Author: bidcstark

“A voice cries out: Clear a road through the desert for Adonai! Level a highway in the `Aravah (desert) for our God.”
Isaiah 40:3 CJB

This speaks of Elijah and all four gospels use this verse speaking of John the Baptist! This should encourage us to share the Good News of Salvation in the deserts of the world we live in, just like John the Baptist did!

“Look! I am sending My messenger to clear the way before Me; and the LORD, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple. Yes, the messenger of the covenant, in whom you take such delight-look! Here He comes, says Adonai-Tzva’ot(LORD of Hosts).”
Malachi 3:1 CJB

Are we sharing the message of salvation? We are called to proclaim the Good News!

“But you are a chosen people, the King’s cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.”
1 Peter 2:9 CJB also Deuteronomy 7:6-8

We always need to be reminded of this: God has chosen us out of the dark world to be His representatives for Him!
Have a blessed day sharing His Good News of Salvation!

“Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah) said to Yesha`yahu (Isaiah), The word of Adonai which you have just told me is good; because he thought, At least peace and truth will continue during my lifetime.”
Isaiah 39:8 CJB

What a strange thing to say this is good! Hezekiah’s kids, grandkids and fellow Jews were going to become slaves, eunuchs and servants in Babylon and he is happy because it won’t happen in his lifetime! This is what compromise will get you: captivity!

“Eliyahu (Elijah) stepped forward before all the people and said, How long are you going to jump back and forth between two positions? If Adonai is God, follow Him; but if it’s Ba`al, follow him! The people answered him not a word.”
1 Kings 18:21 CJB

We can’t be like the people here not answering a word, we need to be bold and denounce evil and not compromise with the world! We need to stand strong with Adonai!

“No one can be slave to two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the second, or scorn the second and be loyal to the first. You can’t be a slave to both God and money.”
Matthew 6:24 CJB

Today, be careful of who and what you get involved with, because when we try to fit in with the world it doesn’t only burn us, but it affects the ones we love too!
Have a blessed day clinging to Adonai!
Shabbat Shalom!

“Around this time Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah) became ill to the point of death. Yesha`yahu the prophet, the son of Amotz, came and said to him, Here is what Adonai says: ‘Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not live.'”
Isaiah 38:1 CJB

Understand, ten out of ten people will die, so we need to get ready! Is your house in order? Are you right with Adonai? If not, today is a good day to start!

“Hear my cry, God; listen to my prayer. From the end of the earth, with fainting heart, I call out to You. Set me down on a rock far above where I am now.””
Psalm 61:1-2 CJB

No matter how things may look or how bad you think you’ve blown it, just call on Adonai and know He hears! He will help you get things in order!

“The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A trustworthy God who does no wrong, He is righteous and straight.”
Deuteronomy 32:4 CJB

God is perfect and so are His ways, He is perfect in everything! Because everything He does is perfect, we need to seek Him to help get our lives into His perfect order!
Have a blessed day calling on Adonai for direction!
Shabbat Shalom!

“And because of your rage against Me, because of your pride that has reached My ears, I am putting my hook in your nose and My bridle on your lips; and I will make you return by the way on which you came.”
Isaiah 37:29 CJB

Understand God will not let the fowl and vile people get away with sinning against Him! He will deal with them and their obstinance towards Him!

“Don’t delude yourselves: no one makes a fool of God! A person reaps what he sows.”
Galatians 6:7 CJB

Be careful of getting upset because people seem to get away with sinning! Realize they don’t!

“But if you will not do this, then you have sinned against Adonai, and you must understand that your sin will find you out.”
Numbers 32:23 CJB

Do what? Repent! When people continue in sin, they will get what they deserve! So we don’t have to worry or get upset about their continued sin! We can rejoice because we are saved, because we’ve repented!
Have a blessed day walking in the salvation of Adonai!

“But if you tell me, We trust in Adonai our God, then isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hizkiyahu has removed, telling Y’hudah and Yershalayim, ‘You must worship before this altar’?”
Isaiah 36:7 CJB

This is the world today, they don’t understand how God works and quite frankly neither do some who claim to be believers! Here we see Rabshakeh, taunting Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem, how can you worship God without the high places that have been torn down by Hezekiah! For believers, this is easy. We don’t need shrines or buildings to worship Adonai, we can worship anywhere!

“But can God actually live on the earth? Why, Heaven itself, even the Heaven of Heavens, cannot contain You; so how much less this house I have built?”
1 Kings 8:27 CJB

Nothing can contain God, no matter how much we try to fit Him into our box, so to speak! We all need to worship God in His ways, not ours!

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and Your ways are not My ways, says Adonai.”
Isaiah 55:8 CJB

Today, know that God doesn’t fit into our plans and ways, we need to fit into His! So worship him all the time and everywhere!
Have a blessed day searching His word for His plans!