AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Saturday – December 5, 2020, Kislev 19, 5781
THE PLACE OF SAFETY – PART TWENTY-EIGHT
Greetings dear and precious friends and partners of this Ministry and The Three Minute Word blog. God is so good dear ones. The Saturday publication on December 19, 2020 will be the last Saturday publication for the foreseeable future. Some of my energies are being redirected to writing a new book, and the updating/revising of several Booklets I have previously published. There will be a Three Minute Word published the other six days. Please take a moment to share this teaching as widely as possible expanding the reach of this Ministry by itself.
This nation, the wicked who have subverted this nation, and the world are on a collusion course with the Hand of God. A reckoning for the wicked is at hand including many in the Church that have followed after the world. COVID-19 remains and continues to surge. With the righting of this American nation that is at the door, this pestilence will be swept away by the Hand of God, and we will witness an explosive harvest of the lost. A critical mass of persons in repentance and obedience to the Word has been achieved, the trigger is pulled, the Hand of the Lord will be seen very soon in a spectacular way. Believe God and be established, believe His Prophets and prosper (2 Chronicles 20:20). The Prophets and God right along with them have been discarded in favor of emotions, leaning to their own understanding, and the ways of the world especially the media mountain. What choices have you, have I made? Now let’s turn our attention to our series “The Place of Safety” and continue with our primary text of the 23rd Psalm. Read it aloud, yes, out loud!
Psalm 23:1-6 (KJV)
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
There is no safety other than when God is our Lord and we are doing things His way. Love (agape) of God is obedience to the Word of God. Everything in this Psalm presupposes that the LORD is our Shepherd. Who is my shepherd, who is yours? Let’s ask ourselves, are we in want, are we experiencing tranquility, is our soul renewed to the Word of God, are we doing things His way, are we in fear or comfort, is our cup running over, and finally is the goodness and mercy of God showing out in our lives? If this does not describe our life, the LORD is not our shepherd but another. One might exclaim that that kind of life just isn’t possible in the earth. Then why is it in the Bible? Is our God a fibber throwing out false hope? Of course not! He has provided for us to have a nothing but victorious life, period. We are to bring Heaven to earth, reestablish Eden. Yes, we have temporary challenges but no losses only victories when we follow The Shepherd. As we come to an end for today let’s meditate on the following passage. This passage is not to the world it is to the Church, those who say they are Gods’ people.
Proverbs 1:24-31 (KJV)
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
I for one want to be attentive to the call of the Lord and quick to take His Hand. Dear ones abandon the traditions of men, and the doctrines of demons. We live in the world but we are not to be of the world. We are not to get our thoughts, words, and ways from the world but from the Lord and His Prophets.
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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