Saturday, September 30, 2017

"Unrelenting"

"The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee." (Psalms 102:28)
I closing, there is much to be said about being overwhelmed and pouring out a complaint to God; if anything, it is refreshing and causes us to start counting our blessings. The goodness of God far outweighs the bad of this life, we just need the right perspective; maybe even a little more light on the situation, and the darkness tends to be less visible. We might have something to complain about; it's really not that uncommon for children to complain; most newborn babies will naturally do it by crying as soon as they do not feel satisfied or comfortable. Even the children of Israel complained about everything, even the manna; there seemed to be no way to satisfy their desire for the comforts of Egypt. That said, God's goodness is still unrelenting; even though we complain, God is still filled with passion and love; He will still do whatever it takes to get us through to the other side; if for no other reason, than because He said that He would! There is nothing more sacred and true than the Word of God; Psalms 138:2 says, "for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." When you study the first 18 verses of John, you will discover that John was focused upon the Word of God; he started out with the Word, and he ended with the Word, the Word being all that creation came from, from the beginning to the end. No wonder the earth could not contain all the books! That was my main thing of overwhelming when I first became a Christian, that Jesus was the Word, and the Word was God! I could not get over the revelation of who Jesus really was, and that because He was the Word of God, all things were made by Him; everything from the very beginning. I heard part of message yesterday, only a very small part; but it was enough for me to know what was being said and why it was being said. The part that I heard, said, "There was no plan B; it was all plan A from the beginning." It takes me back to the verse in Genesis 6:6, the verse that says, "And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." God's heart is a very big heart; His love for His creation is unending and is overwhelmed with pity and longsuffering for the messes we make; but He is still unrelenting when it comes to His Word. His Word is always Right and True, above all else...
"All of us, like sheep, have stayed away, We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave. But it was the LORD'S good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD'S good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels." (Isaiah 53:6-12) NLT

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