minds of mankind. Let Your will be done here perfectly as it is in heaven. Send us now Your provision, that it might overflow to those around us. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Help us to hope in You and those things that You have said in the ancient writings of scripture. Restore Your people unto You, Father. Forgive the generations and forgive us. Deliver us from the evil here. Restore unto Your people what the worm has eaten, what the enemy has taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Restore the good one thousandfold to Your people that those around us stand in awe. Rise up and push back those that cling and grab and attempt to steal, and force them to let go, in the name of YAH! Send in quickly the remaining $423,923,962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom here in the hearts and minds of mankind. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Yahuah Elohim (Lord God), in Your name YAH. We ask all these things in the name YAH Yeshuah. Amen.