Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
Psalm 62
my hope comes from him.
Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honour depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Author: Servant of the Lord
Eternal Life
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Closer And Closer To Hell
Wow! While networking among you I am moved as I learn of the continued trials that my brothers and sisters face everyday. Sadly a lack of love, respect, patience, dignity and interest in others is expressed by the people we interact with more often than not as we go about our day to day lives.
I have now formed an opinion that as the people of this world move further and further from God in their ways, society sadly moves quickly, closer and closer to hell!
Hell! Hmm… what is hell?
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might
2 Thessalonians 1:9
From the verse above we learn that God, through The Bible teaches us that hell is the absence of Him and therefore if there is any truth in my earlier statement; that society is moving closer and closer to hell, then, when one considers God’s attributes, a few of which I have listed below, we should unfortunately be able to witness less and less of His ways in the world.
God Is Glorious – He is Infinitely Beautiful and Great
His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.
Habakkuk 3:4
God Is Holy – He is Infinitely, Unchangingly Perfect
Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty
Revelation 4:8
God Is Loving – God Infinitely, Unchangingly Loves Us
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8
God Is Gracious – God Is Infinitely Inclined to Spare the Guilty
The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
Psalm 145:8
God Is Merciful – He is Infinitely, Unchangeably Compassionate and Kind
I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.
Romans 9:15-16
God Is Just – He Is Infinitely, Unchangeably Right and Perfect in All He Does
The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
Deuteronomy 32:4
God Is Good – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly Kind and Full of Good Will
O, taste and see that the Lord is good
Psalm 34:8
God Is Faithful – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly True
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 7:9
God Is Wise – He Is Full of Perfect, Unchanging Wisdom
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
Romans 11:33
With God’s unchangeable qualities diminishing among the societies of this world, life is truly becoming frightening as the world moves quickly, closer and closer to hell!
Saints, I pray that God remains the Immovable Anchor for our souls and we are able to witness His ways amongst us.
‘Two things I ask of you, Lord;
Proverbs 30:7-9
do not refuse me before I die:
keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonour the name of my God.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
An Anchor for the Soul
The Certainty of God’s Promise
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:13-20
To me it has become the greatest blessing ever received, and in my mind, that anyone could ever receive; and that is to have been fastened to the Lord as one’s immovable anchor. Hallelujah!!
While in prayer I had a vision of a huge cable fixing my heart to God, my Anchor, the thick cable was securely bound to the Anchor by golden steel twine and, in my vision I watched it, in brilliance being laced up around the thick cable that I was attached to, fusing my being to God the Father, the Immovable Anchor. There was a huge storm around me and I was being swept / pulled / torn off my feet by its power. The storm was tugging on me, relentlessly trying to rip me from my Anchor… I just prayed and continue to pray that my bond to my Lord and God, my Anchor remains secure.
Following continued prayers and contemplating the Lord’s greatest gift, praise God, I received from the Lord that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God and have come to realise that such hope, joy and security can be found in fully understanding this truth.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5 NKJV
Praise to God for a Living Hope
1 Peter 1
who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:5
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.