AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Saturday – December 19, 2020, Tevet 4, 5781
THE PLACE OF SAFETY – PART THIRTY
Greetings dear friends and partners of this Ministry and The Three Minute Word blog. God is so good dear ones. Love you all and there is nothing you can do about it. Remember, there will not be a regular publication of The Three Minute Word next Saturday and going forward. Now, it may be common that the Lord gives me something, particularly a Prophetic Word, insight and it may be published. We are in an exciting time, a time when things will be set right once again in our nation. This time, will be challenging except for those firmly anchored in the Word and those who have heard, received, and believed the Prophetic Voices God brought into their lives. Again, be reminded to make the Virtual Wednesday Night Bible Study on Zoom a part of your schedule. Contact us for the meeting id and password. This is the thirtieth week that I am talking about “The Place of Safety”. It is fitting that this is the last week. Thirty is the number of the Blood if Jesus, and it is that Blood that makes us secure, and safe for eternity. It is that Blood that seals every Word of God. Now, let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible text for today. Please read it aloud, yes, out loud.
Isaiah 41:10-16 (KJV)
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Our passage starts off with the command to fear not so this is obviously essential to our safety, our victory. In addition, we see that we are also not to be dismayed (confused). Confusion arises out of ignorance or unbelief. We are to believe without question the Words of God whether we understand them or not. Fear is an evil spirit and is never to be accepted, received, thought upon, talked about, or acted upon. He is to be rebuked in the name of Jesus and he will flee. Fear brings the belief that God will not do His part and inevitably leads to disobedience. Fearing is in and of itself a sin. Notice in verse eleven and twelve that if we have obeyed verse ten our enemies will come to nothing.
Notice the command in verse ten, thirteen, and fourteen the command not to fear. Fearing is a spirit and he is deadly. We do not qualify for God’s help in fear for fear is disobedience and destroys faith. One cannot over emphasize the command not to fear. Consider the following verse.
1 John 4:18 (KJV)
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Fear has torment, love has comfort (the Comforter). Fear is the belief that God will not keep His Word. Love is our obedience to the Word which brings Gods’ obedience (yes) to the Word which is the performance of His Word on our behalf. God can do nothing in the earth except on the faith filled words of a person. Mature love (agape), perfect obedience, casts our or eliminates fear. Disobedience fosters fear. As we closely examine this passage, we find the Lord reassuring us, like little children, that He will help us (verse 10, 13, 14). It is our choice whether He helps us or not. Apparently, we need lots of encouragement. Since the fall of Adam everything of significance going on in the earth, in our lives, is in the unseen (spiritual), to us, realm. Adam could see the spirit realm as clearly as the physical but we cannot. We must operate totally by knowledge, faith, and love (obedience).
As this passage comes to an end, we find the fruit produced as a result of obedience. Obedience brings forth blessed fruit and disobedience brings forth cursed fruit. Right now, the heathen and even some in the Church are incensed and striving against God’s obedient children and His Prophets but in our obedience, we will bring them to nothing. We (the obedient of Christ) have not come to compromise, or get along with, but to take over. Our obedience makes our enemies as nothing before us. This is The Place of Safety dear ones.
Now remember, no Saturday edition next week and following.
2 Chronicles 20:20b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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