1 Oct 2007

1 Oct - Isaiah 62:6-65:25; Philippians 2:19-3:4; Psalm 73; Proverbs 24:13-14

Who is the God we served? Is He a fearful God that destroyed? Or is He a loving God who bless?

Fear Him, let us fear the Lord - but not because of what He can and will destroy, but because He wanted to remove the stench and the evil in our life. How many of us will even allow God to do that, or to do a deep cleansing in our life. If God want to remove and destroy them and against our will - He will and can do it.

Isa 62:6You who put the Lord in remembrance,take no rest,7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.

He want to bless, but the condition is not you must do some work - you must remember the Lord.

Isa 62:8-12 The Promise of BLESSINGS

12 And they shall be called The Holy People,The Redeemed of the Lord;and you shall be called Sought Out,A City Not Forsaken.

Isa 63:1 -6 CLEANSINGS
6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;I made them drunk in my wrath,and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

Isa 63:7-9 BUT he remember the promise of Blessings
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, [4]and the angel of his presence saved them;in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

He wanted to bless, but
Isa 63:10
10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit;

His blessings cannot go forth BUT this time - the Lord remember the promise of blessings
Isa 63:10-14
11 Then he remembered the days of old,

Isa 63:15 - 64:7 He Reminded US of the past and remined us not to go back the same way

Isa 64:8-12 A Prayer of Repent
9 Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,and remember not iniquity forever.

This is our God:
Isa 65:1I said, “Here am I, here am I,”

The Lord call to us, but what He see is people who did evil and forsake the Lord, that make the Lord angry and ready to cleanse, BUT

Isa 65:8 Thus says the Lord:“As the new wine is found in the cluster,and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,for there is a blessing in it,’so I will do for my servants' sake,and not destroy them all.

And this is our good - hate evil But it is because of His mercy he spared us and because He loved us, He did not destroyed us, not because of what we repent, but because of His salvation plan. He bless us ultimately.

Isa 65:17“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.

Such is our God.



Psa 73
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;you hold my right hand.24 You guide me with your counsel,and afterward you will receive me to glory.25 Whom have I in heaven but you?And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.26 My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the strength [21] of my heart and my portion forever.

Be encourage and dwell each day simply in the presence of our God. Great and mighty is He and great and mighty are the works of His hands. Just simply dwell in Him.

Many of us may be weary and lost in the unclear and fustrated by the environment we are living or working in. It time to take a centering down in the Lord.

Unlike, calling for a time to slow down - which means to ask you to take a short breath it deals with our pace of running and questions our capacity. Centering down in the Lord deals with our lostness and questions our confusions. It offers a compass as we focus on Jesus and helps us catch a vision. Slow down merely offers us a consolation and helps us catch a breath, it will eventually blame the envronement and become a viscious cycle. Centering down examines our inner roots, which is a vital solution and anchors Jesus as Lord. Slow down will seeks to add Jesus to our time and moments that is left.

Therefore, center down in Jesus. We are His people, meant for a purpose and a greater callings. Do not merely pass each day like grass in an open field, take a time off and allow Jesus into our busy schedule and fustrated work day. Make Him the anchor and stop to relocated and again proceed on with our navigation towards the lighthouse He called us to.