Devotions

“Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, I am strong.”

Joel 3:10

We have heard that in the kingdom to come, the word says the opposite; beat your swords and spears into plows! But we are not living in the kingdom yet! We do live in a world full of darkness, anger and violence, just turn the news on for five minutes.

“Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Matthew 24:44 and Luke 12:40

We don’t know when the LORD is coming, but we do know the times we are living in!

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

Isaiah 5:20

What are we to do? We need to study His word, share His word and reflect His light!

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

1 Peter 2:9

Today, let us do just that: reflect the light of the LORD, allow His peace to flow through you! Be ready, be prepared and know your strength is in the LORD. Have a blessed day!

Shabbat Shalom.

“Yet even now, says Adonai, Turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting.”

Joel 2:12 CJB

We, at times, may feel like our life is upside down. That’s when we need to turn to the LORD, not the world! The world has a pill or a plan for everything you can imagine! The LORD has a way!

“As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.”

Psalm 55:16 NKJB

Today, let us call on the LORD for direction, healing and guidance, not on the world! Also don’t get anxious when things don’t go according to your plans. Realize the LORD always has a better plan!

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:9 NKJB

So, no matter what you have going on around you, realize the LORD has a plan and a way! Just turn to Him, wait on Him and walk in His ways! Have a blessed day!

“Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.”

Joel 1:15

As I look around at things today, very few people are looking for the Day of the LORD! We are looking for pay day, voting day and my day in court! We all need to be reminded that the LORD has a day coming, and that it may be soon!

“Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.”

Micah 7:7

We, as, believers really need to be spending more time looking for the LORD, calling out to Him and listening for His voice! Unfortunately, we spend way too much time listening to the world and its junk!

“Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways.”

Psalm 81:13

Realize, the world is going to do what the world is going to do: sin. We, who belong to the LORD, whom are called by His name, we need to be walking and talking in His ways! Remember, His day is fast approaching! So have a blessed day seeking Him!

“So there was division among the people because of Him.”

John 7:43

Sounds like the world today! There is division in politics, families and even the body of believers! So often, we get so caught up in what we believe and think, we are not able to listen to others!

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.”

Leviticus 19:18

We really should take this to heart! Instead of being divided about everything, let us look for common ground. That’s usually where the LORD is, looking for ways to bring people into His salvation!

“Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your blessings is upon Your people.”

Psalm 3:8

Today, help us all “O LORD” to be less divided and help us to bring people closer to You! Have a blessed day.

“And it came to pass, when priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.”

1 Kings 8:10-11

What an amazing sight this would have been, that the cloud of the LORD was so overwhelming that the priests had to stop! One day we will have this same experience!

“After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the LORD our God!”

Revelation 19:1

Realize as we go through the day, we are that much closer to being with the LORD! When we start to realize that, I believe our day becomes so much better, because its being filled with the glory of the LORD!

“And one cried to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory.”

Isaiah 6:3

May the glory of the LORD fill your day so much that it pours out onto the people and places around you! No matter what we have going, let us praise the LORD, and be His light in this ever – getting – darker world! Let us, His people, fill the whole earth with His glory. Have a blessed day!