"Encouragement is oxygen for the soul." - John Maxwell

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

God's Angel to Prepare the Way

Rhema - Exodus 23: "20See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span."

Inspection - God is already ahead of me, to guard me along my way towards Him. He wants me to go to the place that He has prepared already. He wants me to pay attention to the angel, and listen to what he says. If I be totally submissive to him, God will crush those who rise up against me. A following must be done, worship the Lord, and His blessing will be on my food and water. My sickness will be gone and nothing will burden my land.

Commitment - I must stick close to God and live my life as He wants me to. God is already far ahead of me and He's guarding me as I follow His path. I need to be submissive to Him, and the problems that I face will be solved by my God who will crush the enemies who opposes me. I need to worship the Lord and my path towards Him will be totally clear.

Exalt - Dear God, thank you for your word. Without this encouragment, how can I know that you are a loving God? Your already going ahead of me, preparing the way and guarding me as I continue to follow you. I pray that you'll help me to be submissive to what you want me to do because that's the key to making my life easier. There's going to be a bunch of blessings if I obey you. Your blessings are better than anybody elses. I thank you that my sickness will be gone, your blessings will pour out into my life and that nothing will hinder me in my life. I am complete in you, and I give thanks to you. In Jesus Name, Amen!

1 comment:

A Young said...

nice passage to remind us that the Lord is with us.

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