Jeremiah 17:19-27 ~ Take care for the sake of your lives

Court of the Gentiles to the far right. The gate was open to all people. The People's Gate.

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Thus said the LORD to me: "Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, 20 and say: 'Hear the Word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.

21 Thus says the LORD: 
Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. 

22 And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction. 

24 "'But if you listen to me, declares the LORD,
 and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,  25 then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

And this city shall be inhabited forever. 26 And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD. 

27 But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'"



When you look at the photos of Sabbath rest, the pictures generally look like misty death.

The concept of rest is foreign to us. After all, Jesus said the Sabbath is made for mankind.

We have all encountered being tired and unable to sleep. The other day, I wanted to rest and knew I needed rest. No sleep was occurring.  I pictured a huge umbrella covering me and I thought of His Word lining the umbrella, "And on the 7th Day, God Rested." Suddenly, I felt I had permission to rest. As if I had walked all day with Jesus ministering and we all decided to camp out and rest in the beauty of God's Creation. Suddenly, I felt very peaceful.

I remembered the Garden of Eden. And slept beautifully.



Burdens used to be carrying trade. Making a living. Burdens are still about our living. It's difficult to fuss and worry and not relax. If we are in constant 'go' mode, we are not taking advantage of the Rest God tells us of. The difficulty is we embrace Forging into the Great Upward Sweep of God's Adventure and Doing our Best. Like Abraham. Abraham and Sarah were determined to 'help' bring forth 'God's Plan." God did not ask them for their 'assistance.'

Jesus says His burden is easy, come to Him and rest. 

To believe God is God and we will do what we need to do, letting God worry out all the details. In this capacity, we can do our needed requirements for life's work, but also do this in a relaxed manner. Believing in Jesus - problems will arrive and then go.

Evil wants us to be upset and believe God's Word isn't the People's Gate.

We hold on to Jesus and we will Rest. 

Evil will insist that we do not deserve God's Grace. We are a special 'case.' 

All people fall short. Believers know we hold on to Jesus. God is God.

We believe God's Grace is for us. We are God's Beloved.

We sing songs of Praise.

We tell Father God and we have had Renewal
We have Nourished our Eternal Soul.

A Filled Soul has Joy. The Holy Spirit.

We have Rest and feel Rested - a vacation. Better - Renewal.

A Time to tell God - Thank You.
To Let us Love Father God.

To Appreciate our Jesus as God.

Psalm 95:1

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; 

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Psalm 104:33

I will sing to the LORD all my life; 

I will sing praise to my God 

as long as I live.

Psalm 100:1-2

A Psalm for giving thanks. 

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 

Serve the Lord with gladness! 

Come into His presence with singing!

Ephesians 5:19

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns 

and spiritual songs,

 singing

 and 

making melody to the Lord with your heart

Psalm 150:1-6

Praise the Lord! 

Praise God in His sanctuary; 

Praise Him in His Mighty Heavens! 

Praise Him for His Mighty Deeds; 

Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! 

Praise Him with Trumpet sound; 

Praise Him with lute and harp! 

Praise Him with tambourine and dance; 

Praise Him with strings and pipe! 

Praise Him with sounding cymbals; 

Praise Him with loud clashing cymbals! 

The Garden of Eden

On earth as it is in Heaven

Abba, Father,

We ask Your blessing upon ourselves, the ones we Love, 

the people 

You have given us. 

These Nations. Peace for all.

We pray for the healing of Edward's eye

and mine. Good Health. Prosperity.

Dwell in us, our loved ones, Father

and in

Jesus Christ

We will finish well with Your Blessing.

For the birth of our first grandchild.

Blessings.

I have been trying to find a rectangle tape shape

to sleep with this around my jaw and mouth

to quit snoring

by the jaw remaining in the awake position

and not blocking the throat and air pipe

and have good oxygen sleep.

(This is so important I texted President Donald Trump)

and I have ordered this tape on Amazon

and we will review

this prayed for device. 

We ask Jesus to always pray with us, increasing the Holy Spirit within us.

And we remember Your Word in our Prayer.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed 

by the renewal of your mind, 

that 

by testing you may discern 

what is the Will of God, 

what is good 

and 

acceptable 

and 

perfect.

Father with Your Help we ask to do this daily and in Your Church,

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Finding Your Mercies Renew each day. 

Not just the morning.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, 

and 

uphold me with a willing spirit.

In Christ, we are a new creation. 

(This Post was picked with the prayer

before knowing this blended perfectly

in Jesus Christ.)

The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

With Your Willing Word, Father, 

we shall renew our strength; 

mount up with wings like eagles; 

run and not be weary; 

we will walk and not faint.

With Jesus Christ's help, 

we will see Your Willingness does more than we ask or imagine, 

for our loved ones, 

the people You give us, 

our Churches and ministers, 

the Beloved of God. 

New believers.

 Nations 

who trust in You.

We will be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, 

created after the likeness of God 

in true righteousness and holiness. 

Amen to be covered in the Name of Jesus

and Blessed.

And in Jesus - This Hope.

Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.

Thank You, Father.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yes, The Lord Fulfills His Purpose

Thank You, Jesus The Lord

† 

John 4:46-54 ~ He had made the water into wine

 

Persica Mustard Tree

Middle East

John 4:46-54

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water wine.

 And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 

47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 

48 So Jesus said to him, 

“Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 

49 The official said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 

50 Jesus said to him, 

“Go; your son will live.” 

The man believed the Word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 

53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.

 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Yesterday's Post,  we discussed in the Post the radical Love God has for us. In faith, in believing God is God and Who He says He is, we are forgiven and become part of the earth as Heaven upon earth. New creation in the whole of All of Creation.

Jesus promised us in this earthly life, we will have trouble.  John's 4th Chapter is about the woman who had one misfortune and began to fall down into more and more misfortune through troubled choices.  With compassion and mercy, the first time in all of Creation's history,  Jesus boldly and forthrightly declares He is the long-awaited Messiah. 

Jesus chose this announcement during the daytime. If this extremely serious declaration had been made during the night, the stars of the ancient world; This might have been Christmas Eve, entirely possible, that All the Heavenly Host might be seen again. 

Another possibility, in the Light of Jesus Christ, Luke's Christmas Chapter One, we find Jesus fulfilling Luke's Main Topic.  The Announcement of Christmas, straight from the Mouth of the Christ of God.

Luke 1:76-79  

For you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,

to give knowledge of salvation 

to his people

    in the forgiveness of their sins,

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,

    whereby

The sunrise shall visit us 

from on high

To give light 

to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

    to guide our feet 

into the way of peace. 

And in this magnificence of the entire Chapter 4 of John's Gospel, we study today
the aspect of faith. This is Scripture when healing occurs because God Speaks the Word of Life. From a distance, where we live and understand being millenniums from His Spoken Ministry.

Delve into the aspect of God's Love and the faith we are worthy in Jesus Christ to be called into.

The path of this miracle is a man from Capernaum. Location, Location. Capernaum is the adult Jesus' chosen hometown of Jesus Christ and His Ministry. 

Day One, the child of Luke 1 and Luke 2, grown into adulthood, draws in all of Capernaum to witness the healing of Peter's mother-in-law. Then the healing of many. 

Perhaps, Capernaum is refreshed in the memory of Luke 1 and 2 by the water turned into wine, mentioned in the beginning of Luke's 4th chapter.  But the father asking for healing, is prepared to believe. His path of belief is on firm footing from God. 

Matthew 6:7-8

 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, 

for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 

8 Do not be like them, 

for your Father knows what you need 

before you ask him.

The answered prayer is not eloquently put to Jesus. And the response lives forever. 

Jesus, being honest, remarks this is an easy prayer, the man has seen signs and wonders. Probably reminding us, He is still working and to pray with hope for our prayers.

Persica Mustard Tree

Middle East

The father with answered prayer is given a directive of faith. And the man answers the call to just go home. And is rewarded with a miracle we all hope allows him to act with faith, all of his eternal days. To be the 1 leper of the 10 who returns to Jesus to give thanks. 

The man had Jesus Christ standing before him, the scales of answered prayer are balanced for the victory.  And we are told with eyes of faith if we have faith, we have answered prayer.

The Persica Mustard Tree of the Middle East is magnificent and might remind us of Abraham's home, the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron, Israel.  Abraham believed God and it was considered righteousness.  Abraham is called friend of God. 

Faith and Abraham had trouble. We can see almost every Chapter about Abraham's life had cause to be dismayed, troubled and worried. Abraham's faith score was mostly gaining and then it wavered like the stock market.  "Surely, God," reasoned Sarah and Abraham, "Meant for us to take hold of the questionable tree of good and evil and fix all this up ourselves! Right! God loves those who help themselves." Because all of this was slow, plodding, unhappy and wasn't happening. They were old and tired of waiting.  Fixer upper call of faith, with just a bit outside of ends justifies the means.

Abraham was willing to Argue with God about the Goodness of His Own Nature to be Virtuous to have Salvation. But not to wait for God. For Decades. Angels even visited Abraham. Not all of them found this serious and of God.

It's ok to cut off Ishmael and his slave mom, they didn't count. They were only the mistake. Good luck in starvation, in the isolation and impossibility of the desert, we put you in. Isaac wasn't the first child Abraham planned to have 'ended.' God made our glorious path, but you were the knock up and knock offs. 

When we really come down to brass tacks, Abraham and Peter. Abraham and Paul have made some enormous mistakes in their cushy faith path.

How was Abraham's life in God's eyes?

God looks at His Creation and says, "This is Good." He sees in us his own people, adopted by Jesus in His Magnificent Love.

There is an amazing amount of Believe What You Pray For in this 4th Chapter of Luke. For all ages and situations.  Because God is The Almighty and He IS the Lord God, Our Father Who Cares for us.  And All things are Possible with God.

The Kingdom of Heaven

is

at Hand

Abba, Father,

We ask Jesus Christ may dwell in  our hearts through faith

We ask to be be  rooted and grounded in love

and have strength to comprehend 

with all 

what is the breadth and length and height and depth

of Your Love.

To know 

The Love of Christ 

Surpassing all the books ever written, 

fully know,

We are filled with all the fullness of God

Your Promises,

Father,

Are Sure.

In Jesus Christ,

we live and move and

have our being.

Amen!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

You are The Lord Jesus

Thank You, for hearing us