AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Saturday – November 21, 2020, Kislev 5, 5781
THE PLACE OF SAFETY – PART TWENTY-SIX
Greetings dear friends and precious partners of this Ministry and The Three Minute Word blog. Welcome and thank you for joining us once again for the Saturday Bible Study series. Please take a moment to share this teaching as widely as possible to spread the reach of the Truth beyond where we alone can reach. Thank you. God is so good to give us His Word so that we walk not in the dark but in the light. How many of us would venture into the dark, the night, without a light source? Yet Christians cavalierly race down the road of life walking in spiritual darkness and not even looking for the guidance of THE light source (Word of God and Holy Spirit).
Don’t forget our Wednesday evening Bible Study on Zoom at 6 pm eastern time. I am teaching about “The Rising Remnant”. Future teachings will include God’s Original Intent, The Kingdom Lost, The Kingdom Regained, and What is our Mission Now. The Lord is taking us into wonderful places and quickening our hearts to be more and more like Him. The Word received, believed, and acted upon changes us from the inside out. That is to say it changes our thoughts, our words, and subsequently our world (finances, health, etc.). We individually and as the body of Christ are responsible to bring Heaven into the earth, we should make everywhere we go or live a Garden of Eden. No, this is not a fantasy or fairytale, this is our mandate. How will each of us answer the Master on judgment day? Come to this Anointed Bible Study filled with expectancy. Expect God to bring answers, expect God to touch whatever in your life needs the Blessing. I for one am feed up with the curse, let us resist the curse and fully embrace the Blessing. It is our faith that makes us whole. Faith comes by hearing and (spiritual) hearing by the Word of God. There can be no awakening, no great harvest, without significant heart change among the people of God. God is going to have an end-time people, are we going to have a part? If you don’t already have the meeting id and password please contact us and we will happily provide it so you may enter the Bible Study.
Now, let’s turn our attention to the study at hand, with our text being the 23rd Psalm.
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.
Last Saturday I left off talking about the fourth verse of our text. As we discuss this further, remember a shadow cannot help or harm us. However, fear is not a shadow it is a deadly spirit if we cooperate with him. Fear will bring stealing, killing, and destroying into our lives. Fear is the opposite of love (agape), fear is the belief that God will not do as He has promised. Even though we are faced with what seems like impossible circumstances in the natural, if we will not fear the evil before us, it remains an impotent shadow. Fear is inseparable from unbelief just as love (agape) is inseparable from faith. If you are not familiar with what fear can do read the first chapter of Job. Job had fear concerning his children and it was catastrophic for Job’s children and his fortune. Consider the following verses.
Job 1:5 (KJV)
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job 3:25 (KJV)
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Look at Psalm 23:4 in a different Bible translation.
Psalm 23:4 (NLT)
4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
The rod corrects and the staff protects. The Lord corrects by bringing His Word to our attention. He will protect us by whatever means are necessary. The only way our God is close beside us is if we chose to walk closely with Him. He does not make us walk with Him; we are freewill creations.
Amos 3:3 (KJV)
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Lord willing, I will pick up right here next Saturday, enjoy Thanksgiving.
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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