Friday Reflection August 13 , 2021

JOB KNEW , DO YOU?

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/job.19.25.NIV

Friends, Happy Friday 🙂

Most, if not all of us are familiar with the story of Job. He faced a very difficult period in his life where he basically lost everything. In his affliction, he demonstrated courage like no other. Job confidently declared, “I KNOW that my redeemer lives” In other words he knew that all of God’s plans and promises will one day come to fruition. Job KNEW! Do YOU?

It is easy for some of us in our time of affliction to “curse God and die’. However, today I want to challenge you to go the hard way! Stick it out and stick with God. His promises never fail, his love never fails and his mercies are new everyday!

As you face your trails, make the same declaration job did. Say “I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES
It’s as simple as ABC and easy as 123.

just do it

justknowGodhaveyuhback

Friday blessings friends,

Shaneka Raymore Euphfa.

Thursday Reflection August 12, 2021

Praise God for your spiritual blessings

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Ephesians 1:3

Greeting Friends,

For today’s text I would like to share the thoughts of Charles Spurgeon and the Enduring Word re the text above.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Paul called for a blessing upon the Father (in the sense of recognizing His glory and honour and goodness), because the Father has already blessed the believer with every spiritual blessing (who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing). [Enduring Word]

Who has blessed us
This blessing is ours. God’s resources are there for us always. This speaks of an attitude of certainty and assurance.

“We are not sitting here, and groaning, and crying, and fretting, and worrying, and questioning our own salvation. He has blessed us; and therefore we will bless him. If you think little of what God has done for you, you will do very little for him; but if you have a great notion of his great mercy to you, you will be greatly grateful to your gracious God.” (Spurgeon)

With every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ
This describes both the kind of blessings and the location of those blessings. These are spiritual blessings, which are far better than material blessings. These blessings are ours in the heavenly places in Christ, they are higher, better, and more secure than earthly blessings.[Enduring Word]

“Our thanks are due to God for all temporal blessings; they are more than we deserve. But our thanks ought to go to God in thunders of hallelujahs for spiritual blessings. A new heart is better than a new coat. To feed on Christ is better than to have the best earthly food. To be an heir of God is better than being the heir of the greatest nobleman. To have God for our portion is blessed, infinitely more blessed than to own broad acres of land. God hath blessed us with spiritual blessings. These are the rarest, the richest, the most enduring of all blessings; they are priceless in value.” (Spurgeon)

To summarise friends, the spiritual blessings of God far exceed our expectations and are more lasting than the temporal blessings we receive. Therefore, let us give God praise for all He has done for us.

Shalom
Christopher Euphfa

Wednesday Reflection, August 11, 2021

According to the Lord’s Will

Greetings friends, today we will look back at a point of conflict between King Saul and his then son in law, David. Saul continued to listen to his advisors who told him to pursue David in order to kill him.

David was presented with opportunities to kill Saul instead but his spirit was troubled and he explained to his all too eager soldiers that it was not the will of God that any harm be meted out to Saul, the Lord’s annointed.

David tried reasoning with Saul in chapters 24 and 26 of 1st Samuel. He went as far to liken himself to a flea and a dead dog (1 Samuel 24:14) as a way to get the King to realize he was wasting his time in pursuit of him as he was not an enemy but in fact a loyal servant.

In today’s watch word, David, in speaking to Saul declares, “may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he rescue me from all tribulation.” 1 Samuel 26:24

Friends, as believers, we have one enemy. The enemy of our souls. Satan is in constant pursuit of us. Spreading lies about us and using his agents to set traps for us as well. In the movie, Same Kind of Different as Me, one character said to another, ‘the more precious you are to God, is the more important you become to the devil’.

Brothers and sisters, Saul’s advisors kept leading him astray. David’s men were ready and willing to kill or bring harm to Saul but David recognized the Lord’s annointing on the king and showed him mercy and kindness repeatedly. How frustrating it must have been for David, to have had to be living the life of a fugitive whilst knowing he was innocent.

I imagine the Lord speaking to him as he did to the Apostle Paul in the old testament text Acts 23:11, ‘that night the Lord stood near Paul and said, ‘keep up your courage!’. I believe this is what God is also saying ti each of us today, even in this moment. Comes what may or whatever be tide, keep up your courage and act only according to the Lord’s will.

Until next week, I join with John Birch in saying, may God’s love surround you may His hope sustain you, faith defend you, joy surprise you, peace restore you, this and every day.

Amen