Thursday, March 12, 2015

So Many Blessings

This morning I rose earlier than usual and went to a coffee shop to do some work. It was an attempt to be near my first appointment of the day ahead of time, as well as just using a change of scenery to help me with my creative efforts. But as I sit in the second floor balcony looking out the scenic windows at the sunrise, I cannot help but think of the many blessings our Father has given unto me and my family. We survived another winter and we were mostly warm. There is food to eat and clothes to wear. We have heat and electricity. There are people we fellowship with on a regular basis. And more than all of these things, we have a God, Yahuah, that is our King and our Friend.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Our Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus), called us His friend if we do what He commands. We are to be like Him.

1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

If we are to be like Yeshua (Jesus), then we need to do what He did. He was clear about what He did.

John 5:19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Fatherdoes, that the Son does likewise.

So we are to be doing what the Father is doing. And He is our Friend. We have so many blessings to be thankful for as believers.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You as the Most High. You are our King. Praise Your name, Yahuah (Lord), forever more. Let the whole world praise You. Let Your kingdom come to this earth. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us for our sin. We want to be close to You and not far from You. Heal up those that have physical ailments today in a miraculous way. Deliver us from the temptation to walk away from Your commands. Deliver us from the evil ones that would take from us what You have given to us. Let the whole world know that You have done this for us, that You, Yahuah (Lord), are our King and the One True God. In Yeshua’s (Jesus) name. Amen.