Sunday, April 22, 2012

God is forever faithful

"Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; - Deuteronomy 7:9

My God of all ages is faithful. He is a convenant keeping God and His timing, though it may seem to be late at times, is always perfect. He will never allow the righteous to famish. He set the path right for His righteous people and all His thoughts toward His people are thoughts of goodness and grandeur.

When God prophesied that the seed of the woman will crush the head of the devil and that he will bruise His heel, the devil had been going on a rampage to wipe out the human kind for we are created in the very own image of God. Since the devil cannot get back at God, he is trying his best to get back at His creations.

It is the grace of God that He caused the water to flood all over the earth so that the only human stock then, Noah and his wife and his three sons and his three daughter-in-laws, would survive and populate the earth once more. And God proclaimed the water shall never flood the earth once more.

Yet the devil is still hell-bound to corrupt the human race by sending his fallen angels to mate with human women to produce giants and other forms of human, human which are not of pure human in the flesh. God is still faithful to His promise of not flooding the earth once more and He send the children of Israel to wipe out those genetic freaks.

The devil had absolutely no idea who the promised seed will be so he tried to corrupt the human kind whenever possible. When God promised Abraham that his seed will crush the devil, the devil tried to corrupt the purity of Sarah's womb.

Whenever the devil suspected that the Savior was born, he would instigate the king of that era to kill all those children who were under the age of three. He is not omnipotent. He is totally clueless as to when the true Savior would arrive until he distinctly heard from God saying Jesus is His beloved Son and in Him He is well pleased. That was when the devil realized Jesus is the Savior. He tried all his means to make Jesus bow down at his feet but to no avail.

At the cross, the devil thought he had the ultimate victory over God only to realized it was God who allowed Jesus to die at the cross so that all our sins can be forgiven. At the cross, the love of God meets the judgement of God. At the cross, God's mercy and righteousness meet. Jesus paid the price for our redemption to God. And He conquered death and the key of hell when He was resurrected three days later.

With one completely complete work at the cross, Jesus has avail His gift of salvation for all generations, past, present and future. Whoever accepts the gift of salvation shall be saved and has everlasting life and life more abundantly! With that gift comes righteousness. And the result of righteousness is health and wealth. Hallelujah!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Fix your eyes on Jesus and His finished work at the cross

And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, " Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit. '" Having said this, He breathed His last. - Luke 23:46

When Jesus proclaimed "It is finished!", the redemptive has indeed been completed by Christ Jesus. That single and complete work at the cross some two thousand years ago by Christ Jesus has reconciled sinners to God. Whoever accepts the gift of salvation is grafted into the kingdom of God. He or she is therefore a child of God. There is no more separation from God!

When the personal acceptance of Jesus and His finished at the cross happens, one is forgiven of all his/her sins and transgressions against God. And therefore there is no condemnation for those in Christ! All old things have passed away and behold, all things are new for those is Christ.

The bible says the Lion of Judah has finished the redemptive work at the cross. It is the sacrificial Lamb alone at the cross and no other. Worthy is the Lamb ONLY!

We have absolutely no part to play in the redemptive work at the cross except to accept the gift of salvation gladly. Everything has been accomplished by Christ Jesus. As Christians, we are to rest in His finished work at the cross. For at the cross, all things are provided for.

Most importantly, those who accept the gift of salvation are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We are righteous not based on our own works but the complete and thorough work of Jesus Christ at the cross. We can come boldly to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out "Abba, Father!" and God the Father will come to our point of need and fulfill it. Wait, He doesn't just fulfill our needs BUT always exceedingly and abundantly fulfill of what we can ask or think of! That's our God! He is El Shaddai. God of abundance.

Look to Jesus and His finished work at the cross. For all things have been accomplished at the cross. What are we looking to God for today? Is it healing? Know this without a shadow of doubt, Jesus has bore all our diseases on His very own body and by His stripe, we are already the healed! Don't ask God for healing but instead thank and worship Him for He has already healed.

Is it financial breakthrough that we are looking for? Know this that Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through the cross shall be made rich. The word rich here is referring to material abundance. Not just spiritual prosperity as some would refer to but actual financial wealth. God wants us to be so blessed financially that we can be a blessing to those around us.

Regardless of what we are trusting God for just know that Jesus has already provided for it at the cross. Rest in His finished work at the cross and in His time, we shall see the outward manifestation of the miracle/s we need! Hallelujah!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Praise the Lord for He is good

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: "Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever." Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. - 2 Chronicles 20:21-23

When King Jehoshaphat was surrounded and outnumbered by the enemies, the Lord told him to send people to the battle front to sing praises to the Lord. When the people were beginning to sing, the Lord deliver their enemies into their hands. The whole victory was orchestrated by the Lord. The people merely praised and worshiped Him!

in our flesh, we would have thought to strategize our battle plan to the finest details so that the ultimate victory would be ours. We would resort to all human efforts to make sure we came out victorious. We thought we were the ones to make things happen. It was all about us and none of God.

In our times, when we are faced with our enemies, the Lord wants us to praise and worship Him as well for He already has the answer to conquer our enemies. Be it a terminal illness, a huge debt, a broken relation, a failed business venture, or just to have good grades in examinations.

The good Lord already has all the answers to our every problem. He has already gone ahead of us to prepare the way for us. He will make sure we come out of the valley of the shadow of death victorious. Therefore, praise and worship the Lord for He has done all this at the cross some two thousand years ago.

At the cross, He had given His life for ours. He exchanged His life of righteousness for our lives of sin. At the cross, He bore all our punishment for our transgressions and sins so that we can go to the throne of grace boldly, anytime and anywhere. At the cross, He bore all our diseases and pains so that we can have robust health. At the cross, He was made poor so that we through His poverty shall be made rich. At the cross, our every need has been met by Lord Jesus. Behold Jesus and His finished work at the cross and the miracles that we are looking forward to will manifest in His perfect time!

It is all accomplished by Lord Jesus! We are the beneficiaries of His sacrifice. Indeed, praise and worship the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever! Hallelujah!