Tag: Peace

Prepare Ye, Prepare Thine

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Isaiah 25: 6-9

6. And in this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees.

7.  And He will destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

8. He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.

9. And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”

Another year has come to a close and a new year has dawned upon us. Let us thank our good Lord for carrying us through another year filled with a mixture of joyous and anxious moments, tragedies and pleasant surprises. Our good Lord has never failed us. We rose up from our mistakes and are forging ahead equipped with better experiences. Throughout this tumultuous year, our Lord stood by us like a pillar of strength. Thanks be to Him!

As I look forward for another year, I am reminded of a song “Prepare the way” by Darrell Evans and Eric Nuzum. We are reminded to prepare ourselves for God’s reign in our lives. First and foremost, we need to prepare our hearts, our homes and the people of God for our Lord. However, knowing my Savior, I couldn’t help but see the underlying desire of my Lord for this preparation.

Our Yahweh God loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son to save us, die instead of us and restore us to our Heavenly Father. In addition to the rescuing and restoring of our souls, He deeply desires that we are in perfect joy, peace, health, and success while we are in this world. It is just like Him. It is His very nature. He desires that we be restored everything that the devil has stolen from us: health, joy, success and peace of mind. In so doing, He is preparing a people who are just after His own heart: generations of people who live for the Lord, live in the Lord and live by the Lord. He desires to see people who are victorious, healthy, gracious, peaceful and always joyful. Such a generation of people will bring forth a heaven on earth that we now only dream of. A heaven that we so look forward to where there is no strife or tear, we could as well have it right here when there arises a generation who strive to live God-centered lives.

Make ready your hearts, make ready your homes and make ready a people of God in this New Year as our Restorer God is making His move to restore everything that we’ve lost: our joy, peace, love, health and success. It is not just a one-time restoration but a wave after wave of overwhelming blessings that will chase us down and wash over us. A time will soon come when we will look up to Him and say, “Lord, why do you love me so much?” In that time, all we can do is surrender to His love with raised hands, tears of joy and eyes longing to behold such a loving God face to face. Prepare yourselves, prepare your families and prepare a generation of people for our God. Our Restorer is waiting to make His move!

The 3 P’s

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Deuteronomy 28: 1-2

“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

Psalm 121: 7-8

7 The Lord shall [c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve[d]your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

When God gave the Law to Moses, He instructed Him to pronounce to the Israelites the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. Moses commanded them to inscribe these laws on large white washed stones in the Promised Land. In Deuteronomy 28: 1-14, God pronounced a number of blessings for their obedience. God blessed them in the country that He gave them (v3). He blessed their children, their cattle, (v4) their work, their fields, their food, and in everything that they set their hand to do (v5-8). He promised to cause their enemies to flee in seven different directions (v7). He also promised to preserve unto Himself a holy people (v9).

All God wanted in return was their obedience to Him and to His Word. He wanted the nation of Israel to be a nation set apart for Himself. He wanted to bring salvation to the entire world through His beloved nation. He established them as a nation because of the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He even promised that as long as the sun and the moon shine in the sky, He will protect His nation under His wings. Such was His faithfulness to the nation of Israel.

In return for our obedience, God is offering us the three P’s: Prosperity, Peace and Preservation. The promise of prosperity in every aspect of our lives is clearly evident from the verses in Deuteronomy 28. In addition to prosperity, He promised to give us peace. That means we will live peaceably with our neighbors. There will be no strife or conflict. Furthermore, He promised to preserve us for His namesake. Preserving a holy remnant to shine the light of His love and mercy to the dark and dying world was His intention to save more people.

Dear Saint of God, we are a holy remnant, preserved for such a time as this. We, who are the redeemed, are the light and truth bearers to the world around us. The onus of the burden of proof lies with us as we are the witnesses of God’s goodness. We, who are recipients of the 3 P’s of God must share the message of the 3 P’s to the confused and chaotic world around us. We have experienced the peace of God even in the midst of crises. We have experienced the prosperity with which He overwhelms us. We have experienced and witnessed His preservation of a remnant in every generation.

3 John 2

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

We serve a God who is faithful to all His promises. Let us become a holy remnant or nation of people who are faithful in obeying His Word. Let us share the 3 Ps with others who are not familiar with the Bread of Life and the Living Waters. Let us point them to the One and only Living God.

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