The Word on My Walk to Work

How do we protect ourselves from the designs of the devil in our lives? Simply "by the word of thy lips."Psalm 17:4 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

God goodness is "laid up" for those that fear Him!Psalm 31:19 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

God will always answer the prayer request for wisdom and direction in doing His will just like He hearkened to Manoah when he intreated the Lord for wisdom and instruction in raising his son.Judges 13:8-9 - Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

God feels the pain that we go through. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, just like He was grieved for the misery of Israel.Judges 10:16 - And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Don't be discouraged at the sin and injustices that exist around you. At the end of the day, God will have His say. Vengeance belongs to Him and He WILL repay.Judges 9:56-57 - Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

We experience the power of God WHEN we willingly offer ourselves to Him. It was true for Deborah and the nation of Israel in the book of Judges and it is still true today!Judges 5:2 - Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

Joshua's testimony was that God fulfilled every single one of His promises..."all came to pass." As Christians, we can be assured the same thing; God's promises will not fail! "There failed not ought!"Joshua 21:45 - There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

If it's possible to wholly follow God, then it's also possible to partly follow God. Caleb wholly followed the Lord and was recognized and rewarded for it. God desires and deserves the whole... everything!Joshua 14:14 - Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.Joshua 14:8-9 - Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

The Israelites were deceived by the Gibeonites because they "asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord". We will also fail in our Christian lives if we forget to walk with the Lord and see His guidance in every thing we do.Joshua 9:14 - And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

God calls us to serve Him with joyfulness and gladness of heart and that's not unreasonable because He has blessed us with an "abundance of all things!" If we choose not to serve Him in that way, we bring upon ourselves a curse just like the nation of Israel.Deuteronomy 28:47 - Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

Too often we overlook and take for granted the good things that God has given us. Instead we should heed the command from Moses to the people of Israel, "Rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God giveth thee."Deuteronomy 26:11 - And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

God turned the attempted curse of Balaam into a blessing, because of His love for His people. Today God promises to do the same for the NT believer! Because of God's love for us, He promises that all things will work together for good to them that love God.Deuteronomy 23:5 - Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Our blessings are because of Him not because of us! We need to be very careful that we don't claim credit for God's blessing in our lives. God told the Israelites to beware lest they say that it was their hand and their might that had brought God's blessing into their lives.Deuteronomy 8:17-18 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

God's desire for His people today is the same as it was for the nation of Israel. He wants us to have a heart to follow Him not for His good but for ours, so that we and our children after us receive the benefit.Deuteronomy 5:29 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Caleb was recognized and rewarded by God because he wholly and fully followed the Lord...we as Christians should do the same!Deuteronomy 1:36 - Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.

God described Moses's disobedience as a failure to sanctify God in the eyes of the people. In choosing obedience, we have the opportunity to sanctify or hallow God in the eyes of those around us.Numbers 20:12 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.Numbers 27:14 - For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Phineas was rewarded for his zealous service for God...do we serve and obey God with the same zeal-the same energy and enthusiasm?Numbers 25:11-13 KJV - Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

Salvation requires "beholding" Christ on the cross just as God's people were required to behold the brass serpent in order to experience healing. Beholding is looking with contemplation and understanding.#cross #salvation Numbers 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

As Christians, we need to learn how to rest AND move forward...all at "the commandment of the Lord"Numbers 9:23 - At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

In salvation, we can experience both forgiveness AND remission of our sin pictured by the scapegoat being sent into the wilderness on the day of atonement.Leviticus 16:21-22And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

God has done everything to make our cleansing from sin affordable... just like He did for the lepers in the OT. Our cleansing is so affordable, it's free... God's free gift of salvation!Leviticus 14:30-31 - And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.

Your high priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, always has your name on His heart!Exodus 39:14 - And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

In my giving to God and others, has God ever had to tell me, "it's too much?"Exodus 36:5-7 - And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

Joshua experienced a closeness in his walk with God...and he simply couldn't bring himself to leave!Exodus 33:11 - And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Exodus 23:29-30 - I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Exodus 19:5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 18:23 - If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZUulOPyVfYEOY6DEg3jS1Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-word-on-my-walk-to-work/id1874191284Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/651f4b0c-ac6b-47af-8b92-91b22d3d2323iHeart - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/320716972/ RSS - https://anchor.fm/s/10e72be24/podcast/rss

Exodus 14:13 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

Exodus 3:7 - And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Genesis 47:25 - And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Genesis 45:8 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 32:26 - And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

#bible #lustGenesis 25:28 - And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.Genesis 27:4 - And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.Genesis 27:9 - Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:Genesis 27:14 - And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

#findinggodswill #godswillGenesis 24:27 - And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Genesis 12:12 - Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

#bible #godJob 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind...

#righteousness #godlylivingJob 35:6-7 - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

#trials #worry #meditationJob 23:8-10 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take...

#worry #trials #meditationIn the "why's" of your trials (what you don't know), remember what you do know!Job 19:25-26 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God

What people need most in their time of trouble is my prayers not necessarily my preaching!Job 16:21 - O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!⁠

Job 8:6 - If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Revelation 22:3 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him

Revelation 18:20 - Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.Revelation 19:6 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

#bible2 Peter 1:20-21 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Hebrews 7:25 - Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Servants were told to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things, and we as Christians are to do the same! We should decorate/wear what we believe about God like we would an article of clothing so all the world can see!Titus 2:9-10 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

2 Timothy 1:4-5 - Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee...

Colossians 4:17 - And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

Philippians 2:20-21 - For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Ephesians 4:1-2 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;