I am God’s creation. I am His workmanship. I am wonderfully created.
I am living the good life which God made ready for me to live.
I am living in a healed body.
I am healthy.
I am God’s creation. I am His workmanship. I am wonderfully created.
I am living the good life which God made ready for me to live.
I am living in a healed body.
I am healthy.
I SHALL NOT BE AFRAID
Psalm 91:5-8, Amplified Bible
You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.
We are not to be afraid. We are not to fear. God has not given us a spirit of fear (fear is the spirit of the devil) but He has given us His Spirit of power, His spirit of love, His spirit of a calm, well-balanced, sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). There is no fear in God. God is love and there is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear, expels it, flushes it away (1 John 4:18). The remedy for fear is the love of God. If you are afraid in an area of your life, dwell on scriptures concerning the love of God. Dwell on how much He loves you. Someone who loves you is going to guard you from any harm.
John 16:33 is a very special scripture to me. When I am in fear somewhere in my life, I go to it. This scripture tells us what we have in the world and what we have in Jesus. In the world we have tribulation, challenges, trials, distress and frustration (all of the things listed here bring pressure, stress). BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER! Take courage, be confident, certain, undaunted. In Jesus we have perfect peace and confidence. That peace is the rest, which is a result of faith in God and His Word bringing results to us. We can rest in Him for He has already overcome the world. He has deprived it of the power to harm us and has conquered it for us. Jesus has done that for us. He has already taken care of anything that would come against us. What we have to do is to believe we receive what He has done for us—-physical health, prosperity, well-being, welfare, financial health, wholeness in every area of our lives on this earth.
Prior to John 16:33, Jesus tells us in John 14:27 that He leaves His peace with us in this world. Therefore we do not have to let our hearts be troubled or afraid.
We don’t have to be afraid of terror or terrorists or their evil plots nor of any chemical or biological warfare or any plagues or pestilence or sudden death either in the daytime or in the night season. God watches over us. We are hidden in Him. We are only spectators to these things because we are inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High God. All we do is witness the reward of the wicked, as a thousand fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand. Nothing comes near us.
You may or may not do this or believe it, but I know that it is accurate. Plead the blood of Jesus over you and your loved ones. Draw a bloodline around you and your family and your homes, properties, your vehicles in which you travel, your finances in the bank and retirement and job. I know of all my friends who do this and their finances have not been touched, even in these times of high cost and financial destitution. Also, I am praying every day now that I and my family will be at the right place at the right time, that we are not where any evil comes near. Pray and believe God. Be very alert to the Holy Spirit. Learn to hear His voice clearly. John 10:1-5 and 27-29 clearly tell us that we do not listen to the voice of a stranger, satan, but we hear clearly the voice of our Shepherd. Many months ago, the Lord told me to start speaking these scriptures over myself and my family.
Know of a certainty that the Lord is taking total care of you and your family. It is a settled subject.
Isaiah 12:4, Amplified Bible
And in that day you will say, Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name and by means of His name [in solemn entreaty]; declare and make known His deeds among the peoples of the earth, proclaim that His name is exalted!
What About Me, Lord?
When times are tough, when you are hurting so badly you have to be drugged greatly, when you have been given a very discouraging report, when things look really bad, have you ever looked upward and said: What about me, Lord? Do you even care? Can’t you see I’m hurting? Why aren’t you doing something about it? Am I important at all to You? We all have had those thoughts, even though we may not verbalize them. What about me?
To answer these questions, let’s go to the book of Isaiah, chapter 53.
Isaiah 53:4,5,10a
Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him: he has put him to grief:….
First, we must know what some of these words mean. The word “griefs” means sicknesses, weaknesses, distresses). The word “sorrows” means pain. Where it says “he was stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted,” it means as if with leprosy (one of the most dreadful diseases).
He was wounded, bruised for our sins, transgressions, iniquities. He took the “hit” for us. The ”chastisement of our peace was upon him.” This phrase means that Jesus took on everything that cause you and me to be “stressed out.” This word “peace” is the word shalom, which means: to be safe, well, happy, healthy, prosperous, whole, completed and at rest. Don’t you think that pretty much covers it all, everything that we would need!
Then in verse 10 it is emphasized that it pleased the LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. Man, why would it please the Lord to bruise him? The answer is this: He was pleased that He was taking your place so that you would not have to suffer what you are suffering right now. There is just one “catch” to this. You have to accept what He did for you and believe it and receive it, even if your body is still screaming. You see, we live in this imperfect world with the perfect Jesus in us. There is a conflict many times in us between the world and Jesus. We are bombarded in the world with sickness, pain, disease. In Jesus we are healed, whole, healthy, well, sound, pain-free. There is a battle, and we must stand firm for our rights, purchased for us by Jesus. Health is ours.
My, my, what a gift we have been given, and how difficult it has been for us to receive it. I have made up my mind that I am receiving healing every day for my body. Does it mean everything is always instantly manifested for me? No, but I am asking the Lord why? What is there in me that holds it up? It’s time for people to receive healing and health and live in an abundance of joy, living the good life.
Ephesians 2:10, Amplified Bible
For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
I am not afraid because Jesus is with me to protect me at all times. He guards me.
Isaiah 53:4,5, Amplified Bible
Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment],….the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
I am not afraid. God has not given me a spirit of fear. He has given me His strong Spirit of Love and of Power and of a Sound Mind. I am of good cheer because Jesus has deprived everything of power to harm me. I am only a spectator as I hide under His wings of love.
The Name of The Father, The Name of Jesus
We are continuing on our teaching of the Lord’s prayer by an in-depth teaching on each of the names of Jehovah.
Let’s start with Elohim. He is our Creator, our Sustainer, our mighty God that we worship. He is the mighty One.
God created you in His image and likeness. You are exactly like Him. You are a duplicate of Him. Originally, in the Garden of Eden, as we see in Genesis 1 though 3, God breathed Himself into Adam and Adam became a living being exactly like God. Unfortunately, Adam and his wife Eve were tempted to do what God told them not to do and they lost their ability to be like God. I think what is so awesome about God is that He had a plan for His beloved man to once again be like Him. That plan provided His only Son to take our place and suffer for us and become like us in order that we may become like Him. When Jesus went to the cross, died in our place, became sin and sickness for us and took it to hell and left it there and rose victorious, Jesus got our identity back. Once again, we can be like God, His child, with His nature. Isn’t that awesome!
Elohim created you and sustains you in His might and power.
He is El Shaddai, the God Who is all sufficient, the God who is more than enough, the God of plenty, the abundant God. When Jesus came to this earth, he said that He had come that we might have life, have it in abundance, to the full until it overflows (John 10:10). What a God we serve! He does not know the word “lack.” All He knows is abundance.
What is abundance? It is having more than enough to meet your needs, so that you can give to others and make their lives ones of abundance. God’s greatest pleasure is to see you walking in abundance so that you can bless others as He has blessed you. He is not stingy and He is not poor. He offers you the riches of heaven. They are available for you any time you want them. They are yours, not to consume on your own lusts, but to bless others. The interesting part of this whole scene is that you cannot outgive God. The more you give, the more He gives. What a cycle of blessing.
He is Adonai, the Lord, your Master, your Bread Provider, the Lord your Ruler.
You know, it is one thing to accept Jesus as your Savior. It is quite another thing to make Him Lord. When He is Lord, He is in charge of your life. When and where He says give, you obey. Whatever He says to say and do, you say and do. The most blessed life is one in which Jesus is Lord of your life. It is a life free from fears and worries because you know He is in charge. When something happens in your life, you give it all over to Him to handle because He has become the One in charge.
This week, as you pray, elevate the Father and Jesus as your Lord and Master of every situation, as the great and mighty God of abundance in every situation. On purpose, make a decision to see Him that way.
HE IS MY DELIVERER
Psalm 91:3,4, Amplified Bible
For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and buckler. It says “noisome” pestilence in the King James Bible. That means injurious, hurtful, harmful to health.
After we say that the Lord is our Refuge and Fortress and that we trust in Him, then He delivers us from the snare or trap that satan lays for us and from deadly pestilences. He covers us with His wings. The Truth of His Word is a protective shield for us against all the fiery darts of the enemy.
According to the dictionary, a snare is an instrument for catching something unexpectedly or to involve it in difficulty, particularly by the leg (our walk of life); anything by which one is entangled and brought to trouble; to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity or danger. Satan is the one who sets the trap to entrap us in our walk of life.
The first chapter of James talks about temptation. It is all about the weakness of one’s flesh. Temptation is pressure or enticement on your flesh, to do or say something that is outside the will or Word of God. A test, trial or temptation is a snare, a trap satan sets; the bait or lure is your own weakness, with the intent of killing you, stealing from you and destroying you. Bait implies a snare. The whole aim is to steal the Word of God from you. Jesus was tempted in all points so that He took care of every temptation for us, if we yield ourselves to Him rather than the temptation. When He was tempted, He gave us the illustration of what we are to do in response to a temptation, test or trial. His response was: IT IS WRITTEN! Also in a trial, if you lack wisdom on what to do, ask God. He will show you step by step how to come out of it. Depend on Him. God has got you covered!
We are also delivered from pestilences when we trust in the Lord for our lives. According to Luke 21:11 in the Amplified Bible, pestilences are defined as “plagues: malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases which are deadly and devastating.” I would say that covers it all as far as diseases are concerned. As far as I am concerned, it also covers chemical and biological warfare.
We are also covered under the wings of the Lord. The Jewish prayer shawl has long tassels which are called wings, representing the protection of the Lord. We are under His wings. We have already quoted Psalm 57:1 in the previous day’s Pearls but let me refresh your memory. That verse says that we take refuge in the shadow of His wings and are confident until calamities and destructive storms are passed. That can refer to both physical storms and spiritual storms. In Psalm 61:4 we read this: “I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; let me find refuge and trust in the shelter of Your wings.”
God’s Truth (His Word) and His faithfulness to His Word for us is our shield and buckler. A shield is a broad piece of defensive armor used in war for the protection of the body with different shapes and sizes (triangle, square, oval) made of leather or wood covered with leather and borne on the left arm. It is a good defense against arrows, darts, spears, etc. A buckler is a kind of shield, wood or wicker woven together, covered with skin or leather, fortified with plates of brass or metal and worn on the left arm. In the middle was a prominence, useful in causing stones and darts to glance off. A buckler could be body armor, often 4 foot long and covered the whole body.
Ephesians 6:16, Amplified Bible
Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
God, You deliver me from the troubles of this world and keep me from harm.
