Jesus said, "Give us the Day!"
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."
Paul explained this. Peter spoke of this.
John 13:9
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!
Isaiah said, "Send me!"
Luke 12:29-31
"Do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you."
These Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane have seen two millenniums.
Has mankind changed in their basic needs?
Josephus records the Olive Trees being spared when Jerusalem became rubble in 70 A.D. These trees have probably seen more upheaval than peace. How will peace be obtained?
You see, reconciliation is great, but living together, working together, serving each other - now that involves some interesting dynamics!
Hospice tells me almost all families have "dynamics".
The dynamics of living together takes ongoing work.
Every one of us knows from experience that being reconciled, whether it is shrugs or quiet regrets, is not the same as living together.
It takes commitment to relationship, habits of healthy and fair communication, and especially keeping the relationship clean.
All of us know that in living together, working together, little things can irritate, habits can unintentionally offend, communication in the negotiation of life can become harsh and undisciplined and we can end up regretting what we are saying and the relationship becomes unwound.
We know this happens when people are compatible, the personalities fit perfectly together.
Just imagine the dynamics when sinful people try to get alone with a holy God who is a consuming fire.
The wash basin, which was the next piece of furniture after the bronze altar of sacrifice had to do with the dynamics of keeping the relationship with God clean.
In the small things in life.
A lamp is mended. A fan is repaired. Small acts of kindness giving the heart a chance to be grateful. A son returns home. A wash basin is restored. God has a way of making us understand, how deeply God Understands. How warm Jesus heals with compassion. So many times Jesus had more to say than just, "He healed them all." Jesus intended us to get off the beaten, regular, dog paths of life to find Jesus in the quiet places Jesus sometimes calls, "lonely places." Jesus sends His healed people to the priest. Then we realize a story of faith is going to feed many, many, many people.
Jesus sends the Healed blind man to the Pool of Siloam. Sent. Jesus feeds the multitudes, today and all through the millenniums.
Exodus 30
17 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die.
Exodus 30
17 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die.
Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made to the Lord by fire, 21 they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
How will we sweep away what clutters us?
Jesus knew His disciples had come to a time of decision.
How will we sweep away what clutters us?
Jesus knew His disciples had come to a time of decision.
Some wanted seats in Heaven. They had almost all left upon finding Jesus wanted them to eat His Body and Blood.
The things God asks of people are difficult.
The things God asks of people are difficult.
Only faith in God gets us by. Humans change, fade and wither. God wants us to develop our skill to see further than the immediate journey.
John 9:4
"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day;
John 9:4
"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day;
night is coming when no one can work."
Jesus said Give us the Day.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."
Paul explained this. Peter spoke of this.
John 13:9
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!
Isaiah said, "Send me!"
Jesus said Give us the Day.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."
Paul explained this. Peter spoke of this.
John 13:9
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!
Isaiah said, "Send me!"
So many people fear God will send them forth to scary places.
God is with us every day and all the time.
God is with us every day and all the time.
Matthew 8:27
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey Him!”
Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew 8:26
He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
Acts 2:2
Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
There isn't a comma in Acts 2:2. God is saying He is this close to us.
Ruth 1:16-17
And Ruth said,
And Ruth said,
Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee:
for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge:
thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
The LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the Words of eternal life."
For millenniums, people have looked, prayed, trusted God with His guidance.
Including the ancestry of Jesus.
Ruth knew Naomi would be apart from her. God tells us:
Abba, Father God,
Help us to seek You First.
In Jesus, we are satisfied and Joyful in Your Strength.
Bless those we Love to live, "Give us this day!"
And in Your Joy and Strength
know Your Love and Gracious Mercy.
Jesus gave His Father and our Father
a new Heaven and a new earth.
In Jesus Christ
we are bold to pray impudently as the friend, we implore with Hope:
Yes, we do.
Jesus Christ, Wonderful Jesus, Savior
Entreat me not to leave Thee
We will never want to return from following after Thee:
You have the Eternal Words of Life.
Like Thomas said when Thomas saw Lazarus Live:
For whither Thou goest, I will go
And when Jesus gave us John 14,
We know Jesus prepares a place for us.
My father, Daddy, dreamed 80 times
of coming to guide my mother to Heaven.
My daddy recognized in God's Amazing House
- he said he spent more than he knew days looking for the front door,
he recognized our home as within God's Huge Home.
God does indeed make a Place for us. Home.
And where Thou lodgest, I will Lodge.
We say to Jesus with all our hearts, dwell in us. Live in us, Jesus.
Thy people shall be my people, and Thy Son Jesus, my God
Jesus saves the world.
Jesus saves me.
Jesus saves you and those you love.
Jesus saves the world.
Where Thou LIVE, will I LIVE,
and there will I be Eternally
Our Jesus LORD do so to me, and more also,
if ought but death depart
from me in Thee and mine.
For this reason
I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth
is named,
According to the riches of His glory He may grant you
to be strengthened with power through His Spirit
in your inner being
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith
—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend
with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth
And to Know
the Love of Christ
surpassing knowledge
May you be filled with
all
the Fullness of God.
Now to Jesus Christ, Wonderful, Savior, God's Only Son
He is able to do far more abundantly
than all that we ask or imagine,
According to the Power at work within us,
To Jesus Christ be glory in the Church
for His Glory to Dwell in us
His Living Word Jesus Christ, God Manifest
His Love
His Joy
His Mercy
His Protection
in each soul
in each family
in each friend
Elliott to be healed
in each Church
in each City
in our Nation
in the Nations of His Good Creation, the earth.
And in Christ Jesus
Throughout all generations,
forever and ever.
Amen.
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