In the prophecy of Micah, God gives us a wonderful glimpse of Jesus as our shepherd. The LORD speaks of Him which is to be "ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting," declaring, "And He shall stand and pasture [His flock] in the strength of The LORD, in the …
Category: encouragement
Deliverance From Fear
Psalms 46 begins with, in my opinion, one of the most comforting truths in scripture. That our God is a safe place for us to flee to, finding refuge; a protection/strength; and an exceedingly near aid in time of distress. "God is [our] protection/defence/refuge, an exceedingly present help in trouble." [Psa 46:1] These three aspects …
Pursued by Him
To those who trust in The LORD, He will be a stronghold in the day of trouble, in the day when God "ariseth to shake terribly the earth." But to those who do not trust in The LORD for salvation, through Jesus His Son, darkness shall pursue them. Nahum says, "The LORD is good, a …
The Desire of The Bridegroom
When we finally enter glory with our Beloved God, Jesus, He will be excited to see us! Jesus will not look upon us with disdain or discouragement, nor with any negativity. When we, as God promises, "shall see His face," there will be great joy in heaven. Zephaniah tells us, "The LORD thy God in …
Our Compassionate Savior
Jesus is willing to make us clean; He is willing to cleanse us and save us from our sins. For this very purpose, Jesus was born: to "save His people from their sins" and "this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." [1 …
Jesus Loves to Fellowship
In that time period between Jesus' resurrection and ascension to The Father's right hand, Jesus was very specific in who He spent time with and appeared to. Luke writes, "Him God raised up the third day, and shewed Him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who …
An Exceedingly Near God
God is our refuge, He is the one to whom we flee when trouble of any degree arises. He is the one who is always ready and available for us, and He desires us to take advantage of this. The LORD, YHWH, our Father, is, as David says, "[our] protection/defence/refuge, an exceedingly present help in …
Chosen and Protected
Satan stands at the right hand of Christ to resist us, to accuse us. He is, "the accuser of [the] brethren" and accuses us before God "day and night." This is shown to us visually in a vison which Zechariah had. In it, he writes for us, "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest …
The Help of His Countenance
There are plenty of times, and will probably be plenty more, in our lives when we feel downcast, downtrodden, disquieted, disinterested. These are normal consequences of living in a cursed world ruled by satan and under the continual tempting of him, the flesh, and the world. But Jesus is more powerful, His beauty is more …
Redeemed Through Judgment
Jesus redeems us by God's judgement on him. The cup which Jesus drank, praying, "let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" was the very wrath of God we deserved for our sins. Our offences against a holy God were cast upon His Son, "whom God hath set …
