Wednesday's Word

Don't rely on me to do it, as a matter of fact, don't rely on anyone to do it because we are not capable of freeing you from sin or guilt.  Turn everything about you over to God because His WORD says that "The mercy of the  Lord  is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children" (Psalms 103:17 KJV)

Think about all of the guilt that we carry and for what? Let it go and give it over to God. He will have mercy on you and He will forgive you of all of your sins, He will remove from you your guilt and not only from you but also from your children and your children's children...break the generational curse that has been such a burden and be free, be released and be rid of the things that has hindered you from knowing the true and limitless love of our Lord and Savior! Be Loosed today and be set free, not only for today but from everlasting to everlasting! Time to get our homes in order and you know what...it starts with you!

Wait!

Wouldn't you rather do anything than wait? If the truth were known, some of us would rather do the wrong thing than wait.

I have found, however, that waiting is the rule rather than the expectation in life. The exception is an open door; when you have one - GO! They don't happen very often! But waiting, when the door is closed doesn't mean you're out of the will of God. You could be right in the center of His will.

The open door is the exception. The burst of green lights happen just a few seconds in life. The rest of the time is filled with a few yellow lights, and mostly red lights that flash. Wait, wait, wait! - (from Three Steps Forward and Two Steps Back by Charles Swindoll)

It's easy to compromise when people are waiting for you to act. Determine that no matter the pressure, no matter the cost, no matter the delay, you will act only when your response honors God. Never compromise your integrity to satisfy others.

I'm Not Just Rock Solid, I'm GOD SOLID!

God's Word says that He created me in His image and likeness. That I have been fearfully and wonderfully made. That I'm to be the head and NOT the tail and that I'm blessed in my laying down and in my getting up! I will NOT be shaken and I will NOT be moved, but I'm going to STAND on the Word of God and it will be only HIS REPORT that I will believe. So, hold up devil, I'm NOT going to entertain your lies, deceit and trickery. I'm walking in the truth of God's Word!

For God ’s Word is solid to the core; everything He makes is sound inside and out. (Psalm 33:4‭ MSG)

God's Ways are NOT Like Our Ways

We ask for grace, only to find forgiveness already offered. (How did you know I would sin?) We ask for food, only to find provision already made. (How did you know I would be hungry?) We ask for guidance, only to find answers in God’s Word. (How did you know what I would ask?)

God dwells in a different realm. “The foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength” (1 Corinthians 1:25). He occupies another dimension. “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Make special note of the word “like”. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are they even like ours. We aren’t even in these neighborhood. We’re thinking, Preserve the Body; He’s thinking Save the Soul. We dream of a pay raise, He dreams of raising the dead. We avoid pain and seek peace. God uses pain to bring peace. “I’m going to live before I die,” we resolve. “Die, so you can live,” He instructs. We love what rusts. He loves what endures. We rejoice at our successes. He rejoices at our confessions. We show our children the Nike star with the million-dollar smile and say, “Be like Mike”. God points to the crucified carpenter with bloody lips and a torn side and says, “Be like Christ.”

Our thoughts are not like God’s thoughts. Our ways are not like His ways. He has a different agenda. He dwells in a different dimension. He lives on another plane. And that plane is named in the first phrase of the Lord’s prayer. “Our Father in Heaven” - (from The Great House of God by Max Lucado)

"Things" INAPPROPRIATELY Adored are Idols

You can make an Idol out of anything or anyone in life. A church building can become an Idol to us, when all the while it is simply a place to meet and worship our Lord - nothing more. Your work can easily become your God...as can some pursuit in life. A house, a chair, an antique car, an education, a trip abroad, and even the goal of retirement...

Your lord and savior wants to occupy first place. Matthew 6:33 says that when He has it (1st Place), everything else will be added to you. How long has it been since you've enlisted your Lord's help in a private, personal Temple - cleansing session? It's so easy to get attached to Idols -  good things, INAPPROPRIATELY adored. But when you have Jesus in the center of the room, everything else only junks up the decor!

"You shall not make idols for yourselves" (Leviticus 26:1a NKJV)

GRACE - "I tell you the truth..." It is extended to both YOU and ME!

A condemned criminal was sent to his death by his country. In his final moments, he asked for mercy. Had he asked for mercy from the people, it would have been denied. Had he asked it of the government, it would have been declined. Had he asked it of his victims, they would have turned a deaf ear. But it wasn’t to these he turned for grace. He turned instead to the bloodied form of the One who hung on the cross next to his and pleaded, ”Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And Jesus answered by saying, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43)