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[Leader] “Tell me, whose side are you standing on?”
[All] “I’m standing on the Lord’s side.”
[Leader] “Whose side are you standing on?”
[All] “Standing on the Lord’s side.
I stand, I stand, I stand–
standing on the Lord’s side.
I stand, I stand, I stand, I stand–
standing on the Lord’s side.”

The words of an old chorus/hymn came to mind today as I read the ongoing story of Israel in Exodus 1.

TIMES had changed in the land of Egypt, where Israel had been exiled by the Lord, during the seven years of famine. Times are also changing in the world today and we need to be determined to ‘stand on the Lord’s side’, the winning side!

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them. Exodus 1:6, 7

God began to develop the nation of Israel, His own people, but they became too numerous for the Egyptians and were ruthlessly oppressed by them. They had been a favoured people under Joseph and that Pharaoh, but the new Egyptian king turned against them. Despite their harsh life under the new regime God’s people continued to increase and Pharaoh decided to murder all the male babies.

In the middle of the story of the growth of a nation, two midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, are recorded by name. They were told to murder all the boys at the point of birth.

The midwives, however, FEARED GOD and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. Exodus 1:17

We shouldn’t read this and think that these two women didn’t fear Pharaoh, who could have had them removed in an instant, but they did Fear God! In our present age many unborn children have been removed without any Fear of God, a very sad fact and no small matter in God’s eyes.

Pharaoh called them to ask why they hadn’t obeyed his orders. They told him that Hebrew women gave birth too quickly, before they arrived. The building of a people was central to God’s purposes for the salvation of mankind, He could not have allowed that to be prevented, though the enemy didn’t give up easily.

20 So God was kind to the midwives and THE PEOPLE INCREASED AND BECAME EVEN MORE NUMEROUS. 21 And because the midwives FEARED GOD, he gave them families of their own. Exodus 1:20, 21

God protected and blessed the midwives and His people. Their conditions were harsh but God blessed them and they thrived in their tough environment. There’s plenty of evidence in history that the Church can also grow rapidly under persecution. We on earth can be discouraged by tough conditions, BUT GOD! God is working out His plans for the return of the Lord and His coming Kingdom. He will have His way and we need to STAND ON HIS SIDE NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION.

God bless and keep you today.

 

Forgiveness – opening our hands and our hearts and letting go the pain of the past.

The story of Jacob/Israel ends, Genesis 50, with a further act of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. They were afraid that now that their father Jacob was gone, Joseph might turn on them for revenge after the way they’d treated him. Wrong Motive – Right Outcome!

16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions(Jacob never did, they feared Joseph) before he died: 17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to FORGIVE YOUR BROTHERS THE SINS AND WRONGS THEY COMMITTED IN TREATING YOU SO BADLY’ (there were real wrongs to forgive). Now please FORGIVE THE SINS of the servants OF THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER (brothers in the natural and the spiritual). When their message came to him, Joseph wept. Genesis 50:16, 17

The word Forgive is translated in other Bible versions as, ‘FORGET THE WICKEDNESS of your brothers’, don’t think about it again. A visiting preacher said, ‘You’ll know you have forgiven something when you stop talking about it’, good point. Put the wrong behind you and move on!  Another version says, ‘BEAR WITH’ the wrongs of your brothers and Strong’s Concordance also has the thought, ‘LIFT, CARRY, TAKE’. Jesus bore/carried people’s sins and we’re called to do the same.

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. Genesis 50:18-21

Reconciliation worked here because there was humility and good will on both sides. Joseph, the wronged and ill-treated brother, was twice referred to by Jacob as the ‘prince/one over his brothers’. Genesis 49:22, 50:26 Joseph CHOSE LOVE AND RECONCILIATION WITH HIS BROTHERS, RATHER THAN THE RIGHT TO DICTATE TO THEM. Many times human nature wants to rule over others, wants to be boss in place of showing love, bearing with one another. Be warned, it’s not the Kingdom way.

Jesus taught His disciples to pray;

And forgive us our debts, as (in that manner) we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12

In the way we forgive or with the measure we forgive, in that way, we too will be forgiven.

Sadly hurts and wrongs often arise with those nearest and dearest to us, natural families and within the family of believers. Jesus himself was betrayed by ‘one who shared his bread’.

Unforgiveness is a prison that will hold us in the past. We can choose by an act of our wills to forgive the past wrongs and move on. Our feelings will catch up if we’re whole hearted and don’t allow ourselves to dwell on the past.

Choose to go forward and not be locked in painful memories.

God bless and keep you today.

Jacob’s life ended with blessing, that is, blessing for others. Genesis 48 & 49

He probably assumed that when he got back to Canaan with his wives, families and livestock that his days of wandering were over; not so. Jacob still had to pack up everything once again and go down to Joseph in Egypt.

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a] 15 I AM WITH YOU and will watch over you wherever YOU GO, and I will bring you back to this land. I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU until I have done what I have promised you.” Genesis 28:14, 15

3 “I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid TO GO DOWN TO EGYPT, FOR I WILL MAKE YOU INTO A GREAT NATION THERE. 4 I WILL GO DOWN to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.” Genesis 46:3, 4

God met with Jacob twice as he embarked on both of his long journeys, relocating to other lands(there were no removal companies in those days). He spoke and reassured him that He would go with him, watch over him and bless him, which he surely did.

The first point was Jacob had TO GO! He didn’t know on either occasion what awaited him, only that God promised that He’d GO WITH HIM.(Jacob went in faith and under force of circumstances, NB sometimes God doesn’t offer us any choice)! Jacob left the land God had promised and moved off in a different direction, twice. The crux of the matter is, not where we’re headed, but is God with us? Jacob was moving under God’s hand and His guidance, therefore God would be with him and bless him.

Jacob received the blessings of God on his life but it still wasn’t easy or comfortable, the opposite at times. God wouldn’t allow Jacob to finish his life until he had blessed each of his children, spoken God’s prophetic destiny over them. Genesis 49

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. Hebrews 11:21

Jacob still had his staff in hand, all he’d taken with him to go to his uncle Laban and now at the end, ‘he worshipped on his staff’, probably another staff.

Jacob’s blessing over Levi was not a good blessing, but Moses spoke a powerful blessing to Levi. Deuteronomy 33:8-11 God changed their blessing after they stood with Moses when he returned to the camp with the first set of the commandments. The camp was in uproar and the people were running wild, the Levites stood with Moses on the Lord’s side and restored order. They changed their destiny and God honoured them among all the tribes. It’s possible to change our destiny as we serve our Lord faithfully.

May God bless and keep you today.

 

 

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that can succeed against the Lord.
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but victory rests with the Lord. Proverbs 21:30, 31

The final outcome of human history has already been written – NO PLAN, earthly or demonic can succeed against the Lord(our Lord!).

Joseph means may ‘He add’ and in Egypt God built a nation.

Three things from the time of Joseph that happened during a SHIFT OR SHAKING(Famine) of the Mediterranean area;

SILVER, they didn’t trade in currency (no mints in those days), the Israelites tried to buy grain with precious metal. (Joseph returned the silver in his brothers’ sacks, Genesis 44) I don’t want to be alarmist but Currencies may become worthless in the future.

Joseph was alone when he revealed himself to his brothers. Genesis 45:1 Jesus will reveal Himself to His brothers, the Jews, at a time of His choosing with no one else present.

GOSHEN, the place prepared by Joseph and the Lord for His people in Egypt. A ‘Community of God’s people’ in the midst of a land dominated by false gods. Communities of peoples, under God’s government will appear on the earth. People will flee there in desperation to find help as life becomes more difficult under harsh anti-God rulers. The Bible talks of Cities of Refuge and the Church has known places where powerful Revival broke out; God is well able to provide for His people in any and every situation.

In the time of Jesus and the early Church, Roman rule extended over a vast area – an empire (the legs of iron of the statue in Daniel 2). Roman government, roads and currency saw a huge explosion in trading. The Greek language was also the common language of the people. God and the Church used it all to carry the message of the Messiah’s coming throughout the known world.

Today we have the Information Highway or the Internet. Huge quantities of data are being collected/mined by governments and private companies on people right across the earth, but God has also used the technology for His purposes. Despite attempts to silence or manipulate world news, God’s plans for the close of the Age are advancing.

God used Laban to trick Jacob and birth a large family. He used the ‘Iron Furnace of Egypt’ Deuteronomy 4:20 to birth a nation/people for Himself. He used the Roman Empire and Greek language to spread the Gospel message and enlarge the Church.

God will use the technology and the WORLD WIDE SHAKINGS/SHIFT of the present time for His Kingdom purposes. There will be birth pains, a normal part of the process, but God’s purposes will prevail and they’re the only hope for mankind.

While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth. Daniel 2:34, 35

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Jesus’ journey to the cross began with His anointing, by an unnamed woman – the last act of kindness He received.

Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.” John 14:1, 2

Passover, the time for sacrificing the Lamb had come. John the Baptist had initially identified Jesus as THE LAMB OF GOD;

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29

The time for Jesus’ sacrifice had come and this unnamed woman understood what was about to happen. He’d told His own disciples, but perhaps they didn’t believe things had progressed so far.

…a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. John 14:3

She poured out the most expensive thing she could give in preparation for Jesus’ death. This woman understood what was coming for the Lord. There was no point in praying against it, it had to be accepted. Nor was there any good in fighting it in the Flesh as Peter swung the sword(the Flesh will often rise up to fight when threatened). She prepared the Lord’s physical body for death, the best she knew how and this act of kindness was recorded for all time.

Some of those who witnessed the scene ‘Reacted strongly’(they could have just said nothing) and attacked the ‘waste’ of pouring the expensive perfume on the Lord’s body. They measured her action with the wrong yardstick, just using earthly value. Maybe they were jealous they hadn’t thought to do it, but more likely, they wanted to hold on to the money for themselves. A loving Father gave His best, Jesus the Son, for sinful men;

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32

In John 12:41-44 Jesus praised the poor widow, another unnamed woman in the Bible and said she’d given more than all the wealthy people in the Temple. Surely God is looking for those who are willing to serve Him, to give now and be rewarded in time AND eternity.

God bless and keep you today.

Does this time of global crisis(pandemic) herald the next great advance for the Kingdom of God?

It’s interesting to read how God’s plan to redeem mankind unfolds in the Book of Genesis. Firstly through Abraham, brought out from his own people(a SHIFT) to the land of Canaan. Then came Isaac(the miracle child) who was blessed in that land, but didn’t take a wife there, didn’t mix with the idolatry of Canaan. Finally the story of Jacob, who took his brother’s birthright and blessing.

Jacob’s life was under threat from his brother Esau and he had to flee from the land of his inheritance to his uncle Laban. Jacob left Canaan with his staff and returned after twenty years with four wives and eleven sons. In the dislocation(or SHIFT) from the land Jacob became the patriarch of a large family. God’s plan had increased from an INDIVIDUAL to a FAMILY during the long period of DISRUPTION in Jacob’s life. The greatest fruit came in the time of pressure, when Jacob was alone with God in a distant land, far from all who knew him.

Next came the story of Joseph who was also torn from his father’s house and enslaved in Egypt (Both Jacob and Joseph had no choice  in their SHIFTS, but God watched over them while His plans unfolded). God had decreed that Famine would strike the land of Egypt and Canaan was also affected. Jacob would never have left Canaan because he knew God had promised to bless him there, but he had to do something to feed his large family and so they looked to Egypt. Joseph was there in control of the grain stores. This was another GREAT SHIFT for the people of God, they all went down to Egypt and became a NATION there. In the time of greatest pressure, the plans of God continued to develop  towards the day when the Messiah came and ALL PEOPLE/GENTILES  could turn and know God(another huge SHIFT for the followers of God of that day).

In Genesis chapters 42 & 43 Joseph met his brothers again, though they didn’t know him. The time had come for Joseph to be reconciled to his brothers. The time for Israel and the Church to be reconciled may also be near(there are Jewish believers today) but God has Covenanted that ALL ISRAEL(the Remnant) will be saved.

In Genesis 43:32 the Egyptians wouldn’t eat with the Hebrews, they ate separately with Joseph. (The Bible tells us that there are cities in the land of Egypt that will turn to God at the end). There may be those of Egypt(World) who will never sit with God’s people.

Is God about to direct the Church into Egypt and increase His People greatly before the Lord returns? The world has changed and man has had no say in it. I believe we are on the eve of the great Endtime Harvest.

Great Fruitfulness under Great Pressure – irrelevant things will fall away as we need the Lord for these times.

God bless and keep you in these changing times.

 

 

 

 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

If it feels like we’re stuck in a prison it may be difficult to believe that God is directing our lives for His best purposes, but He’s always wants the best for us.

Joseph had his two dreams, one of his brothers’ corn sheaves bowing down to his and the second of the sun and moon(his parents) and the 11 stars bowing to him. God had a destiny planned for Joseph and He has one planned for each of us as well. Joseph’s destiny lay apart from his family, in a foreign land where he was a slave. The Lord had blessed him in Potiphar’s house but that was only for a time and he finally ended up in prison. Joseph couldn’t see any way out the prison but God was working; two of Pharaoh’s servants were incarcerated in the same prison. They eventually had dreams and Joseph interpreted their dreams  accurately. Pharaoh’s cupbearer was reinstated and his baker was executed.

A further 2 years passed before Pharaoh also had dreams about the coming situation for the land of Egypt (God gave a national dream to the national ruler). God’s time had come to raise Joseph from the ‘prison to the palace’ as some speakers describe it. God given dreams that could only be interpreted by God’s man, His unique way of bringing Joseph into Pharaoh’s presence and with a proven track record. So Joseph interpreted the dreams(through God) and told Pharaoh the application to save Egypt. He became second in command of all Egypt because that was God’s destiny and purpose for his life.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts”. Isaiah 55:8, 9

If we are always sure of the way our lives must go, it’s probably not God! He does give us understanding in certain situations but His ways are higher. Derek Prince had a series of talks entitled, ‘If you want God’s best’ and the first condition was, ‘If you want God’s best – Let God Choose’. God knows far better than us the ‘best way’ for us to go.

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10

I was listening to a talk by Dutch Sheets (on the Give Him 15 series) and he brought out that the original meaning of this verse includes the thought that God has ‘measured us’ like a tailor for the tasks assigned for us. We are ‘tailor made’ for our calling. Our flesh, which has to be crucified, may struggle with that as Joseph did. However, when we are led by the Spirit there is a grace and enabling to fulfill our calling, our reason for being here.

May God bless and keep us today as we fulfill our God ordained destiny.

 

Meditate can also mean to ‘Mutter’, speaking something over and over ‘to ourselves’, until it becomes a part of us.

Keep this Book of the Law always on your LIPS(in your MOUTH); meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Many want the results without the application!) Joshua  1:8

God’s command to Joshua was ‘keep it on your lips/speak it out often’. When we repeat something our minds will inevitably be drawn to think about we’re saying, so God told Joshua to speak or mutter His Law.

In yesterday’s blog we recounted how the first generation of God’s people failed to enter into their inheritance, through ‘fear of man’. They wouldn’t face the giants in the land God had promised them.

Major General Frederick C Blesse (US Air Force) wrote a fighter tactics manual in 1955 with the stirring title, ‘NO GUTS, NO GLORY’. He was a highly decorated fighter pilot who’d often lived out what he’d written.

I came across a short article based on this title by Daphne Delay, (theinspiredwoman.org). Excerpt from the article;

“There’s a reason the devil pushes so hard to make you and I feel inferior. If he can get us to focus on our mistakes, or challenge our courage, he has hit us right in the gut.

NO GUTS! NO GLORY!

And this is why I’m so passionate about helping you understand your righteousness in Christ. If you and I remain ignorant of how God sees us (through the blood of Christ and the exchange of His righteousness for our sin), we will also continue feeling inferior and we’ll never fully see the glory of God in our lives.
So, take up this motto with new inspiration today! You are the righteousness of God in Christ and you are crowned with glory and honour!”

In yesterday’s blog I stated that we would either be directed by the ‘Fear of God’ or the ‘fear of man’. God warned Joshua as leader of the people to continually focus on His Words and NOT LISTEN TO THE MAJORITY OPINION, FOR EXAMPLE THE 10 SPIES. It’s so easy, particularly in this age, to be influenced by the words of others who know nothing of God or His Plan for the close of this Age. Joshua needed to be ‘in step or in tune’ with God and His Plans and so will we!

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” Winston Churchill

It’s interesting that I’ve quoted two military sources today, without any such intention. Joshua and Israel needed courage to go in and TAKE THEIR INHERITANCE AND I BELIEVE SO WILL WE IN THE CHURCH.

May the praise of God be in our mouths and a double-edged sword in our hands. Psalm 149:6

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The latter part of Joshua’s life was a battle, the conquest of Canaan, Israel’s God ordained inheritance.

The second occurrence of the word ‘meditation’ in the Bible is in the first chapter of Joshua. Israel came out of Egypt, (symbolises the world system) and headed for the land of Canaan, but as we know that generation failed to take the land. The ‘slave mentality’ may have been too deeply rooted in them after 400 years in Egypt, they couldn’t face the giants in Canaan, the land God had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Their eyes were too focused on the enemy and not on the Lord!

Joshua and Caleb were the only 2 spies who brought back a positive report about the land promised by God;

7 and said(Joshua and Caleb) to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but THE LORD IS WITH US. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM.” Numbers 14:7-9

Joshua had fought the Amalakites Exodus 17:9 under Moses command, he knew about hand to hand fighting. He also knew that when Mose’s hands dropped before God, the enemy began to win. He’d experienced battle against real enemies and knew the dangers.

God said to Joshua 4 times in chapter 1, before they entered Canaan, ‘be strong and courageous, don’t be afraid of them’. But God also said to His chosen leader;

7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law ALWAYS ON YOUR LIPS, MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, SO THAT YOU MAY BE CAREFUL TO DO EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN IT.  Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:7, 8

KEEP DOING WHAT I SAY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK.

God couldn’t allow Israel to turn back a second time, they had to fight and win! So I believe it will be for the Church (Christ’s bride) in the coming times. Situations and circumstances may become difficult but we are also called to fight and win. God led Israel to victory after victory in the Land of Promise and He will do the same for the Church, but we’ll need to hear and obey His leadership. Things ahead may seem difficult, but if WE KEEP LISTENING AND LOOKING TO GOD AND NOT THE BAD REPORTS OF MEN AND THE MEDIA, He will bring His people through to a spiritual inheritance, the greatest harvest of souls in history. The outcome for the Church may well be determined by whom we’re taking our lead from, the FEAR OF GOD or the fear of man. God has planned a glorious climax for the end of the Age and Jesus return for His victorious bride.

God bless and keep you today.

Come apart, outside the camp, to commune (share one’s intimate thoughts or feelings with (someone), especially on a spiritual level) with God.

The first mention of meditation in the Bible was to bring comfort to Isaac, miracle son of Abraham. Gen 24:67

Isaac had put himself in a position to receive from God, he’d come apart outside the camp in the evening time. He saw the camels bringing Rebekah, his bride to be, as they approached. As we said yesterday, COMING APART from people allows us to COME TO GOD. Coming apart onto God may well mean that we perceive and know things before those in the clamour of the camp.

We also looked at Jacob’s return to the land of Canaan, with his children, servants and livestock. He’d fled from his uncle Laban, whom God warned in a dream not to say anything to Jacob. Then he met his brother Esau in weakness (with a dislocated hip socket) and in fear for his people and possessions. Jacob had to face his past with Esau, but after 20 years Esau was willing to forgive and forget, though Jacob blessed him with a generous gift. Genesis 33:10, 11

God had given Jacob family and livestock and he had to move at their pace

But Jacob said to him, ‘My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir’. Genesis 33:13, 14

Some of us may need to SLOW OUR PACE (or in some cases quicken it) and get back in step with the Spirit of God.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25

The whole world has been impacted by Covid today and much activity has been brought to a halt. Today more than ever we need to get in step and stay in step with God’s Spirit. The TIME OF ENFORCED STILLNESS AND SLOWER PACE is our chance to turn back to God! Who knows what the future will hold, but it’s we who need to correct and get in step with Him.

My wife Anne was blessed as she read the opening verses of Psalm 105 today in the Amplified Bible;

3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as THEIR INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.

May the Lord bless and keep you today.