B Y D A V I D P A M M c Q U E L
In this difficult time that we live in, we need faith and
confidence to walk victoriously as believers in Christ. We all need to understand
our relationship with Him and what it entails. We don’t serve a God who is
remotely removed and leaves us alone to our own devices.
David said, God never sleeps nor slumber. That God will not
let his feet slip. David’s experiences as the writer of this psalm is a great
background for this blog today.
David broke records of spiritual pinnacles and spiritual lows
in Scripture. Everyone can find himself somewhere in his spiritual journey. He
was so spiritual that he received grace to kill a lion, a bear and Goliath. He wrote
amazing prophecies and psalms. He led the whole nation to worship God and
worked hard to keep a clean conscience.
Then we see him get so low that he got his servant’s wife
pregnant (which should have got David stoned to death), then went on to scheme her
husband to sleep his wife and hide his responsibility. When it didn’t work, he went
on to scheme the man’s death successfully!
That’s so scary.
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light
on my path.”
First, God’s word is lamp to our feet. A lamp does not go
far. It shines only around your feet. Signifying your surrounding circumstances.
God’s word helps to explain your current standing and gives you understanding on
how to approach them.
Second, God’s word is light to our path. Light goes far. Our
path is the direction ahead. It means God’s word is like the powerful head light
of a car showing the path to the driver. It also looks like the blazing torch
of the hunter in the woods that shows him far off.
God’s word has been given to us to guide us in our day to
day challenges as well as for life as a whole. We can find in it the mind of
God, His provisions and His guidance to get us through just anything.
How do we address personal battles with the frenzy of today’s
world, that is trying hard to manipulate and influence our very lives?
The assurances we can find as God’s children are:
His Power
19 I have given you authority to trample on
snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will
harm you. Luke 10:19
Jesus gave us His disciples power over all the power of the
enemy. We as Christians are not a bunch of fearful timid weaklings. We are a
people of His power. Certainly, from this scripture, He didn’t intend for us to
be helpless in the face of the enemy.
Unfortunately, there is a large group of Christians who hold
to a doctrine of weakness. They will go to any length to explain that
Christianity is merely a theoretical faith. Just an intellectual thing, in the
mind but the practical aspect is no more, at their best explanation. Holding to
a form of godliness but denying its power.
However, man’s need has never changed. God’s help has never
changed. Man’s cry to God has never changed. God’s answer to man’s cry has
never changed. Man’s approach to God as laid down in the bible should not
change because God’s response to our call has never ceased.
His
Presence
20 “…And surely I am with you always, to the
very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
One of the last things Jesus said to his disciple was that although
He was physically leaving them, He was going to ever be present with them till
the end of the world.
Well, the world has not ended. Sure, that promise still
stands!!
It is ultimately reassuring to know that no matter what goes
on down here on earth, God is not far from us. That’s why Jesus was named Emmanuel.
God with us. So, for a woman who is trusting God for a child; the unemployed
who is desperately looking for a job; for a sick man fighting cancer; and for a
troubled business, His presence is absolutely guaranteed.
Isn’t that encouraging?
God is ever present. That is comforting. Whatever, we may be
going, if we are sure He is there, we will not be scared. We will be assured of
assistance and his comfort. What is the value of His presence?
1.
Father’s love
2.
His support
3.
Protection
4.
Guidance
His
Promises
God made adequate provision for our every need. He cares for
both our life on earth and for life aftermath. And He did not hide His thoughts
and intentions. However, according to the scripture above, a lot depends on our
knowledge of Him and of His provision. And in that provision, he gave us his
promises.
“3 His divine power has given us everything we
need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own
glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great
and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”
2 Peter 1:3-4
And these promises are “…very great and precious promises”.
The purpose of these promises when appropriated by the
believer, is to enable him inherit and enjoy God’s provision for this life and
for the life to come. It says that through them (the promises) we may “participate”
in the “divine nature”.
God wants us to go beyond the human nature and participate
in the divine nature. The divine nature is superior because we enjoy divine or
heavenly privileges. For example, God intends that we receive His deliverance
from trouble.
Is there a plan by God to protect and preserve us from the Covid-19
virus? Absolutely yes! If He God cares, and yes, He does! Will he leave us
alone, exposed and helpless at the danger of a virus? I don’t think so. We can
rely on his promises. Let me give a few promises in Scriptures:
25 Worship
the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take
away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren
in your land. I will give you a full life span. Exodus 23:25-26
15 The LORD will keep you free from every
disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt,
but he will inflict them on all who hate you. Deuteronomy 7:15
6 “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and
healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and
security.” Jeremiah 33:6
1 “Jesus called his twelve disciples to him
and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease
and sickness.” Matthew 10:1
19 “I
have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all
the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.” Luke 10:19
14 “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call
the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name
of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick
person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be
forgiven.” James 5:14-15
One of the best things you can do now to help yourself is to
hold on to God’s promises. Hold to what Jesus said because His words are
unfailing. His word will bring health to your body. Proverbs 4:22 “for they
are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”
If you have not received Jesus in your heart, and you have
either read this article or heard the word of salvation sometimes ago, and you
want to receive Jesus today, you can pray with me this simple prayer.
Father God, thank you for loving
me. Thank you for sending Jesus to lay down His life for me and my sins. I open
my heart to you and I invited you into my heart, to be my Lord and my Savior.
Thank you for saving me. I am grateful that I am now a child of God.”
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The srirtures are true and more than ever people needs God 🙏 in their and the Bible it's our guide and Message from God and Jesus 🙏 his only begotten son that he sacrifice so we could have ever lasting life all that is going on in the world today it's tragic but God will stop with his messagers through our Lord and savior we have to stand together as a unit God 🙏 Bless everyone
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