Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

 
"Behold, the Lord's eye is upon those who fear Him [who revere and worship him with awe], who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness, to deliver them from death and to keep them alive in famine.  Our inner selves wait {earnestly] for the Lord; He is our Help and our Shield.  For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied on and been confident) in His Holy name.  Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You."    Yesterday this was one of my daily readings, while I was sitting at the bedside of one of my dearest friends.  She is on a journey to our homeland.  She has fought the good fight of faith, and as far as I am concerned, she is a a living example of "waiting and hoping" on the Lord.  I have seen and heard her confess the Word of God over her body in difficult situations in her life and never change her confession from the Word, when most would have started complaining and murmuring or completely given up.  She was given a diagnosis of cancer of the ovaries three months ago, yet, in the face of the diagnosis, she said, "I will not fear, but I will trust in the Great Physician, who has my life in His hands."  This is what real faith is, believing!  No matter what the end result is or the circumstances that present themselves in our lives, it is trusting God and His Word to bring us into our desired haven.  Always expecting to see God's loving-kindness and mercy to be shown as we wait on Him.  Now I know as well as you do that the results are not always what we perceive them to be, for God's plans are higher which means His results are higher than ours.  He is always 'eternal minded' and 'destiny minded.'

Let's quickly take a look at the hall of faith.  I like to peer in and see how each one believed and was recorded to have faith, yet each person's result or end was different.  We think that when we believe God that we should all end up with the same thing as the other person, yet it is always in proportion to our waiting and our believing, and also to what "Father knows best."  Of course this is, if we allow and let Father's plan prevail in our lives.  Let's look at the hall of faith and see that their results differed.  "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.  By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ……..By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Hebrews 11:4-5 & 7)   These three mentioned had different results, one died believing, one was translated believing, ones beliefs separated him from unbelievers and spared his life.  In our walk with God, we must wait and expect His best in our lives at all times even to our dying.  Our temporary results here on earth is great, and we rejoice over them, but we must have eyes that see beyond today.  Listen to a part of what was recorded about Abraham.  "By faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise.  For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has fixed and firm foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God." (Heb. 11:9-10) I suggest that we as believers get our eyes off of our temporary 'tent' dwellings and 'set our minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.' (Col. 3:2)  In the end we have the same faith as Abraham, Enoch, Abel, and Noah and all of those include in the hall of faith, who waited, expecting and with confident.  So listen to their hearts, it is recorded to help us keep our minds set.  "These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of God's promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth.  Now these people who talk as they did show plainly that they are in search of a fatherland (their own country)……But the truth is they were yearning and aspiring to a better and more desirable country, that is, a heavenly one.  For that reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.' (Heb. 11:13-14 & 16) As I review the word of God and think the way He thinks it changes my concepts of what faith looks like, being lived out all the way to death.  I can say of my friend, just like Paul the Apostle wrote, "for me (her) to live is Christ, and to die is gain." ( Phil. 1:21)  Just know that our expectation through the Word may be different for it is according to our proportion of waiting and hoping.  Do as the saints that are written and recorded for our learning and example did.  As you wait and hope keep your eyes set far above the earthly things and you will end up with the best of both worlds!


P1030401 "Wait
for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness"

Love,

Pastor D.

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Author: daughtersofz

Called, appointed and anointed by God, Pastor Debra Lowe has been called to the forefront to pastor along side her husband, Michael Lowe at Hesed Ministries. Pastor Debra has served the Lord for 39 years. Called as a Prophet to the nation she also walks in the office of teacher and is an intercessor. Pastor Debra has used these gifts to minister to the body of Christ, teaching men, women and children to enter into His presence causing them to mature and be changed by His Word. As a servant of the Most High God she brings forth a word in due season to the body of Christ.

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