My Dear Brothers and Sisters greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Numbers 12:3, “ Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.”
My dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we come to know the character of Moses. God testified that Moses was the meekest man found on the face of the earth. He was raised as the heir to the throne of Egypt. Though Moses grew in the house of Pharaoh but when he became of age, he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, and chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. Moses’ parents were from the tribe of Levi, called the Hebrews. The Hebrews had been in Egypt for generations but gradually they became a threat to the people of Egyptians. So Pharaoh had enslaved them. When Moses was 25 years of age, he went about inspecting his people. There he saw the oppressive measures under which they were laboured. When he found an Egyptian taskmaster, beating a Hebrew probably to death he couldn’t control himself any longer, so when he made sure that he was not in sight he killed the tough Egyptian lord.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Moses was probably in excellent physical condition, and he knew the latest method of combat. Next time he found two Hebrews fighting. He tried to mediate their disagreement. But questions by the Hebrew men jolted him. The confidence of the deliverer turned into fear. He knew that soon Pharaoh would come to know of his action. Therefore he fled to Median. There he stayed on with Jethro, and eventually married his daughter Zipporah. While he was tending his sheep he saw a burning bush and it was here that he had an encounter with Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Even though he had been so zealous in the past to help his own people, now when he was called by God to deliver the people of Israel, he was reluctant to accept Yahweh’s call. He hesitated to accept his call because he was a stammerer. God promised to help him in his mission. God appointed his brother to be his spokesperson. Therefore he obeyed God in bringing out the people of Israel to the Promised Land “Canaan” to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Moses spent nearly 40 years in Pharaoh’s house. He learnt every form of art in combat and proved to be an expert ready to inherit the throne. But later he fled to Median and spent another 40 years, tending his uncle Jethro’s sheep. God was all the time preparing him for a greater task. God changed him from a tough man to a mild and meek person such that he could lead a stiff-necked nation out of Egypt to the land of Canaan. God looked upon the lowly and downtrodden state of the people of Israel His chosen people and delivered them.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God watches over you day in and day out. God thinks upon you even though you are poor and needy. The Lord lifts up the humble and downtrodden. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap to seat him among princes. God will raise you up and glorify you as He chose Moses and caused him to perform a greater task for God. He was a great prophet who led the people of Israel through the desert into the land of Canaan. God will lead you also and guide you if you will obey his call.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord we thank you for choosing Moses the stammerer to deliver the people of Israel. Not only You chose him but also moulded him for Your good purpose. Lord mould us also that we may carry out Your task diligently. Help us to be bold and courageous to face the enemy who come against us. Teach us to be meek and mild in our nature. May we obey Your call and accomplish Your plan and purpose in our life.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Romans 8:30, “Moreover whom He predestined these He also called, Whom He called; these He also justified, and whom He justified these He also glorified.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that every providence tends to the spiritual good, of those that love God.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God has a plan and purpose for every individual. Whom God did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be the image of His son Jesus Christ. God determined to recover some by regeneration, and by the power of His grace. He predestinated them in this life, that they be renewed and walk in His steps. And those whom He predestined for His good purpose, He also called them. It is an effectual call, from self, from the things of this world, to God, to Christ and Heaven.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Those whom He called He also justified. And those whom He justified He also glorified. Through effectual calling He broke the power of corruption, and through justification God removed the guilt of sin, in them. Thus nothing can come between that soul and glory.
My dear Brothers and Sisters, This encourages our faith and hope, for, as for God, His way, His work is perfect. The Apostle Paul, speaks as one being amazed and immersed in admiration, wondering at the height and depth and length and breadth, of the love of Christ. The more we learn about the unfailing love of God, the more we are affected by the mysteries of God. While God is for us, and we keep in His love, we can boldly defy all the powers of darkness.
My Dear brothers and Sisters, Today God is calling you for His good purpose. Are you willing to obey His call? And walk by faith like Abraham, and work for His glory. For the Bible says, we are His work man ship created in Christ Jesus, unto good works. Which God has prepared ahead of time for us to do. For God says, Let your light so shine before men so that they may see your good works and give glory to your father, who is in heaven.
Prayer: Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you Lord for calling us with a holy calling. May we learn of your love, and grow closer to you. Teach us to obey your call and walk by faith each day of our life. Help us to understand your teachings and keep ourselves away from the powers of darkness.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Deuteronomy 26:7 “Then we cried out to the Lord, God of our Fathers, And the Lord looked on our affliction and our oppression.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that our God keeps His promise. He hears us when we cry out to Him and looks upon our affliction and our oppression. When God has made good His promises to us, He expects that we should own it to the honour of His faithfulness. And our hearts are filled with joy, when we see them flowing from the fountain of promise. The nation Israel, sojourned in Egypt, as strangers, they served there as slaves. They were a poor, despised oppressed people in Egypt. And though they became rich and great during the course of time, they had no reason to be proud, secure or forgetful of God.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, The work that the Egyptians, forced on the Israelites, was evil in motive and cruel in nature. As a result Israelites languished in “misery” and “suffering”. They trudged through the great wilderness for forty years. The Lord had seen the oppression of His people, who were in Egypt, and had heard their cry because of their task masters. He knew their sorrows. Therefore God had promised to deliver them from the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land, to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord God of our Fathers, and He heard their cry and sent a deliverer to deliver them from the cruel hands of the Egyptians. Because Pharaoh refused to set the Israelites free God decided to punish him sending ten plagues. God caused ten plagues upon the land of Egypt, and thus demonstrated His power over Pharaoh and the gods of Egypt. The tenth plague struck Egypt, at midnight and all the first born in the land, died. There was a great cry throughout the land of Egypt. Through this God made a difference between Egyptians and Israel.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thus God of our fathers, kept His promise. His promises are true He never fails His children. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is looking at your affliction too. And He wants to set you free, from your captivity. He will lead you from today and grant you a life flowing with milk and honey. A life of prosperity. Satan has planned to destroy you but the Lord has sent His angels to protect you. Whether you are in the deepest sea, or in the midst of darkest night, He is the only one who comes to your help the moment you call upon Him. The only person on whom you can depend, is the Lord Jesus Christ. The moment you trust Him and call upon Him he will immediately respond to your call and stretch out His helping hand. So cheer up.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Thank you for assuring us with your promise that you will never leave us nor forsake us. You will be with us always, And that you will help us. Teach us to believe in the power of His mighty hand, and His awesome nature. His marvellous signs and wonders. May we learn to cry out to you, when we are pressed on every side.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Matthew 11:28 , “Come to Me all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle, and lowly in heart. and you will find rest for your souls.” For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we learn that God wants us to take rest in Him. He wants us to carry His yoke which is light and easy. He wants us to learn from Him, for He is gentle and lowly in heart. Have you ever had a time in your life where you felt overwhelmed by the things of this world? Where life seemed so hard and no matter, what you did, things just wouldn’t go right. At such hard times the first thing that Jesus says, to us is , “ Come to Me.” We need to come to God personally; there is nothing between Him and us. Secondly He is inviting us to come. God wants you in fact, He wants you so much that Jesus died on the cross just to prove it. God’s love for us is so great and He wanted us so much that He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Thirdly God knows those who need rest. It is those who labour and are burdened. But what does that mean? All those who labour means, those who are striving to do it on their own effort. And failing to accomplish it.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I know that in my life, when I try to do everything with my own strength, it does not turn out well. “’When you are heavy laden,” means, when your spirit, mind, and emotions, fail to function, properly because there is this weight on you that you try to lift by yourself. It causes you to feel down, depressed, anxious and those negative, things that we do not want in life. So God says, He will give us rest, when we grow weary and He even tells how to derive rest from Him. We need to take His yoke upon us and learn from Him. When we take up His yoke and begin to learn from Him, then we enjoy rest for our souls, our mind, and emotions. God gives us rest from fear, hopelessness, addictions and depressions.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, God drives out our fear, because he is with us, and supernaturally protects us. God has good plans for your life and you can rest, knowing that no matter what your life is now, if you trust God, it will get better. God wants to set you free and give you rest, from the torture you are going through by consuming alcohol, or smoking, and taking drugs or indulging yourself in pornography. If you let God to crush the addiction by which you are enslaved, God will gladly and willingly heal your heart, of the things that caused addiction in your life. Finally depression robs you of the ability to enjoy life and not only hurts you mentally but physically as well. It is not God’s will that you suffer from depression But God wants you to live a full life and is able to heal your mind, as you take those steps of faith to find his rest. Therefore learn to find God’s rest. We need to become more like Jesus through the help of the Holy Spirit. It is only as we experience God ,that we become more like Jesus and can rest in Him. May the Lord help you to take rest in Him. God bless you.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord thank You for providing Rest for our souls. Thank You for calling us to come and Rest under your wings. Teach us to carry your yoke upon ourselves, which is light and easy. Help us to learn from you, as you are gentle and lowly in heart. May we have the desire to become more like Jesus.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Isaiah 40:5, “And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that God’s glory will be revealed and all flesh will see it together. The above word means, evidently the majesty power and honour, of Yahweh. He would display His power and show Himself to be a covenant keeping God by delivering His people, from their bondage, and taking them to their own land flowing with milk and honey. This glory and faithfulness would be shown in his delivering them from their captivity in Babylon, and it would be still more illustriously shown in His sending the Messiah to accomplish the deliverance of His people in the later days to come.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, All the flesh indicates, all human beings will see the glory of God. The idea is that the deliverance of His people would be such a display of the divine nature—So that all the nations would discern the evidences of his power, and glory. In the same manner the day has come for the Lord to make His glory shine upon you, outwardly in your life. For whomsoever the Lord has called by name, and has held them by His hand, the Lord wants to perform His glory openly for such chosen people and has brought them thus far. May be until now nothing good has happened in your life. If you take one step forward you seem to slip four steps backward. For such children who are saying that nothing good is happening, the glory of the Lord will shine upon them. The glory of the Lord will be revealed upon you, your children, and your generations to come.
My Dear Brother and Sisters, until today you might have been at the peak of your shame for no reason of yours, or maybe you have been cheated by someone, God is going to reveal His glory in those matters. You are burdened with a heavy heart because of some serious illness or you seem to be very unsuccessful in your studies or career. God is going to reverse all your situation for the welfare of your life. For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and to those who are called according to His purpose. For the Lord says, I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Halleluiah! The day has come when He will exalt your name in the same place where you have been put to shame. Hereafter you will stand up and shine for the Lord. Even if the darkness covers the face of this earth the glory of the Lord will not depart from you. And you shall witness it through your own eyes. Halleluiah
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father we thank you for this blessed day. Lord thank you for revealing your glory to us. And thus lifting us up in our lives. Teach us to believe that the glory of the Lord will be revealed through us in our studies, in our career, in our family life, in our spiritual life too. Make us to understand how great and awesome you are in all your majesty and royalty. Bless us according to Your mercy and grace.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
