Word of the Lord vs. Fear of the World
Blessings Folk!!
I have no doubt that the enemy continues to seek to manipulate.
The enemy uses the strategies of the world to do so.
Fear is a primary weapon.
One week it is “the economy.”
The next it is “pirates.”
This week? “Swine” flu...or as the ever politically correct administration says H1N1… hate to offend the swine and their lobby.
Folk, do not be caught up in the fear and manipulation of man.
Do not believe what the world says. Believe the Lord.
Trust in the Lord.
Rest in His protection.
Hear what He told the children of Israel…
Deut 7:12-19
12 "Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers.
13 "He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.
14 "You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.
15 "The Lord will remove from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will lay them on all who hate you.
16 "You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
17 "If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?'
18 you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:
19 the great trials which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out. So shall the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
NASU
This is a brief portion of a much larger passage.
Moses is communicating the Word that the Lord had given to him.
The bottom line is this...
If the children of Israel remained faithful to the Lord and His commandments then they would be blessed.
If they did not, then they would be cursed with the punishments that had befallen the enemies of God.
Remember, the Lord is a covenant-making and covenant-keeping God.
He honors His Word.
His desire for us is good.
Jer 29:11
11 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord , 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
NASU
Let me point out two things from this passage.
The Lord told them that He would remove them from all sickness.
During the desert wandering experience Israel lacked nothing….food, water...their clothing did not wear out, their feet did not swell, no sickness, no lame.
The Lord removes sickness. Let us trust Him rather than the latest leader spouting forth their “plan”. (Does anyone see a problem with the fact that the newly appointed HHS Secretary that is given “oversight” for our health is a rabid abortionist?)
Anyway, trust God.
One last thing.
Very few do this today.
We basically do not believe God.
But, I can tell you from personal experience that God still does such.
The Lord promised that there would be no barrenness.
There are several wonderful examples in the Word...most in the actual lineage of Jesus…where the Lord broke barrenness.
He does so today.
Why do we not hear of it?
We do not believe, therefore we do not see.
We believe, we have seen.
I have seen the young couple who came to a corporate worship time...they asked for the body of Christ to pray for the breaking of barrenness. They came back a year later with a beautiful baby.
Praise be to God!!
Trust the Lord.
Seek the Lord in all things.
Believe Him.
Fear not.
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