Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8 NIV
Just meditate on the benefits of the fear of God! Awesome! You think you are wise, and that is fine; however it's safer and better that you do not lean upon your own understanding. Can you trust in the Lord and acknowledge his ways? Can you believe that the Lord Will Guide your paths and straighten them out? Are you willing to fear the Lord and shun evil? If you can do these things faithfully, there will be health in your body and your bones will be well nourished. Father please Help us to trust in You and not lean upon our own understanding in Jesus' Name. Amen!!!
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! Psalm 84:11,12 NASB
The Lord Gives Light in our darkness and He is available to us as a Protection from all evil aimed at us. If we have grace and receive glory, it can only be God; because whatever the world gives is a mockery and a shadow of the real thing that God avails unto the believer! The Lord Blesses the upright who trust in Him. Everyone must choose whether or not to follow the Lord. I have made my choice. How about you? Father, please I choose You; be our Guide, Sun and Shield in Jesus' Name. Amen!!! >Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalm 40:4,5 KJV
In today's world, we disdain those who trust in the Lord as foolish. We respect and honour the proud, liars etc. and despise the Lord and His Word. Yet, we have the option to acknowledge the Lord and make Him our choice to follow and emulate. He is a marvellous Lord and desires to Bless us. All He asks of us is to fear and love Him with all we've got and to love our neighbours as ourselves. Because of sin, we find this almost impossible to do! Father Lord, please Help us to trust You and not accord respect to the proud and wicked in Jesus' Name. Amen!!!
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognise the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 John 4:1-3 (NIVUK)
We must be wise as serpents and gentle as doves in matters of the Spirit! Falst prophets abound in this day and age just like in times before. Lots of cousel is spoken and received; but care must be taken not to trust and believe just any and everybody because they claim to be sent of God. Even satan masquerades as an angel of light! Any spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is not of God basically. The antichrist is already in the world in spirit; but will manifest through people! Be very wary. Father, Protect us please; from the spirit of the antichrist; and fill us with the Spirit of God in Jesus' Name. Amen!
(25) not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 NKJV
Do not undermine or give up on having felloship reguarly with fellow believers; and not necessarily in a place called church either. Give each other mutual encouragement and love. The Day of the Lord is very near; let us all be very prepared in and out of season lest we be found wanting. Father, Help us to be rooted in Your Word and in fellowship with our fellow believers in Jesus' Name. Amen!!!
