Friday, December 01, 2023

He Makes A Way Where There Is No Way, Eyes on Christ

 The Word of the Lord regarding our circumstances:

Ps107

13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
15Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

17Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
19Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
20He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.
21Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

The Lord God makes a way where there are currently only roadblocks:

For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

The Lord God flips "reality" on its head:

33He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35He turns a desert into pools of water,
a parched land into springs of water.

36And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;
37they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
38By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.

Our hope is in the Lord God alone.  Only He can deliver us from the great evil that plagues humanity.  

The clock is ticking, 340 days and counting.  It is easy to be distracted by things that dont matter.  This praying and pleading with the Lord over the next 340 days or so is alot less about what the enemy is doing, an election or anything else.  It is about those who love the Lord God and walk in His ways, and the Lord God Himself.  We will walk with Him in eternity, all the rest of this stuff like dust in the wind.  This process we find ourselves in is the Lord God setting us who believe up for success and the wicked being setup for failure.  That's the real big picture.  Glory to God :)

grace and peace