Incorruptible Inheritance

Today, we are going to meditate on this scripture about our inheritance in the Lord.

1 Peter 1:3-5, KJV and Amplified Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who by His abundant, boundless mercy has begotten us. We have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
We are born anew into an INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE and undefiled, an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay, an inheritance which is imperishable, This inheritance is reserved in heaven for us.
We are kept, guarded, garrisoned by God’s power through our faith until we fully inherit that final salvation that is ready to be revealed for us in the last time.

We have inherited everything that our Heavenly Father has and is. It is His good pleasure and delight to give us our inheritance. Unlike earthly inheritances, our inheritance from our Heavenly Father is not subject to change. It is beyond the reach of change. I like that. What my Father has given me is there, never changing. All I have to do to access it is say: "Yes, I believe I receive that. That is mine. I take it now." Your mouth signs on the dotted line for you in God's Kingdom.

Incorruptible

1 Peter 18,19,23
Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

You and I as God’s children have been redeemed from the vain, sinful way of living on this earth. The price paid for our redemption is the precious, incorruptible blood of Jesus.
We are born again, born to a new life in Jesus, by the incorruptible Word of God which lives eternally and abides or stays forever.

What does it mean to be redeemed? What has happened to us because of the shedding of Jesus’ blood?

Let’s go to the dictionary and Strong’s Concordance and understand what has taken place in our lives as a result of the blood of Jesus Christ being shed. To redeem means: To purchase back; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying an equivalent; purchased and brought into the possession of; to ransom.

Let’s also define the word “ransom.” It means to redeem, rescue or deliver from the possession of an enemy or bring prisoners out of bondage who were kept by their enemies by paying a price deemed equivalent.

I see from all these definitions that the precious blood of Jesus Christ was shed to rescue us from satan’s bondage to the fear of death and from his captivity of us in darkness. Not only were we rescued, but also we were delivered into God’s Kingdom, to live victorious lives in His presence while we are here on this earth. Victory begins here, not when we all get to heaven. Our dear Heavenly Father wants us to have and enjoy life to the fullest while we are here on this earth. In fact, He does tell us in this passage in John 10:10 that He wants us to enjoy that life to overflowing, in abundance (Col. 1:13; Gal. 3:13; Heb. 2:14,15; 2 Tim. 2:25,26).

Finally, we see that we are born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God.
Incorruptible: Cannot be changed or perverted from a pure, sound state; cannot be broken, separated or dissolved.

SO, we can say it like this:
I have been redeemed (rescued and delivered from satan’s captivity and bondage) with the incorruptible (not capable of change) blood of Jesus and born again by the incorruptible Word of God which lives and abides forever.

There is no change in God or the blood of Jesus or the Word of God. They are the same yesterday, today and forever. In us, they are the same yesterday, today and forever. The blood and the Word mean what they say and say what they mean. The same Truth of the Word of God is a fact in each of our lives.

Set Apart For God

Hebrews 3:1
I am consecrated and set apart for God.
I am a partaker of the heavenly calling.
I thoughtfully and attentively consider, contemplate Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of my profession or confession. I have confessed Him as mine.

You and I are set apart for God. He has a purpose for each of us. We are to partake of that purpose or calling. What I find interesting here in this verse is that as we are considering that calling, we are to pay attention to Jesus, Who is the Apostle (sent One) and High Priest (One Who carries the sacrifice or offering of our confession into the Father).

That word “profession” here in this passage of scripture is the word homologia which means covenant; acknowledge; speak the same as; agreement; speak agreeable to; consent to; to say the same thing; give thanks.

As we speak in agreement with God (the Word, He is the Word.), He, the Word, sets us apart unto Himself and causes us to partake of our calling. It is He Who does it and not we ourselves. All we do is agree with Him. We agree with His Word. There is power in agreement. When we agree with God, we are agreeing with power Himself. When we say the same thing as He says, we are releasing His ability in our lives. We are releasing His Kingdom into our lives. We are releasing His power on our behalf.

Giving thanks is one of the highest forms of agreement. When we thank someone for something, we are accepting what they have given to us. When we give thanks to God, we are agreeing with Him and telling Him that we acknowledge what He has given to us. Let me say it again: There is power in agreement. But even more dynamic is this sentence: There is unlimited power in agreement with God. It’s time to release His power in our lives.

It's A Holy Calling

Every person on the face of this earth was born to a destiny laid out for them by God Almighty. It is a holy calling because it is God’s calling. You are born for a purpose. Yes, you! Regardless of who you are or where you are right now, you were born to fulfill the plan of God for your life. A calling is a plan. It is God’s plan for you. If you do not know what that plan is, ask Him. He will tell you. It will be made clear to you. How will He tell you? It may not be a loud voice saying: Thus saith the Lord…… It may as simple as this: I really like to do ________. That is more than likely your calling.

People have gotten confused with the word “calling” thinking that it means someone who is called to a pulpit ministry. No, no! Your calling is what God has purposed for you and you alone to do. It is the place where you find the most joy and peace. There are people who are born, live and die and never fulfill what God has called them to do because they are afraid to step out in what they sense they enjoy doing. God will make the way clear for you. Whatever He calls you to do, He already has the provision to fulfill that plan.

2 Timothy 1:9,10
It is God Who has saved me and called me with an holy calling….according to His own purpose and grace, which was given me in Christ Jesus before the world began. It is now made manifest by the appearing of my Savior Jesus Christ, Who has abolished death (made it of no effect) and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

2 Thessalonians 1:11
God, I pray that You would count me worthy of this calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of Your goodness and the work of faith with power.

Yes, it is God Who has called you according to His own purpose. He gives you His grace to fulfill that calling.

The Hope Of His Calling

Ephesians 1:16,17,18

I pray to You, God of my Lord Jesus Christ, Father of Glory, that You would grant me the spirit of wisdom and revelation, of insight into mysteries and secrets, in the deep and intimate knowledge of You.

Here in verse 16 we are asking our Father to show us Himself, to give us wisdom and understanding of His nature, of His Kingdom. He is the One with insights into the mysteries and secrets of His realm. As we seek Him daily and spend time in His Word, We come to know Him and His ways and learn how to walk in those ways ourselves.

The eyes of my understanding being enlightened, of my heart being flooded with light---
So that---
I may know and understand---
(1) What is the hope of Your calling
(2) What is the riches of the glory of Your inheritance in me, your set-apart one
(3) What is the exceeding, unlimited, immeasurable, surpassing greatness of your dunamis, resurrection power toward me, in me and for me who believes.

God demonstrated the greatness of His marvelous power when He raised Christ Jesus from the dead. That same power is in you and me right now if we are born again, if we have accepted Jesus as our Savior. Interestingly enough, that power will lie there dormant until we learn about it and how to allow the Spirit of God to operate in our lives. The power is there in us. That is the hope of His calling. He is calling you and me to a higher ground than we have ever attained before in our lives.

God Has A Purpose

God has a purpose and a plan for your life. He placed that purpose in you when you were born into this earth. God’s DNA chip of His destiny and purpose for you is built into you; it is a part of your being. Here’s the good news: He also made provision for all that you will need to fulfill that purpose.

Perhaps you think you have gotten off course and need a course correction. The Holy Spirit of God is there to put you back on course. It is so simple that sometimes we miss it. God is so easy to walk with. His love is so great and intense for you and me that He is always ready to come to our aid. Why is that? He wants His plan to be fulfilled in your life. That is the place of your greatest joy and peace. There is no greater joy than to be right in the middle of God’s perfect will. Is that possible? Of course it is. All we have to do is say: I am yielded to you God. Tell me what to say. Tell me what to do. Show me where to go to do it. I will obey. Yielding and obedience is the key. What a wonderful God we serve! What a Father we have! He waits for our obedience!

Hebrews 13:21,22 Amplified Bible
Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament), strengthen, (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah), to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of ages). Amen (so be it).

This scripture passage settles it for me every time. God is the Author of peace (shalom: wholeness, soundness). He is the Giver of peace. He is the one with resurrection power to bring His life (zoe) into you and me. That resurrection life raises every dead thing in your life. And you know what the wonderful part of that scenario is? He gives us that power to do what He has called us to do. He equips us with everything good (that’s all of Him) to carry out His will. He is the One Who accomplishes it. We are along for the ride. He is in the driver’s seat and we are the passenger. There’s only one problem that He has to deal with us. I imagine you can guess what that is----we like to drive, even though we don’t know the road. Rest is a word we must engage in our lives. Rest means sitting down in the accomplished work and following directions.

Let’s all make the decision today and every day to rest in God’s purpose and plan for our lives.

In Him

The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.
Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, FOR IT IS HE HIMSELF WHO GIVES LIFE AND BREATH AND ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE.

Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being (a living, speaking spirit like God).
Job 33:4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

And He made from one common origin, one source, one blood all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined their allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation, their settlements, lands, and abodes.
So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
FOR IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING; as even some of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
Acts 17:23-28

Today let’s focus on the above scriptures. We are in Christ Jesus. It is God Almighty Who gives us life and breath. It is His very breath and life (zoe), the absolute life in which there is no death, that dwells in us. He, Life Himself, lives in us and moves in us and we have our very being, our very existence in Him. Think on that all day and there is no defeat, there is no failure. God does not fail. He lives in you and me. He has made us and He live in us. Hallelujah!

Sit Down

In Ephesians 1 and 2 Paul gives us a photograph of God’s vision of us. In 2:4-7 we read that God is so rich in His mercy. Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our sins, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him (made Him alive), for it is by grace that we are saved (delivered and made partakers of Christ’s salvation.

He raised us up together with Him and made us SIT DOWN together, giving us joint seating with Him in the heavenly sphere by virtue of our being in Christ Jesus the Messiah, the Anointed One. Why did God do all this? He did this so that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable, limitless, surpassing riches of His free grace in His kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.

Our position today is one of sitting down. In the spirit realm, we are sitting at rest, enjoying the fruit of all of Jesus Christ’s labor while He was here on this earth. He defeated the devil and all his demonic works for us; He reconciled us to the Father; He opened the way for us to be God’s children once again. He gave us the victory over sin, sickness, circumstances, everything that would be placed against us. We are seated with Christ Jesus. Where is He? He is at the right hand of the Father. Is there any sickness and disease or poverty or lack or defeat at the right hand of the Father? Of course not. That is a resounding NO!

God’s vision is wholeness in every area of our lives. He has given us His vision in His Word. We must develop His vision by staying in His Word. Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of Your Word. Without God’s vision, we are naked. We are afraid (Genesis 3:10 and Proverbs 29:18).

Today is the beginning of a change of seeing, a change of vision. In order to change that vision, we must keep God’s Word before us day and night. That is the photograph and vision we want to see of ourselves. This is my prayer for all of us: Ephesians 1:17,18 Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, Father of Glory, may the eyes of our understanding, the eyes of our hearts be flooded with the Light of Your Word so that we can see clearly Who we are----we are your children, a duplicate of You. We look like You. We talk like You. We walk like You. We act like You.

Come To Me

Matthew 11:28-20
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.
Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.
For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good – not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but comfortable, gracious and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

Jesus is calling us to come to Him Who will take care of us. We are to give Him all burdens and those things that weigh us down. Actually, His yoke is really not a yoke in terms of bondage. It is a joining together with Him like oxen are joined together with a yoke. When we join with Him and operate as one, yielding ourselves to Him, His anointing of Love and Life removes the burdens for us and destroys the yokes of bondage that satan has attempted to place on us.

What Jesus asks us to bear is really not a burden. We are to bear love and goodness and peace and tranquility and health and happiness and joy and prosperity. Those are the kinds of things that we are designed to carry. We were never designed by God to carry anything but His goodness and nature. Anything else is foreign to us and an enemy. We are no longer yoked to our enemy satan. He is our foe and opposed to us. What we do is cast the whole of our cares on the Lord and hook up with Him in unity of heart. Every day we must do that----join with Him Who is all Life and Love.

Fullness, Part 2

In Jesus Christ is the fullness of God. In you is the fullness of God if Jesus Christ is your Savior and Lord. In Ephesians 1:22,23, Amplified Bible, we read that He is the Head of the church which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all for in His body (that’s us) lives the fullness of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself. Isn’t that good news! You are full of God! That’s the way God set it all up. His man is to be the image of Him, exactly like Father. True humility is not saying we are unworthy. True humility says that we are so honored to be like our heavenly Father and to act like His child. That brings great glory and pleasure to Him.

Today we will make a personal confession from scriptures concerning Christ in us Who is our hope (our earnest, white-hot expectation) of glory (His presence manifested on this earth) Colossians 1:27.

Colossians 2:3,6,7,10; Romans 6:18; 1 Corinthians 2:18; Colossians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 3:21,22,23

In You Jesus Christ all the treasures of divine wisdom – comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God – and all the riches of spiritual knowledge are stored up and lie hidden.
I have received You as my the Lord.
I walk, regulate my life and conduct myself in union with and conformity to You.
I conform to Your divine will, Lord, in thought purpose and action.
I have the Your mind, Christ, and do hold the thoughts, feelings and purposes of Your heart.
I have the roots of my being firmly and deeply planted in You.
I am fixed and founded in You.
I am being continually built up in You.
I am becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith.
I am abounding and overflowing in faith with thanksgiving.
I am complete (having no deficiency, full) in You, Who are the Head of all principality and power, Whom You disarmed, stripped of their authority (Colossians 2:15).
I stand perfect and complete, filled in all Your will, God.
All things are mine. I am Christ’s and Christ is God’s.

Because of Jesus Christ, you and I are full of the nature, the essence of God, His very being. Isn’t it wonderful that God loves us so much that He has provided everything we need to live Godly, victorious lives while we are here on this earth! What we have to do is learn how to access His provisions for us in order to live victoriously. He has given us a manual (our Bible, His Word) to learn how to live consistently and precisely in His Kingdom. We have a teacher, the Holy Spirit, to show us how “to do it.” God’s fullness is in us.

The Fullness Of Jesus, Part 2

Out of the fullness of Jesus Christ we have all received one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift heaped upon gift (John 1:16, Amplified Bible).

What a powerful passage of scripture this is from the Amplified Bible. Jesus said in John 10:10: I have come that you might have and enjoy life, have it in abundance, to the full, until it overflows. This fullness of life is all inclusive of everything God is. It is everything of His grace. It is everything of His blessing. It is everything of His favor. It is everything of His gifts to us.

Full means full. It means that there is no room for any more. But you know what is really awesome about God and His Kingdom; there is always room for more, because He is never-ending, always expanding and increasing forever. Try to wrap your mind around that. God Almighty, the Great Creator of the universe and you, is in you as a born-again believer, with everything He is. As you and I spend this day and the days to come thinking on fullness, we will become more and more aware of Who lives in us and what He has for us.

You are FULL of all that God is! Access that fullness by thinking on it and talking about it. You were designed by the mighty God to become what you think and what you talk. As a man thinks in His heart, so is He! Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks! Think on what is pure and lovely and true and honest and just and of a good report! That in a few words is: THE WORD OF GOD! The Word of God is made alive by the Holy Spirit, Who has come to make His home in you. THE WORD! THE HOLY SPIRIT! THE GRACE OF GOD! THE BLESSING OF GOD! THE FAVOR OF GOD! Think on these things!

The Fullness Of Jesus

In Colossians 1:16, 17 and 2:9 we read that all things were created by Him (Jesus Christ) and for Him and that in Him all things are held together. All the divine fullness, the sum total of the divine perfection, powers and attributes dwell in Him permanently. In Him all the fullness of the Godhead continues to dwell.

Do you see this? In Jesus Christ is everything. Fullness means complete, whole, nothing missing, nothing broken, nothing out of order, everything in its place properly. Who is in you and me? Jesus Christ with all His fullness. Fullness of what? Health and healing, prosperity, wisdom, righteousness, peace, rest, security, safety, deliverance, stability, and on and on. Whatever you and I need can be found in Him Who is in us. He is all we need because in Him is all we need. Isn’t that good news! That is the good news of the gospel. In Christ Jesus we have all we will ever need to live a victorious and successful life in this earth. That is good news for me.

In Him is all the fullness of the Godhead! He is in you with all the fullness of the Godhead! Think on that the rest of the day and when the night comes, you will be confident of victory in your life.

God Is My Rock, Part 10

We will finish our study today on God as our Rock with some scripture passages from the New Testament.

Matthew 7:24
Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them, does them, obeys them, will be like a sensible, prudent, practical, wise man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house yet it did not fall, because it had been founded upon a rock.

When we hear God’s Word and do what His Word says, we are standing on solid ground for our lives. No wind of adversity can blow into our lives and shake us. Why? We are built upon the solid foundation of God’s Word, which is unshakeable.

Matthew 16:18
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, overpower it or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it.

The church of the living God is built upon the revealing of Jesus Christ, the revelation of the reason He came to this earth----to set mankind free from the stronghold of satan and reconcile us to Father once again. There is no power that can stop the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is built upon His authority and might.

1 Corinthians 10:4
And they all drank the same spiritual supernaturally given drink. For they drank from a spiritual Rock which followed them – produced by the sole power of God Himself without natural instrumentality and the Rock was Christ.

Christ, The Anointed One, His anointing (the Holy Spirit), sent by the Father in the name of Jesus, is what sustains us and stabilizes us so that we are not moved away by anything or anyone from the power of God. It is a supernatural work, which has its source in God. It is not by works of natural man. Our sustenance comes from Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The Holy Spirit is here now to bring the fullness of that sustenance from heaven for our lives. He is the Spirit of Truth sent to reveal the nature of God to us. The Father takes great delight in each human being who grabs hold of the truth that he is able to become a child of God and fellowship with the Lord in an intimate relationship.

Indeed, God is your Rock. He is the solid, stable One Who has become one with those who have accepted Him into their lives. Remember that He is always right there with you, defending you, protecting you, strengthening you, keeping you safe. He is your firm, immovable foundation. Stay close to Him.

God Is My Rock, Part 9

We have been studying God as our Rock, our impenetrable place of stability and rest. Let’s ask ourselves a question today: Is He my place of rest and stability? Am I making Him the One on Whom I lean and rely and the One in Whom I confidently trust? He is solid and unchangeable, the same yesterday, today and forever. All else is subject to change, but He is not! God says that He is unchanging. He Who is the Word fails not. He is our place of refuge and strength, the One Who is forever, eternally, and perpetually the same. He and His Word never change!

Today we will look at two scripture passages which are totally different concerning God as our Rock, yet they have the central theme of Him being our Rock of Refuge. In the first set of scriptures, we see Him as our Protector from wickedness and in the second set of scriptures we see ourselves bowing before Him and worshipping and praising Him with hearts of thanksgiving for being our ROCK OF SALVATION (WHOLENSS). HE IS OUR GOD!

Psalm 94:13, 20-23
Lord, You instruct and teach me out of Your law (Word) that You may give me power to keep myself calm in the days of adversity until the inevitable pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You – they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under the sacred name of the law.
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense and my God, the Rock of my refuge.
And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness – the Lord our God will wipe them out.

Psalm 95:1-7
O come let us sing to the Lord – let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving – let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise.
For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods.
In His hand are the deep places of the earth – the height and strength of the hills are His also.
The sea is His, for He made it and His hands formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker in reverent praise and supplication.
For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.

God Is My Rock, Part 8

Today we are going to let the scriptures speak for themselves concerning God as our Rock, our immovable, impenetrable hard place against which no resistance can stand.

Psalm 71:3,13-16
Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell (my strong habitation) and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed, given command to save me, for You are my Rock and my lofty Fortress or Stronghold.
Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life – let them be covered with reproach, scorn, and dishonor who seek and require my hurt.
But I will hope continually and will praise You yet more and more.
My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts and of Your deeds of salvation (deliverance, rescue, help, safety, victory) all the day, for their number is more than I know.
I will come in the strength and with the mighty acts of the Lord God….

Psalm 89:24,26,28,33,34
My faithfulness and My mercy and loving-kindness shall be with him and in My name shall his horn (power) be exalted (great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him.)
He shall cry to Me ----
You are my Father.
You are my God.
You are the Rock (Mighty God, Mighty One) of my salvation (deliverance, health, help, welfare).
My mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him.
Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not break off from him nor allow My faithfulness to fail (to lie and be false to him).
My covenant will I not break or profane nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

These two scripture passages hold quite a load of promises to us and for us from our God. Ponder them and embrace these truths of God as your Rock today.

God Is My Rock, Part 7

Only God is an immovable Truth. Everything else can change and move and be temporary, but not our God. He is ever steadfast and true to Himself. He is the Word of Truth. There is none beside Him. When we rest our confidence in Him, we are resting in a sure place, a place appointed by God for each one of His children. We will dwell in the strength and might of our God. He is our salvation, the One Who keeps us safe and delivers us and gives us the victory in life always.

Psalm 62:2,6-8
He only is my Rock and my Salvation, my Defense and my Fortress – I shall not be greatly moved.
He only is my Rock and my Salvation – He is my Defense and my Fortress – I shall not be moved.
With God rests my salvation and my glory – He is my Rock of unyielding and impenetrable hardness and my refuge is in God.
Trust in, lean on, rely on and have confidence in Him at all times, you people – pour out your hearts before Him – God is a refuge for us, a fortress and a high tower.

We can trust God. We can pour out our hearts before Him, and He will be our hard rock, our place where there is no yielding to the pressures of the enemy. When we are in the Lord, we shall not be moved from our position of strength and victory.

God Is My Rock, Part 6

As we continue with our study on God as our Rock, let’s remember that He is our refuge and shelter at all times, not just when we need Him. He is always with us, ever watching over us and our loved ones. He’s our protection. There is only one thing that will stop that protection----us. If we don’t believe He is our protection and refuge, if we doubt that He is our shelter, then our doubt and our fear and our unbelief stop Him. He has given us the power of choice. Every day we make choices concerning our relationship with our God. Sometimes the choices are made in the face of what seems like impossible situations. Nevertheless, we make the choice to believe our God.

Psalm 61:1-6
…Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me – a strong tower from the enemy.
I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever – let me find refuge and trust in the shelter of Your wings.
For You, O God, have heard my vows – You have given me the heritage of those who fear, revere and honor Your name.
May You prolong the true king’s life – adding days upon days – and may his years be to the last generation of this world and the generation of the world to come.

Forever, God is our Refuge!

God Is My Rock, Part 5

I am just going to let today’s scripture on God as our Rock speak to each one of us. Make this scripture a place of pondering today. Think on it and believe the Word of God for you personally.

Psalm 31:3-5,7,13,14,17-21,23,24

You are my Rock and my Salvation.
…You are my Strength and my Stronghold.
…You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love….
I have heard the slander of many – terror, fear is on every side – they schemed together against me – they plotted to take my life.
But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord – I said: You are my God.
Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You – let the wicked be put to shame – let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).
Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
O how great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who reverence and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men.
In the secret of Your Presence You hide them from the plots of men – You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor….
O love the Lord all you His saints. The Lord preserves the faithful and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily.
Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for, hope for and expect the Lord.

Wherever you go and whatever you do and whatever is happening in your life, God is always there as your solid place of refuge. He hides you in the shelter of His arms. He will defend you and take care of you. Trust Him at all times. Yes, you can trust Him, even when it looks like nothing is happening to confirm your trust in Him. Trust Him anyway. He will come through for you. I know. Trusting the Lord is the key to your victorious life.

God Is My Rock, Part 4

Our Father, Our God, Jesus the Word, is our place of security. He is solid and secure. When we stand on Him, all around us may be shaking but He is stable, dependable, always there, ever present to take care of us. In the times in which we are living, He alone is immovable and steadfast. When we place our complete trust in Him, then we become immovable and steadfast when all around us is sinking sand and trouble and destruction.

2 Samuel 22:31-35, KJV and Amplified Bible

As for God, His way is perfect (entire, full, complete, whole, sound, undefiled, without blemish or spot) – the word of the Lord is tried (refined) – He is a buckler (shield) to all those who trust and take refuge in Him.
For Who is God, but the Lord?
And Who is a Rock (Mighty One), except our God?
He is my strength (fortified place, defense, rock, stronghold, fortress) and power (my Fortress, force) – He makes my way perfect (sets me free).
He makes my feet like hinds’ feet (firm, able) – He sets me secure and confident upon the heights.
He trains (teaches) my hands for war….
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation – and Your gentleness has made me great (increased, enlarged, excel, grow, nourish, plenty, abundance, multiplied).

What promises we have here in this scripture passage! Our God is a shield for us against the troubles sent against us. He is our fortress and stronghold. He sets us securely above the problems and gives us confidence that in Him we are overcomers. He causes us to increase and grow and be nourished with abundance in the middle of the storm. That is reason to rejoice and praise Him for Who He is in our lives. Praise Him! Rejoice in His goodness! Trust Him!

God is My Rock, Part 3

There is a song that says: On Christ the solid rock I stand; all other ground is sinking sand. God is a solid, immovable part of our lives when we trust Him. There is nothing greater and stronger than God. Oh, many times the devil comes huffing and puffing with his lying spirit and aggressive actions to bluff us, but we are the ones with the power of God dwelling in us.

The unfortunate part of our relationship with God is that many have not learned how to allow that great, dynamite power of God which is inside them to operate on their behalf. I am reminded of 1 John 4:4 today from the Amplified Bible. I will personalize it for you. I am of God. I belong to God. I am His child, and I have already defeated and overcome the agents of antichrist because greater, mightier is He Who is in me than he who is in the world. Do you believe that today? Is that God’s Word? Yes, it is. His Word will not return unto Him void, empty, useless, without producing what it was sent forth to do (Isa. 55:1). We all must trust God and His Word. This is the greatest time of all times to trust His Word----that it works for us personally, in our lives. God is a personal God. He wants to take care of each one of us. He has the power and the ability to do that. He is our Rock.

Deuteronomy 32:4 KJV and Amplified Bible
He is the Rock; His work is perfect; for all His ways are law and justice – a God of truth and without iniquity – a God of faithfulness without breach or deviation – just and right is He.
Iniquity: moral evil, to distort (morally), perverseness, unjust(-ly), wicked(-ness), unrighteousness

2 Samuel 22:2-4 KJV and Amplified Bible
The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer.
The God of my Rock – in Him will I trust – in Him will I take refuge – He is my Shield – He is the horn (power) of my salvation (liberty, deliverance, prosperity, safety) – He is my High Tower (my Stronghold) – He is my Refuge – He is my Savior – He saves me from violence.
I call upon the Lord Who is worthy to be praised and I am saved from my enemies.

Think on and ponder this scripture particularly today for yourself personally. Your God is a Protector and Deliverer for you. You can trust Him and take refuge in Him. He will keep you from your enemies (enemy satan).