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God’s Promise

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty – Psalm 91:1.

The person who trusts in God is the one who lives close to Him. The title Most High emphasizes God’s Majesty and is parallel to the term Almighty. One who has a continuous relationship with Him through prayer, praise, and worship is one that will trust God’s promises no matter what they may be going through because they know God has their best interest at heart.

God has never promised the believer he or she will not have troublesome times, but He did promise He would deliver and provide for His people. The three Hebrew boys could have given up on God when they were placed in the fiery furnace, but rather than not believing they knew God had a way of escape and if not they were going to place their trust in Him that He had a better place for them.

Life brings trouble, Satan brings circumstance, and we bring unnecessary distresses in our lives, but whether it be life, Satan or us, God is faithful to deliver His people. There is nothing too small or too big for God to handle. The three Hebrew boys placed their trust in God; they were forced to go into a fiery furnace because they would not worship the golden image. Rather than being faithless, they informed King Nebuchadnezzar who they were placing their trust in although they saw the furnace they would be placed in (If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up – Daniel 3:17-18. “If not” does not indicate a lapse of faith on the part of the three Hebrew boys, rather, they recognized that sometimes it was the will of God for men of God to die in the line of duty as they served Him. They knew that God was able to deliver them, but did not know if it was His will.

This is what causes many professions Christians to lose faith because they don’t know the will of God, and they place their trust in what they’re in rather than the God who has their beginning and end. We’re sojourners, we’re just passing through. Earth is not our home, the Son of God came and died, was risen from the grave, and went to prepare a place for those who live according to the written instructions of the Bible.

As Christians, we’re in the hands of a mighty God that knows our beginning, middle, and ending. He knows our entrance and our exit. We have to know whatever God’s will is will be the best for us, meaning whether He delivers us or not. Jesus promised the believer that He was going to prepare a place and where He will be we also will be (In my Father’s house are many mansions: it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also – John 14:2:3. So whether He delivers us or not, as true Christians we have a better place awaiting us.

Don’t fear, but trust God. He has already spoken over your life before you were born, the Words He has spoken will manifest, nothing can stop God’s Word but you when you decide to live according to your will rather than His will. God loves His people and all He asks is that we love him and live according to His written instructions, the Holy Bible.

The Power of Praise

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.  Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.  Knowing ye that the Lord he is God:  it is he that hath made us, and not ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations – Psalm 100:1-5.

The Hebrew verb for make a joyful shout is a highly charged command for public praise.  The command is addressed not just to Israel but to all the earth.  The Israelites were to be a people who would attract the nations to worship God.  The word “praise” in the superscription is actually the word “thanksgiving” or thank-offering that one presented when God had especially answered a prayer or given a great deliverance. Praise is powerful in places us in the presence of God. Read More

Five Minutes

And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (lose heart) – Luke 18:1

 Jesus knew as humans we would become weary and lose faith in God as well as believing that our prayers would be answered. He instructed His disciples then and now to have a prayer life. Prayer shouldn’t be when one is in trouble or in a need, but as Christians, we should be praying daily and throughout the day.  Prayer keeps us connected with God, it keeps the relationship with our Heavenly Father and it also builds our faith in God when we pray and receives answered prayers. Read More