Do Not Fear

Numbers 14:9,27

Two things stood out: Unbelief and grumbling; and the effect it has on our children.

God repeatedly told the Israelites through Joshua and Caleb …: 9”do not be afraid...do not fear the people of the land”.

The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron…:27 I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel which they are making against Me.

God repeats “do not fear, do not be afraid” many times in the Bible as he did to the Israelites on entering the Promised Land. 

Why should we not be afraid? Because we have a Savior, the Risen Lord Jesus Christ who has conquered death, sin, the devil and the curse!

Fear is a spirit that brings death. Death that we may not recognize because it comes in so many different forms. When allowed to, it establishes itself in our soul. It feeds unbelief.

Jesus is our Warrior that has defeated completely all forms of fear and death. Think of Him who has Risen, the glorious, majestic Lord Jesus as when the Apostle John saw Him.

Rev:14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire

: 15 His feet were like burnished bronze when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters…..

: 17 The Apostle John fell at His feet like a dead man…

And He said “Do not be afraid, I am the first and the last,

And the living One; and I was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore….” Rev 1:14-18

Keeping this vision of Jesus in our hearts and encouraging our own hearts as well as others with it, will stifle fear, unbelief and every kind of complaint. Jesus has already won the battles for us and is forever faithful to us who believe in Him. His plans for us are for good and not for evil….Jer 29:11.

Grumbling and complaining will influence our children, for they learn by our examples.

Ultimately the words of complaint are against the Lord who is able to turn everything around for good.

How much better to give them a vision of Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace, and the One who is our Shepherd and loves us so very deeply?

Father, help us, Your beloved ones to “continually offer up a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that give thanks to Your name.” Hebrews 13:15

During the Time

1 Peter 1:17

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth.

We are sojourners aliens on this earth. The apostle Peter says "during the time" of your stay on earth.
This stood out as a reminder of this very important truth. For believers in Jesus Christ we will be going to our true home, to Him who died for us, who rose from the dead for us and is now interceding for us at the right hand of the Father.
A truth that enables those in the world that are being persecuted for their faith in Christ to endure to the end. A truth that reminds all believers of this very short time we live on this earth.

This phrase “during the time of your stay on earth”… implies the reality that we are only temporarily here on earth and are going somewhere else. That somewhere else is home to be with You, Father. What great hope this gives us!

Your word refers to believers in Christ, the Risen as:

(Various translations use these words here below in speaking of the faithful believers in Hebrews 11:13, and in Eph 2:19)

Pilgrims,

strangers,

exiles,

foreigners

visitors

sojourners

aliens

Jesus Christ, Your Son, has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into His own Kingdom. (Col.1:13)

We now belong to Him. to His kingdom, to live as citizens of another country which is a heavenly country, a lasting city whose architect and builder is God, Who has prepared that city for us (Hebrews 11:10, 14,16).

This is Truth: 1 Peter 1:3-5…God…. has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,….:4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you

:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Note from the Hebrew Key Study Bible on 1 Peter 1:5 “We are being guarded by God who is in heaven while through faith we are awaiting our LIBERATION from earth”.

Henry Alford, (1810-1871) an English bible scholar chose this inscription for his tombstone, "the inn of a traveler on the way to Jerusalem".

Help me Father to walk mindful of the temporary life and journey on this earth.
It is but a moment in eternity.

1 Peter 1:24 All flesh is like grass

And all its glory like the flower of grass,

The grass withers,

And the flower falls off

But the Word of the LORD endures forever.

Endured

Hebrews 12:2 ..fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross....
The word "endure" is interesting in this passage.

Greek #5278 hupomeno-
...to remain, to tarry behind
...to persevere: under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ
...to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments
...to remain i.e.: abide not to recede or flee
  Jesus remained in the circumstances the Cross brought Him to
  He held fast to His faith and confidence in the Father
  He bore bravely and calmly the ill treatment of those He came to save; calmly in the sense He
      submitted to the humiliation of it       
 He did not flee from the Cross

Father, Your Holy Son Jesus did not turn away from the Cross, from Your will in which You took pleasure to crush Him (Isaiah 53:10) for my sake. Step by step He fully obeyed.

How else can the glory of God be manifested in all of its purity but by being in the will of the Father?
Pure without the stain of human interference or resistance.

Help me Father to obey Your Holy Spirit's promptings.

Thy Will, O God

 The thought came to my mind about Jesus at the right hand of the Father in eternity past. Jesus is One with the Father and Col 1:16 says that all things have been created for Him (Jesus) and through Him.

So in seeing Him sitting at the Father's right hand and the time for Jesus to leave His seat there and come to earth....would we dare to think there was a discussion about it? In our earthly minds we would have asked "Well, where am I going? How long am I staying? What am I going to do? Will they believe who I AM?
No! Jesus did the perfect will of the Father without any discussion because He is One with the Father
Hebrews 10:5-6 says
             Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, 
              "Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired,
                But a body Thou hast prepared for Me;
            :6 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
                 Thou hast taken no pleasure.
            :7 "Then I said 'Behold I have come (In the roll of the book it is written of Me) to do 
                 Thy will, O God.' " 
Hebrews 10:12 ..but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the 
right hand of God .  

He knew from eternity past the plan for mankind, that the Father had prepared Him a body
 for man's redemption.
 
The point in all this is that it brought home the fact that when the Holy Spirit prompts us to do
something the Father really doesn't need His children to question and have a lengthy discussion
about what He is directing us to do.

The spontaneity of God in us will always be a blessing to someone and will have a purpose that we may understand or not understand. The important thing is to obey the prompting without hesitancy, doubt, or fear of what man will think.

Father, I simply ask the grace to obey Your promptings and to do Your will.

Continually With You

Ps 73:25 And besides You I desire nothing on earth.

This Psalm has the most beautiful expression of David’s knowledge that when his eyes and heart are on You, Your presence fulfills him.

In this Psalm His eyes are on the wicked and how they prosper and have the “good life”.

73:12 ..And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

:21 My heart was embittered and I was pierced within.

His heart was “soured”, swollen with what his eyes were seeing. He was pierced, meaning like a sword that was “sharp” that had given him much pain.

But then his heart and mind are turned toward You our Mighty God.

These verses stood out:

:23 Nevertheles I am continually with you

:25 And besides You I desire nothing on this earth.

:28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good

You are speaking to me about the presence of God fulfilling every hunger, every need that Your children have. Experiencing Your presence in our daily lives will bring great joy and contentment no matter how routine or troublesome the day is.  When we have our mind and heart set on You, Your love is actively working in us Your will and Your thoughts as we go through the day. 

Proverb 16:3 (amp) says that when we commit our works to You .. He will  cause your thoughts to be agreeable to His will. 

You are able to make us to live above the human emotions that hide Your face from us.

Thank You for Your presence and teaching me to walk in the awareness of Your life within.

No Other

Isaiah 45 is such a wonderful declaration of who You are, My Mighty Eternal God! No human can fully express Your greatness. Only Your own words can give to our human soul a glimpse of Your awesomeness and majesty.
Is. 45 was written 150-200 years before Cyrus was used by You, O wondrous Lord, to set Your people free from the exile they were in. You even "gave the exact name of an unborn deliverer" . (note from Hebrew Key Bible) Who can match Your knowledge and wisdom?
:5 I am the Lord, and there is no other.
:6I am the Lord, and there is no other.
:8 I am the Lord, and there is no other
:22 For I am God, and there is no other
again, :5 besides Me there is no God
           :6 There is no one besides me
          :12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it.
          :18 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens
          :21 There is no other God beside Me
                A righteous God and a Savior.
You are a God who has chosen to be our loving Father, our merciful Savior, and the Holy Spirit within to comfort and guide us 
Truly, You are the one true living God!

A Long Distance

In reading again Matt 14:22-33,

: 22, 23... (Jesus went up on the mountain by Himself to pray and the disciples went out to sea…..)

: 24 But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

The thought came to me about feeling like being a long distance from the help needed, or feeling battered and tossed about. 

Sometimes the awareness of Your presence is dulled by life’s changing circumstances.

Father, You are always close for we are united (Romans 7:4), You are in me and I am in You. I abide in You and You abide in me (John 15:4).

When emotions dominate, the distance can indeed appear far from our center, Christ Risen. But Truth, Your Word, stands into eternity. It never changes and will hold us steadfast with eyes fixed upon the Risen One, just as Peter fixed his eyes upon Jesus and did the impossible.

Like a stake in the ground, Your truth will pierce to our inner man to renew and restore our wandering mind to who You are, a Mighty God, the God of the impossible!

A Great King

Ps 95:8-11

Do not harden your hearts, ….:10 for 40 years I loathed that generation,

And said they are a people who err in their heart

And they do not know My ways.

:!! Therefore I swore in My anger,

Truly they shall not enter into My rest.

How revolutionary is the New Covenant!

This makes me so grateful for Jesus. What a tremendous gift to not be under the judgment of God! To know that You are not angry with me. Certainly my heart wanders and lives life for self. Certainly many times I have not listened to His promptings for fear or other selfish reasons.

But You, My God, are Holy. You keep Your promises perfectly. And Your love endures toward me forever without judgment. You love me as I am. What a wonder that is!

:6 Come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For He is our God

And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.

Ps 95:3 For the LORD is a great God

            And a great King above all gods,

        :4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth,

The peaks of the mountains are His also.

Yes, LORD, You are truly a great King, who is able to rule as King in the lives of Your beloved.

               A great King over my own will,

               A great King over my time,

               A great King over my own desires,

               A great King over my emotions,

               A great King over my selfish self,

               A great King over all my thoughts

A great King over all my being!

Yes, LORD, with You all things are possible!

In You, and You alone is my hope!

           

My Source

Another aspect of fear is --fleeing because of feeling inadequate; without sufficient resources (Abbot-Smith lexicon) Helps Study Bible ..(Discovery Bible)

Wow. How many times have I “fled”, turned around, did not obey because I did not trust that my “Source” was enough? I am glad that I cannot know the number and to You, my Mighty God, You do not even look or consider them.

 Hebrews 8:12 I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more.

 Ps 68:17 The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;

The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

 68:35  O God You are awesome from Your sanctuary.

              The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people,

            Blessed be God

As believers in Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, You Father, have forgiven us and we are never alone.  Your presence is always with us. You will never forsake us. . (Matt 28:20;Hebrews 13:5) You hold all power in Your hands. And You generously bestow that power to Your people when it accomplishes Your will; when they call upon Your grace and help

Matt 14:27 …when the disciples saw Jesus walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

:28 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”

:30 (Peter walking on the water)

But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

:31 Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

He was with them immediately when they cried out for help. And He will do the same for His beloved children today.

Hebrews 13:5

 ..for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESSERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.”

:6 so that we confidently say,

            “THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID,

            WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”

Teach me, Father, to walk in the confidence of Your faithful love and mercy.

Fear

The definition of fear according to Strong's and NAS concordances is  panic flight, terror, alarm.

Helps Word Studies

5401 phóbos (from phebomai, "to flee, withdraw") – fear (from Homer about 900 bc on) 5401 (phóbos) meant withdrawal, fleeing because feeling inadequate (without sufficient resources, Abbott-Smith).

 So fear means according to the concordances, that we are withdrawing ourselves from the LORD. I have not thought of it like that before.  To flee, to separate myself from the One who has created me and enveloped me in His love.  Who has His angels constantly watching over me, guarding me and keeping me safe.

How is it Father, that I would submit to this spirit of fear? It has been defeated, trod down by the triumphant resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

How is it that I would allow myself to panic, to be intimidated, to avoid and flee from something because of fear and dread? To flee from the shelter of the Provider of all things!

You desire the heart of every believer to yield to Your will and guidance.
Simply to trust You.
And though I have missed much because of fear, You are the Redeemer, the Restorer of lost opportunities.  

Your Grace is enough that when You remind us to call upon its infinite supply, it is there to empower the weakest of souls; to conquer this self that submits us to the enslavement of fear and causes us to turn away from an opportunity to bless You and others.

Your marvelous love, proven and validated by the death and resurrection of Jesus, is the antidote for this fear that wants to cripple believers. Your love is deep, alive, always moving in our lives, forever stabilizing our lives and filling us with faith, hope, and love itself.

So grateful is my heart to You, the Living God, who hears the cries of His people.

Thank you Father for once again teaching me and reminding me about Your perfect love!

Divne Love

You have reminded me of scriptures that speak of a contrite heart, which delight Your heart..

Ps 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

I was thinking of him and how sometimes it irritates me how he will say something or we disagree etc…stuff that marriages experience all the time.

I am the one You have chosen to be one with him. I have the privilege of listening and by grace to love no matter what.

You are able to fill his needs through Your love flowing to him. Listening without condemning or judging is truly freedom. Blessing him, loving him, accepting who You have created him to be becomes my liberty.

It’s hard sometimes, Father. The negative invades my mind and heart seeking to control my emotions, seeking to affect me and sometimes wins.

But You have already delivered me 2000 years ago.

Thank You for Your love for me, his love for me and that I am also precious to him.

You have chosen us to be one in Christ Jesus.

When You draw me to sit with You, to communion with You, You always restore my soul. You make me to know it is not about me. My world is very small. You make me to remember the deep Love You have for him. How valuable and precious he is to You.

You make me to know this kind of Love You have called me to is true and pure and unconditional.

You make me to know how beautiful Your kind of Love is. It has no anger, bitterness, and resentment; it is FREE from these bondages.

It simply stands firm and does not change because of what it sees.

You make me to know it is possible to love, not only those closest to me but others also, by simply looking at and fixing my eyes on Jesus, Who has sacrificed His life to express Your love to me.

Your Divine love is truly beautiful, It is beauty itself.

It's No Different

It’s no different. Watching the Bible and sensing the reality of You in Your resurrection.

It’s no different today. You are with me.

When You asked Cornelius to go to Paul, the persecutor of Your people, he went.

 When You showed Thomas Your crucified body, he believed.

When You appeared to John on the island of Patmos, he wrote what You asked him to.

It’s no different today. You are Jesus, God with us.

Whatever You ask of me, You will provide the grace to obey. You are with me always.

Every moment,  every day. You are God with us.

You are the Alpha and the Omega. 

You are the First and the Last,

 You are the Living One, 

and You were dead and behold, You are alive forevermore, and You have the keys of death and of Hades. (Rev1)

Poured Out

What does God pour out to us? Believers are reminded of Romans 5:9
“Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”

He has mercifully given mankind a New Covenant sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ. A covenant of love, mercy, and grace to those willing to receive His sacrifice for sin.

Is 53:12 …He poured out Himself to death.

Ps 22:14 I am poured out like water, all my bones are out of joint;

Ez 39:29 ..I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel…

Is 32:15  …until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high….

Matt 26:28 For this is the blood of My covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Acts 10:45 …because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

 Romans 5:5 ..the love of God has been poured out within our hearts….

 Titus 3:6 …and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

: 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

 This great and mighty God and Savior has poured out Himself, His Spirit, His blood, and His love so that we might “walk in a manner worthy of Him who calls us into His own kingdom and glory.”

1 Thess 2:12

 

.."the kindness of God leads you to repentance." Romans 1:4 Thank You Father, for your  kindness!

 

 

Not Under Judgment

You have reminded me today of the immense privilege it is to be Your child.  To live under a New Covenant with my God. To NOT be under Your judgment.

In reading the story of Achan in Joshua 7, I was reminded of the consequences of disobeying the Law in the Old Covenant.

When Israel conquered the city of Jericho the warriors had been told not to plunder anything for themselves. All of the silver, gold, and articles of bronze and iron were to go into the treasury of the LORD.

But Achan “ coveted them (articles of gold and silver) and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent…”

The LORD told Joshua as a result of this transgression, Israel could not stand before their enemies, they had become accursed, and He “will not be with you anymore..”.

This was only resolved when Achan, his sons and daughters, and all that he owned were

taken out of the camp; they were first stoned to death and then burned with fire. “..and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. ”

Wow.

This is just one instance of the wrath of God being poured out and the severity of the consequences of transgressing the Law in the O.T.  
Jer 7:20 “Behold, My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place…..”

Nahum 1:6  Who can stand before His indignation ? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire and the rocks are broken up by Him.

 Father, thank You for the New Covenant, for deliverance out of the darkness, out from under judgment and for being free to worship You and receive Your unconditional love.

 

The Little Girl

The Little Girl

2 Kings 5:2-3

The Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel: and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

:3 She said to her mistress,  “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”

 This little girl was kidnapped from her family and taken by Aramaen soldiers to a strange land to live and serve strangers.  

Your Word, Father does not give hardly any information about her. What we can know from Your Word is that she believed in the God of Israel. She knew Elisha was a true prophet and she knew that he did miracles.

 She must have seen Naaman’s wife in sorrow or discouragement about his leprosy.

They obviously did not know of a cure or have any hope for one.

“I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy”

Many translations have an exclamation mark after her statement indicating it was said strongly with emphasis. When she spoke to the wife, she spoke with an anointing, with such confidence that she was listened to and believed to the extent that it sparked hope and action. And that action led to his miraculous healing.

Through this little girl You began to send forth Your word which is “living and active and sharper than any two edged sword”…(Hebrews 4:12) to accomplish Your purposes. 

She spoke the beginning words that led to the miracle that Elisha brought to Naaman.

Through Your Spirit even today You are speaking to Your people, even through little children. Help us to discern Your voice and Your living words. Help us to listen to the little ones.

 

I Will Take Nothing

2 Kings 5:16

Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused."

Prophets of those days did accept gifts but in this case Elisha wasn’t about to take some kind of pay or reward for what God had done. Naaman was a heathen and Elisha wanted him to see that this miracle was solely of the God of Isreal, the one true living God.

The glory was to belong totally to the LORD. "I will take nothing." Even when urged to do so.

This reminded me of two things:

…before whom I stand.
…I will take nothing.

Let us see God’s greatness, His holiness and majesty. Who can take any credit for anything He has done, or for that matter for any good that comes into our lives?  He alone works wonders..Ps (72:18)

We stand before a great and mighty God awesome in all His ways.

 

Father, may Your children bow before you in humility even as man showers praises may we "take nothing" from You.

 

Let us not take glory from the One whom we stand before. For You are God and there is no other.

. 

 

 

A Different Way

2 Kings 5:9-14

Story of Naaman: I love this story Father.  
The scripture says, Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram was a great man and highly respected by his master. A valiant warrior though a leper.

 This is what stood out to me:

When Naaman came to the house of Elisha, he already had in his mind how his healing would be played out. “Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.”

God’s Spirit in Elisha worked in a different way.

This reminded me of how as believers we perhaps too often play out the answer to our prayers.  To expect You, our great and mighty God to answer is right and good, but to expect You to answer in the way that we think or assume You should, can lead to disappointment or even missing the answer because of our actions to “help” the answer come forth.

You are holy, You are infinitely wise and say “My thoughts are not your thoughts nor are My ways your ways.” (Is 55:8)

 Ps 92:5 says “How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.”

 
Elisha did not even come out to Naaman personally. He sent a messenger.
When Naaman finally obeyed as Elisha’s messenger instructed, he was healed.

 Teach me to pray. Teach me to rest in Your truth and everlasting faithfulness

 

Our Shepherd

Numbers 27:16,17

Moses speaking to the LORD :16 May the Lord, The God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
:17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be like sheep which have no shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:8

As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

Matt 9:36

Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd ; and He began to teach them many things.

What is it like for a sheep not to have a shepherd?
(Is 50:6 My people have become like lost sheep.)

They have no one to lead them to green pastures, to protect them from predators, to feed and lie down in security or to lead them home.

They wander and become distressed and (Is 61:5) Strangers will pasture your flocks.
These strangers.. are shepherds who have no understanding. They have all turned to their own way. Each one to his unjust gain to the last one. (Is 56:11)
 
In the beginning verse above in Numbers 27, Moses is asking God for a man to lead His people “out and bring them in”….God rose up Joshua in answer to that prayer and NOW He has given us Jesus, our ultimate Shepherd.
Ps 23
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want…

Truly, Jesus Christ is our Lord and our Shepherd. He leads us in His Word to a place of peace and quietness, where He feeds us with eternal Truths. His Spirit guides us and restrains us from error not only in our decisions but also in our relationships; He protects us from evil and He becomes our confidence so that wherever we are, no matter the circumstances, we learn that He is with us always, we are never alone.  We are His temple, and He is our place of rest.

 
Is 40:11..Like a shepherd He will tend His flock. In His arms He will gather the lambs and carry them in His bosom. He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
 
Thank You Father for Jesus.

Sufficient Grace

Isaiah 46:9-10

:9Remember the former things long past,

For I am God and there is no other;

I am God and there is no one like Me,

:10 Declaring the end from the beginning

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying My purpose will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure.

 

Is 46 is the prophecy of the Jews deliverance from Babylon. God was going to use Cyrus to release them from captivity. He encourages the Jews to expect His divine protection and turn away from idols to Him for salvation and deliverance. To meet their every need.

The truth of these words remain forever!

God is God Almighty and there is no other.

There is no god like Him.
What He has declared from the beginning of time He will accomplish (His prophecies have come to pass without fail and will continue to do so ( about Jews, Jesus, church, end times, etc.)

These words are also for us today. His purpose He will establish.

 
Father, You have created me, my children, my family. You know our weaknesses as parents and as Your children.

But Your grace is sufficient, Your love is eternal and a deep root in our lives that assures us You will fulfill the purpose we were created for. By this marvelous, wondrous grace,You enable us,You lead us,You protect us.

You have called us to glorify Your Holy name, even as we are, mere humans.