Welcome Heartstrings family!
With every step we take we are getting closer to the final days. You can see the signs. I can sense, just like you that something is coming or I should say Someone is coming soon. Will you and I meet Him in the air? Read through 1 Thessalonians 4. It is right there, if you will see.
Happening right now, no matter what your circumstances, the Spirit of God is calling us to draw closer. He already told us what to expect. Our future is in His hands, if we let Him make the Way. If we will listen to Truth we will receive Life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord and coming King.
Jehovah-Shammah means The LORD is there. Where? All the steps beyond where you are right this moment. When I pause to think about this I find more peace concerning my future. Knowing God already wrote His Story on the pages of my life bring me great assurance.
I won't dwell on the tragedies, the crazy choices of our government. The many who are sick with cancers and other diseases....well, there it is. But, is the LORD there with you? Are you His chosen and appointed child? Have you taken time to pray today and read His Words of Life? Pick up your Bible, don't put it off. There are many distractions that may and have kept me from finally picking up God's Love Letter right before I go to bed. Just when I can hardly keep my eyes open. So, now I find more strength for the day, more power and more of His Love to carry me and actually be effective in the lives of others.
You have read God opposes the proud and everything that exalts itself against Him. But, He gives grace to the humble. So, reading in 1 Peter today...chapter 5:6-11. From the Amplified version.
"Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully."
Knowing that God is there ahead of me on this journey, I am less burdened by cares when I finally drop the load at His feet. Turn back to what I know is true and don't pick them up again. Right? How many times a day I have to do this!
I want this..."Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of your, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour."
That is quite a picture isn't it? But, submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you says James 4:7!
Remember to..."Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you."
What a wonderful Savior we have. Our Great God. Our Matchless Warrior Jesus Christ is not only with us, His Spirit lives inside of us. And, He goes before us every step of the way. To Him be the dominion (power, authority, rule) forever and ever, amen!
No matter what is happening now, in your part of the world, we are assured that He is there already to help us. Romans 8:37 says, "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who saved us."
I have been clinging to this promise from Isaiah 41:13..."For I the LORD your God hold your right hand; I am the LORD, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you." This is a personal promise for all who call on the name of the Jesus and follow Him.
Finally, even though I have so much more to share...1 Peter 5:14 says, "To all of you that are in Christ Jesus (the Messiah), may there be peace (every kind of peace and blessing, especially peace with God, and freedom from fears, agaitating passions, and moral conflicts), Amen."
Abundance is... Happening now, victory!