Feed me with the food that is needful for me lest I be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. Proverbs 30:8-9.
You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men. Matthew 16:23.
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6:33-34.
And continuing our 351 Old Testament prophecies, promises of God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, we come to number 192: Judges with the sword of His mouth. Isaiah 11:4: But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. And, Revelation 2:16; 19:11, 15: Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
What is the sword of His mouth? And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesians 6:17. And in John 17:17: Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. Jesus told them and by extension us that He is the Way and the Truth and the Life. His words are Life and yet do we believe Him any better than the people living when He lived among us? He showed us the Father so we could understand and still we go our own way and I don’t know about you, but I am deeply aware of just how much fear rules my own heart and mind. My daughter had me pegged this weekend when she said, in reference to how much it bugs me not to know each step of the plans we need to make for the upcoming holidays, that not knowing is like Bella in Twilight when she appeared calm laying there but inside was screaming and writhing in pain! What of the nations needs to be struck down when Jesus returns? Everything not of God’s love and truth for us. Everything unholy and unrighteous. All suffering, pain, hate, oppression. Who is like the LORD our God, who is enthroned on high, who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of His people. Psalm 113:5-8. Last night rewatching Season 5 of The Chosen before watching the new Season 6 episodes, we saw the anger Jesus, the Son, Creator God had for what was preventing His people, Jew and Gentile, from truly worshiping God in the Temple courts because of buying and selling and taking advantage of people with exorbitant exchange rates, and with the sounds of animals obscuring the true purpose of worshiping God, to draw near to Him. His zeal was for our Father and for us who need the truth of God but cannot hear with all the noise of this fallen world. Something needs to change. Teach us Your way, LORD, for we need You and the understanding You bring.
***HERE I AM – SEND ME! – Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory! I am overwhelmed, shattered, terrified – woe is me, for I am undone! I am a person of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. Yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. I accept the mission that You command just as I accept the cleansing that You offer. My iniquity is taken away; my sin is purged. Whom shall You send? “Here am I! LORD, send me!” Isaiah 6:3-8. Adapted.***
