LORD, WHO SHALL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE?

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

                                                                       - Psalm 15 verse 1 

The Lord prepares a place for those who are his. In His Father's house are many mansions. 

Who shall sojourn to the tent of the Lord? Who shall the Lord call up to dwell in the holy hill where He Himself dwells?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

                                                                                   - Psalm 15 verse 2  - 5 

The Lord seeks those who are mature in their walk with God and the thoughts and intentions in their hearts are pure and who live sacrificially by preferring to place others before themselves.

Such people will be invited  to dwell near the most high God in glory. Praise his holy name.

I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER. 

The Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. In His goodness and mercy, The Lord invites us to partake in the righteousness that He demonstrated at the cross. He set His face as flint and withstood the horror of the cross so that we could have our sins paid for.

By paying our ransom for us,  the Lord Jesus Christ gave us a free gift of salvation that gives us the right to be children of God and inherit eternal life.

We should not discard so great a gift that translates us out of the kingdom of darkness and  into the kingdom of God's dear Son.

Amen.

ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

                                   - Psalm 23 verse 6

The Lord numbers the days of His people.  He orders their steps.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge

Amen.

GOODNESS AND MERCY

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord  Forever.

                                                                                    -   Psalm 23   verse 6 

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. 

The Lord's plans for us are to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future.

Bless the Lord O my soul.

Amen.

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.      

                                                                                          -  Psalm 23 Verses 4 -5    

The Lord lavishly provides for His people. The Lord loves a cheerful giver and this is because He is a cheerful giver Himself.

Ask and it will be given unto you. Pressed down and shaken together and running over.  He will meet you where you are weak to lift you up. 

If it is mercy you need, it will be given. Remember that God will not overlook or discard a contrite heart. A humble heart He will not despise but He resists the proud.

If it is grace you need, it will be given to you in abundance.  For the Lord leads us in the paths of righteousness for  His name's sake and as he leads you, His grace will abound to you if you need it to grow in the Lord.

If it is acceptance by God that you need, seek Him for if you seek, you will find,  knock and  the door will be opened unto you. Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. 

If it is wisdom you need, ask God for it and it will be given to you liberally and without reproach. He will not limit how much wisdom he gives you. If you ask for it, He will provide it as often as you need it. 

The Lord is good.  Seek Him and His Kingdom first and all other things will be added unto you; pressed down, shaken together and running over 

Amen.

Monday, March 29th 2021

THOU ANNOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.                                                                                                                                                  -  Psalm 23 Verses 4 -5    

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. 

He annoints us with oil to strengthen us and to amplify our work and  effort in the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. His anointing also strengthens our defences against of the enemy  and heightens our awareness and understanding.

Our God is a gracious King who imbues His people with His power and authority. 

Praise Him always.

 HE MAKES THE WINDS HIS MESSENGERS

A strong wind blows across the continents. 

The Lord sends His angels. His judgement looms and will shake the earth. The usurpers will meet their judge and be no more.

THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

                                                                                        -  Psalm 23 Verses 4 -5  

The Lord our God is powerful. He is the creator of all things. This world and all that is in it are His.

By the Lord's great and final victory at the cross on which He died, He definitively confirmed His perfection and authority to rule and reign over all creation when He rose again on the third day.

Those who believe in Him and trust in Him are under the protection of His mighty authority and in the presence of those who hate them, He provides for them who trust and gives them all they need.

Praise the Lord who sits as ruler over all things.

THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

                                                            - Psalm 23 verse 4

The Lord carefully and gently guides those who are His. 

His word is lamp unto  our feet and a light unto our path. 

His strength  and His authority give comfort to those who trust in Him for He never changes.

All the promises of God in Him are yea and in Him amen, unto the Glory of God by us.

FOR THOU ART WITH ME

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.

                                                                                        - Psalm 23 verse 4 

The Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. He is closer than any brother. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not in your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.  Amen.

                                                   

 I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil.

For Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.

                                                            - Psalm 23  verse 4

Inevitably, life will bring us all into times of great danger and fearsome hazards. Sometimes it is injuries and illness that bring us to the brink of death. Sometimes emotional injuries are what threaten to derail us and leave us marooned and emotionally lifeless. In yet other cases, it is spiritual darkness that threatens to overtake us leaving us ensnared in deceptions and enslavement.  

In all these conditions, the  Lord Jesus Christ is the one who can save us from the dead ends that these hazards represent.

His healing power over the physical and emotional  parts of ourselves can bring us back from destruction and dissolution.  His absolute authority over dark spiritual entities can rescue us from being spiritually entombed in spiritual bondage.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him.  

HE LEADETH ME IN PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

The Lord is wonderful and worthy to the praised. He never leaves us or forsakes us. He works in our lives to bring us to sanctification and guides us in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

When we make mistakes and venture down the wrong paths, He gracefully accepts us back and makes all things work together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.

Bless the Lord.

HE RESTORES MY SOUL

The Lord is wonderful and steadfast. He tends those who are His with love and gentleness and He restores their souls.

His sheep may have been ravaged by wolves and lions and injured and crushed but under His care, His people are comforted and they are cared for with goodness and mercy. 

He restores their souls with His words and His leading.

Bless the Lord. Amen.

SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

The Lord Jesus of Nazareth is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by Him.

If finding the true God is the yearning of your heart, the only path to Him is through Jesus the Son of God. 

If you look for God via any other route, you will be entrapped in deception and enslavement.  There are snares laid in the path of those who try searching for God apart from Jesus. Other spirits from the kingdom of darkness will happily keep you in bondage for the duration of your life.

They will fill your mind with distractions and keep you running in a hamster wheel until it is too late. At the end of your life, your soul will fall irreversibly into their hands. You will find yourself with no strength and facing hateful and vengeful beings whose pleasure is to torture you. 

Your only hope is to know the true God who made the only way by which you can be redeemed out of the kingdom of darkness and translated into the kingdom of light.

The true God gave his only son Jesus to die on a cross for you. Jesus was cruelly and publically killed on a crucifix where His innocent blood was poured out to pay for your sins.

If you believe in and  accept His sacrifice, you will be translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. 

Believe in the Lord Jesus and be saved.

THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT

Psalm 19 verse 7 - 11

The law of the Lord is perfect,

    refreshing the soul.

The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,

    making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right,

    giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant,

    giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is pure,

    enduring forever.

The decrees of the Lord are firm,

    and all of them are righteous.

    They are more precious than gold,

    than much pure gold;

    they are sweeter than honey,

    than honey from the honeycomb.

    By them your servant is warned;

    in keeping them there is great reward.

 

The judgment of the Lord approaches. Seek Him while He may yet be found.

OUR WONDROUS GOD (2)

Having reached an understanding that an eternal sentient being is a necessary requirement for our own conscious existence and that that being has left clues in the nature of human consciousness as to His interest in us and his proximity to us, we are left to ponder on what the minimum capacities of such a being to create the universe in which we live would be.

To try to get to a rough minimum, one would have to start by looking at the capabilities of a regular  human being and then extrapolating them to a level where creating the universe is minimally possible.

First, consider the energy factor. A human being's  energy output is very limited and is contingent on the materials available around that human being.   He can expend energy on a particular project or enterprise. Of course this energy is derived from existing sources of energy made available by mechanisms on which the human is dependent but not responsible for. 

If a man were to build a wall, he could lift the bricks one upon another using energy which he could have extracted from his lunch of potatoes. He could have farmed these potatoes himself but in truth, the man has no part in engineering the potato's life and certainly no part in the chemical process of ingesting carbohydrates and converting them to sugar that then gets used in the process of providing energy to cells. It is in this way that a human being is a contingent cog in a process that runs entirely without his guidance and often without his awareness.

To extrapolate the equivalent capacity of the God of this universe, one would have to first understand that His energy cannot be sourced from a source outside of Himself. The energy needed to create a universe (which is stupendously vast) is contained and has been owned by God for the entirety of His eternal existence.

Second, He would have to have the ability  to control and channel this energy in any fashion He desired. The ability is the equivalent in a human of deliberate using His energy to place bricks to create a wall design of his choosing. The human being's conscious mind provides him with intentions,  purposes, preferences and then the impetuous to move his arms and fingers to cause a desired result in the corporeal world. In God's case, the energy He owns is fully controlled by His  faculties of harnessing His energy for His intentions, purposes, preferences and the impetus to act. 

God's enterprise of creating the universe represents His expenditure of an amount of this energy.  The amount of energy would be the totaling of all the zero point energy in the universe, the energy contained in all the stars in all the galaxies in the universe, all the energy burnt off by all the stars in all the universe and all the other energies that hold the fabric of the material universe together and hold the structure of the universe in place.

Further to that, whatever the  number is, one must include the additional energies used for building supporting platforms, fabrications, transfers, storage costs, constraints, formation, routing, calibration and cleanup.

The final number in terms of kilo joules is beyond conceptualization by the human being. With our limited capabilities, we are able to deliberately expend a certain amount of joules to bring a project to completion.  As well, humans are able to mitigate our physical and mental limitations by devising tools and machines to amplify our efforts  so that  we can accelerate and increase the scope of our pursuits. As big as we are able to build, we remain derivative and contingent beings because humans are derived from sources we have no control over. Each human is derived from a pair of preexisting humans and further to that, the material that represents the physical existence of a human is derived from plant and animal life and other materials from the world around them. We are contingent in the sense that our ability to live depends on the continuation of biological functions  that are supplied with a unceasing flow of air, water, food and warmth.

Without these, we cease to be able to participate in the experience of life. On the other hand, God is not derivative nor is He contingent. His output is purely from His own resources and His own facilities.

He, compared to us, is colossal. He looks at us in our limited state and loves us. After all, we are made in His "image" which means we look like Him and we are also made in His "likeness" which means we are made to operate like Him.  We are similes of God writ very small. To understand the relationship better, one would have to understand that we are desperately dependent on him to live in the barest physical sense.

Our limited state has us in a perpetually dependent state. Ultimately, our dependence is on the provision made by a limitless being who has concerned Himself with us enough to provide what we are derived from and what we are contingent on.

I conclude this segment with this point: Whether we know it or not, our greatest dependency  is salvation. We are complete unable to save ourselves from the consequences of our own rebellion  against the God who made us. Our own fallen condition has routed us away from the God who is our ultimate source and supply in the universe we dwell in. If this drift away from God were not mitigated, our end would be destruction for each person. We were designed to be dependent on God but we chose to live in the universe apart from Him. 

The God who is our ultimate  provider, is also the provider of the only means of salvation for us. We can call upon to the name of our God to be saved through the Lord Jesus of Nazareth who suffered a blood soaked death on a cross to pay for our rebellious state of sinfulness. 

In the end, a human apart from God would drift in eternal darkness having rebelled and then refused the redemption offered by His creator.  Do not refuse the offer. 

OUR WONDROUS GOD

The universe is grand.

It is grand in scale, grand in complexity, grand in beauty, grand in mystery and grand in conception.

The God who made the universe would himself have superlative attributes that vastly supersede the grandness of the universe.

His attributes would reach far beyond the imagination of  any beings who  lived within the confines of the universe He created.

Some speculators have discounted the concept God and declared that existence has some mechanism of creating itself or some infinitely recessionary creative process that depends on no conscious initiator.  

This is of course a foolish pretension. Infinite recursion is not a problem to casually write off as a limitation of human understanding. Infinite recursion nullifies our existence and without a conscious being to bifurcate infinity,  non-existence continues forever or existence continues in a stable state forever. No big bang and not emergence of life.   

A superlative God is the only logically possible  fonz et origo of the realm we live in. 

To correctly reach this conclusion will bring you to a fork in the road. Is the God who made the universe a God who created everything we know and went on to other things far beyond our reach  or is He, as many claim, interested in the universe and the people who spring from it

An absent God is more logical than no God at all but given the propensities of humans on this earth to argue this point through eons of time, a present God would  be the superior option. The emergence of a God-questioning species implies that a creative God built the human template with the desire to find the reason for their creation and perhaps even to know the nature of the being that made them. It is way more logical to conclude that a very present God exists and does so within reach of the human species.

This God is willing and able to intercept the course of human history and even go so far as to give His life to redeem us from the ghastly predicament our own nature brought us to.

The God who sacrifices His life to save men from destruction is the ultimate superlative being and His name is Jesus of Nazareth.

THE NATIONS SHALL MARVEL 

The Lord's justice will prevail over the power of darkness. He bring low those who said that God does not hear or does not see.

He knows all things and everything done in secret will be made plain. 

He will shake the earth and a massive smoldering pit will appear in the earth and everyone's heart will tremble.

Trust in the Lord for His redemption is near. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved.

 THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH

Rest in the Lord for He is made strong when you are weak.

The Lord is my shepherd.   I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me on paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 

 THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND EVERYTHING IN IT

There is an uneasiness in the atmosphere. A time of judgement approaches.  

There are those who say that they are the lords and masters of the earth.

The world will soon show that there is no-one who can usurp the  authority of the creator on the earth.

A vast chasm will open up and none will have any say in it. It shall take up the waters and the nations will be brought low.

Only Jesus Christ will have the capacity to resolve the calamity. 

 THE WHOLE WORLD WILL CHANGE

First, an earthquake well over 9.0 

Second, a volcanic eruption that defies description.

Third, a tsunami of the scale not yet seen

Forth, a receding of sea level by 200 feet as water pours into an undersea cauldron.

Fifth, a major economic disruption.

THE AIR RUMBLES

It has been said that the air has changed. It is rumbling and trembling causing anxiety or uneasiness.

As for me, I just have a foreboding of what is to come but if I were sensitive to spiritual atmospheres, I bet I would feel it as a rumble or a tremble or a deep rolling thunder.

The intensity builds as the spirit world brushes up against the corporeal realm. 

The event will strike and the whole world will not be same again. Those who imagined that they could usurp already functional countries to try their totalitarian experiments will discovery that their ambitions will die in the face of catastrophe.  After all, they planned to  route the wealth of  nations to themselves.  In the absence of wealth and indeed routes, their ideology collapses back into the sludge from whence it came.

The truth become primal and the Christ Jesus becomes the apex towards whom all  things aim. 

His day fast approaches.  

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Fear the Lord for He is toweringly powerful. He has all power in his hands. 

The day of the Lord will arrive and you will fear the Lord anyway when you see the fearsome events that take place.

The Lord, as strong as He is, has made a way to bring you into a wonderful relationship with Him. Through His Son Jesus Christ, you can be part of the security of His family and be joined to your creator as a child of God.

Shortly, events will cause the fear of God into the whole world. Very soon, a monstrous volcanic event will cause an earthquake and a tsunami that will bring consternation around the globe. 

Fear the Lord.

OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

The Lord is never surprised by any conspiracy or any hidden plot.  There is no secret plan that is hidden from God. 

Any scheme of the evil one is known to the Lord and He can counter any action of darkness for the Lord is powerful and is wise. He knows the end from the beginning. He is able to put in place any resource or any wisdom that we His people may need to defeat the powers of darkness. 

He has made us more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

The powers of darkness plotted in darkness to usurp power over the whole world. 

The Lord saw it all and made provision against them. Political, social, spiritual and physical provisions.  I saw a vast cauldron of magma in a magma chamber under the earth. Fearsome shaking will occur.

Suddenly, like lightening, they will be brought low. They will hang their heads in shame. 

The Lord will lift up His anointed servant and rejoicing will return to the whole earth.

THE  TRUTH OF JESUS  IS MARCHING ON

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, in all existence, that is  like the Lord Jesus. There is no one who is equivalent. There is nothing that can compare. 

The Lord Jesus Christ is not the equivalent of any acclaimed person on earth. Jesus is the God of the universe. He made the universe. We humans are made based on His template. We look like him and we operate like him writ small.

All other pretenders to religious importance are absolutely nothing in comparison with the Lord Jesus Christ who is the king of heaven and earth. Jesus Christ is the only one who can save a human soul.  All other religious leaders are portending to lead those who are blind but are instead leading their followers into  the domain of darkness.

When you encounter Jesus, you will be shocked to find that He is approachable but that He is a person who has so much gravity that it feels like you are disintegrating in His presence. He is infinitely loving and also terrifyingly powerful. 

To get to the condition where you can encounter Jesus, you must get into a stance of humility and contrition.  You are separate from Jesus Christ because of your rebellious nature and that rebellious nature is incompatible with contact with the Lord Jesus. To recognize your own rebellious heart towards the things of God is the first step towards approaching God.

The next step is to be humble before the Lord. The stance of genuine contrition is the only marker that you can present that will allow you to approach the presence of the Lord to seek his redemption. The bible says that "God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble." (James 4 verse 6).  God will not despise or reject the sincerely humble and contrite heart. 

The superlative greatness of the Lord Jesus was such that he made it possible for a contrite heart to be accepted by the Holy God by providing the sacrifice of His own life through His own death on a cross.  This sacrifice of His life was a universal demonstration of the perfect holiness of the God and the Son of God. It was the definitive proof that He had the right  of Kingship of heaven and earth and He had the right to save His people.

Best all, the only thing that humans have to do to be saved is to believe in Him so as not to perish but to have everlasting life.

This Jesus who made this route to salvation possible is by far the most important person for you to know and to believe in.

Make every effort in the time you are alive to recognize your current separation from God. Then believe in the Lord Jesus to the degree that you can humble yourself before Him so that he can issue salvation and eternal life to you.

WHAT CAN BE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKEN

I saw lush green deciduous trees with only their tops emerging from the brown swirling water. A monster flood inundating the landscape. 

A mountain will shake and the water will roar. 

Hawaii.  West coast of North America.

A terrifying judgement approaches.

THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE

If I were to operate in the gifts of the Spirit and did not have love, I would be a clanging cymbal.

Cultivate love as the center of all spiritual activity. 

 HIS MERCIES NEVER COME TO AN END

How great is our Lord who is like a strong fortress. The righteous shall run into it and are safe.

His steadfast love never ceases. His mercies never come to an end.

Praise and honor Him all the days of your life.

 A VISION OF CALAMITY FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

The west coast of the United States will have massive floods coursing down the river valleys. The deluge will be so deep in places that only the tops of tall trees will be visible above the thick muddy water.

The inundation will beyond comprehension as heat melts snow and ice. It will flow down the river channels and devastate large areas of the United States. 

This will happen soon. A mountain will begin the process and warning shocks will begin today.

It was uttered in the U.S. Congress  recently that whatever religious traditions ascribe to God's will are of no concern to the Congress.  The repudiation is causing a shaking in the world.

THE LORD OUR GOD IS MIGHTY TO SAVE

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower: The righteous run into it and are safe.  

Judgment approaches but the the Lord, not wanting anyone to perish, holds back the final call to offer  everyone a chance to repent and turn to Him and call on His name for salvation. However,  the Spirit of God will not strive with man forever and the time draws near and the door closes.

Call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. Through His sacrifice of His life on the cross He has paid your debt of sin and made a way for you to be redeemed into His kingdom of righteousness.

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