Breakfast For Your Soul

So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.  And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.  [John 1:14]

Today I was thinking about God, and a Word hit my spirit.  God’s kids need to be reminded of who He is and what He has done.  There are those in the family of God, who have been taught of God, but have become desensitized to the message of the Gospel.  They have in essence forgot God.  One of the admonishments God gave the children of Israel, was that when He brought them into the ‘good’ land…. not to forget Him.  Why would He say that?  How can a God that has done so much be forgotten?  I used to point my finger, and shake my head at faithless, forgetful Israel.  That is until I was directed to look at myself and my nation.  We are a nation who God has abundantly blessed.  Our poorest day is richer than most in the underdeveloped world around us.  Many would love to have our problems.  Rising fuel… they have none.  Rising electric.. they have none.  Rising food costs…. they are starving.  Inflated water bills… they walk miles for one bucket of water, other than that, they must share with every other living creature in the village.  Irritating family members….  people are dying in droves.  Frustrating co-workers.. there are no jobs.  We are so blessed.  Despite ourselves… we are blessed.  God has favored us.  We have many wounds and scars.  As individuals, as a people, as a nation… God loves us…. scars and all.  He created us.  He formed the first man Adam out of the dust of the earth and breathed life into Him.  He literally gave Adam the world.  He gave him dominion and authority over everything He had made.  God brought the animals to Adam to see what He would call them, and whatever Adam called them, that’s what they became.  From that day until this.  A horse is still a horse…. a lamb is still a lamb.  Everything was going along fine.  However, there was a jealous, dangerous entity lurking about the Garden of Eden.  This being could not stand that this beautiful new species called Man and Woman had so much favor with God.  He absolutely hated them, and set out to destroy them.  Knowing how much the Sovereign One cared for these irritating little creatures, the evil one knew that hurting them, would be his only way to strike out at The All Powerful One.  See, in his eyes, God had made a mistake.  He gave these creatures free will.  They were not commanded to love Him.  They were given only one rule… do not eat from the tree in the midst of the garden.  ONE TREE…. out of all the other trees they could freely eat from.. they were told not to eat from that ONE TREE.  This is where their free will would be tested.  They could choose, and he determined that he would cause them to choose to disobey God.  His plan worked.  Adam and Eve were banished from God’s Garden, but to his surprise not from God’s sight.  To the evil one’s utter dismay and astonishment, not only did God clothe these creatures, but God promised them that He had a plan, for them to get back what had been lost.  The devil had no idea what God had in Mind.  He only knew that it had something to do with the woman and a male child.  So, for generations he attacked women and their sons, trying to destroy whatever it was God was going to do.  We can glean in scripture that the devil really didn’t knew what to make of Jesus.  He couldn’t tempt Him.  None of his tactics that had worked before on other holy men of God, influenced Him.  So, he sought to set Him up and kill Him.  His plan worked, or so he thought.  He did not realized that this was God’s plan all along.  God sent His only begotten Son, to buy back what Adam had sold to the kingdom of darkness.  The excruciating death of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary paid our debt.  Not only that but He gave us full access, with unlimited benefits, to the presence of God.  We can pray anytime, anywhere and we can be assured that God hears our prayer.  The well-beloved Son of the Most High God legally holds the title deed to our world.  As I’ve said before, satan’s power is the power of suggestion.  It is limited, but powerful nonetheless.  However, God is greater and He lives.  He is so powerful, He can live in heaven and dwell on the inside of us all at the same time.  He has a listening ear and open arms.  He is all wise and all knowing. He is compassionate, and His love is never-ending.  He is also, King and Sovereign.  Supreme Ruler of the Universe.  He is not a made up fairy tale, and the bible is not a collection of fables… He is GOD.

….. and that is really Good News!

U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day

Regina

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:10-11