Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
     God is always an on time Deliverer for us.  We have to believe that, since God's plans for us, His children, is the best.  "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome." (Jer. 29:11)
      Our Father's thoughts and plans for us is to give us hope in our final outcome.  Maybe you are in the middle of transitioning and you are not able to see clearly now.  Maybe circumstances and situations have clouded your view.  That is why we must lean on God's Word in troubled times as much as we do when all is going well.  "But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.  My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me." (Psalm 31:14-15)  God as our Deliverer means that He is our defender, rescuer, preserver, and savior.  He snatches me away from, rids me of my enemies, He plucks me out and causes me to escape from adversities, calamities, distresses, displeasures, grief, harm, trouble, sorrows, pressures, burdens, frustrations, and persecutions.  Throughout the Word the character of God remains unchangeable by times, and, or circumstances of the lives of individuals that we see as our examples.  God is stable and His character can be depended upon, because there is no shifting and changing in Him.  The psalmist said that he was confident that God would bring him to his outcome of good, because his times were in God's hands.  Times here denotes, 'my whens, my nows, and my due seasons'; it means your own private, appointed, and fixed moment; a period set apart in some specific way from others.  Your whens, nows and due seasons are in the Father's hand.  Hand here specifically refers to an 'open hand' which indicates power, means, and directionsPower is God's force, strength, ability, energy and influence.  Means is God's ability to set us up; thrust us forward; to help us achieve and reach and extend beyond ourselves.  He has the tools, devices, measures, and plans for accomplishing and furthering His purpose for us.  Directions here is God's ability to aim us to the course of His purpose; to guide and order specific steps and instructions to progress and develop us
    As long as we stay in His hands, we are progressing toward His purpose for us, as we work along with Him, by trusting and having confidence in Him.  Sometimes we prolong the thoughts and plans that God has for us by jumping in and out of His hand.  One day we trust Him and the next day we want Him to step aside, in order to do it our way.  We end up in a vicious cycle, because we are not consistently trusting.  But since we know His plans are good, it would be foolish for us to keep altering our time by meddling.  "He has made everything beautiful in His time, but though God has planted eternity in the hearts of men, even so man cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end." (Eccles. 3:11) It sounds like trust has to be the main component here since we cannot see the whole scope of God's work in our lives.  We may know the end is good, but we are unaware of what it will look like as we encounter the middle of it.  That is why the Word encourages us to build our trust in God's Word by looking at His faithful and dependable character.  "Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting." (2 Corin. 4:18)  So don't be too worked up over the things that have transpired up to today, for as long as you are in His hands your days are being tailored into the final outcome that will give you hope and good.  Because God is faithful to turn all things to your good.  "We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose." (Rom. 8:28)
 
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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