Yom Shlishi, Elul 23, 6003 – September 4, 2018
Making A Change
We serve a living God. As I write that phrase it makes me stop to consider what life really is. We are surrounded by a world that has many things upon which we can focus. Many of these seem to be distractions really. They grab our attention, they cause us to look upon them favorably, and even longingly. We engage with these distractions on many levels. And all the while we are not similarly engaged with our Father and the things of God. This appears to be a misstep. We need to actively choose Him and His ways.
John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
So we see that we must worship our Father from the essence of who we are, the spirit. He has revealed the truth, and with our spirit we must consciously decide to follow God.
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
With our modern thought it is easy to run past the meanings of words here. The word “yield” in the Greek means to show up or be present. “Servants” means to be tied together, interwoven, mixed, etc. And the word “obey” means giving strong attention to or listen intently to. If we look at these definitions, we see that the distractions are really a means of getting us to worship something other than the Father.
Today, let’s spend some time thinking about what we give our attention to on a regular and/or intense basis. This seems to be what is most important in the mind of our Messiah when speaking to the woman at the well.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven, so perfectly, and let it bring the kingdom here in the hearts and minds and bodies of the people. Send us now the provision we seek. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil of this. 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 for us. Help us to pay attention to only You. Restore Your people to You. Restore unto Your people all that the worm has eaten. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that has been taken or held back in any way of that which is good, and the more besides. Send in quickly the $423,867,962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom here in the hearts, minds, and bodies of the people. We ask all these things of You, Father, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiak. Amen.