Something To "go to..."

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; 

the world, and they that dwell therein. 

In response to an issue I've been struggling with over a period of months which kept me awake the last 2 nights with pressured thoughts,  I cried out to the LORD for help in the early morning hours today.   He answered,  and I want to share with you what He said to me and  the natural way He led so I'd arrive at the right place.  

First,  I opened my journal remembering I had a paper with notes on  the issue I was dealing with and it led me to Psalm 23.  I instinctively picked up The Passion Translation and started  reading. I could still hear my mind and emotions in the background wondering if this was the right direction to go when I found myself reading aloud these words:

...fear will never conquer me, for  you already have!... Psalm 23:4 TPT

I immediately knew He was leading me because a great calm came over me!  This put me in a position to hear His voice and He immediately spoke within saying:

        

"You will  come through this unscathed with an abundance."

(And just so you know, "unscathed" is a word I never use!)  I continued reading  the verse  and the peace I felt deepened.  He was speaking personally to me through His words.  Then He spoke to me again and said:

"Let this be your go to scripture."

He calmed my emotions with both His written Word and His spoken Word. I thanked Him not only for His present help but for the fact that His word, however He sends it, has the power within it to bring itself to pass.  We activate it personally by believing and  receiving it  by faith. Also, even as I'm writing this to share here,  I realized  the "go to" Word  would be for ANY situation that might arise and this makes me happy!    

I'll close this entry with this lovely Word  and maybe it will become one you might want to "go to" sometimes, too!

                                Psalm 23:4  TPT

                                Lord, even when your path takes me through

                                the valley of deepest darkness,

                                fear will never conquer me, for you already have!

                                You remain close to me and lead me through it all the way.

                                Your  authority is my strength and my peace.

                                The comfort of your love takes away my fear.

                                I'll never be lonely, for your are near.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

 that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Breathe on Us Again, LORD!

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; 

the world, and they that dwell therein.

It's been awhile, again, since I've written anything here, but now I am ready to share something  which has been on my heart a lot lately.  I wrote sometime back about the "breath of lives"  first mentioned in Genesis 2:7 when God breathed (the breath of lives) into  His new creation according to Derek Prince in his book War in Heaven.  Here's the link to a blog of mine which  contains this information. 

The title of this  entry is pretty self explanatory.  I've never lived in a time such as this; a time where so much violence, sickness, disease, confusion, deception and hatred  has run rampant in broad daylight in the streets of  The  United States of America!  None, I dare say, ever dreamed our country would experience such tragedies as this.   However,  we are now in the perfect place to have our eyes opened to the One who can turn it all around...and many have repented and cried out to Him for His divine intervention and I believe with all my heart He has heard our prayers for an Awakening to God and is answering us!  We need  His life in us now more than ever so we can continue to cooperate with Him to not only heal our country and the nations, but to heal and strengthen us as well! The need to rise up as the Sons of God He created us to be (which Jesus Himself paid the ultimate price in order that it could be so) has never been greater.

He's the One who put in my heart to ask Him to hover over us, His sons and daughters, and breathe the breath of lives into us again!  BUT this breath is not just for us who know Him,  it is for a world of people, individuals, which He desires to know Him  as their God and Father as well.  Through the pain and great difficulty we all have experienced, God has used what the enemy has meant for harm to bring  bring  good, also.  I know He's caused those of us who do know Him or claim to know Him  to see-often on a painfully deep level-how much we were in need of change....and still are and will be while we live in this mortal body.  I for one can attest to this fact, but I continually thank God for His Great Grace and Mercy for taking us through our personal transformation processes and trust Him to continue doing so.  

So Father, I ask You to once again, and then again as necessary, to breathe the Breath of Lives into your people, spirit, soul and body,  that we might be healed and invigorated to continue on with You  to be about our Father's business even as Jesus was while He walked this earth and Who now leads His followers as Captain of the Hosts of the LORD's Army. 

I thank you, Father because I know if we ask anything according to Your will you hear us and will do it!  So let it be done to us even according to Your will!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, 

that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.