Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Preparing For The Dawn

As I look to the day ahead, while it is yet dark, I think about the battle we are in. This battle is for our very existence. We may think that there is plenty of time. Our needs are met, we can pay our bills (even though more than 1/3 of our take home pay is spent on interest), there is food on OUR table, and so on. We can forget that there is a battle around us, and we are slowly being lulled to sleep. We are being stolen from every day, yet we go on, oblivious to the theft. In some cases we know and pretend we don’t. In times like these God has a way of getting our attention. He allows the world around us and our enemies get closer. Eventually we cry out for His help and guidance and deliverance.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

When trouble comes, if we turn and cry out to our Father, He will hear us and come to our aid.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. Your kingdom is near our hearts. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive our sins. Heal our minds, and deliver us from the thief that has stolen so much and continues to steal. Come in Your power and crush his works now! We ask all of these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.