Breakfast For Your Soul

Friday, January 29, 2010

I will bless the LORD who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.  I know the LORD is always with me.  I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me.  No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.  My body rests in safety.  For You will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.  You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of Your Presence and the pleasures of living with You forever.

^{[Psalm 16:7-11]}

Happy Friday Beloved!

Bless the Lord!!! … This morning as I was listening to Dr. Tony Evans of The Urban Alternative, he used an illustration that captured my attention.  It was that of a person who falls head over heels in love with someone that met on line.  They have never seen the person face to face, sometimes they have never even heard their voice, and yet are willing to come out from the safety of their home or office, and meet these people, because the feel that they “know” them.  Words … I found it especially interesting, because my first thought was the teenager who killed herself over the “break-up” of her on line romance.  It wasn’t a romance at all, in fact, the young “man” she fell for wasn’t even a male.  It was a cruel hoax orchestrated by the mother of a former “friend” of hers, to see if this young lady was talking about her daughter behind her back.  This case made international news because the courts did not know how to proceed in this case.  I don’t know why… but there was a lot of confusion as to how to charge these people.  The other girl’s mother was convicted, but was then acquitted July, 2009 (http://techliberation.com/2009/07/02/lori-drew-acquitted-in-megan-meier-case-what-to-do-about-cyberbullying/).  That was a child.  On the other end of the age spectrum, while channel surfing one evening, I came across a show where a woman was excitedly telling her friends that she was finally going to meet a man with whom she had shared a very ’intimate phone relationship’ for three years.  They had exchanged pictures, but she had never seen him face to face.  When she met him, she was happy with what she saw, but when her physical advances towards him were refused she was crushed.  He left her in her apartment, in her underwear.  My point?  In both of these instances, these ladies put their very lives on the line for someone they only thought they knew.  What fascinates me is that there are those who can’t understand how we as children of God can believe in a God we can’t see, can’t touch and haven’t heard audibly.  What attracts not only these ladies, but many other men and women? “Words”.  Words are powerful.  They can be extremely intimate and can touch places deep in our soul.   The word “word” is mention 1179 times in the bible!  Our very salvation is predicated on a Word.  

Powerful!  In fact God’s Word also declares that, “He that rejects Me, and receives not My words, has one that judges him: the Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:48). 

We are as close to God as our next breath and as near as His Word that we have hidden in our hearts.  How do folks become acquainted?  By spending time together… fellowshipping.  Sharing, Listening, talking.  Over time, trust is built and love is deepened. The same holds true for our relationship with God, and a added benefit (as if that weren’t enough by itself) is a promise Jesus made that ~

If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you

[John 15:7]

… and that Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day and a Wonderful Weekend

Regina

“Thy Word”, Marantha Singers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLHWFpSlq4

“Your Latter Will Be Greater”, Israel & New Breed

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j5gTIXmsOs

“Your Latter Will Be Greater”, Martha Munizzi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ujeIQMr80

“All Around”, Israel & New Breed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKov_X5PwqE

“Friend of God”, Israel & New Breed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty0SO7IvtXM

“You Are The Living Word”, Fred Hammond & RFC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTYEeZdhK8

“Bless The Lord”, Tye Tribbett & GA, w/Mali Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdu7fb0g6Mo

    But what does it say? The Word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the Word of faith, which we preach; That if you shall confess with your mouth the LORD JESUS, and shall believe in your heart that GOD has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

[Romans 10:8-10]