The Lord made it clear that I was to post a daily diary-like comment to PsalmsOfJohn.com, this web-site, which He led me to establish on 17th June.
Two Weeks Along - Any Progress?
So, the fourteenth day, tomorrow we'll be half way through this project. I am totally amazed to be doing this. To conceive or plan anything so outrageous is so beyond me! But not for Jesus.
In today's church we are taught to ask "Lord, what are you saying? What are you doing?"
The ancient Israelites were entirely satisfied that it was God Himself who spoke and gave the Law to Moses:
(Deuteronomy 5:22) "These words [of the Law] Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me".
Through the centuries the Lord has spoken; He speaks today through His Word, the Bible, and also prophetically (1 Corinthians 14:1,3) to those with ears to hear (Mark 4:22-23). By His Spirit, Jesus speaks to every pastor and teacher who asks: "Lord, what shall I bring to my people this week in my sermon / my teaching?"
Daily I ask: "Lord, what are you saying? What are you doing?"
Jesus is saying that He loves me. There are occasions in life when you know that you are the centre of someone's love. Every day Jesus is telling me that He has extravagant love towards me, a rushing flow of love.
As for what He's doing; Jesus is leading me into times of ministry and prayer for others, something I often feel too shy or inadequate to do. Every day He is guiding me in the subject matter and even the content for that day's PsalmsOfJohn.com posting. This is very humbling. Also intimate and exciting. Encouraging too.
I look for signs of change in my body. Because I have had so much sickness for so long I am looking for dramatic signs. Over the years there have been many little signs ..
When Jesus did a preventative strike against lung cancer in me, and when He healed me from smoking and from strong drink, I knew something amazing had happened. I'm looking to give away my reading and distance glasses, that would be unusual in a person as old as me. But not impossible (Matthew 19:26). I am asking for significant healings in every area of my body and my person.
So far there's not much to see except the wonder of daily fellowship:
(2 Corinthians 13:14) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
The Future?
What is to come? Only God knows. Jesus is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, but only the Father knows the hour and the day that certain things will happen. So it's God who knows; I'm ready to continue on, and see as He unfolds what He will unfold.
Our Very Fabric
For years, when things just seemed to be stuck on "mediocre" for me, people used to say that they admired my perseverance. I remember being grateful for their loving observation. Jesus' Word says that persistence and perseverance are good; they build character. Character is comprised of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, usually these are hard won!
(Galatians 5:22-23) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Favourite Scriptures:
(Romans 5:3-5) Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
(Colossians 3:12) Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance.
(Revelation 2:3) You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.
Praise Jesus
Amen.
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Blessings.
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