“Make us Holy before Your Eyes” because ha-eh-met (the truth) is holy, and only You make us kadosh (holy or set apart) for Your special purposes. To be “perfect” or “Shalom” is tamim/tahmeem meaning complete obedience, which actually means complete, sound, or blameless, without blemish, upright, undefiled, wholeness, fullness, contentment, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord and wanting for nothing which is only something You can accomplish in our lives when we follow Your Mitzvot (Commands). Yahovahs people are called to make peace (Matthew 5:9). Interestingly, our English word peace is translated from the Hebrew, Shalom, which is spelled: Shin (ש), Lamed (ל), Vav (ו), Mem (ם). If you take the meanings of the individual letters in Shalom and put them together, you have destroy (Shin) the authority (Lamed) that brings (Vav) chaos (Mem). The letters of the word Shalom tell us that in order to have true peace, the authority that brings chaos must be destroyed! Furthermore, Satan is truly THE authority that brings chaos. How then do we destroy his authority and make peace? According to James, we destroy his authority by responding to chaos with Godly wisdom (James 3:13-18). We must not add to the chaos by engaging in fighting and quarreling (James 4:1-6); rather, we resist the devil so that he must flee (James 4:7). Let your pride die. Be a peacemaker. Destroy the authority that brings chaos to your life.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:46:40 +0000
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