For a Child is born to us,
A son is given to Us;
dominion will rest on his shoulders
and he will be given the name:
Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Father of Eternity
Prince of Peace
in order to extend the dominion
and perpetuate the peace of the throne of David
to secure it
and to sustain it
Through
Justice
& Righteousness
henceforth
& forever more
The zeal of the Lord will accomplish this.
Isa 9:1-7
This is from the Complete Jewish Bible
Reading this morning I was reminded of the fact that God, through Jesus Christ, is about expanding His Kingdom. He is going to do this. This is a sure thing. You can place all your chips on this fact.
Jesus was sent to earth to continue to expand God's Kingdom into the Hearts of individual's to the Ends of the earth! He does not care about land, he does not want our Gold, but his most precious possession is People. The heart of people is what he wants. He is working to woo each of us into a deep abiding relationship with Him. He wants a bride, veiled in his Righteous works.
God has taught me to walk with him, to be close to him, and as I do this His Justice, His Righteousness, His Zeal takes over and transforms my life. This transformation becomes so complete that, my greatest desires, and hopes revolve around teaching and helping others to walk closely with him.
God has designed us to walk with him, and to give our lives in the pursuit of rescuing others from satans bondage, so that they to may walk with him. He has not designed us to chase: Cars, houses, possessions, retirement, or other things that do not bring life.
It is our pursuit of Him that brings peace, contentment, fulfillment. The zeal of the Lord is going to do this! It is a sure bet! We can either join him and co-operate with Him and find meaning in this valley of the shadow of death, or we can fight his working in our lives, or we can end our lives afraid, empty and eventually cut off from the Great loving God who longs for our friendship, and love.
Three things are eternal:
1) God
2) Word of God
3) People
Make sure this week you invest some of your time into that which stands for ever.................
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