Who feels in our everyday lives God is exulting and singing over us?
Perhaps this is like Isaiah, with the glories of the Lord, the Thrill of His Victories and the agony of defeat?
What child has never had his Parents sing over him? Most of us have and remember.
Jesus tells the first person He encounters after His Glorious Victory over death, He Proclaims to Mary Magdalene, His Father and Mary's Father is working. Immediately, Jesus Proclaims the Gospel of our God accepting us as Father.
This is the 12 Days of Christmas. Why prolong the season?
A perfectly Godly reason. This is the darkest time of the entire year, God is bringing in His Joyful Light. He is singing over us after we think the Shepherds have gone home, the presents given and the Magi are incredibly late.
Our Father began this season with exulting over the Birth of His Only Son with Loud Singing. All the Heavenly Host arrived. We can believe they saw Salvation of the Fulfilling of His Good News and Plan and did not remain silent. God in His Exultation, Singing. Bringing Light into the darkness. The darkness of the earth is in the midst of the 12 Days of Christmas.
1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet for us
There is one God, the Father,
from Whom
are all things
and
for Whom we exist,
and
One Lord, Jesus Christ,
through Whom
are all things
and
through Whom
we
exist.
We renew in after Christmas and in the New Year, the hopes of God's Plan for us.
Embracing God as our Good Father.
And we will struggle with this. God tells us in His Word, the work of mankind is to believe the One He sent. We struggle like Jacob.
Jesus wanted us to know He sees us as the Good Father, as we are. Sometimes, in the day to day, as Sheep in need of The Good Shepherd. We have His Heart. But in the Jacob like struggle, to climb the ladder of faith, we are resentful of The Lord, God The Almighty. He does not let the darkness overcome His Light.
When we are discouraged, He reminds us do not be mistaken, we should know the Power and The Word of God.
As a Good Father, He is patient with us as flowers in the field.
When we feel the Plan and the Good News, the Will of God are too difficult. He reminds us prayer changes the Heart, Hand and Plan of God.
Luke 18:1-8
And He told them a parable to the effect
that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
2 He said,
“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”
6 And the Lord said,
“Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to His elect, who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long over them?
8 I tell you, He will give justice to them speedily.
Hope while waiting upon The Lord.
The Lord tells us to think of Him as a friend who is foot dragging. Keep Hoping. Praying and asking Him impudently. Jacob stood his ground with the Lord and so did Abraham, asking for their prayers to be answered. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and love your neighbor as ... yourself.
The Ten Parables tells us you get what you expect.
If you believe the Lord doesn't hear the unjust Stewart Parable, David's life with fatherhood, ignoring incest, rape and jealousy of His Children, with plotting - explains entirely why God keeps His Law, His Plan and His Standards. Life. Abundant Life. Instead of depravity and death.
If we say God's plan is harsh and cruel, we can expect our prayers to be answered.
David knew his own prayers were lavish. And David lived expecting to live the Grace and Mercy of... "His Father."
John proclaims the Gospel. God, the God of mercy, God of encouragement. God is God.
1 John 1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes,
which we looked upon
and have touched with our hands
Concerning the Word of Life—
The life was made manifest,
and we have seen it,
and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life,
which was with
The Father
and
was made manifest to us—
that which we have seen
and heard
we proclaim
also to you,
so that you too may have fellowship with us;
and
indeed our fellowship is with
The Father
and
with His Son Jesus Christ.
And we are writing these things
so that our
joy may be complete.
Walking in the Light
This is the message we have heard from Him
and proclaim to you,
that
God is light,
and in Him is no darkness at all.
Abba, Father!
Merry Christmas!
As we move forward
into New Year Anticipation!
WE PRAY
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say we have not sinned,
we make Him a liar, and his word is not in us.
BLESSINGS
and
GIVE THANKS
FOR YOUR BLESSINGS
THANK YOU
The safety
of Your people.
The safety
of those
helping the earth
to heal.
Let evil and practicing evil
depart
far
from us
and our children.
With Your Help
We will act justly
and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with You, our God.
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Help us seek and find
and bring,
to become,
more Heaven
to this earth.
And in Jesus - this Hope,
Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus.
Amen.
Thank You for Jesus.
Amen.
To You, our Father, be the Glory
Our God is an Awesome God! Amen
and Alleluia
in Jesus Christ and His Glory!
Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose
Thank You Jesus