THE MOST HIGH

Isaiah 45:24(NLT)

The people will declare, 

“The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”

Psalm 83:18(NLT)

Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, 

that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.

I love reading the way the Old Testament writers describe God and how they give us all a dig in the ribs to keep remembering just who we’re dealing with, how immensely powerful He is, and what He does for us! He is far above all.😊

We may feel weak and weary sometimes but we know we can turn to our mighty God who will always be there for us as our tower of strength. He’ll never let us down, not ever! Isaiah 40:28-29 says “Have you never understood?” Lord, help each one of us to understand it personally, that You care about us so much You know how many hairs are on our heads.😊

And how wonderful to be reminded that not only is our God our total source of all we need, but no one can bring God down. He is the Most High God, the One who reigns over all the affairs of men, who can enthrone and dethrone rulers to suit His plan and purpose. We only need to look at King Nebuchadnezzar to see the mightiest king on earth of that day, totally humbled by God to be like an animal, until he came to his senses seven years later.

He looked up to heaven and praised and worshipped the Most High and honoured the one who lives forever. He said, “Now I Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glory and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.” (Daniel 4:37)

Let’s join with all the saints who have gone before us and give our everlasting God all the glory, honour and praise He is due today and thank Him most of all for Jesus, our wonderful Saviour. Amen.

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TOOLS IN THE SHED

2 Timothy 2:21(NLT) If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honourable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.

Have you ever come to the box or shed where you keep your tools and found they were a bit neglected and rusty? Someone put them away without cleaning them off first so they’d be ready to be used next time they opened the shed door and you’ve had to spend time making them fit to be used again!

The other day in a prayer meeting one of the ladies was given a picture by the Lord of a shed and inside were tools. The significance of it was that they were to be clean, sharp and oiled ready to be used in whatever way they were needed.

As we thought about it we knew the Lord was saying we are all tools in His shed and He expects us to be kept clean by the blood of Jesus, to be sharpened by the Word of God, and oiled by His Holy Spirit.

We all know how much harder it is trying to use blunt knives for cooking and my daughter sometimes tells me I need to sharpen my knives!🤣 

I believe God gave that word because it applies to all of us who are born again and have asked Jesus to be the Lord of our lives. If we’ve been in the shed for a while, either a bit tired or neglected, or a tad rusty through lack of use, then we know we’re needing some TLC in order for the Lord to use us. If we recognise that feeling we can go to the Lord and ask Him to wash us clean afresh today, and allow His Word to speak to us where we’re at, and ask the Holy Spirit to pour His anointing oil on us, and into us, once again.

It might mean we have to spend some time letting Him minister to us but if we do that we’ll be ready and waiting for the Lord to open the shed door and take us with Him to do whatever He wants us to do each day, a special treasure for honourable use, clean, sharp and well oiled. I know I want to be like that. How about you?😊Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x

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