Series
2.7.7 - #189
July
7, 2004
Man
or spirit cannot oppose the blessedness that is on my side successfully.
No one can persuade Jesus to abandon his word, for he is God,
and he cannot lie. He has promised me and given me his word
concerning my life. What he has promised, shall be done. I choose
not to abandon my faith in God's voice, for in this confidence,
lies the roots of true faith. Abraham did not refer to a written
account of his reason for leaving Ur of the Chaldees. He heard
the Lord's voice and forsook all to follow him. He believed
his promises to him. God counted his faith as righteousness.
If I abandon my confidence in God's voice for man's way, then
I will have my roots in instability, lies, deceit, and human
frailty. God is not a man that he should lie. All men are liars.
Not one is good but God. I purpose not make flesh my arm lest
I follow the curse of the last days. It is written, "Cursed
be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and
whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the
heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but
shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt
land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in
the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree
planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall
be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither
shall cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above
all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I, the
LORD, search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings."
I
determine not to lean to my own understanding. I will lean on
the arm of the Lord. No one has an arm like his. There is no
one who can thunder with a voice like God's. He will thunder
for me. I give him my burdens, and I rest from my own labors.
The work of his rest is activated in my life. Now I behold the
benefits of the rest of God. Out of his rest, comes the strong
arm of the Lord God. He rules with all power. He rules the raging
sea. When the waves of the sea rise, he causes them to be still.
He will scatter my enemies with his strong arm, for the heavens
are his and also the earth. The Lord founded the world and the
fullness thereof. His mighty arm is strong. He rules with a
strong hand. His strong hand is high. It is called the right
hand of God. From everlasting to everlasting, mercy and truth
go before his face. Justice and judgment are the habitation
of his throne. I come and hear the joyful sound again then I
will walk in the light of his countenance and not the dismal
light of man's way. The Lord is causing me to rejoice in his
name. All things are working together for good, and his righteousness
is exalted.
Jesus
is my defense. His glory is my strength, so I will sing unto
him a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right
hand and his holy arm have given me the victory. He has made
known his salvation. His righteousness has been shown openly
in the sight of the heathen. He will show the salvation of God,
for he has remembered his mercy and his truth toward me. God's
mercy endures forever. He will bring me out again with a strong
hand and with a stretched out arm, for his mercy endures forever.
His own arm has brought salvation unto me. I behold the finished
work of salvation on my behalf.
Hebrews
10:22 - 23
Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that promised;)
Ephesians
2:8-9
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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