Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Whoever of you loves life
and
desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and
your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The stories of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah are our stories!!!
And in the middle of the Kingdoms and towards the end, life has a lot of work and many opinions and options. Yet the direction saving the Kings, the Kingdoms, the people swept in events is to worship Him corporately and in His Word. Seeing good, turning away from voluntarily handing Him our messes to clean up and to truly trust Him.
Hezekiah was King. No one doubted that.
And Hezekiah found from time to time that his good life was lacking. Hezekiah was as prosperous as Solomon. With fewer blemishes. I sometimes wonder why Hezekiah is not more known. Joshua swept up a mess, surely we understand working with the events life gives us with Trust and Effort.
Hezekiah had all kinds of bad advice from his environmental upbringing.
His generational sin was.... heavy. And Hezekiah said to his late father's memory = sure you wanted me to strip the Temple of Gold and hand that to the Assyrians, but really when I got to the point of that abomination - that felt wrong to me.
And we realize Hezekiah had help from the golden Isaiah. Well... notice with me Isaiah had three other Kings from whom Isaiah was learning the ropes. Wow. Like Isaiah, we learn as we get older how things work. And older people have some wisdom.
Well. Sometimes. Because we see a lot of the Kings ran after perceived power and other pursuits of 'wisdom'.
Hezekiah had time to make mistakes and recover.
Now also notice being King has perks. And some really awful exposure.
God asks us what decision will we make when we are tried again. Because the truth is Isaiah was working with his fourth King at the end of his life. Isaiah isn't recorded as being "generational -sins- flop- for- Hezekiah's- daddy." (Yet we could make a case for that, but we like Isaiah and give him the nod instead of the magnifying glass.)
God asks us what we will do with our beliefs, our efforts. What King do you pick for your life? Yes, of course the answer is Jesus. In reality, we cannot ever do what Jesus did because we are not HIM. He was without sin, to forgive our sins.
... are you the right side or the left side? Because unlike Joshua, sometimes we don't get to pick the middle! Of course, we are supposed to be balanced, but not all bicycles have the same training wheels in true circumstances. A lot depends on where your alligators are placed.
And which metaphor do you like?
In the end, we get to be just like Hezekiah - who felt like his nice life was about to be invaded, stamped out, rubbed raw, and you just didn't get the fair shake afforded to that dratted Solomon.
Why did Hezekiah prevail? He did something every day...
He went out and thundered to the guy next to him about the LORD. Muscular Christianity to the extreme. Nope. The Scriptures record he wept, cried, complained, plotted, thought it out again, fretted, fussed, WHILE HEZEKIAH WAS PRAYING. And he put papers before the Lord and said... what am I to do. Sometimes, even rarely, Hezekiah decided to hush and wait upon the LORD. Perils of life.
In the end the Kings that prevailed did this...
Fear the LORD, you His saints,
for those who fear Him
lack nothing.
We get so backward over this. Kings of Israel wanted to stuff our God behind a curtain. This is how the Holy of Holies was used by His People in some generations. Even David did this. People who understand God, believes what we say when we say The Kingdom, The Power and The Glory are Yours.And Hezekiah went forth Thundering Witnesses to this... No. Instead Hezekiah did this...
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Hezekiah spoke to the Lord, and of the Lord, rather quietly, but used his words, and his actions to reveal his belief that God would work with Hezekiah. And the Word of God says, He does this routinely when we place our trust in HIM.
ABBA, FATHER,
May God Please Bless America
we need Him
North Carolina's first widespread snowfall
2 Kings 20:3-6
Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father:
I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears.
Behold, I will heal you.
On the third day you shall go up to the House of the Lord, 6
and I will add fifteen years to your life.
I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria,
and I will defend this city for My Own Sake
and for My servant David's sake.”
We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.
ALL
The People of North Carolina
COLD WEATHER
is not a place
to live in a tent.
SAMARITANS PURSE
Link Below
Cast Iron Stoves = = = are first on the list
Coats, Jackets, Hats, Gloves
In Good Condition, please
Sweaters,
Blankets
Comforters
Throw Away Hand Warmers
Fire Pits and those items
Lanterns
Fencing Materials
Livestock Supplies
Help The Elderly!!!
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 find and bring
to become
more Heaven
to this earth.
In Jesus Christ is
Our Love, Joy and Hope.
BLESS those working for
Post Pandemic Healing
and Flood Healing
and Care.
RECENTLY,
Alaska
Michigan
Tennessee
West Virginia
North and South Carolina
1000 Military
Raleigh Firefighters
Oklahoma
Volunteer Policemen
ALL 6 States.
The people really
working to be on their feet again.
Bless us
all,
worldwide
with Healing
Safety
Prosperity and
Worldwide
Peace!
We ask healing
of Your Good Creation
HEAL OUR NATION
SOON AND NOW
Early Voting
Please Vote
and Vote Responsibly.
For Children
in their Schools,
....all safety.
They Need Our Prayers, Father!
The Catholics
Announce
an Ad Campaign
against
The Child Abuse
in
Gender modification.
God Lord
deliver them.
For those who protect
and defend
the USA:
Protect us:
from arsonists.
Keep our food supply safe
and the supply chain.
Being able to COMMUNICATE
AND NEGOTIATE
WITH ALL
ALL
PEOPLE
Support the Police.
Safety from Crime.
The Preservation
and Honoring
ALL of our Constitutional Rights.
Veterans fought for us.
President Trump's Administration
had Historic 91% Approval
and
The Border Security, as well.
For Worldwide Peace.
And the Peace of Israel.
The safety
of Your people.
The safety
of those
helping the earth
to heal.
GOD BLESS THEM
Let evil and practicing evil
depart far from us
and our children.
And in Jesus - this Hope,
Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus.
Amen.
Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose
Thank You, Jesus
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