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Daily You show goodness, mercy and favor to me in this unjust world. You are Righteous and I will sing praises to You, the Most High God.
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At
3:00 a.m. I grabbed my Bible before crawling into bed from exhaustion.Leaning over to the nightstand I opened the top
drawer pulling out my electronic version to reread a passage that was bookmarked.
I’ve
been focusing on the books of Psalms and Proverbs at night and wanted to
compare a verse from two translations. As
I read the scriptures from the different references something didn’t seem quite
right.
By
now it was almost daylight and going back and forth over the scriptures I still
had no answers. I was trusting in the
Lord, because understanding … well, let’s say it was yet to be found.
Reading
through Psalms and Proverbs
I
don’t recall how long it’s been since I’ve been reading a Proverb and/or Psalm
daily, but I have tried to make it a regular practice. In my studies I’m near the end of Proverbs
and reading through Psalm 119. Clicking
on the passage I bookmarked on the electronic Bible, I saw the word “favor” in
the last part of the verse.
Wait
a minute … why didn’t I catch this in the other translation a few months ago
when I was reading that passage. Now I
really couldn’t sleep.
In
Sight of God and Man
For
those who want to study the Bible in depth, the third chapter of Proverbs is
divided into three main topics: trusting God, wisdom, with the last section
discussing how we should treat others. Reading
the first six verses in the beginning of the chapter there were two words that
kept me rereading the passage.
Like
many people, after you’ve read something several times you sort of just glance
over it and keep going. When I got to verse
four I stopped and did a retake on what I just read.
“… in the sight of God and man.”
Wait
a minute … there are only a few biblical passages that make this claim and they
are always attached with stipulations for the promise. Back tracking a few verses, I found what they
were.
Add
This to the Mix
I
love the book of Proverbs because it’s basically a handbook for Christian
living for wisdom and favor from the Lord.
What the reader can gain from this chapter is that keeping the law of
God adds days to their life, gives protection, peace and wisdom in decision making.
“My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep My commands; 2For length
of days and long life
And peace they will add to you.
(Proverbs 3:1-3 KJV)
Here
is where it gets a bit sticky.
“3Let not mercy and truth
forsake you; Bind them
around your neck, Write them
on the tablet of your heart.”
If
you want favor to be added into the mix, it will take maintaining a lifestyle
of being merciful and truthful.
Wow,
that’s asking a lot isn’t it? Now not only do I have to memorize the Bible, but
I have to be kind, forgiving and tell the truth in order for God to give me
instructions of which thing I need to do next?
You
Can’t, but He Can
If
you don’t think you can keep up with all the requirements, you’re right – YOU can’t,
but the Holy Spirit operating in you can!
Anyone can keep or break a law, it has nothing to do with
spirituality. However, receiving God’s favor
has everything to do with the born-again spirit.
When
we ask Jesus to come into our hearts and forgive us of the sins we have committed
against God, he does. This doesn’t mean
that we won’t sin again in our lifetime, but that when we do and ask
forgiveness for that transgression, we will be forgiven.
You see, with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:26) Being
forgiven from sin allows us to walk in the Righteousness of Jesus and to
receive the gifts of God. Mercy, grace
and favor are automatically made possiblefor the Christian when
they trust in God as their source.
An
unbeliever may receive “blessings” because they followed the laws of God, but
they are not heirs to the spiritual blessings and favor from Him. Often times people think that when things go
their way it’s because they did something themselves, when it’s actually God causing
things to fall in place for His children.
And
So Find
"3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them
around your neck, Write them
on the tablet of your heart, 4And so find favor
and high esteem (good understanding) In the sight
of God and man.
After
I read those two verses I had a little chat with the Lord. I boldly asked Him to remind when I as the scripture says, “so found favor and high esteem” placing
me in a good light with mankind for being merciful and truthful.
It
didn’t take long for the Holy Spirit to drop something into my memory that took
place many years ago.
My
Real Fiance’
During
a time in my engagement (okay my “last” engagement, no laughing! This one stuck.), I made arrangements to meet
my fiance’ for lunch not far from where he worked as a laboratory glass Lathe
operator before he became a carpenter.
Not
having much time, we ate in his car enjoying being together in the middle of
the day. Let me rephrase that – he ate,
I watched! Back then I was still shy
about eating in front of him. How else was I able to maintain an under 85 pound
figure? I can assure you I’ve gotten
over that phase!
It
was time for him to return to work. After making plans for later that night
I got back into the Camaro and we started our engines.
In A Split Second
My
future husband went first and since I was going in the same direction I
followed behind in my vehicle. He made a left-hand turn crossing the
railroad tracks, then pulling into the parking lot at work he looked in the
rearview mirror to see where I was.
Resting
at a complete stop I made sure it was safe to turn left to cross over the railroad
tracks as well. I had almost finished my turn when out of nowhere a car came
flying from the lane I had just turned across, avoiding all traffic signs in
his direction.
In
a split second my life changed!
Sorry friends ... you'll have to come
back next week to read what happened to me in the sight of God and man!
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few things left to be done, one of those being to finish painting the basement
floor.It was late morning mid-week when
my husband decided to go purchase the paint needed to complete the job.
Circling the store he saw a space by the back fence of
Sears, which was ideal and close to the department where he needed to get
supplies.With the truck blinker on
hubby began pulling into a parking space, when without notice a car came
ripping across the lot and pulled into the spot.
Jamming on the brakes he did a hard turn of the wheel to
avoid crashing into the “space thief’s” vehicle, and barely missed hitting
another car that was driving by at the time.The spirit of offense had hit the pavement.
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A Loose Wing-nut
Moving on to another open space my husband parked the vehicle and started to
walk toward the store.As he approached
the gate he saw the man who stole his spot waiting for him.The “wing-nut” as he put it, was running his
mouth spouting gibberish, getting louder and faster in what he was saying.
The stranger’s whole demeanor just flipped his
switch.What you don’t know is that my
husband was already on edge having lost a high paying job two days prior to
this incident due to downsizing.His
emotions were on overload, so it didn’t take much to ruffle his
feathers.
It was obvious that the dude was looking for a
fight.Unfortunately, this man didn’t
know hubby switched into “street” mode.Not wanting to deny the stranger’s heart desire, without a word my
husband grabbed the shoulder of the offender’s jacket.Rearing back to nail him, he was about to
make this chap a permanent part of the fence.
The Point of Offense
With his fist in the air ready to “let ‘er fly” another
driver, who had witnessed the whole pathetic thing, looked at my husband and
said, “Do you really want to do that?”Now if you know hubby you already know what
was floating around his brain.
“Yeah, I sure do and I think I’m going to enjoy this”.
He would have to, but that day the man found the grace
and mercy of God through the voice of
reason which caused him to back off and calm down.
As the three men stood there hubby released his grip with
a little force, causing the man to step back a few steps.Here’s where you realize sometimes stupid is
just stupid, and once again the culprit’s mouth went into high gear rattling
off things you can’t repeat.
My husband and the witness let the offender walk in front
of them.You would have thought that guy
learned his lesson, but he didn’t.They
continued walking toward the store entrance with this “mouthpiece” chirping all
the way.
Hubby was trying to remain calm when the third driver
(you know, the voice of reason) stopped and shouted, “Why don’t you just shut up?!!!Evidently he too had reached that point of offense.
Nodding at one another with unbelief over what took
place, my husband and “Mr. Reason” stopped in their tracks regaining their
composure as they watched the offender walk into the store still arguing under
his breath.
The
Sinner’s Grudge
My
journey for this blog post began before Christmas of 2016 when a
friend of mine sent me her book to read.
It's threaded with fibers of guilt, hatred, remorse, anger,
bitterness and resentfulness.
Thin
strands of gold reflected the author’s love for her family and the desire to
forgive as God has commanded.Unfortunately, her peace remained buried because of what was harbored in
her heart for decades.
Affectionately
known as Maggs, she shares how her Aunt refers to these undesirable emotions as
a sinner’s grudge, knowing completely in her heart that is wrong. Her story
kindled an episode that happened in my own life back in 2002 and sparked
something in hubby as well.
The
opening story really happened almost twenty-two years ago to my husband, but it
wasn’t until Wednesday morning of this week (February 8th, 2017)
that I had ever heard it.He had hidden
this event inside his heart for some reason, but the Holy Spirit brought it to his
attention when we began to discuss this week’s subject on “harboring un-forgiveness”.
Whether
we realize it or not sometimes we hold onto or carry unwanted anger, resentment, pain and bitterness. When we do it
becomes rooted in us forming as Aunt Lucy would say, “sinners grudges” which
prevent God from releasing His promised favor on a situation.
That Yellow Sports Car
When we began prodding his memory bank over something
that happened so many years ago, my husband said that he didn’t have any ill
feelings towards the man and frankly never thought of him again until this
week.So when I asked him if he felt
that an offense was committed against him he said, “Yes.”
I suggested in my ever so authoritative counseling voice, “I don’t think this is a coincidence,
because of how you handle situations having to do with drivers.”
The day before we were out running errands around town;
we needed to get back home as soon as possible so we were watching the time.While driving through a large parking lot to
get to the other side of the shopping area, he verbalized his feelings about a
yellow sports car that was parked on an angle taking up two spaces.
Whether a vehicle is too close to a line, someone who
cuts him off to take his space or a car parked unconventionally, hubby becomes
“offended” by it even though he hasn’t met the individual.
Can you see a pattern building?Based on something that happens in our past
that we might not have shared with anyone, we may still hold a little resentment
concerning certain incidents.
An Act of Mercy
He didn’t want to fess up back then but said that the episode
really frazzled him, especially when he noticed how he reacted in anger as a
believer.Hubby shared with me that he
felt ashamed and guilty about his behavior for a long period of time.It took a while before my husband brought the
incident into the throne room of God where he asked for mercy (favor) in being
forgiven.
Newly learning this information, I realized why he hadn’t
told me about the situation.Hubby had
truly forgiven the man and in doing so totally forgot about it.I believe that God brought it to his memory
to share with others who are still dealing with the spirit of offense, by
holding a sinners grudge against another individual.
The
Offensive Seed
Now
don’t feel bad for my husband over me sharing this story, because he is the one
who typed it for me to use (with a little “Fay” pizazz tweaked in of
course).I’ll share my story next week
so you’ll have to come back to read it!
The
point is, throughout our lives we all form a habit of blaming others because we
were born with a sin nature seed courtesy of Adam and Eve.When a behavior goes against our earthly
“nature” or “grain”, we automatically internalize it and the matter goes
unresolved (sometimes for years or a lifetime).
Rather
than deal with painful issues, we find ways to blame someone else. We process
the “incident(s)” as being “offended” then quickly store it away with a
gigantic big lock on a vault somewhere inside our memory bank. I’ve talked about this in the past where we learned
to play the Blame Game.
Looking
at every instance where casting blame has taken place the commonality is that
it doesn’t unite but divides, it tears down and destroys. It complicates
matters rather than solves problems.
In
Romans 5:12a scripture tells us that through one man sin entered into the
world.
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world
…”
The
seed of blame was planted and has multiplied throughout all time.Sadly in many cases what starts out as blame
turns people from being the offended into becoming the offenders.
The
Nature of God
When
we let the spirit of offense rule over our thinking, emotions and behavior whether
in our conscious or sub-conscious, it ceases to be an earthly problem and
becomes a spiritual one.
There
are many Christians who feel that God isn’t listening to their prayers anymore,
and that they’re getting nowhere with Him.
“Will the Lord always reject us?
Will He never
again be pleased with us?”
(Psalm 77:7 GNT)
In
their hearts they feel that God has rejected them and His favor is no longer
available.
“Will the Lord reject forever and never again show
favor?”
(Psalm 77:7 HCSB)
If
the spirit of offense is lingering then they’re probably right, because
anything that goes against the nature of God cannot be processed through
Heaven.
It
is God’s nature to forgive, and when we keep offense alive it literally drives
a wedge between our Creator and mankind. The gap that Jesus filled between God
and man when He died on the cross has been broken wide open again, and the
favor we’ve experienced in the past ceases because our fellowship and
relationship with God has been compromised by sin.
If
we are to move forward in the spiritual vision God has for us we have to deal
with things that are holding us back in the old man nature.What exactly causes us to become ticked off
when certain things happen?Why does it
offend us so much?
Finally,
can we trust God enough to let His nature of forgiveness be manifested in us
regardless of the circumstances?Sooner or
later we’ll have to come to terms with what has happened, and in turn hopefully
we’ll choose to forgive.
This Week’s Challenge:
Removing Seeds of Offense
Our
task this week may be difficult for some, because it involves mental digging …
that means hard work in soil we’d just as soon leave unturned.
God
wants to take us to the next level of favor for our journey, but in order to do
that we have to take His course on forgiving and pass with flying
colors.
“Forgiveness 101 is not an elective course
in the school of Christian Life; it’s a required
subject.”
Charles Swindoll
The
challenge requires that we enter into prayer with humility and a heart that
seeks forgiveness – that of receiving and giving.The Bible assures us that God does hear and
will answer the prayer of repentance.
In
prayer we’ll ask Him to help us uncover, dig up and reveal the hidden offenses
that we have harbored in our spirit.Perhaps
it has to do with a co-worker, a family member, some event from the past, or
even a total stranger like in my husband’s case.Until we’ve identified the offense(s) we
won’t be able to uproot them from our hearts.
Repent
that this unlovely sinner’s grudge seed has been given the power to grow
through undiagnosed hurts.Release the
offender and forgive just as Christ has forgiven all our offenses against Him.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another,
even as God in Christ forgave you.”
(Ephesians 4:32 NKJV)
Continue
memorizing your scripture cards adding this verse to the packet, and
prayerfully make this petition before the Lord.
“I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.”
(Psalm 119:58 NJV)
My
husband shared something with us that he’d rather have kept secret.God revealed it for a lesson toward our good
… because …
“If the heart truly forgives, there is nothing to
forget.”
Margaret McBride - Author
All
offense is a seed of un-forgiveness that will delay or destroy the favor God has
ordained to be placed into your life.
Get rid of it today, right now ... so that God's favor,
grace and mercy will be restored in abundance to you.
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Did you ever have a time when you spend days and days in
prayer waiting for God to give you an answer?I know I have many times, and this week was another one of them.
In preparing for today I thought the Lord was giving me
direction in a certain area, but as I prayed and read the word nothing was
coming into place.I felt as if there
was this curtain like in the Wizard of Oz, blocking everything and keeping me
from God. If I could separate it I would get to God and gain understanding as
to what was happening in my life.
“God
I need to hear your voice, talk to me.” I pleaded, but the curtain
never moved.
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Over the weekend and into Monday night I concentrated on
the mercy of the Lord, which is a good thing, but I felt it was for me and not
this post.I kept looking up verses,
praying and couldn’t get the “new thing” that we talked about previously.
Conversations that I had with people the last few days
kept rolling through my head.I wondered
why in the world did those particular subjects come up in the discussions?
Finally
it was time to go to bed, well not really. It was time for the “night watch” on
my husband as he slept.
I started to read Psalm 33 again on my electronic Bible,
but shut it off and got up to get a “real” one.
Thumbing through the concordance I was looking for scriptures that
referred to moving on, but instead found the word “meditate”.
My resistance was low and I felt like the stuffing had
been knocked out of me, being pulled emotionally in every direction.Here the “Scarecrow” found some information
that God was trying to reveal.
God
reminded me that we weren’t getting revelation to the new thing He was doing,
because we had been focusing on scriptures we already knew.The devil knew that and was counting on our
not putting things together.
If the Lord was taking us into new areas then it would
make sense that I had to build on what I knew, not relax on past teachings.That curtain was now opening and I didn’t
like what I was thinking.
Not
Real Lion Hearted
Every few minutes I checked my husband.I was feeling this ritual’s side effects of
not sleeping as something tried to come on me health wise.
In my talk to the Lord I started to cry and
repented for being such a coward and not having courage.I wanted
God to get me out of the situation rather than trust Him to see us through.
He spoke up and asked, “Why are you crying?”I didn’t
want to admit it, but I had to … He already knew what I was feeling.
“OK,
I’m afraid.I’ve been battling with not giving
in to fear, but it’s so hard.You know
what the doctor said. My husband hasn’t fulfilled his “big” calling.If you would just come and take us out of
this world, everything would be fine.”
My husband had no idea about my feelings.They started to emerge the other day when I
couldn’t wake him and his body was cold.Ever since the surgery his body temperature drops at night, but he didn’t
know that.
My
Heart Wasn’t Right
Here is where He had me search my tin heart.God showed me that even though I didn’t have
the answers I needed yet I knew to meditate on His word until they came.
Our conversation continued.
“What you are feeling isn’t of Me. I did not give you the spirit of fear (but power, love and a sound mind).”is what
I heard in my spirit.
I knew that, of course I knew that.I immediately thought of James chapter one on
wavering, “Let not that man think they will receive anything from the Lord.”
Then more verses popped into my remembrance; scriptures
on trust, perfect love and peace.All
things I have meditated on in the past, all but one, the passage I showed nurse Sharon
on Tuesday.
“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous; for praise is becoming and
appropriate for those who are upright in heart.”(That’s me, right?) Verse three: “Sing to Him a new song …”This would go along with the new thing He is doing in
our lives I thought.
“For the Word of the Lord is right; and all His work is done in
faithfulness.The Lord looks from
Heaven, He beholds all the sons of men; From His dwelling place He looks
intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth.He Who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers all their doings.”
God is watching what I’m doing and noting how His favor
should be distributed by my actions.Have I tied His hands?
“Behold, the Lord’s eye is upon those who fear Him, who wait for Him
and hope in His mercy (there’s that word) and loving-kindness.To deliver them from death and keep
them alive in famine.”
Do you know how many times I’ve read this scripture just
this year?Enough that I should have
seen this.For months I have been
reading this very passage, dwelling on it and putting my hope in the mercy of
God to give us the strength we needed.I
never noticed the part “to deliver them from death.”
The Wicked One
“Our inner selves wait earnestly for the Lord; He is our Help and
our Shield. For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied
on and been confident) in His Holy name.”
Each night I thank God that His favor surrounds us like a
shield, and rely on Him to carry us through the night keeping us from the storms.
The wicked one (devil) wanted me to forget that and stand
in fear waiting for my husband to draw each breath.
This is where God showed me the curtain I had put up before Him.
“Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion
to our waiting and hoping for You.” (Psalm 33:1,3,4,13-15,19-22 Amp)
When I showed this to Sharon I asked her if she got what
it meant. She said, “I think so.”We agreed
and both thought how scary it was to be in that position.
This verse reminds me of the prayer that Jesus taught
when He said, “Forgive us our debt, trespasses as we forgive others.”Everyone gets that message. If we don’t
forgive we won’t be forgiven either.God
was showing me a verse I had been studying in a new way … the new thing was
revealed.
God wasn’t holding back His favor from me in giving me
answers.I was.I determined the answers by my actions. His
mercy in delivering us was being measured unto me according to the way I was
waiting in hope on Him.
Mercy Proportion Be on Me
“Let Your mercybe on me in proportionto my waiting and
hoping for Your answers.”
I was getting exactly what I was giving to Him in my
faith.When the doctor gave us his
report this week we were shaken by what he said.I saw the look in my husband’s eyes and it
was as if the doctor sucked out any joy or hope we had when he said, “There’s nothing I can do for you.”
God measured out His mercy and favor based on the measure
I showed toward trusting Him over the reports we heard.His proportions can only be what we have
faith for as we wait on Him.Our faith
and trust is something that He sees and measures.
If I had not been in the word, even though I didn’t know
what I needed at the time, God wouldn’t have had a way to direct me to that
passage.He won’t bring something to
your memory that wasn’t initially learned. The Lord does give revelation and insight, but it is based on His Word.
Without God's Word in us, satan will toss us about thinking we are lost and hopeless.
My answers came through meditating on the word of God,
just as He said it would.It was right
where I started all along, not the Emerald City meaning a place where God cannot be reached.
Peace came when I meditated on His Word, because it
reminded me in whom I trusted. God is watching over my husband to deliver him from harm.
This
Week’s Challenge:
Meditate on the Word
God has something wonderful planned for us and we have to
be prepared with answers.
Last week we
looked up scriptures that directly applied to our situations. Each of us had different things we needed to study.
Now we are going
to take those passages and do what God instructed until they become part of us, giving way to that new thing the Lord is doing in our lives.
“This book of the Law (the Bible) shall not depart out of
your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe
and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way
prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very
courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with
you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:8-9 Amp)
As you meditate on those things He has shown you, ask God
to direct you and shine light on what you have been studying.He will reveal an answer that was right in
front of you, but the wicked one has tricked you into putting up that curtain
of doubt.
We have hope, a rainbow of wonderful promises from God that extend far beyond what we can ask or think.
God knows that we sometimes fall into fear of the unknown. Trust
Him, because nothing is secret to Him.
Our success for this outward journey depends on us meditating on God’s
Word day and night.Show the Lord that
your proportion of hope in Him is great, and watch how He measures out His mercy
and favor on your situation.
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His
law does he meditate day and night.” (Psalm 1:2)
Maybe you don’t know the Living God that I
know, but would like to have this kind of favor in your life also.Click on the above tab “Tell Me” for more
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