Wednesday, August 16, 2017

ONLY the Lord is Righteous Enough to be Supreme



The times draw near…it takes a travesty…another tragedy…to get our attention yet again…

These moments will continue to “surprise”… continue to alarm…and continue to come at a quicker pace…it is written...

Mark 13:5-8, 12-3
And Jesus, answering them, began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you.  For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.  But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.

Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.  And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.


NO man is better than another…ALL are equally imperfect and flawed…But each man has a choice in his in imperfections to LOVE…to be Gracious…and to be Kind.   
It is a human choice…and as we see others choose otherwise…we must remember NO Man is perfect…or supreme…he just a man…who is making bad choices and his choices will be accounted for upon this earth and most importantly in Heaven.

I took the time to look at how many times the word supreme is used in the Bible. There are 66 bible verses about the Sovereignty of God…Man certainly does NOT earn the credit of this word…and is foolish to say otherwise

ONLY the Lord is Righteous enough to be Supreme…


Psalm 148:13
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His name ALONE is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven

Philippians 2:9
Therefore God also has highly EXALTED Him and given Him the name which is ABOVE every name

Luke 1:51
He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Romans 9:5
of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is OVER all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

Psalm 50:1 
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.

In your sadness…in your disgust…in your confusion…in your anger…Look UP…There is a reason your heart is dissatisfied with the day…HE calls you…Seek…and He shall be found…Amen

Revelation 3:20 Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

This Time Is a Season...



August 1st 2017….As I sit here on this warm summer day in Montana…I reflect on a post I wrote back in the beginning of this spring on the lovely Oregon coast…Winter was ceasing...and spring was subtly calling…the winter season was about to turn to Spring. 

Yesterday my husband said he saw a wild turkey in the backyard…the first time for us to see this in our new home in Montana!  And I thought to myself…this was a sign that fall is just around the corner.  Soon there will be families of turkeys roaming through the yard eating and preparing for winter to return…a new season.

Each year we can expect the coming of a new season…they seem to have a familiar scent…subtle feelings and even old memories…as a new season faithfully arrives each year…

The seasons draw a full circle….of growth…harvest…and rest…reliably to begin again in the next year…

I love this circle as a gardener…and I am reminded that our own days upon this earth are much the same... 

Unlike the calendar seasons…our own personal seasons have their own timeline…as we all know…sometimes lasting much longer in one season over another. 

The Bible tells us that God gave us the 4 seasons of the year…
Given for our pleasure to enjoy….and also designed as a reminder to man of who He/God is...and that He and ONLY He is God…who created the heavens and the earth with those amazing colorful seasons!

Look at some of these bible verses about the seasons…and these are just a few….

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...

Daniel 2:21 

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Genesis 8:22 

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Acts 1:7 

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

Psalm 104:19 

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

Psalm 1:3 

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Genesis 1:14 

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

These verses clearly state there will be regular physical changes upon this earth…called seasons…but the under lying message is about the spiritual nature of a man…He WILL go through personal seasons in His life…that will include…Joy…Strife…Sorrow…and Re birth…

The thing is…ALL mankind will go through these seasons no matter his belief in GOD or not…
The message however is…NOT good luck with that…but that I AM with you always…

If a Man invites Him…

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”

I read a devotion this am that said “You can trust the man that died for you…you can trust HIM to thwart each plan that should be stopped and to complete each one that results in His greatest Glory and YOUR highest good…You can trust HIM to lead you down the path that is the very best in this world for you…”

And this is the walk of the human man who chooses to Trust this Promise…Not that life will be easy…but that there is divine guidance ready and waiting for you to say…YES…I will trust IN this man who died for me…to guide…protect…and most importantly to unconditionally LOVE and keep me by His side…FOREVER…

This is an amazing promise and it is utterly FREE…

“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand” Psalm 73:23.

Take a hold of today and know…this too shall pass…this time IS a season…and it will not last…change is inevitable like the physical seasons of the calendar...

Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.”  Psalm 27:14
  

“You can trust the Man that died for you…”