Well hello everyone. Its been awhile since my last posting. Shortly after posting it I went back to work. Doing about 60 hours a week 6 days a week. Leaving little time for posting or even time with my family.

Today lets explore some thoughts. My hope and intent is to build up your faith. So, we are going to start in Genesis. In Gen. 1:26-29 it talks about how we are created in “His own image.” Giving us authority to rule over every thing that moves on the earth. I think its important to remember these 2 things as we go on. Next we have Psalms 91. This is one that has been mentioned quite a bit over the last several months. In the first 4 verses it talks about 1) dwelling in His shelter, 2) trusting God, 3) delivers us from snares and deadly pestilences, 4) there is refuge under His wings and 5) His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. By definition a bulwark is a defensive wall. The rest of this psalm is also very informative.

To continue, we are going to Isaiah 54:17. This is the verse that mentions no weapon formed against you shall prosper. It also says every tongue that accuses us that in judgement we will condemn. But also that this is our heritage and that our vindication is in Him.

So what do we do? In Isaiah 26:1-4 it starts out by saying that in that day a song will be sung. In these verses it talks about Him being our security. Verse 2 it says “open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, the one that remains faithful.” Verse 3 “the steadfast of mind You keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.” Verse 4 “trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.”

Now lets look at where this leads us. God created us in His image. He is going to protect us, give us security, give us shelter and deliver us from deadly pestilences. One of the key parts mentioned is that we need to dwell in Him. As we can read in James 4:7 “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” We need to be going to God first and foremost. I really don’t think that God wants to be an after thought. For where in here does it say that God is going to turn His back on us? As long as we are obedient to Him and His ways we have nothing to worry about. Remember that He is a just God, a jealous God and a loving God. Worry is fear, fear is sin and sin is death. Just don’t go there. Read Rev.21:8 and pat attention to those who go to the “second” death.

Why say all this? We are living in a very wrong and troubling time. There are protests, riots and wrongful beatings to go along with killings today. We need to be ready for what may come our way. besides the stuff mentioned already , don’t forget about the covid-19 stuff we are dealing with.

As awful as this is , its a time for our God to do great and mighty things. I believe He is looking and waiting for His people to rise up and be counted. Going forth in His power and grace. To do these mighty things in His name for His glory. We are all familiar with the Ask, Seek and Knock (ASK) principle. But now we need to “DO” and step out in FAITH. The prayers we make are good and necessary, but only the beginning. We have all the stories of the people and prophets of old stepping out in faith and being obedient. We should be no different. Its never too late as long as we have God and He said that He would never leave us nor forsake us. For I’m sure that all of us at one time or another has asked God to increase our faith. So lets go forth and do it.

Everyone one of us is at a different level of faith. Pray and seek God for direction. Being obedient to what He asks of you. That’s all we need to do. When you do this you just be amazed at what He can get done through you.