IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEM

Isaiah 3:10 NIV Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

If you’ve ever played the card game of ‘Patience’ (also known as Solitaire in America) you will know it sometimes works out well and sometimes it doesn’t! It tries our patience!😊

God is not like that because when He says things will work out well He’s looking at the long term picture, the end result and we’ve not to judge things by where we’re at just at this moment because He hasn’t finished unfolding our story.😊

So often we look at our circumstances and think, “This isn’t going well and it looks like it will get worse.” Those are the times we have to stand on God’s promises and trust His word will not fail us. We have to declare by faith, “All will be well for the righteous, and God has declared I am righteous in Christ so all is going to be well for me.” We’re not saying it through gritted teeth, we’re saying it because we know who holds our future, because He is faithful to His promises and we trust Him.

In Psalm 23 David wrote about going from green pastures to the valley of the shadow of death but ended up with his cup overflowing and eating from the Lord’s table even in his enemies’ presence! He didn’t go by where he was at the moment. He was sure God’s goodness and mercy would hunt him down and overtake him every day!

We can be the same way if we’ll focus on all Jesus has done for us and tell the doubts and fears to shut up! Hebrews 12:2 NKJV looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…

Where are we looking? If we’re looking at situations that seem hopeless may I encourage us to look at God’s promises and know that as we speak them out we are declaring life over those things, and not death, we are releasing the goodness and favour of God into them. We are releasing the ‘All is well” into our circumstances.😊

Thank You Lord. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x😊

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TIME TO GET YOUR BUCKET!

Isaiah 12:2-3 NIV Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

As I was reading this verse I imagined lowering a bucket down into a deep well and then hauling it back up to appreciate the joy of tasting the sweet cool water. It occurred to me we wouldn’t go with a teaspoon or a mug to the well, we’d need a big bucket to draw out as much water as we could and on a hot day we’d want to pour some over our heads to cool down.

There are days when we need the cool refreshing water of the Word, of the Spirit of God Himself to pour into us and over us to refresh our weary souls. When life has knocked us about, when fears and doubts bother us, those are the times we need to go to our well of salvation and draw out whatever we have need of, to draw out His peace, His joy, His strength and let His love pour over us, to keep things in perspective.

It’s similar to the picture in Psalm 23 when David reminds us the Lord has spread a table before us and on that table is everything abundantly provided for our blessing and welfare. It’s the table where our cup is brimming over and overflowing with all God wants us to have, but we have to do something.😊

We need to come to the table by faith to receive God’s blessings, to take off the table the desires of our hearts, to experience the overflowing cup of blessing. We need to go the well of our salvation and make the effort to let down our bucket so we can draw out from it all the good things wrapped up in our salvation through Jesus.

We may all need some refreshing today (I know I do), so let me encourage you to sit with the Lord for a little while and with joy know you can draw out some refreshing water, and don’t go with a teaspoon or a mug, go with a big bucket and let Him fill it up.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

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