As we read the details of the census, part of my brain wants to shut down, I immediately think math and spread sheets, the other part of my brain kicks in and says God is in the details.
The people have been out of Egypt (free) for 2 years. The following verses struck me today:
Numbers 1:54 The people of Israel did everything God commanded Moses. They did it all.
Numbers 2: 34 The people of Israel did everything the way God commanded: They camped under their respective flags; they marched by tribe with their ancestral tribes.
Life was good, they were obedient to God.
I have to ask myself: Am I camping under a heavenly atmosphere, under the canopy of God or am I camped in the world/wilderness? Do I have God's banner waving outside my tent? Is my banner truly Jehovah Nisi or is it the flag of discontent, disappoitment, anger, selfishness etc?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Feb. 10, Lev 26-27
There are so many verses which really spoke to me in Chapter 26. As I began chapter 26, the words
1 "Don't make idols for yourselves; don't set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don't place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am God, your God.
2 "Keep my Sabbaths; treat my Sanctuary with reverence. I am God are the 1st words I read.
I need to examine my heart, mind and life - have I opened the door wide to sin and let idols in, have I left the door cracked and let the creep in? My dad was ill from 2005-2009, critically ill from the end of 2007 until his death a year ago. In some areas of my walk with God, I HELD His hand tight, in other areas - I became slip shop. My prayer life is still not as intense as it was. I want to get back to where and I was and go even deeper with Him.
Do I treat His sanctuary with reverence? In regards to myself being a temple of the Holy Spirit, the most honest answer I can give is - Sometimes.
Verse 13 is so powerful: I ripped off the harness of your slavery so that you can move about freely. I've never thought of the imagery of a harness and slavery before.
Verse 14 - But if you refuse, Verse 40 - on the other hand if you confess...there it is in black and white for us - choose life or death, blessings or curses, obedience or disobedience...
1 "Don't make idols for yourselves; don't set up an image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and don't place a carved stone in your land that you can bow down to in worship. I am God, your God.
2 "Keep my Sabbaths; treat my Sanctuary with reverence. I am God are the 1st words I read.
I need to examine my heart, mind and life - have I opened the door wide to sin and let idols in, have I left the door cracked and let the creep in? My dad was ill from 2005-2009, critically ill from the end of 2007 until his death a year ago. In some areas of my walk with God, I HELD His hand tight, in other areas - I became slip shop. My prayer life is still not as intense as it was. I want to get back to where and I was and go even deeper with Him.
Do I treat His sanctuary with reverence? In regards to myself being a temple of the Holy Spirit, the most honest answer I can give is - Sometimes.
Verse 13 is so powerful: I ripped off the harness of your slavery so that you can move about freely. I've never thought of the imagery of a harness and slavery before.
Verse 14 - But if you refuse, Verse 40 - on the other hand if you confess...there it is in black and white for us - choose life or death, blessings or curses, obedience or disobedience...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Feb. 9, Lev. 24-25
Today's readings remind me nothing is "mine", it is all the Lord's. I am always to treat people fairly and be a woman of integrity.
Chapter 25:55 ends with the words: I brought you out of Egypt. I am God, your God.
I want to always dwell in the Promised Land and serve our God.
Chapter 25:55 ends with the words: I brought you out of Egypt. I am God, your God.
I want to always dwell in the Promised Land and serve our God.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Feb. 8, Lev. 22-23
Lev 22: 31 Do what I tell you; live what I tell you. I am God.
LIVE what I tell you. I so want 2010 to be the year I live out the Word of God!
Lev 22:32-33, "Don't desecrate my name. I insist on being treated with holy reverence among the People of Israel. I am God who makes you holy and brought you out of Egypt to be your God. am God."
As New Covenant Girls, we are spiritually delivered from the bondage of Egypt. By living for God and dying to self, by repenting and confessing our sins we remain free. In the words of my friend Norma Dearing, keep your accounts short, confess and repent immediately, don't wait until later. When we forget or refuse to confess and turn away from our sins we are heading right back to Egypt.
Lev 23: 3 Work 6 days. The 7th day is a Sabbath, a day of total and complete rest, a sacred assembly. Don't do any work. Wherever you live, it is a Sabbath of God.
OK - so I went to Target last night because I didn't want to go between a funeral and wedding on Sat. I was convicted last night but kept driving to Target to buy milk. I try to keep Sunday a Sabbath, but fail occasionally. Verse 23: Work 6 days. There is a period, nothing that says well you had a busy week, hit the mall after church. The weather was awful all week get out and treat the day like Saturday, prune, mulch, etc. We are told the day is a sacred assembly and we are told Don't do any work. This is something I observe for weeks on end and the suddenly work like a horse and have not had a Sabbath - no time with God except church that day, I've treated it as any other day.
LIVE what I tell you. I so want 2010 to be the year I live out the Word of God!
Lev 22:32-33, "Don't desecrate my name. I insist on being treated with holy reverence among the People of Israel. I am God who makes you holy and brought you out of Egypt to be your God. am God."
As New Covenant Girls, we are spiritually delivered from the bondage of Egypt. By living for God and dying to self, by repenting and confessing our sins we remain free. In the words of my friend Norma Dearing, keep your accounts short, confess and repent immediately, don't wait until later. When we forget or refuse to confess and turn away from our sins we are heading right back to Egypt.
Lev 23: 3 Work 6 days. The 7th day is a Sabbath, a day of total and complete rest, a sacred assembly. Don't do any work. Wherever you live, it is a Sabbath of God.
OK - so I went to Target last night because I didn't want to go between a funeral and wedding on Sat. I was convicted last night but kept driving to Target to buy milk. I try to keep Sunday a Sabbath, but fail occasionally. Verse 23: Work 6 days. There is a period, nothing that says well you had a busy week, hit the mall after church. The weather was awful all week get out and treat the day like Saturday, prune, mulch, etc. We are told the day is a sacred assembly and we are told Don't do any work. This is something I observe for weeks on end and the suddenly work like a horse and have not had a Sabbath - no time with God except church that day, I've treated it as any other day.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
January 7, Gen 22-24
So much of today's reading spoke to me, though I did not tear up when I read Isaac found comfort after his mother's death. (I usually do when I read that.)
I will mention one thing in chapter 22 I have not noticed before today, v 14: Abraham named that place God-Yireh (God-Sees-to-It).
Chapter 23:5-6 The Hittites responded,"Why you're no mere outsider here with us, you're a prince of God.
The Hittites recognized God in Abraham, we are heirs of Abraham - Princesses of God. I want to walk so closely with Him, that people see Him in me and recognize I am His.
Chapter 24 is amazing because everyone involved sees clearly God's hand in everything described from the beginning to the end of the chapter. I love the servant's very specific prayer. He prayed, "O God, God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, 'Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
I think whenever possible, it's a good thing to pray specifically. (Though not my will in Jesus' name!)
I will mention one thing in chapter 22 I have not noticed before today, v 14: Abraham named that place God-Yireh (God-Sees-to-It).
Chapter 23:5-6 The Hittites responded,"Why you're no mere outsider here with us, you're a prince of God.
The Hittites recognized God in Abraham, we are heirs of Abraham - Princesses of God. I want to walk so closely with Him, that people see Him in me and recognize I am His.
Chapter 24 is amazing because everyone involved sees clearly God's hand in everything described from the beginning to the end of the chapter. I love the servant's very specific prayer. He prayed, "O God, God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, 'Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
I think whenever possible, it's a good thing to pray specifically. (Though not my will in Jesus' name!)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
January 6, Gen 19-21
So much of today's reading is difficult. The following passages are what jumped out at me:
Lot was dragging his feet. The men grabbed Lot's arm, and the arms of his wife and daughters—God was so merciful to them!—and dragged them to safety outside the city. When they had them outside, Lot was told, "Now run for your life! Don't look back! Don't stop anywhere on the plain—run for the hills or you'll be swept away."
How often do I drag my feet when I have heard from the Lord. Lot also wanted to go somewhere other than where the Lord instructed him to go. How often to I deviate from the Lord's plan for me?
Verse 26: But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
How often have I looked back instead of pressing forward to the goal with my eyes on Jesus?
Gen 20: 1-2 Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister."
Again with the sister??? Abraham knew God so intimately and yet he was scared and lied again. I don't lie but I can do other foolish things.
Gen 21: 1God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised:
God did exactly what He said He would and He always does.
Verse 33-34: Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped God there, praying to the Eternal God.
Abraham certainly knew Who to pray to - the Eternal God...
Lot was dragging his feet. The men grabbed Lot's arm, and the arms of his wife and daughters—God was so merciful to them!—and dragged them to safety outside the city. When they had them outside, Lot was told, "Now run for your life! Don't look back! Don't stop anywhere on the plain—run for the hills or you'll be swept away."
How often do I drag my feet when I have heard from the Lord. Lot also wanted to go somewhere other than where the Lord instructed him to go. How often to I deviate from the Lord's plan for me?
Verse 26: But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
How often have I looked back instead of pressing forward to the goal with my eyes on Jesus?
Gen 20: 1-2 Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister."
Again with the sister??? Abraham knew God so intimately and yet he was scared and lied again. I don't lie but I can do other foolish things.
Gen 21: 1God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised:
God did exactly what He said He would and He always does.
Verse 33-34: Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped God there, praying to the Eternal God.
Abraham certainly knew Who to pray to - the Eternal God...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
January 5, Gen: 16-18
Gen 17:1-3 really spoke to me today: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family." Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face.
God showed up - how many times has He shown up for me, too many to count and always on time. He said, I AM the Strong God - we need to remember that, He is not some god with a little G, He is the Great I Am! We need to live life to the hilt for Him. Overwhelmed Abram fell flat on his face. I need to fall flat on my face more often.
Gen 18: 20-21, God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I'm going down to see for myself, see if what they're doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I'll know."
God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening the sin of those cities is immense." - Sometimes we wonder if He hears, He does - He always hears.
God showed up - how many times has He shown up for me, too many to count and always on time. He said, I AM the Strong God - we need to remember that, He is not some god with a little G, He is the Great I Am! We need to live life to the hilt for Him. Overwhelmed Abram fell flat on his face. I need to fall flat on my face more often.
Gen 18: 20-21, God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I'm going down to see for myself, see if what they're doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I'll know."
God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening the sin of those cities is immense." - Sometimes we wonder if He hears, He does - He always hears.
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