This week has taken its toll on the routine. I suppose one big factor is because I didn’t start the week exactly as I was supposed to… and that snowballed to the sloppy adherence in the days that followed.
But we’re still here. We’re still moving, still writing, still sweating, still clarifying.
God has always been good and will continue to be good through it all.
The dreams have kept coming and, again, I just have to say God is always good. He is faithful and true.
He is here and He is ministering to my mind, body, soul and spirit.
He is alive in us, working in us, around us, in all we’re concerned about, in all that concerns us.
He is present around the world, in all things going on, in all things that invoke worry and fear in us;
Through it all, His perfect love casts out all fear.
His perfect love reminds us that all is well with our souls.
He is our wide and firm Foundation.
Thank You, Father, for the reading of Your Word.
Psalm 33
The Steadfast Love of the LORD
1 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
I sincerely feel the move of the Word manifesting in this existence. I cannot help but notice as much as to mention, that my mind and body are being reprogrammed.
It is as the Lord promises. The Holy Spirit ministers to us, in the best way He knows how, which IS the best way for us all. It just so happens that now, I’m noticing it. I’m feeling it.
And, even with world events and events closer to home in mind, I must insist in saying – for ourselves, and for the entire body of Christ – He is moving. He is causing things to happen, in us, around us, away from us, in hearts and minds, in dead ends and waypoints, through the valleys and on the mountains, along the streams and within the clouds… much so, that all we can do in the forefront is to praise Him and to continue to rejoice, for His lovingkindness endures forever.
Yes, here and now, to the end of time and beyond, His lovingkindness endures.
With all that in mind, oh, indeed, let us shout for joy! Let us give Him thanks, in new compositions, in new songs!
Let us create in homage to the Creator, for His Word is righteous, and His work is faithful.
Yes, here and now, this earth is still and shall apparently always be full of His steadfast love.
Thank You, Father, for Your perfect love casts out all our fear.
We are held together, kept in peace that goes beyond all understanding.
We move forth with boldness and confidence, secure in the joy You give us, a joy unspeakable.
Give thanks to God, you who have been made righteous through Christ and His finished work! For as new creations, praise is our new response and reaction.
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
By His Word, which is Spirit and life towards us, we behold the depths gathered as if water could be gripped firmly;
We hear His Word, and join the rest of creation as we behold the earth trembling, and as the sun and stars in the heavens are born.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
The power of our God is in His Word. He speaks light, and there was light. He speaks to the winds and waves, and they obey Him.
He speaks, ‘it is finished’, and the veil was torn, the earth shook, and darkness covered the land.
He will speak, ‘it is done!’, and He says, ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’. His righteousness, His faithfulness is beyond bounds, standing firm before the beginning, and beyond the end.
All this to remind myself and anyone who still continues to go through what I’m just flowing with here, that He is just… good.
In all that is in this world, in all that we have experienced, in all we are going through; In all we see before us, in all the situations and circumstances, I am saying that while there is life, there is hope to be found in no less than Jesus Christ.
There is nothing else that can ever match the peace and the confidence He has died for us to have. There is nothing we can ever do to have what only He could give us – right-standing with the Creator, so much to call Him our Father.
God is good, God can be trusted, God is faithful.
And we know this, simply because He is true to His Word; and His Word is true.
10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
As ministers, we would do well to keep tuning in to His counsel. We may surround ourselves with wise counsel here in this world, but it is by His counsel and His will that we are blessed with these mentors in the first place – and we all come together by way of the Word, which I believe serves as common counsel for all of us. We stand together by way of Christ, our Firm Foundation; But I believe it is His Word which holds us together, that our own plans are in accordance to His will, and that His will is administered into our hearts, and into our actions – those of our own, and as a collective.
We testify to the Word, as we continue to take the Word in for ourselves.
By the Word of God, we receive and propagate wise counsel.
13 The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
Oh, thank You, Father, for Your watchful eye. Thank You for looking upon each and every one of us. For looking at the nations, and in spite of all You see (including all that nobody sees), You still continue to assure us that You love us with an everlasting love.
And I believe that it is by this love that You do not remain silent; By the everlasting love You have pledged to us by way of Christ’s body and blood, You are taking all things into consideration, and are still able to cause all things to work, from the highest of levels to the tiniest of details, for good.
It’s a sheer impossibility for Your Word to come together in terms of prophecies fulfilled… but it happened. As sure as that is, we are confident and secure, knowing that You see all that happens in this day and age, and are moving, again, towards all of it working, for good.
The world has a point in realizing just how ridiculous all this sounds, BUT let God be true, and every man a liar. It is by HIS Word that we persist.
With all this mentioned, and with all in mind… and if you happen to still be reading, well, I’m sorry, and thank you.
I’m sorry, because I’m just letting out all that in my head, in the name of just clarifying all that’s in there – undoing any mess and any disruption.
Thank you, because, well, you’re still here, in spite of all of that. I’m really not sure where any of this is headed, but I just pray that we continue to place our trust in Him, through all of this.
Our Father is trustworthy. His Word is true.
16 The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
Indeed, let us employ the help of armies, let us keep on building our strength.
Let us take care of our horses and beasts of burden… But in all that we are doing – whether we are sowing or watering, let us always keep in mind that it is the LORD who gives the growth.
Let us move, and continue to trust in the One who saves us, the One who delivers and rescues us.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Folks, with everything happening around the world, with the instability in our own countries, with the daily grind in our cities and communities, and in our own personal walk, let this be our Word:
In Christ, we have nothing to fear, because He watches over us; We behold Him, and tremble in awe of Him, placing our hope in His steadfast love.
In these times, we wait on Him – He is our help, and He is our shield.
We trust in Him; We trust in His steadfast love upon us (and, indeed, it dwells in me!), because we trust in His name, and we hope in Him.
Thank You, Father, for the reading of Your Word.
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