Good Evening Friends,
I pray you all have had a blessed weekend –
It always goes much too quickly for my liking … yet, still I am thankful
I just got home from a Night-of-Worship at my home church,
Bridge Church
IT WAS SUCH A
POWERFUL TIME!!!
So glad I pushed past my feelings of sickness earlier and
decided to go.
I was blessed in such a tremendous way!
And, this being the
day of Pentecost [a remembrance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the
book of Acts], it was appropriate that there was an intense and heightened
awareness of His Presence.
For me personally, it was an evening of BREAKTHROUGH!
This has been quite a season for me … with several miles
still to journey
However, I feel strongly that the LORD has been
reminding me:
He goes before me and makes every crooked place straight [Isaiah
45:2]
No weapon formed against me shall prosper [Isaiah 54:17]
HE IS MY STRONG TOWER
[Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 61:3]
HE IS MY DEFENDER [Deuteronomy
32:4]
All last week, I have been listening to a song by Bethel called Defender.
It is a great song which begins,
‘You go before I know
That You've even gone to win my war
You come back with the head of my enemy
You come back and You call it my victory
You go before I know
That You've even gone to win my war
Your love becomes my greatest defense
It leads me from the dry wilderness’
That You've even gone to win my war
You come back with the head of my enemy
You come back and You call it my victory
You go before I know
That You've even gone to win my war
Your love becomes my greatest defense
It leads me from the dry wilderness’
WELL –
Tonight, He let me know, in
no uncertain terms, that THE BATTLE IS
HIS [II Chronicles 20:15]
He assured me, with several
confirmations, that THE VICTORY IS SURE [I
Samuel 30:8]
He also took me by my hand and let me know that HE IS LEADING ME OUT OF MY DRY WILDERNESS
In Song of Solomon 8:5, the question is asked, “Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?” The Answer? Me!!!
This meant so much to me. It especially meant a great deal because
I know how monumentally and miserably I have failed Him during this trial
HE IS SUCH AN
AMAZING, MERCIFUL, FORGIVING & LOVING GOD!
I AM OVERWHELMED –
I am overwhelmed because of His nature
He does not require me to do penance;
He does not remind me of my failures and shame me [that is
the enemy’s job] [Psalm 103:12]
NO –
He reminds that there is now therefore no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1)
HE LOVES ME … WITH
AND EVERLASTING & UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
AND THAT BATTLE?
He makes no requirements of me on that front either
In fact, it just like that song by Bethel says …
ALL I DID WAS WORSHIP
ALL I DID WAS BOW DOWN
ALL I DID WAS STAY STILL’
ALL I DID WAS BOW DOWN
ALL I DID WAS STAY STILL’
Such a blessing!
Know this tonight – no matter
what you are facing, no matter how great you feel you have failed … even if you
are standing on the other side of salvation and have never accepted the free
gift of redemption that Christ died to give you …
HE IS PRESENT & HIS ARMS ARE OPEN WIDE TO RECEIVE YOU;
TO BE YOUR DEFENDER … IN EVERY WAY
Praying You Have Blessed Evening
& a Fantastic Week …
