A BIG GOD!

I came across this below social media post by a friend of mine. He always post positive ideas and try pump to up the feelings and passion of the heart (human will power). I dont take them too serious.

I always feel that every post of my friend has already been promised by the LORD and I don’t have to work thru my will but I receive them thru the power of Christ. However, this post of him touched my heart and needless to say that my thoughts raced back and forth on my life.

There are 2 things that stood apart for me

1.      Greatness of GOD

2.      Remembering GOD is great

Bible says in Genesis that the LORD spoke the world into existence.

1.      Greatness of GOD

As a human if you speak or command, you might or might not get things done.

·        At work, reporting team members might honor your words and get the work done for they might think you have the authority or you have the expertise in that matter or to get the work done out of their plate or get the work done for their own good. If they strongly disagree with what you have to say then that is another story.

·        At home, family might or might not honor our words. That’s another complex story to deal with right now.

Why,… we hardly keep up with our own words. A help promised to a friend, A dinner date to your spouse, A toy for your child, A resolution taken for yourself etc.

My point – words in our world is so delicate and flimsy. Easy to break and blow away like a dust in a wind.

Yet, those words in GOD’s lips become life.

In Bible, we see GOD spoke and there we see millions of stars and planets formed. Galaxies came into existence. It was no accident. There was no chaos. They have perfect rhythm and harmony. They revolve and rotate in perfect pace and timing. They stand in its place it is supposed to be. It is amazing and wonderful to think further and further about the beautiful universe around us.

Psalm 33:8-9  “Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.   For He spoke, and it was done;  He commanded, and it stood fast.”

GOD is surely BIG,..And BIG is a word that does no justice to what HE really is. So is the case with every synonym of BIG.

Isaiah 40: 12 (NASB)

^“12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens by the span,
And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?”

2.      Remembering GOD is GREAT!

If people remember or not, the fact remains the same -  GOD is BIG, Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent.

I believe the better use of Human Memory is to remember and not to regret. Always remember the good and bad things. Good things are to reminisce the blessings and Bad things to amuse over the offered grace. This is the constant exercise of my heart. Right or Wrong, this is my best use of memories esp. of the trials and afflictions.

Truly I have been in that place. I did not know the know way out. I was like this scared kid (Young Lamb) bruised, traumatized to take the next step.

All I could do mostly was cry and when I am in senses I prayed and that feeble prayer were heard by our GOD and Savior LORD Jesus Christ who let me out of the pit

Psalm 40:2    “He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings.”

Psalm 124

What if the Lord had not been on our side?
    Let all Israel repeat:
² What if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us?
³ They would have swallowed us alive
    in their burning anger.
⁴ The waters would have engulfed us;
    a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
⁵ Yes, the raging waters of their fury
    would have overwhelmed our very lives.

⁶ Praise the Lord,
    who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
⁷ We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
    The trap is broken, and we are free!
⁸ Our help is from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth

And this exercise helps me to comprehend the GREATNESS of the LORD in my perspective and in my words. It helps me to finally get it in my own term that how great is HE (in me than the one in the world). As I play this tape again and again with added knowledge of Bible, it gets engraved in my heart with additional details.

And next time, I stumble across a problem all I could think of is my past victories over the trials with HIS help not the fear gripping moments.

You and I have to practice this act of remembrance!

Dear Friend, today you might be basking in the goodness of the LORD’s abundance and prosperity… Hallelujah! Exclaim HIS power saying that LORD is GOOD and HE is MIGHTY.

You might be walking thru the Valley of death, EXALT that the LORD is great to part the red sea for you.

Isaiah 59:1   Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear.

Jeremiah 32:27   Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me?

Waiting for the LORD is good (Psalm 27) coz you will dwell in the land of goodness. And that’s a good place to be.

Psalm 27:13-14

Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness
    while I am here in the land of the living.

Wait patiently for the Lord.
    Be brave and courageous.
    Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.

Remember we serve a MIGHTY GOD!

Deuteronomy 7:21   You shall not dread them, for the Lord your God is among you, a mighty and terrible God.

Deuteronomy 10:17     For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the terrible God, Who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Joshua 22:22    The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and let Israel itself know!

Psalm 24:8   Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

ASK February 2015 Promise

Go in the strength you have

Judges 6:12 Go in the strength you have.

God does not call qualified people. But he qualifies the called.

If God has entrusted you with only a cup of water, he will only ask that.

God only wanted the rod in Moses’ hand. That’s all he had and God was willing to use that. (Exodus 4:17)

David when he was kid was only good at using a sling. So with just one stone and a sling God gave him victory over Goliath. (1 Samuel 17:40) But for his latter life he trained his hands for war. (Psalm 144:1)

All God wants is that little oil and flour you have (1 Kings 17:12). If you just have five loaves and two fishes, he can work with that (Matt 14:17). With just water he was able to make wine (John 2:7). Nothing is impossible with God.

One woman was crying to Lord saying, “I can’t give you tithes, as my husband is refusing and he is the only earning member”. The Lord spoke to her and asked her to give tithe in what she has. She was wondering as to what she has. Then the Holy Spirit reminded about her prayer life. So she decided to give tithe in her prayer time – she decided to spend at least 2.4 hours per day in prayer.

Give God what you have with you and He will work with that. All he needs is a surrendered heart, a yielding heart, a trusting heart.

Some of us are not able to trust the Lord that he can fetch us a job with what is on our resume. We try to modify and add false things. This makes the Lord sad. He is able to fetch you a job with what is on your resume. No false additions are needed.

Many of us have read the following story via email or on the web. Though its author or origin is not known, it tells an incredible truth.

The cracked Pot

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on an end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his master’s house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.

“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.”

“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”

“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master’s house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you’ve watered them. For two years, I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.”

If you give your brokenness to the Lord, His light will shine through it. He can even use your pain for His glory.

He told Gideon, to go in the strength he has. That is exactly what God is telling each and every one of us too. Let us go in the strength he has given us and achieve great things for our Lord.

 

No More Excuses...Just Praises!

I am running out of excuses to praise my LORD

To exalt HIM!

To worship HIM!

To adore HIM!

To bless HIM!

To declare HIM!

I am running out of excuses to praise my LORD!

When my spirit is LOW

HE overwhelms it!

When my soul is dry

HE floods it!

When I thirst

HE quenches!

When I hunger

HE provides!

When I am faithless

HE is faithful!

When I am hopeless

HE lights!

When I am lost

HE finds!

When I wake up

HE is waiting!

When I am asleep

HE is watching!

These Lips of mine spill out words…Mere words can’t explain and exclaim HIS work!

Yet HE rejoices in my words of praise!

My breath of despair,..Simple Supplications

Are HIS Aroma

I am a dust,..

He crowns me

I am running out of excuses to praise my LORD!

You are too..

When stones would call out HIS name

Let us too…

Coz we are running out of excuses!!!

Yes, You & me!!

Praise the LORD!

Appointed Times and Marked Boundaries

Acts 17:26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

The one man referred to in the above verse is Adam. Let us focus on the appointed times and the marked boundaries God has set for us.

Appointed times: See from Adam till now, so many generations of people passed. But God chose you and me to be on planet earth at this time. Just think about it! We could have born during the time of Hitler or even during the time of Jesus Christ. But this time, year 2015 is marked out for us. He is the only one who knows our time of death also.

If he has appointed time for our birth and death, the in between of birth and death is also appointed by him.

Ecc 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. For every promise to be fulfilled there is an appointed time. Heb 6:18 says “it is impossible for God to lie.” The healing he promised, the restoration he promised, the promotion or raise he promised is on its way at the appointed time. Every promise of God is inherited through perseverance and faith (Heb 6:12). Those who sow in tears will reap in Joy. Gal 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Marked Boundaries:  The place of our dwelling is also marked out by our Lord. The country we live in, the State, the city, the apartment number even to the tiniest detail, it is marked by our Good Lord. Some of us are like the Israelites worrying about the Egypt that we left behind when God is taking us to a promised land a land flowing with milk and honey. We are like Lot’s wife turning back. May be you had a good life back home. You may feel so insecure, so lonely in this new place. But if God has appointed your dwelling here at this time, He will provide and he will meet your needs. The same God who fed Elijah will feed you, sustain you and guide you. The school you attend, your job and everything else is under His perfect control.

Some may be wondering that I am here in this place by my own mistake (or sin). Even then, if we yield to Him, he can turn it around for His glory.

But by My Spirit

Zech 4:6 ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

God wants us to get the victory through praying in the Spirit. We can slay giants through the power of the Holy Spirit.

In John 7:38-39 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified”

Sometimes, we wait for others to fight our battles. We wait for others to prophesy over us. We wait for others to lay hands on us and pray for our healing. But Jesus is saying that “out of your own heart will flow rivers of living water”. John explains to us that this living water is the Holy Spirit.

Sword of the Spirit is the only part of our armor (Eph 6) that is for cutting the enemy. The rest of the armor is only for defending ourselves.

In 2 Kings: 9, we read the conversation between Elijah and Elisha, before Elijah was taken up. It was a pivotal moment for both the prophets. One was taken up, and the other was taking over.  When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

Elisha did not ask for the power to bring fire from heaven as Elijah did, he did not even ask for boldness to speak to the kings as Elijah did. But he asked for a double portion of the spirit. He knew when the spirit is upon him, all other blessings like boldness, doing miracles come along with that.

You may be wondering that I do not have the talent to sing or not being eloquent or not being brave enough and the list goes on. If you keep all this on one side of the scale and keep the anointing of God on the other side, the anointing will surpass all others. God is saying that through His spirit it is possible. God is not looking for talented people, but people who yield to him, who completely surrender to him.

When we speak in tongues being filled with the spirit, we speak mysteries (1 Cor 14:2). We speak to God and not to men. Speaking in tongues is not just limited to our prayer or worship time. When we do dishes, when we drive, when we wait at the doctor’s office we can use it speak to God. Like any gift the more we use it the more we get better at it. Some have the gift of singing in tongues. Exercise it. When you pray in tongues, God teaches you how to pray, he guides you into all truth. He reveals hidden mysteries.

The mighty mountain you are facing will become a level ground (Zech 4:7) by His spirit.

Walking by Faith

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7

As per Hebrews 11:1, the definition of Faith is “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen “
When God gives us a promise, our immediate questions are “How” and “When”.
HOW: In Luke 1:34-37, we read that Mary asks the same question to the angel, when he announced Christ’s birth. The answer to Mary is the same answer God gives us to our “how” question: “For nothing will be impossible with God”.
WHEN: In Acts 1:6-7, we read about the disciples asking the same question to Jesus. His response to them will be the same one that he gives us to our “when” question:  “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority”. Still, for the Christian, our best sense of timing isn’t found on our wrists but on our knees.
“In Genesis 18, the Lord appeared to Abraham promising a son to be heir of God’s covenant. This wasn’t something God intended to do immediately, but “at the appointed time.” Who set the time? The Lord! He had His own schedule; the timetable was His; and things happened according to His agenda. To Abraham and Sarah, they were so old that Sarah laughed at it. But the Lord’s clock never missed a beat. He had His appointed times. Perhaps you’re looking at your wristwatch wondering why God isn’t moving more quickly. But He knows what He’s doing. Stop looking at your wrist, fall on your knees, and trust Him for His perfect sense of timing.” Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah.
May be God gave you a brand new promise in 2015, or there may be promises that he gave in the past that are yet to be fulfilled. Whatever the case may be, as Christ followers our duty is to walk by Faith and not by sight.
When God utters a word it is as good as done. “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind”. Num 23: 19.
All God’s promise to you in the past years or in 2015 is yeah and amen in Christ Jesus. Visualize those promises and start praising him.