Hello there my friends.
I do hope that you're and good.
I am good.
I want to write today, about something that is dear to my heart.
And that is genuine care.
Jesus cares for us, and he knows our needs, I am strongly believing in that.
He's not surprised by how we act.
He sees everything that is going around, and not surprised if we have mountain moments or valleys moments. He's right in the thick of it.
As my aunt says, '' the closer you are to the top, nothing really grows, though the views are amazing.'' What she's saying there, is God's got us on a journey.
In the valleys there's foliage trees beautiful flowers, pretty things, it's up to us if we see them or not.
Or we get so busy, that we are blind to it.
See Jesus, isn't reminded, of the past, he's not held by the past, he's not there in the past, the past is dead to him.
And the longer we live in the past, we stay there, and we don't move, from the valley to the mountains, we walk around one more time around it just like the Israelites.
Now you might be thinking, where am I going with this.
But just be with me for one more moment, please.
I chose, Genesis, 15, 16, for a reason.
Because Abram had to wait a long time, for his prophesy to come true.
It was Sarah his wife that wanted to jump ahead.
God came to Abram one night, and said to him, he'll make his descendants, as numerous as the stars.
And Abram believed it, see Abram saw God.
And when you see God working in your own life, you know, that everything will work out well, and for your benefit.
You might be in some deep waters, crying in the spirit, wanting it to change, but the lord is reminding you that he's still on his throne.
We can't make his mind change, we can't tell him what to do, his ways a perfect.
Getting back, to verse 9, of Genesis. chapter 15.
Abram believed for this to happen, a son, it says in verse 6 of 15. that Abram believed the lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Now what does that mean?
It means, that Abram believed so much in the lord, for a son, that he brought it to pass.
Amazing stuff, that the lord thinks of you and me, and I believe that he credits the good things to pass.
You're in the waiting room of God, and he calls you through and when that happens man alive get ready.
Because he can fast track where you think you're behind, and fast track stuff, to the finish line.
Think of all the good things in your life, that have happened, because GOD CREDITED it to happen?
That you are the head and not the tail, you are a treasured child of God.
Abram knew God so well, that he brought him a sacrifice.
and after he killed them, he left the birds whole, on the alter, but after he killed them, he let the lord have it.
We have Jesus as a sacrifice, so we don't do burnt offereings anymore, but my question is.
What are you willing to sacrifice today to your Lord and Saviour?
Is it your job?
You're family?
You yourself?
Is it your friends?
What is the lord asking of you to sacrifice?
For me it's my sponsored children, Grace and Talato, so I put them in my prays in my hands, and hand them over to the lord.
For only the lord will keep them safe and out of harm.
I can't only supply them with prayer, support, doctors, and clothes, and my letters.
I can't do anymore than that.
So Abram here, sacrifices, himself, to the lord.
And the lord blesses it.
Now we read that Abram goes into a deep deep, thick and dreadful darkness comes over him. then the Lord comes close to him.
Interesting here, that a thick and dreadful darkness comes, over him.
Then the lord appears.
I don't know about you, but have you had a thick and dreadful darkness come over you at night? or you know if you're in a dangerous place, you just get a bad sense about being there?
Then boom, Jesus light comes in and everything works out well.
There's a saying that it's always darker before the dawn.
We have this hope in Christ, that we can trust him, that even though it's darker just before the dawn, Jesus does ''turn up.''
Still we find, that Abram is faithful to God.
He was used by a manipulative wife, (Sarah) to get what she wanted a son by surrogate wife, to bore him a child.
Sarah got fed up waiting.
She believed God for a son, but didn't want to stoop down and put herself on the sacrifice.
In verse 3, of Genesis 17, Abram fell face down, and God said to him, that his covenant still stands. and God, (Jesus) reminds him.
Abram here never gives up hope, and we shouldn't give up hope, because of it.
And it's ok to struggle, and wrestle with that for a while.
You might be in sad situations, that you might not see a way out of it.
But we still come to the conclusion, that Jesus runs in our direction, he still stays with us.
Sarah jumped head, then sent poor Hagar away, and the lord came to her.
See chapter 16. so now we know that Jesus is faithful to all he has made, and he is faithful to you.
Jesus is faithful to all he has made.
If you are without love, and without faith. if you're troubled, worried, because you haven't done enough, or said enough, or acted enough.
Know it isn't a point scoring system with God.
There is no such thing as ''getting his attention''
When it comes to doing good works.
He loves you the same as anybody else.
and you don't need to have it perfectly sorted out.
As we follow, the story of Abram, we see that he is an intercessor for a city, in chapter, 19.
And 3 angels come to visit him in chapter 18.
See interceding, in our prayers on friends behalf is amazing we see Jesus in all his splendor fight.
I've seen it and it's beyond words, there's horses, there's armor you see him fight, and you see the darkness just melt away as the Good Good father approaches.
See Jesus always is one that you can trust.
I'll leave it, there, as I don't want you to feel over worked.
But I just want to say, a few things.
What can you do today to sacrifice to help others?
1.Do you believe that Jesus can really help your situation?
If so, write down the ways that he's revealing his plan to you.
2. Know that Jesus is always faithful to all he has made.
He doesn't let you out of his sight.
That's my thoughts for today
Chloe
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