We have completed two weeks I knew you could do it! My prayers for you all this week will be again to have uninterrupted time to dig in and gleam as much as you can from this weeks study! Praying that God will speak to you through the scripture you read and that you can see it in a new light!
Day 1: A Glimpse of the Wilderness
Today's Treasure: Exodus 14:14 The Lord will Fight for you, you need only be still.
Our Own inefficiencies are only invitations to experience the supernatural sufficiency of a universally powerful, personally responsible God!
Our Faithfulness, or lack of it, will have ans overwhelming impact on the heritage of our children.
because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail Lamentations 3:22
Revel in a God whose business is to come between you and your enemies!
Psalm 139:1-6 v. 5 says, "you hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me." He goes before us, follows behind us, and hems us safely inside the realm of His protection.
Isn't it after the lights go out that the cares of this world seem most overwhelming? Have you ever found it far easier to be strong and full of faith in the clamor of the day than in the quiet of the night? Doesn't the enemy seem closer? The same God who made His presence known to the Israelites in their wilderness
is just as Jehovah-Shamma, "the Lord is present", in ours!
Day 2: The Bittersweetness of Marah
Today's Treasure: Exodus 15:27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.
On a tree at Calvary were cast the bitter waters of all time. Through the death of the One who bore them, the waters were made sweet. Only when we invite the One who hung on that tree to be plunged into our hearts can we begin to know the refreshment of sweet water.
1 Peter 2:24
Bitterness is a spiritual cancer, a rapidly-growing malignancy that can consume your life. After it consumes the soul , it begins to eat away at the body. It is so contagious that we can pass it to our children, who are often oblivious to the source of their bitterness. No amount of distractions or busywork-not even church work-can treat this spiritual disease.
Day 3: The Trouble with old appetites
Today's Treasure: Exodus 16:4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. "
Often our character is at greater risk in prosperity than in adversity.
When was the last time you fell on your face before Him and wept over the unfathomable fact that He has chosen to take up residence in your very being?
Do you go to church on Sundays and work tirelessly for your church because it's what you have always done; yet secretly you have lost your fire? Do you serve through boredom or for some future reward? Or do you still expect to learn something new form your encounters with God?
If your heart has grown cold, it is because you have moved away from the fire of His presence, He wants your heart back home. Cry our with the Psalmist, Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation (Psalm 51:12 KJV) He will rekindle your heart if you let Him!
This verse was one of two from this weeks study that really spoke to me!
How often do we stomp our feet at God after He has delivered us from the things of this world and say: "I want some of it back"? He would give us manna from heaven, but we demand to eat from the world's table too. The Isrealites wanted both the riches of God and the perks of Egypt.
Day 4: Glorious Morning
Today's Treasure: Exodus 16: 6-7 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites , "in the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, and in the morning you will see the Glory of the Lord, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?
Isn't it interesting that God let the Israelites see His glory through a small, almost indistinct object? (Manna) How very much like Him!
How deeply our Provider wants us to recognize that He is our provision. Our lives could never be sustained on a once-a-week meal, yet we often expect a hearty Sunday serving to be enough to sustain spiritual growth.
Mark 6:34 Tell us not to worry about tomorrow
We need not worry about tomorrow. All we need to know is that God is sufficient for today.
Lamentation 3:22-23 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I finally understood the nature of God's mercy and grace. They are always there, available every day, prior to our need, and in direct proportion to every moment's demand; but we must gather them. That part is completely our responsibility.
Only God's provision can satisfy a starving soul.
God desires to teach you His incomparable sufficiency. Will you accept His provisions? They are right outside your tent.
Day 5: Clothes that Last
Today's Treasure: Isaiah 61:10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns His head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
God was training His people to depend totally on Him in every area of their lives.
God revealed Himself to His children through His constant care and provision. He still does.
Too much it seems for me, You've done
That thieves and liars like me be won,
To stand adorned in righteousness,
Blood bathed from sin's own wretchedness.
Your royal robes You laid aside
That You might dress Your blessed bride,
A gift too precious to ignore!
Let me not rest till you're adored!
Have a Beautiful Week!
Know you are prayed for!
May you feel and know that God is with you pursuing you! That His grace is enough. He is ready and waiting you just have to step outside your tent!
Christina
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