SPLASHES OF… HOPE! 24th May 2013
Hello my dear Yahweh Sisters J I do hope you are in a good mood after a good -or relatively good- week, and ready now for a splashing good week-end! But just in case you’re a little short on feeling good, then let me get you started on a good footing! And no, I’m not short on words sisters, in case you’re wondering what’s up with me, I’m here to dish up some good stuff to bless you with today!! J Did I hear you say “Good, I need it”? Okay good, let’s get going then …
There are so many good things that come to my mind, thanks to their being 282 Scriptures on this particular word, can you believe it? And my big ol’ dictionary shows me 44 different ways in which we can use this word in sentences, in expressions etc. Wow! I didn’t realize that until I did some digging this week!
So I asked The Greatest Source of ALL, to get HIS take on it, and exactly what good stuff HE has in store for us today…”And the Lord answered the Angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words” = Zech. 1:13. SIGH! I feel good already, before He even tells us more! I hope you do too!
By now we know the reality of rough roads as we journey towards our ‘Destination’, but we take heart ‘cos the Lord is “..good to everyone, and He takes care of all His creation” says Psa. 145:9. And for many, if not all of us, who have ‘fallen on hard times’ in various ways, here’s another stunning splash to wash away any doubts you may have that He won’t do what He says in…Joel 2:25 : “So I will restore to you the years that the ..locust has eaten”..Vs 26: “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and Praise the Name of the Lord your God, Who dealt wondrously with you, and my people shall NEVER be put to shame”!
Dear Sisters, soldier on, God is a GOOD God and keeps His Promises [ See 1 Kings 8:56, 2 Cor. 1:20], and if HE says so, and also that “All things work together for good to them that love God, to those who are the called according to His purposes” = Rom. 8:28, then He will see that it happens exactly as He says. Yes, that includes the ‘bad’ stuff that comes with living in this world!
Did you read/are you reading through Job? Don’t forget, okay? I’m counting on you to follow through when I splash you with the good stuff from The GOOD BOOK! It will do you the world of good!! “Knowledge is Power” – Who said that? I don’t know, but I think it’s a good one, in the spiritual context! Knowing God’s Word gives us Power for living wisely and well, so says God!
But that’s only one part of the good stuff! It’s not all about us, remember! What’s the good of knowing all this and not doing good? This is “His purposes” too. That usually takes us out of our comfort zones and “stretches” us, with our time and sometimes our pockets too!
By nature we are selfish, and so some of us need a good ol’ “heave-ho” out of our “I/Me/My” safe havens, & into the “good works” arena! Dare we resist this? James 1:22 says we should “Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only”. That’s it then! If it was not so, then God would not have given every one of His Children “spiritual gifts”. There are 6 Passages in the Bible that discuss these “gifts”.
Obviously I can’t do more here than give you these Passages, and I hope that you will go digging in your Quiet Times, asking the Lord to reveal your specific gift/s for useful service in the body where He has led you, for “His purposes”. These are found in 1 Cor. 12, Rom. 12:6-8, Eph. 4:11 & 1 Peter 4:11. God knows HOW and WHY He “put you/me together” the way He did, so if you’re not yet HERE>> “GOD planned for us to DO GOOD things and to live as HE has always wanted us to live. That’s why He sent Christ to make us what we are” = Eph. 2:10 CEV then, my good ladies, I think it’s a good idea to ‘confer’ with Him and make sure WE know the WHY and the WHAT for a worthwhile earthly journey. Are you good to go, and to do? I do believe you are!
“Now, my dear Yahweh Sisters, may the God of peace… make you complete in every good work to do His Will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be Glory for ever and ever. Amen” = Hebr. 13 : 20(a) – 21.
I’m Splashing goodness all over you, with beeg hugs and much love,
And good to go too!
Rose xoxo