Too often when trouble arises there is too much time wasted in trying to temporize, and it becomes too late for action.”
–Louis L’Amour (Bendigo Shafter)
“The God of heaven will help us succeed. We his servants will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no stake or claim in Jerusalem.”
“The God of heaven will help us succeed. We his servants will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no stake or claim in Jerusalem.”
–Nehemiah 2:20(NLT)
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Do you think your world is falling apart? Are there questions to which you can find no answers? Are things happening around you that never happened before? That’s what this next portion of Psalm 105 is about. The world falling apart, moving away from what is natural. If you have had a tendency to forget about God, go back and read the following verses and imagine yourself in ancient Egypt.
23 — Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 — He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 — He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
26 — He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
27 — They performed His signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His word.
29 — He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 — Their land abounded with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
31 — He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and lice in all their territory.
32 — He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 — He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, and splintered the trees of their territory.
34 — He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,
35 — And ate up all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 — He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their strength. (NKJV)
Think first of the men mentioned. God sent Israel (Jacob) into Egypt, yet earlier He had sent Joseph to prepare the way. Joseph was there when Jacob arrived to prepare for Israel’s well-being. He has also anticipated your needs, your issues, your circumstance and has a plan to rescue you. Then He sent Moses and Aaron, oh, and remember, Moses was an eighty year old fugitive at this time. They did not volunteer for the task, but were chosen by God. Maybe in the midst of your trials you should look for the task that God is calling you to accomplish.
For years God’s people had waited to be delivered. Most of them had lost hope, had forgotten the power of their God, and were no longer waiting for the coming deliverer. Imagine their surprise when the miracles began to take place. When they began to see God work through the two men He had assigned. Are you waiting for the hand of the Lord to move or have you forgotten Him? Can you remember His miracles in the past, if not read this account again. “He’ll do it again…you may not know how, you may not know when, but He’ll do it again.” (Dawn Thomas) Helmut Thielecke stated, “God is stronger than fire and destruction, and even in the valleys of deepest darkness, rod and staff are put into our hands and bridges are thrown across the abyss.” God has given you what you need for the hour, for the situation and circumstance, for the battle.
“God the Omnipotent King who ordainest
Thunder thy clarion, the lightning thy sword;
Show forth thy pity on high, where thou reignest;
Give to us peace in our time, O Lord.”
–Henry F. Chorley
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Do you think your world is falling apart? Are there questions to which you can find no answers? Are things happening around you that never happened before? That’s what this next portion of Psalm 105 is about. The world falling apart, moving away from what is natural. If you have had a tendency to forget about God, go back and read the following verses and imagine yourself in ancient Egypt.
23 — Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 — He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 — He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.
26 — He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.
27 — They performed His signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His word.
29 — He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30 — Their land abounded with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
31 — He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and lice in all their territory.
32 — He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 — He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, and splintered the trees of their territory.
34 — He spoke, and the locusts came, young locusts without number,
35 — And ate up all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 — He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land, the first of all their strength. (NKJV)
Think first of the men mentioned. God sent Israel (Jacob) into Egypt, yet earlier He had sent Joseph to prepare the way. Joseph was there when Jacob arrived to prepare for Israel’s well-being. He has also anticipated your needs, your issues, your circumstance and has a plan to rescue you. Then He sent Moses and Aaron, oh, and remember, Moses was an eighty year old fugitive at this time. They did not volunteer for the task, but were chosen by God. Maybe in the midst of your trials you should look for the task that God is calling you to accomplish.
For years God’s people had waited to be delivered. Most of them had lost hope, had forgotten the power of their God, and were no longer waiting for the coming deliverer. Imagine their surprise when the miracles began to take place. When they began to see God work through the two men He had assigned. Are you waiting for the hand of the Lord to move or have you forgotten Him? Can you remember His miracles in the past, if not read this account again. “He’ll do it again…you may not know how, you may not know when, but He’ll do it again.” (Dawn Thomas) Helmut Thielecke stated, “God is stronger than fire and destruction, and even in the valleys of deepest darkness, rod and staff are put into our hands and bridges are thrown across the abyss.” God has given you what you need for the hour, for the situation and circumstance, for the battle.
“God the Omnipotent King who ordainest
Thunder thy clarion, the lightning thy sword;
Show forth thy pity on high, where thou reignest;
Give to us peace in our time, O Lord.”
–Henry F. Chorley