Yess THANK YOU El HaNeeman! yess jesuss you are the ONE Faithful God , Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. (Deuteronomy 7:9) Great is thy faithfulness.(Lamentations 3:22-23 :both faith and faithfulness. I believe, and you are worthy of belief. Since the belief to which we are called is a total commitment of the whole self, it follows that Gods faithfulness means that he is worthy of receiving our total commitment. When i say God is faithful, i mean that we can trust him, rely on him, depend on him totally and without reservation. He will do what he says. He is constant and does not change. I the Lord do not change. (Malachi 3:6). Moses prayed, Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:1-2). He is God from everlasting to everlasting (Nehemiah 9:5; see also Psalms 41:13, 106:48, 144:13; Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 10:10; Daniel 4:3, 6:26). He sits enthroned forever (Psalm 102:12). Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and your dominion endures through all generations (Psalm 145:13; see Lamentations 5:19) God is I am (Exodus 3:14). He always is. He is before the physical universe was created, he is now, and he is after heaven and earth will have passed away (see Matthew 24:35). He inhabits eternity (Isaiah 57:15 NKJV). I am the Alpha and the Omega... who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty (Revelation 1:8). He is the everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6). Gods character does not change. I the Lord do not change (Malachi 3:6). With him there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17 KJV). Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Gods truth does not change. The word of our God stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). Jesus said, Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away (Matthew 24:35). Gods purposes do not change. The plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations (Psalm 33:11). God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised (Hebrews 6:17). The Psalmist wrote, In the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. But you remain the same and your years will never end (Psalm 102:25-27). I find this tremendously reassuring. In a world which is uncertain, and constantly changing, God does not change. He remains the same. In a quicksand, there is one solid rock on which we can stand and to which we can hold. That rock will always be there and it will always be solid. Scripture speaks of God as a rock. He is the Rock eternal in whom we can trust (Isaiah 26:4). The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer; my God is my rock in whom I take refuge (Psalm 18:2; see also Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 19:14; 61:2, 92:15; Isaiah 51:1). Psalm 40:2 says [God] lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. This describes exactly how my wife and I felt when God took us out of an occult, New Age organization and set our feet on the truth of his word. When all around you is shifting sand, God is the one solid place, and he endures forever. What a blessing! Jesus told a parable about two men, one of whom put Jesus words into practice while the other did not. The one who did not put Jesus words into practice was like a man who built his house on sand. When the rains came, and the streams rose, and the winds blew, that house fell with a great crash. The one who did follow Jesus words was like a man who built his house upon a rock. The rains came and the streams rose and the wind blew, but the house did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock (Matthew 7:24-27; see also 1 Corinthians 3:11, 10:4; and 2 Timothy 2:19). Because God is eternal and does not change, we can build our lives on him and have a sure foundation. The circumstances of our life, human institutions and philosophies, and even the physical universe, are impermanent. If we base our life on them we are not secure. Only God and his truth are eternal and sure. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18; see also Colossians 3:1-2; Hebrews 12:2). God is all-powerful. He is the Almighty (Revelation 1:8). He created the physical universe and keeps it functioning. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth... For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm (Psalm 33:6,9; see Psalm 148:5-6). He sustains all things by his powerful word (Hebrews 1:3; see Colossians 1:17). I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? (Jeremiah 32:27; see Genesis 18:14). Job said, I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted (Job 42:2). Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37)). With God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26; see Mark 9:23). God declares Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand (Isaiah 14:24; see also Isaiah 46:10). My word, that goes out from my mouth... will accomplish what I desire (Isaiah 55:11). No problem or difficulty that we face is too big or too small for God to deal with (see Numbers 11:23; Isaiah 50:2). God is always there. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging (Psalm 46:1-3). Jesus told his disciples, Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matthew 28:20). God has said, Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). I believe one of the meanings of Gods name, I Am is that he is always there, and he always has what we need. Indeed, one of the names for God is Jehovah-Shammah, the God who is there (Ezekiel 48:35). God is there even in our most difficult times. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me (Psalm 23:4). When you pass through the waters, I will be with you (Isaiah 43:2). God is our ever-present help in trouble. When we are in trouble, he is there to help us. A beautiful example of this is found in Daniel chapter 3. The three Hebrew youths were thrown into a fiery furnace because they refused to worship King Nebuchadnezzars golden image. The King looked into the flames and said , I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God (Daniel 3:25 KVJ). God did not keep them from the fire, but his Son was with them and protected them from harm. The Book of Lamentations was written at one of the lowest points in the history of the people of Israel. The ten northern tribes had been conquered by the Assyrians and scattered throughout the Assyrian empire; and now Jerusalem had been destroyed by Babylon and many of its people taken into captivity in Babylon. Much of the book is weeping over what had happened, but in the midst of his weeping the prophet could affirm that The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness (Lamentations 3:22-23 RSV). Paul suffered many hardships (see 2 Corinthians chapter 11). Yet he could say, I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances (Philippians 4:11). He could say Be joyful always,... give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16,18). From a Roman prison, while awaiting trial for his life, he wrote, Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4). I believe he could say, and mean, these things because he was so convinced that God was with him no matter what might happen, that God is bigger than any problem he faced, and that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28). His confidence was in the unchanging God and not in the changing circumstances.. Hallelujah amen thank you Jesus
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:20:09 +0000
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