He cares for you

  Are you carrying a load
of care?  Take it to Jesus.  He will lighten your load.

Cast all your care upon Him
for He cares for you. 1Peter 5:7

Under the Shadow of the Almighty

There is a song " No one ever cared for me like Jesus."  Jesus is the greatest lover of them all.  He stretched  out His arms and died for us. 

I guess more than anything the Lord is trying to teach me to stay focused on Him. Ps.57:7  My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise.  Only a fixed heart can sing.  I need to delight in His presence.  Ps.91:1 He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  This is the only place we can really feel like we are home.  If we are abiding, then we are delighting in Him and He says "Delight thyself in me and I will give you the desires of your heart."Ps.37:4. 

Nehemiah says "The joy of the Lord is our strength "Neh. 8:10." If we sit under God's shadow, we will be refreshed and hid from the blast of the heat.  We must sit under the shadow of God's Word and be strengthen from Satan's fiery blast.  It's the only place to find contentment.  Ps 63:7 "Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

Have we gotten away from God?  David said he was dwelling in a dry and thirsty land, where no water was.  Sometimes God hides his face from us.  Everything seems dark around and in us, but faith teaches us to hide under His shadow, and keep His Word first place in our lives.  God is faithful He will never leave or forsake His children.

                                                           

 

A New Year

     Another year has dawned.  Many have fears, what the new year will bring.  Our world is changing every day.   Going into a new year is like taking a leap into the darkness.  Comfort comes from knowing that God had gone before us.  He is with us.  When, we think of darkness, God did many amazing things in the dark.  He said "Let there be light" and it was so.  He moved on the deep of the waters and divided the land from the water. 

     It was in the darkness of sin that Jesus came to be born in Bethlehem.  His birth was at night.  The angels came by night to the shepherds and told them a baby was born.

Jesus got up early, while still night to pray.  He prayed all night at times and before His death, He prayed all night.  He died shouded by darkness.  He may have arose in the darkness.  Jesus sees the darkness and the light as the same to Him.  God is up to something good in our lives.  Let's embrace Him more and more.  He will pour light into our dark places, if we trust Him.

Another year is dawning

Dear Father, let it be,

in working or in waiting,

Another year with thee.

F.R. Havergol

Seek ye first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you Matt.6:33.