God Takes Care of His Own. First Cave Psalm

2 Corinthians 1:10, New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁰ who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,

Psalm 34, (NKJV)

The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God

A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

34 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
² My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
³ Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.

⁴ I sought the Lord, and He heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

⁸ Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
⁹ Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
¹⁰ The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
¹² Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
¹⁴ Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.
²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
²² The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

My Comments: I know I said I would try to keep the amount of the post to a small amount, ahem, yet this all goes together so I included it all. My main focus was to show how our loving Abba Father takes care of us and He does it even when we do not do all we should do as His children. Sort of like our children do as they are growing up. Hopefully, we grow and walk away from Him less as we mature.

In the verse 1:10 of 2 Corinthians, we see how the Lord has taken care and will take care of us. We see this in several of the other verses in Psalm is several verses. Not always as we would like it to be or even think it should be. Remember, to tell God how it should be done is to set ourselves above Him and in effect tell Him we ourselves know best so we must be god’s. Sort of like our children when they tell us how we should give them what they want and when they want it, Right? Well, they are not the parent and we are not god’s that we can tell God how He should handle our situation or anyone’s. We grow up thinking we are entitled so we approach God in the same way. And the way society is we are fed that nonsense daily. Children get it even more in their classrooms or interactions with children who have not learned better. Yet we are not children and we should know better and so should have David.

Here is the man after God’s own heart who God chose to be and anointed to be King over His people, going to a kingdom of people who were against His people and asking for asylum (in fact this is Moab where Goliath came from and God had forbidden them to be with) from King Saul. King Saul has turned his back on God and now is deluded, jealous and hateful towards David who never did anything against King Saul.

We see in 1Samuel all that has transpired up to David running to the hills and to Moab with 400 following him and his parents and brothers as well. David feigns being an idiot (in front of King Achish of Gath in 1Samuel 21)with drool coming out of his mouth and everything, so he will not be killed by his enemies. Read 1 Samuel and you will see how easy it is for even one chosen of God to go astray and not trust in the Lord completely. Yet David continued to know where his help would come from and when you read the three Cave Psalms you will see a man who though doing what he thinks is right (though he was wrong) still sought after God and His help and so should we.

I will post two more entries in the next few days and let you read, reread and meditate on these verses. I recommend you read 1Samuel if possible to get a better background on the story of David and Saul as it is good to have background and foundation for a study.

Abba Father, thank You for Your Word given to the Prophets that You sent with Your Word to show us how we should and should not live our lives. May we learn the truths You have written in Your Word. May we glorify You in how we use Your Word in our walk with You. May we daily grow in Your Word and Abba Father, grow our faith and understanding, enrich us with Your wisdom and knowledge. Not for ourselves but to bring glory to Your name and others to Your Kingdom.

Lord Jesus, help us to see You as we read the Word and grow in it daily. Help us to allow You to use us more and may our praise of You be always what others see in us.

Holy Spirit grow our faith and trust that we will never doubt or question why things happen the way they do yet we will rely completely on our Heavenly Father and trust Him at all times. Let us not be like David and Saul and think we have to do it ourselves when we have a Father who can and will do everything that needs to be done. Let us be like David who eventually turned to Abba Father and gave Him the glory and praise.

In Jesus name in union with the Holy Ghost I pray, Amen

Rebishka

Holy Spirit Study 7

This study will show the authorship of divine prophecies as well as that the Holy Spirit is a part of the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:21; New King James Version (NKJV)

²¹ for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Comment: Here the authorship of prophecy comes by the Holy Spirit.

2 Samuel 23:2; (NKJV)

² “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.

Comment: Again men spoke not their own words. They spoke the word as it came to them from the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is referred to as the Lord (Lord in the Old Testament is Jehovah in Hebrew). Shows His (Lord/Jehovah and the Holy Spirit are the author of Prophecy. They placed the prophetic words into the mouths of the Prophets.

2 Samuel 23:3; (NKJV)

³ The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling in the fear of God.

Comment: God is the author of divine prophecy.

Isaiah 6:3; (NKJV)

³ And one cried to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”

Isaiah 6:5; (NKJV)

⁵ So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”

Isaiah 6:8-10; (NKJV)

⁸ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

⁹ And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

¹⁰ “Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.

Comment: It is noteworthy to point out where this passage says, “voice of the Lord (Jehovah) saying ‘Whom shall I send’ the ‘who will go for Us?’”  This is not referring to many gods but to the One who is three in one, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This passage is also here as it is referred to in the New Testament in the context of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Acts 28:25-27; (NKJV)

²⁵ So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, ²⁶ saying,

‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
²⁷ For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”’

Comment: Here in Acts the text refers back to Isaiah (note previous verse).

John 12:39-41; (NKJV)

³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

⁴¹ These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

Comment: This references the passage in Isaiah yet it refers to Christ Jesus so we see the connection of the Holy Spirit and Jesus (and with looking at each place we see the Father, Son (Christ Jesus Messiah) and the Holy Spirit (the tri-personality of God as noted by R. A. Torrey in his book The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit which can be read in it’s entirety on line by using the search engine Google).

Exodus 16:7; (NKJV)

⁷ And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord; for He hears your complaints against the Lord. But what are we, that you complain against us?”

Comment: In Moses time they were referred to as murmuring against Jehovah (Lord in Old Testament always is Jehovah in Hebrew).

Hebrews 3:7-9; (NKJV)

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
⁸ Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
⁹ Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.

Comment: Here in referencing Exodus 16:7 the Holy Spirit says. Clearly both bible verses are referring to the God Jehovah and Holy Spirit as one.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6; (NKJV)

⁴ There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

Comments: Spirit and Lord or Jehovah God work all in all.

Matthew 28:19; (NKJV)

¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Comment: Here the triune is clearly spoken of in Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 13:14; (NKJV)

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Comment: The triune oneness is here clearly stated again (we call this the Holy Trinity). God is one and He is three in one hence the Holy Trinity.

Acts 5:3-4; (NKJV)

³ But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? ⁴ While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”

Comment: Here Peter tells Ananias he lied to the Holy Spirit and to God (which are one with Christ Jesus).

These verses with the other six studies previous show the triuneness of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Spirit has been from before the beginning of the creation of the world because He was not created as He is one with the Father and the Son. Reading the word of God is very important and before reading one must ask the Holy Spirit to guide them in their reading and understanding of the word. He points us always to the Son who is Jesus the Christ the Jewish Messiah and the Savior of the World because He is the Lamb of God sacrificed for the sin of the whole world. But to receive His sacrifice we must confess our sin, turn from sin and accept Jesus as our Savior. Jesus, in all He did (and does), pointed us to the Father as when He taught the Apostles to pray, “Our Father who art in Heaven…”

The Holy Spirit opens out hearts and minds to the Word of God and to the presence of the Son Jesus the Christ. I pray you open your heart and mind to the call of Jesus to you through the Holy Spirit so you too, may know the saving grace of Jesus in your life.

Abba Father, send Your Holy Spirit to prick the hearts of each to bring them to Your Son Jesus’ saving grace so they too, may be “Sons of God” and know what it is to be adopted into the family of God. Thank You, Abba Father, for sending Your Son into the world to redeem us as the final sacrifice and blood offering of Your Lamb, Oh Lord God.

Jesus my Lord and Savior thank You for Your sacrifice and for giving the whole world the chance to be saved by Your grace and not by works. Touch all who read Your word and help them to trust in God the Father and know that He, You and the Holy Spirit watch over them and is calling them to be a part of His family.

Holy Spirit cleanse the minds of all who read the Word of God and give them knowledge and understanding of the Word of God. Awaken a thirst and desire to know our Father more and to know that He loves them so very much and wants them to be close to Him. Thank You for the word You speak into our heart, minds and lives.

I pray all this to the Father, in the name of the Son Jesus and with the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Rebishka

Holy Spirit Study 6

This study in the Holy Spirit will encompass four verses. Ponder them well and please study the verses before and after to grasp the full meaning and context. I would love to hear your comments. 

Philippians 1:19- Philippians 1:19, American Standard Version (ASV), American Standard Version, Copyright © 1901 by Public Domain

¹⁹ For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

The Spirit of Jesus Christ brings salvation because Jesus the Man has been raised to the right hand of the Father where He Jesus sends forth the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:32-33, (ASV)

³² This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.

³³ Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.

More affirmation of Jesus being raised up and sending forth the Holy Ghost on His followers as promised. And He sends Him to us as well if we are followers of Jesus the Christ the Son of God and believe He was crucified for our sin, died and was raised up on the third day and sits at the right hand of the Father.

Acts 16:6-7, (ASV)

⁶ And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

⁷ and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

This shows the relationship of Jesus the man as the Spirit of Jesus being the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.

Galatians 4:4-6, (ASV)

⁴ but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

⁵ that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

⁶ And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

The Spirit of His Son testifies to the sonship of the believer so we can cry Abba Father. It becomes a joyous union where we are joined to the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit. No longer are we in bondage to the world or our sin nature. We have been liberated and this liberty gives us joy. We can trust God to always be with us even when it may appear to the world that He has abandoned us when we go through challenges and difficulties yet we have the spirit of adoption because we are filled with the Holy Spirit who works in us to help us become more like Jesus.

Abba Father, there is so much for us to learn in Your Word about You, Your Son, and the Holy Spirit. Open our hearts and our minds and fill us with Your understanding and knowledge so we may worship You more and rejoice in all Your wonders and the blessings You have bestowed and are bestowing on us. We praise You Father for loving us so much You sent Your Son to be the propitiation for our sin. We praise You for sending forth Your Holy Spirit to teach, enlighten and grow understanding in us as He changes us to be more like Jesus. My heart is filled with joy knowing You are always with me to go with me through all the trials and tribulations of this world. I know we, in studying You Word, will be enriched and gain insights unimaginable if we trust You and persevere in the study of Your Word with the help of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ. Thank You Father, Son and Holy Spirit for this study and help us through it. In Jesus name. Amen.

Rebishka

Holy Spirit study 5

John 20:22, American Standard Version (ASV)

²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit

John 15:26-14, American Standard Version (ASV)

²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

⁷ Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

⁸ And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

⁹ of sin, because they believe not on me;

¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;

¹¹ of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

¹² I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

¹³ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

¹⁴ He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.

John 4:10, American Standard Version (ASV)

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 7:37-39, American Standard Version (ASV)

³⁷ Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

³⁹ But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Romans 8:9, American Standard Version (ASV)

⁹ But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Ephesians 3:16/17, American Standard Version (ASV)

¹⁶ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; ¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Acts 2:33, American Standard Version (ASV)

³³ Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.

My comments: I am doing a wonderful study on the Holy Spirit who has many names and is little talked about or understood. He is the third person of the Holy Trinity. He is the Spirit of God, The Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Holy Wind, The Spirit, the Living Water. He has many names and always seeks to bring people to understand and glorify Jesus the Son of the Living God. Jesus mentions Him and He is talked about and referred to through out the Old and New Testaments. I will attempt to share with you some of the verses in the book my study group is using called, “The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit” by R.A, Torrey who originally published it in 1910 and again in 1974 through Zondervan. I encourage you to obtain a copy if possible as I will not be able to present all he has presented in his book.

I also, encourage you to read through not only the Scriptures I post but reread your Bible with a view to finding the Spirit of God in the Word. As when I first learned of Jesus being presented throughout the Bible and started reading the Word and finding Him in the pages of the Bible, I now find The Holy Wind through out the Word from the very beginning of the Bible.

The Living Water of Jesus will fill all who ask to be filled and He will grow Christ in each person who accepts Jesus as their Savior. He teaches, edifies, strengthens and dwells in those who are Christ Jesus’.  He helps us to know the Father and the Son in a fuller way. He keeps our feet from stumbling and holds us up when we are faint hearted. He fills us with hope and faith. We live because He has come into the world and into the Children of Jesus and Children of Abba Father. He is that very presence that comforts and guides us on the path of righteousness.

Abba Father, open our hearts to Your truths and have us remain tender in our hearts towards Your Holy Spirit. King Jesus, the Apostles and Disciples could not understand why you had to leave them until Your Spirit of Truth fell upon them and filled them with gifts they could never imagine. Then they knew with understanding what Your words meant when You said The Spirit would come only when You left and You would come again. He came and now dwells in Your family bringing You into us and filling us with Your knowledge and wisdom. We praise You Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Jesus name. Amen

Rebishka

The Good fight of faith

1 Timothy 6:12, New King James Version (NKJV)

The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses."

Romans 1:17(NKJV)

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”[a]

Romans 3:28 (NKJV)

28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NKJV)

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

James 2:18(NKJV)

18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[a] works, and I will show you my faith by my[b] works.

Habakkuk 2:4(NKJV)

4 “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

My Comments: Many times in my life I was called to give an account of what I believed. I did it with the knowledge I had at the time. I remember one young man who was a Unitarian who was on the Rifle Team with me in High School. We rode the bus together to the military base where we were taught to handle rifles by the Military Personal. He and I would have many discussions about faith. Even with all the suffering in the world I could see God's everlasting love. He wanted to know how I could see love in suffering. I told him that out of suffering good can come. In the midst of suffering it seems like no good will ever happen again and sometimes feels like we are abandoned. Yet I knew from my short life many miseries and the good that came out of them.

I was in my late teens and had lived my life with an alcoholic parent, had polio, got my sister and I away from an abductor, been molested by babysitters (mostly female) and relatives, raped by friends of the family and of myself, gone to court against one rapist, lost my Grandparents (all), moved 50 times changing schools and friends often, and yet through all of these and more the Lord was with me and as I leaned on Him, He brought me through the ordeals and gave me His strength to grow from the pain. This is the wisdom and strength I met my friends questions with.

Every week on the bus he would come up with a different world tragedy. Children starving was one of his favorite to bring up. Yes, it is hard to see good in children suffering yet many are moved to compassionate acts during these times. Many come to know and love and especially know and love God during these trying times of intense pain. Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of this kind of person. She put her life on the line often for others in pain and suffering and helped to bring many out of misery.

My High School friend would ask, "Why would a loving God allow such a thing?" That is hard to answer as you see He never caused them but had to allow man his own free will. Sometimes He did step in when it would accomplish the goal of bringing ones to Christ and salvation. I did observe His doing this in my life and the lives of ones I loved and I also observed Him not doing it and trusted He knew the best to do even if it brought me and my loved ones great pain. I choose daily to follow Him and trust Him and I know He loves me and the whole world but He is only Abba Father to those who accept His Gospel and the salvation of His Son Jesus.

When we come to accept Jesus as Savior, give Him our hearts and our lives we have a responsibility to bring His Gospel to those He places in our lives. It is a difficult thing for a shy person to do (like me). To step out of our comfort zones is difficult. We want God to do it all Himself yet we, having become His children, have a responsibility to let others know of Him so they too may become a part of His family and the know the joy of Salvation.

Abba Father open eyes and hearts to Your truths and fill all with Your love as they come to know and trust in You the Creator of the Universe and all that exists. Fill our hearts with Your love for others and show us where You want us to join You in sharing Your Gospel as You save souls. In Jesus Name I pray in union with the Holy Spirit. Amen
Rebishka

We who were created and given much.

Romans 12:3, American Standard Version (ASV)
³ For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Romans 12:3,The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NKJV)

3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 4:7, (ASV)
⁷ For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

1 Corinthians 4:7, (NKJV)

7 For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Ephesians 2:10, (NKJV)

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 7:7, (NKJV)

7 For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

1 Corinthians 13:2, (NKJV)

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 12:4, (NKJV)

4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14:1, (NKJV)

14 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

2 Corinthians 5:17, (NKJV)

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

John 1:3, (NKJV)

3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

Isaiah 66:2New King James Version (NKJV)

2 For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,”
Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.

I recommend you read these these verses in several versions to get a fuller understanding of what the Holy Spirit is conveying in the Word. The ASV is Public Domain as are some others. There are many sites on the web that have Bible translations. The one I use is https://www.biblegateway.com . Most Bible translators are prudent and knowledgeable yet Greek and Hebrew do not have the same way of looking at sentence structure or punctuation as the English language or even other languages and there are also different manuscripts that are used for translation and some are older than others. When all is said and done there are very little differences. If fact the Iliad and Shakespear and those type manuscripts had more discrepancies so I would say the people who copied the manuscripts that became our Holy Bible did an amazing job of copying.

My Comments: We are all bestowed with special gifts, some we have before we come to have a walk with the Lord Jesus, others are bestowed on us at our indwelling of the Holy Spirit and some come and go as the Lord needs for us to have them. No one should compare their gifts or talents to another person. A gift is given and the gifts we are given are given especially for each of us and not because of us but because of what God the Father is doing in, through and with us for others and always for His glory.

When a child is given a gift at Christmas and looks at another persons gift and says, “I wanted that gift.” How do we feel if we are the one who gave the gift? Our Abba Father feels the same. He knows what gift we need to accomplish His will. We only think we do. We do not! Sometimes we act as spoiled children who receive too many gifts on Christmas.

When I was a little girl growing up in Kodiak I do not remember getting many gifts and only one said from Santa (that was the one from my parents) and as I became a teen I remember getting a couple more and those were from my parents. I remember many presents were not even wrapped. We found them under the tree unwrapped and ready to enjoy. Our gifts from our Heavenly Father are like this. Unwrapped and ready to use.

When born into this world we were unwrapped and ready to use. We are a gift from the Heavenly Father to our earthly parents. We are not responsible how they took care of the gift given them they are. But the talents and gifts God gives us we are responsible for how we use. We must be honest in look at ourselves and evaluate how we are using the gifts and talents He has placed in us to use for His glory. We may have worked hard to overcome weaknesses in our selves as Moses did with his fear of speaking in public. Yet God gave the gift to develop though sometimes the gift is ready to use and does not have to be developed.

When I first started to do as the Lord prompted me to do and evangelize, it was when I was taking lessons at the YMCA in Grays Harbor. I called it my Hot Tub Ministry. Anyone who the Lord sent into the Hot Tub I was prompted to speak a word about Almighty God and His Son Jesus the Christ. I was very nervous for many reasons. I was (am) overweight, older (even more now, lol), unknowledgeable and have a memory problem so I had (and stiHisdo) a hard time remembering whole texts or the book or verse of where they could be found. So I could not understand why God would want me to even talk to people about His Son and Salvation. I still can not yet I allow Him to use me or better yet I make available to Him the gifts He has given me.

Shy though I am, I have been given the gift of loving people. I love to talk to them, listen to what they believe and about them. I have been given an awesome smile and a sense of humor and a huge laugh. Yet more than these I have been given the gift of caring for the souls of all people. It pains me to think of people perishing in Hell for eternity because I did not offer His free gift of Salvation. I am still timid when approaching people yet gain strength from Him when I know He desires for the person to hear His Word and Gospel. That is one of the reasons I started this blog, in order to reach more people so more would receive the free gift of salvation. That was His prompting and another person helped me set up the site. That was Abba Father, working out what He wanted done. What is your gift or gifts, your talents? Ask the Lord.

I did not know my smile was a gift. Yours could be in many areas yet none have all gifts and all have the gifts that the Lord needs them to use for His glory and praise. When ever someone compliments you on your gift or talents give all the praise and glory to Him who gave it to you. Use it and do not deny it. Know that He will help you use it. His Spirit will give you understanding and knowledge as well as wisdom in how and when to use it if you leave yourself open to His leading. The shepherds were told not to fear and to go to the babe. They went and we should as well. Many took gifts to Him and He gave each gifts as well and still does today.

Remember not gift or talent is better than anothers. It is not for us so we can brag about how many gifts or talents we have or how good we can use them. And they are not to be hidden as the servant who hid the talent because he was afraid to increase it. Abba Father increases what is used for His purposes and will take away gifts or talents that are not used for His glory or are hidden and not used at all. It would be like a child who is given something and we wait and wait for them to use it and enjoy it and they hide it in a closet or under the bed or throw it away. It would break our hearts and it breaks Abba Fathers hearts when we do not use and enjoy for His glory, the gifts He has given.

His gifts are given to bring Him glory by bringing more to Him through His Son Jesus. I use this blog for His glory. I write for His glory. I paint Scripture art for His glory. I smile for His glory. I am thankful for His gifts and seek to use them so He is glorified. I pray for the gift of prophecy as it is a gift I have had very little of yet I am thankful for the gifts and talents He has given me. Your gifts and talents are there. Ask Him what they are and do not compare them to others but use them with humility knowing they are not for you. they are to bring people to the knowledge and understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ and through Him they will become Children of God and that is the greatest gift in my opinion.

Abba Father, thank You for all the gifts and talents You bestow on all of us. Help us not to compare ours to others and to use them to the fullest to honor and glorify Your Holy Name. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit so we will use our gifts and talents to the fullest for Your will. We praise and glorify You Father in all we say and do. Thank You for the best gift of all, Your Son Jesus and thank You Jesus for Your greatest gift of Salvation through Your body and blood shed on the Cross for us. Thank You Holy Spirit for filling us with what we need to work for the Kingdom of Jesus/ In Jesus name in union with the Holy Spirit I pray, Amen.

Rebishka

Suffering

2 Corinthians 7:42 Corinthians 7:4

American Standard Version (ASV) Copyright © 1901 by Public Domain

⁴ Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

My Comments: Many is the affliction we have all endured yet as I mature more on my walk with our Lord Jesus, I understand that these pains and hurts have helped me to grow, to be the person I am now.

Most who have read my earlier blog posts know some of my story. I grew up in an alcoholic home, was molested and raped in my life (often), beat many times and nearly murdered by ones who said they loved me and have lost many of my loved ones as they passed on. All my parents and step-parents, parent-in-laws, sister-in-laws, two children, one Grandson, Aunts, Uncles, cousins and my dear husband. I have had children who physically assaulted me, drank, took drugs, were promiscuous, ran away, rejected me and my husband, struggled with a learning disability and handi-challenges, had four miscarriages, children in jail and prison and lost good friends yet through it all and more I have gained a closer walk with Jesus. I have been comforted by my Heavenly Father. I have a greater understanding of myself and what I believe based on the word of God.

That is one of the biggest things that happened to me in everything I have gone through in my life, even before I knew the Lord Jesus as my Savior and began my relationship with my Abba Father. First I learned how much of a sinner I was and that I was a lover of myself. It amazes me that my Abba loved me and wanted me to be in His family. Yet with all the suffering I have been allowed to touch others lives and glory on their behalf that they now walk in relationship with God the Father.

A seed has to be subjected to many things before it can sprout, take root and grow to the light. I was a seed and God watered me with trials, He tended me so I would sprout and take root. He watered me with His word and put many in my life to help strengthen me as I grew to the light of His shinning glory. I am filled with joy and am comforted by Him who loved me so much He came into the world to go through the most horrible of sufferings that I and the world might have life everlasting. Out of His pain and suffering came the Living Waters that we all might live with Him forever.

Abba Father, thank you for all the pain and suffering You allowed to come into my life. Thank You for loving me so much that You never left me alone even in my darkest moments. Thank You for Jesus.

King Jesus, thank You for Your suffering and sacrifice for us. Thank You for caring for us so much You went willingly to the Cross and died for us. I praise Abba You said, “Thy will be done.” I pray I will always say the same.

Holy Spirit, thank You for Your comfort during all my trials. The ones allowed to fall on me and the ones I brought on myself, I thank You for always being there to hold me and guide me through them. Fill our hearts, minds and souls with Your everlasting light and help us to always be there when others need to know about Salvation so they will know the strength that comes through suffering and trials.

In Jesus name I pray, Amen
Rebishka