Good Morning Sunday...
Dear Father, thank You for this NEW day. Guide us as we make this day's JOURNEY. Lift us as we fall. Show us Your LOVE, and HELP us to show Your Love to others. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name we PRAY. Amen. - A Lot Can Happen In 3 Days When we look in Scripture it is easy to see that a lot can happen in 3 days. Obviously Our Savior and His 3 days in the grave, which He spectacularly conquered, is what our minds picture when we think about change happening in 3 days, but there are many more. Let's take at a look a few more 3 day events in The Scripture and see where it leads us: After Only 3 Days of Journey From Mount Sinai Some Israelites Began To Complain: “So they departed from the mountain of The LORD on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of The LORD went before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them. And the cloud of The LORD was above them by day when they went out from the camp. So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: “Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You.” And when it rested, he said: “Return, O LORD, To the many thousands of Israel.” “Now when the people complained, it displeased The LORD; for The LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of The LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.” Numbers 10:33-11:1 NKJV Wow. Our Father brings His people out of Egypt, performs AMAZING Signs and Wonders to save them, marries them at Sinai (wowing them the whole time), and now 3 days later they begin to complain. We think that is crazy, right? I used to think that very same thing. A hard look in the mirror and pondering on this led me somewhere else. It was like a riddle that I was determined to solve. Why did they act this way? Speaking of riddles, let's take a look at the 3 days when the Philistine King couldn't figure out Samson's riddle: “But if you cannot explain it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” And they said to him, “Pose your riddle, that we may hear it.” So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet.” Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.” Judges 14:13-14 NKJV Although he cheated to get the answer, the Philistine King did eventually get the answer. After 3 days of pondering the complaining Israelites during their 3 day journey, I came to an answer as well. It was startling. I was just like them! I came to the conclusion, upon serious self-evaluation, that I too was like them. Now maybe my complaints were a little different, but they were complaints nonetheless. I couldn't believe it. I had been calling the Israelites crazy for complaining for years and now I was beginning to see that my actions and words were no different. This was humbling to say the least. God's Word tells us that: “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of humankind, that He should change His Mind. Has He said, and will He not do it? And has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it?” Numbers 23:19 LEB Thank God for that! He has told us that He Will Save Us and we have faith He Will. He doesn't break promises, and He doesn't change His Mind once He Has Spoken It. We could really spend a lot of time explaining how myself, and pretty much all of us, aren't so different from those Israelites in the desert, but that's not the point today. The point is that 3 days of pondering, Bible Study, and prayer can accomplish much. A lot can happen in 3 days. A complete transformation can occur, giants can be slain, mountains can move, and nations can be born. First we complain, then we are riddled, ponder, next we are humbled (and hopefully repent 🎯), but what next? Well, in God's Awesome Power to make very cool and transforming things happen in three days... Let's take a look at Joshua (A picture of Yeshua, Jesus Christ🔥) in The Word and see what he did in 3 days: Joshua Leading Israel to The Promise Land: “Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, “Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which The LORD your God is giving you to possess.’ ”“Remember the word which Moses the servant of The LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.’” Joshua 1:10-11, 13 There you have it. 3 days to prepare and then we take the land ladies and gentlemen! First we complain about "the crazy Israelites," then we realize we are more like them than we thought and we are humbled. This is when we meet Jesus... when we are humble. This is where God begins preparations inside of us to take the land! AKA Heaven AKA The New Earth AKA New Jerusalem. This is when we find the path to freedom, peace, and the new life that God has promised us. Yeshua, Jesus Christ, is Our Savior and He has told us to prepare... For in 3 days He Will Return. He did it a literal 3 days, and He is also going to do it in a prophetic 3 days. Brothers and Sister, we are now in that 3rd Prophetic Day! “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with The Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” II Peter 3:8 NKJV Think about how many times the Israelites complained, then were riddled with problems, God humbled them, and then they repented. It happened over and over and over, and the journey really isn't so different for us today. The major advantage we have today? We can learn from the Israelites mistakes in God's Word and try to do better. I firmly believe all the stories in The Bible are put there for us to be stronger, to grow, and to try with all our heart, strength, and mind to do better... because Our Father Wrote These Events To Help Us. God's Word Is A Light for all of us to see our failures and shortcomings and then be able to Accept That Word, which is Jesus Christ, and be led back to Him. That is when, like Joshua, Yeshua begins leading us back to The Promised Land. Our Promised Land is going to be much better though, for the picture we get in the book of Joshua is but a shadow of things to come. Exciting isn't it?! So, the next time you are in a "bad spot," having a rough time, frustrated with life, or just plain wiped out. Take 3 days. Do some Bible Study, meditate on God's Word, say some prayers, be still, patient, and wait on Our Father. I think He has made it abundantly clear... A Lot Can Happen In 3 Days!!! 😃🙌🔥
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