Yom Ri-shon, Sivan 29, 6002 – June 25, 2017
The Way Home
Our lives with the Father as believers is a walk, as we all know. THe journey can take us many great places. An being human, we can also go some places that we should not go. But we know that our Father is compassionate and kind. If we will return to Him, He will accept us with open arms, always.
Luke 15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
There is great comfort in knowing that our God is a great Father. He is not the troll under the bridge with a large hammer. Rather, He will call to us to return, and when we do, He and the angelic host of heavens will rejoice that one that became lost has been found.
Zechariah 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
We are all human, so we will stumble. Yet when we return, our Father receives us. And when we walk back home, He has great blessing in store for us.
Deuteronomy 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
No matter where we are, let us walk with our Father today. If we have turned to the right or to the left, let us now return to Him, and rejoice with Him and the angels, and receive the blessing.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done in this earth as it is in the heavens. Send us today Your overwhelming provision such that it overflows to those around us. We turn our hearts and minds to You, and ask that You forgive our trespasses and transgressions. Help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Help us to live in unity with our fellow believers. We call out for the wiping away in our hearts and minds of the evil we have done to others and the evil they have done to us such that there is no memory or thought of them within us at all. And in the void created renew our hearts and minds with thoughts and memories of You only, and the joy that You have given unto us. Create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us. Deliver us from the present evil that is in each moment that we might walk with You and be pleasing in Your sight. Restore all the provision that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and restore it one hundredfold, and the more besides. Restore right relationships among all those that call upon Your name and Your Son’s name. Show us a sign for good among Your people and the nations, that all men might know that You alone have done this. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.