"Particularly So!"

"Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord." (Hebrews 8:9 KJV)

  "Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says? The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. These two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother." (Galatians 4:21-26 NLT) 

 Having been set free from my sins for over forty-four years, I sure have sinned a lot, making it hard to even believe that I have truly been freed my sin. I really don't think I am alone in this matter; but one thing I will never forget, sins and all: Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, and He died on that cross for my sins, each and every one; even the sins that I might have today! 

 Not that I am planning to sin; if you count last night as today, then so far today, I have already sinned, just by some dream that I might have had during the night. I hardly ever get sound sleep during the night, as my wife has several times when she needs me to suction her Trech, which sometimes might be once or twice an hour. My night sleep is generally about three or four hours; maybe six if we have a really good night. 

 Anywho, this basically is a continuation of, "the blame game," as we see the children of Israel being disregarded by God, as He says; but in no uncertain terms, He really still regarded them, but they still were not grateful and willing to trust Him completely. The Bible says clearly that God feed them and provided water for them, even in the wilderness, which they made to be their grave. And, for forty years of walking through that wilderness, their shoes did not wear out! I don't care how tuff your shoes might be, you will wear them out within just a few years, walking around in the wilderness where there are hardly any roads at all.  

 Besides that, He guided them and protected them in that wilderness, with a cloud by day, and a fire by night. Those who died and did not make it through the forty years, mostly died of natural causes; with the exception of those swallowed up in the earthquake, and those who refused to look at the bronze serpent Moses lifted up on the pole.

 Basically, this set of circumstances and disasters, could have been avoided, if they had just trusted God and believed that they were actually being saved! Over and over again, they looked back to Egypt, sometimes for what they missed, and other times for the discomfort they felt in the wilderness. Regardless of which one it was, (sometimes both,) they blamed God or Moses for taking them through a journey they never dreamed of having!

 By the way, I asked someone yesterday if they knew what Eve meant, and why Adam gave her that name. It surely didn't mean "Woman," because that was meant to be about her coming out of the man! No, this was about the Man that would come from the woman, as God clearly said, "The seed of the woman," which would bring forth a Child, saying to the devil, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Genesis 3:15 KJV)

 Adam named her after God had told him, "In the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: for out it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living." (Genesis 3:19-20 KJV)

 When we see all of what God did to make us know how much He really loves us, it makes the journey, whether it is hard or uncomfortable, seem remarkably better, no matter how many circumstances and disasters we encounter. That is where our peace comes from, knowing that no matter what, we will be making it to the other side...

"As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's close to the other side of the lake," So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to drown."" (Mark 4:35-38 NLT)