Matthew Deuteronomy and Job

over the last few days I have been reading these three books in the bible; reading about how Jesus knew His fate from the start and went into the crucifixion for us and the resurrection for us.  How Moses had guided the chosen people from Egypt and how they betrayed and angered God during those travels, how Job was so faithful to God that even while tested and his loss he still trusted God for his restoration.

yesterday this statement rested on me; if the one can do it for many why can't the many do it for the one?  now I have to admit that I was initially thinking in a selfish way because i'd spent the entire day at mercy hospital with my grandparents for various reasons.  I was thinking how I am the one that my family relies on to get things done, I am the go to person, if anything needs to be researched or answered they come to me and at times that is a heavy cross to bear because it taps into my immediate family time and my own personal desires.

but this morning as I was reading how Jesus rose from the dead on the third day as He had promised and how Moses had pleaded to God not to destroy the people that he'd led out of Egypt to and subsequently forfeit on His promise to those same people and how Job had still believed God for his restoration although he had lost everything it hit me that the statement was not about me and my selfish thoughts but about Jesus.

God created man to fulfill His desires for man and we failed so He created Jesus.  He created Jesus solely for the purpose of saving our souls that we were so happy to toss in the fire as we formed golden statues to worship.  we who complained about how long it took us to get from point a to point b when in fact we were the cause of the delay.  Jesus took on our sins, took on our illnesses, took on our complaining and doubts and fear and disbelief and He allowed Himself to be betrayed and beaten, He allowed Himself to be hung on that cross between two thieves, He allowed Himself to be ridiculed, mocked and cursed just for the sake of our pitiful souls.

so the question remains; if the One can do it for many why can't the many do it for the One?

peace and blessings wonderful people,

jai ar

Amazed

He is connecting the dots and the image of His Glory is becoming clearer as He moves through my life.   I thank God for the  spirit of obedience. Had I not obeyed His call and assignment I would be in a totally different mental and spiritual mindset.

I am amazed by all of the things that God is showing me, by everything that He is doing.  My excitement is hard to contain!

Several years ago while I was still in my messy state, but easing my way out, God placed on me the assignment of writing a book about my life.  He said that my life will encourage others, it will help them to see that someone else has gone through some tough and treacherous times but I continued to turn to Him for hope and help and made it through.

I started that book and then made the choice to put it down, my thinking was I would wait until the grandparents were gone because they were not aware of all that happened, that I would wait until the kids were older because they would better understand. That excuse satisfied me but not God, He allowed me the reprieve.

Later He put in me the assignment of mentoring/counseling or I should say life coaching but I had convinced myself that I could not do that because I didn't have the education, I didn't have the knowledge.   That excuse satisfied me but not God, He allowed me a slight reprieve.  Not long after He put it back on me and I gave the same excuses, thankfully I was working for a company that would pay fir my education so I a ent back to school thinking that was the solution.  However I then had not time or energy to work on what He wanted me to do.

Let me say this; whatever God wants you to do for His Kingdom, for His Glory, believe me He will make sure you do it.

So because I had no time or energy to give to what God had expressly directed me to do He made sure I no longer had those obstacles and since I have finally gotten an understanding, I finally say yes to whatever He tells me to do things have really been moving in the right direction.

There is so much more to share and I will later.

Peace and blessings wonderful people!

Jai ar

what are you really waiting to hear?

i hear people say all of the time "i'm praying but i don't hear God's answers" or "i'm praying and i don't think God hears me" or "i'm praying but God is not listening" or some variation of that statement.  so i pose these questions to some of those people; what are you really waiting to hear?  are you really trying to hear God?  are you truly open to hear His answer to that/those prayer(s) or are you hoping He gives you the answers you want to hear?

let me help just a little; if the answer you want does not line up with God's plan for you He is not going to line up with it.  we are to fall in line with God and His words over our lives, He is not supposed to line up to our guidelines.  His word says in Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  what does that mean?  it means you become one with God, get to know Him better, develop a relationship with Him, know His word and as you build that relationship you will discover that what He wants for you will become what you want for yourself and He will give you everything you desire in your heart because it lines up with Him.

ex: Lord the megamillions is $300 plus million and i don't want to be gready, i don't need all of it but if you could bless me with $30 million that will allow me to do all of the things i need to do for my family, my church...Lord you know i'll tithe that 10%, for myself.  just bless me Lord.  that's your prayer, your desire, your want but His want may be slightly different.  He may want you to do all of those things but He knows if He gives you that $30 mill right now you won't be able to handle it, you aren't strong enough to ward of the trouble that is going to come with it just yet.  keep in mind that

He doesn't want you in lack but He does want you in line with Him and His plans for your life.
He is the founder and principal, we are the students and the substitute teachers, we are to line up with His lesson plan, His guidelines, His rule.

so i ask again; what are you really waiting to hear?  be honest with yourself because God already knows the answer.

peace and blessings GoOD people!
jai ar
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what it looks like is sometimes different from what it is

a lot of times when people seem not to support you in your dreams, aspirations and/or God given assignments you think it's because they don't believe in you or they are hating on you and in some cases that may very well be true.  however believe it or not a lot of times, especially in the case of love ones, it's fear.  yes, fear.  they are afraid that you will move in your gift, be blessed in your gift and forget all about them, leave them behind.  what you have to do is reassure them, or at least verbalize sincerely, that you will not intentionally mistreat them or forget about them or leave them behind.  the next thing you must do is pray for them, pray that the fear be removed not only the fear that they have of you moving and advancing in your gift but also the fear be removed so that they can move and advance in their own God given assignment.

we all have an assignment and sometimes the size of it or the potential outcome will intimidate us but we have to trust that if it was given by God it will be fueled by God and covered by God and He is not an author of fear, lack or anxiety.

move in your gifts wonderful people and remember that what that thing looks like is sometimes different from what it actually is.  you think people are being non-supportive and hating on your dreams when in actuality is could be that they love you so much and are afraid of losing you to what is about to happen in your life.

peace and blessings beautiful people!

jai ar

journaling

i have been looking through my old journal that i started back in 2005 and i have to say i am amazed by the growth.  i am not even a third of the way through it but i noticed an affirmation that has been throughout what i have read so far:

i will succeed
i am successful
i create success

this is not mine but God's creation

i can't wait to read more and see what other growth moments and affirmations i can find.

reflections

sometimes when we call out things in others we don't like it's a reflection of ourselves; things we see in us that we don't like.

what we could/should do when we notice those things in others is stop, be honest with ourselves about ourselves and ask God is this really about them or is it about me. ask God to show you if it's really you.  if He says it is then ask Him to do two things; 1. remove it from you and 2. make you more patient with the other person until they see it in themselves.  you bind up that spirit and hand it to God and he'll take it from there.

peace and blessings wonderful people!

jai ar

Qoute - Dreams

dreams pushed forward and impossibly achieved by an undying spirit and those things dreamed of.~jai ar