Good Morning Mighty-King-Saving-Sunday…
FATHER GOD, it’s IN YOUR PRESENCE that WE FIND JOY! You are so kind to us, and YOUR COMPASSION AND MERCY PURSUE US relentlessly. There is NOTHING that ESCAPES YOU, and there’s NOTHING we can do that SCARES YOU away. You are constantly inviting us to communion. ABBA, help us as WE SEEK YOU, AND help us to fully ACCEPT YOU. THANK YOU for never giving up on us, Your children. Today, WE want to PURSUE YOU! Help us in this Father, for we are helpless without You. IN YESHUA HA’MASHIACH, JESUS CHRIST’s Name we pray. AMEN! - God Our Merciful Father In Heaven: In His Kindness. In His Time. We all have someone in our family that is hard to speak with about The Way, The Truth, and The Life, right? Heck, we probably all have someone in our family that it is difficult to speak with period. It is usually a family member whom we can't talk to, but we also don't want to walk away without doing everything we can to "wake" them up. Sometimes we have multiple family members, or even our whole family. This can be one of the toughest parts of our walk with Our Father and Our Savior. It hurts, we worry for them, and it is hard to understand why they can't "hear" what we are trying to tell them... The Truth. Odds are that we do all have a difficult relative or two or three or more. Well, here is something comforting: Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Our Perfect Example, He had difficult family members as well. We read in The Scriptures that Yeshua's family was even embarrassed by Him. Let's take a look in The Book of Mark for a witness on this: “Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples were not even able to eat. When His family heard about this, they went to take charge of Him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” Mark 3:20-21 As we read in Our Father Yahweh's Word, we see that Our Savior didn't try to control His family's behavior, and more importantly... He didn't let their behavior control His. Our Messiah stayed calm and continued to follow Our Father and all His Commandments. This is how He showed His difficult family members Love. They may not have known it, but The Truth is The Truth whether we are aware of it or not, and one day... All Truth and Love Will Be Revealed In His Fullness. As long as we try to control, manipulate, or direct our difficult family members with how we think they should come to The Truth... they probably won't. Believing that we can control anyone's beliefs or behaviors keeps us in bondage to their opinion and their reactions. We must realize that Our Father and Our Savior Are Doing The Work, not us. It may be for us to plant a seed, and maybe for another to water, but it is for Our Father YAH To Grow. Let's take a look at what Our Father Uses Paul to say about this: “I planted, Apollos watered, but God Gave The Increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s Field, you are God’s Building.” I Corinthians 3:6-9 Our Father can give us what our family cannot, Shalom (Peace). Our Father Confirmed His Son and Our Messiah When He Stated: "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I AM Well Pleased (Matthew3:17)." Our Father was pleased with THE WAY Our Savior dealt with His Family. Jesus, Yeshua, gave His relatives space, time, and showed mercy even when they spoke ill of Him. The awesome thing...because He did this, His Family changed their ways and accepted The Truth. James, Yeshua's Brother, even became an apostle and others became missionaries! How encouraging is that?! The Message? Don't lose heart. Our Father Is Always Working and we never know how He Is Moving in our different family members lives. He Is In Control. He Is Perfect. He Is Ever Mindful. And He Loves Your "difficult" Family Members Much More Than You Ever Could. One thing we can all be certain of is this: IN HIS KINDNESS, IN HIS TIME, Our Father Has Been Redeeming Families Since The Beginning Of Mankind. Wouldn't we be better off, less stressed, and more peaceful if we gave up this fruitless battle to Our Father and Savior in prayer, petition, and thanksgiving? I think we all know the answer. Now the question is: Will we follow Our Perfect Example's Example? The Word of YAH, Our Father, The Creator of All Things: “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My Beloved Son, in whom I Am Well Pleased.” Matthew 3:17 “Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.” Romans 14:13 “Therefore humble yourselves under The Mighty Hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may The God of All Grace, who called us to His Eternal Glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be The Glory and The Dominion forever and ever. Amen.” I Peter 5:6-11 Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, prayer requests, or thoughts in the comments below.
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