GOD IS ALWAYS MOVING US TO GREATER THINGS.

6/4/2019

I LIKE TO SPEND A PART OF MY DAY IN GOD’S WORD. WHEN I SPEND THAT TIME, I ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND A PEARL OF WISDOM, A THOUGHT TO CONTEMPLATE, OR MOST OFTEN A DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD THAT LEADS ME TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MY LIFE AND PURPOSE. TODAY I WAS IN EXODUS, READING ABOUT ALL THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAD ENDURED IN THEIR TIME IN EGYPT. GOD EMBRACED THEM, AND AFTER MUCH SUFFERING UNDER PHARAOH, MOSES THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD WAS ABLE TO FREE THEM INTO A NEW BEGINNING, AND A NEW LIFE WITH GOD. OF COUSE, THE PEOPLE WENT THROUGH THE TRIALS OF FEAR OF GOD, AND DISTRUST OF HIS AUTHORITY AND POWER, AND EVENTUALLY A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN THE WILDERNESS HAD TO EVOLVE UNTIL FINALLY, THEIR DESCENDANTS WERE ABLE TO FIND THEIR PROMISED PLACE AND PURPOSE.

THE MESSAGE FOR US TO SEE IN THIS IS THAT GOD ALWAYS DELIVERS US FROM A TIME OF DIFFICULTY INTO A TIME OF GREATER JOY AND PURPOSE. GOD IS ALWAYS EXPANDING HIS RELATIONSHIP AND HIS LOVE FOR US. FROM THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM, TO THE COMMANDMENTS HE GAVE TO MOSES, TO THE BIRTH OF HIS SON IN BETHLEHEM, TO AN EMPTY TOMB, AND THE GRACE AND HOPE OF SALVATION. GOD NEVER STOPS HELPING US DEAL WITH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES OF TODAY, TO MOVE US CLOSER TO HIM TOMORROW. SCRIPTURE DEFINES US AS A PECULIAR TREASURE TO HIM. IT MEANS THAT WE ARE HIS ALONE. THE TREASURE OF OUR KING.

NOW THEREFORE, IF YE WILL OBEY MY VOICE INDEED, AND KEEP MY COVENANT,THEN YE SHALL BE A PECULIAR TREASURE UNTO ME ABOVE ALL PEOPLE: FOR ALL THE EARTH IS MINE. AND YE SHALL BE UNTO ME A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, AND A HOLY NATION. THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Exodus 19:5-6

PAUL MAKES IT CLEAR TO ME IN HIS WRITINGS, THAT I AM GRAFTED INTO THE COVENANT THAT GOD MADE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. I TOO AM A PECULIAR TREASURE TO THE MOST HIGH GOD ! NO MATTER WHAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, OR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TERM BATTLE, GOD IS WITH ME, AND HE WILL DELIVER ME TO A GREATER PLACE THAT ALLOWS ME TO BE A PRIEST IN HIS KINGDOM. I WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO HIM. I WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO HIM. I WILL ALWAYS BE NEAR TO HIM. HIS TREASURE !

BUT SOME OF THESE BRANCHES FROM ABRAHAM’S TREE, SOME OF THESE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF. AND YOU GENTILES, WHO WERE BRANCHES FROM A WILD OLIVE TREE, HAVE BEEN GRAFTED IN.SO NOW YOU ALSO RECEIVE THE BLESSING GOD HAS PROMISED ABRAHAM AND HIS CHILDREN, SHARING IN THE RICH NOURISHMENT FROM THE ROOT OF GOD’S SPECIAL OLIVE TREE. Romans 11';17

YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DELIVERED OUT OF THE BONDAGE OF SIN, INTO A PLACE IN THE FAMILY AND KINGDOM OF GOD. EACH DAY, NO MATTER THE CHALLENGES WE ENDURE, GOD IS WITH US, AND WE ARE SPECIAL IN HIS SIGHT. HIS SON HAS GIVEN US SALVATION, AND A DIRECT PATH INTO HIS KINGDOM. A DIRECT INVITATION TO LET HIM INTO OUR HEARTS AND HAVE OUR LIVE’S CHANGE. TO BE COMPLETE, HOLY, AND CITIZENS OF HIS KINGDOM.

ARE YOU READY TO COME OUT OF YOUR STRUGGLES AND MOVE ON TO GREATER THINGS? EVERY ONE OF US HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. IT DOESN’T TAKE WORK, AND IT DOESN’T TAKE INTELLIGENCE, OR EXCELLENCE, OR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO OR ACCOMPLISH ON YOUR OWN. IT TAKES SURRENDER, AND TRUST. GIVING YOUR LIFE OVER TO JESUS, AND BELIEVING HE DIED FOR YOU, AND HE TOOK YOUR FAILURE TO THE CROSS WITH HIM. AND WHEN HE AROSE, SO DID YOU….IN HIM. HE WANTS YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE. COME OUT OF YOUR BONDAGE INTO HIS FREEDOM AND LOVE. BE ALL YOU CAN BE IN AND THROUGH HIM. OPEN YOUR HEART AND LET HIS LOVE FILL YOU COMPLETELY…..AND FIND YOUR PATH AND YOUR PURPOSE. BE BLESSED IN HIS LOVE/ JA