DECEMBER 27

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Hebrews 13:5

“ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’”

Matthew 10:29

“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.”

Leviticus 25:19

“Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.”

 (Expanding on the Leviticus verse above, I find it very enlightening in our own lives, and pertaining to society as a whole, to read it in its context.  This is just  one of the laws that Elohim/Jehovah put onto His people after they got to the promised land—which is comparable to our salvation—which is here in the verses with the law for giving the land rest in the seventh year….  “The Sabbath year.”)

Leviticus 25:15-25

According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you.  According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.  Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

 ‘So you shall observe My statutes and keep My judgments, and perform them; and you will dwell in the land in safety.  Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell there in safety.

 ‘And if you say, “What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we shall not sow nor gather in our produce?”  Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years.  And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year; until its produce comes in, you shall eat of the old harvest.

 ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.  And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.

 If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold.”

(Think what this world would be like if mankind as a whole lived like this and obeyed all the laws of God.  But because of our sinful nature, it would never last, as it didn’t for His chosen people.

THUS…….the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to pay the price for all the sins….both individually and corporately in the human race throughout the entire existence of time.   

Have you received His gift of salvation so you can live in the perfect society in eternity?   A gift is not a gift until it’s received.)

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This month we will read choices from Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

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Heb 13:5

According to this verse, we are not to be covetous….. (wanting what others have)….but content with such things as we have.  Thus, the text applies to ordinary working people, and to every Christian in both money and soul matters. 

He that does not let a sparrow fall to the ground without His permission will not let His children be without.  (Mt 10:29).  If they should for a little while be in need, that will work to their lasting good, for they will dwell in the land and eat their fill in eternity. (Lev 25:19).

The fullness that lies in this promise is perfectly boundless.  When God says that He will be with His servants, He means this, ‘my wisdom shall be with them to guide them…..

My love shall be with them to cheer them.

My Spirit shall be with them to sanctify them.

My power shall be with them to defend them.

My everlasting might shall be put forth on their behalf so that they may not fail or be discouraged.”

To have God with you is better than to have an army of ten thousand.  A host of friends is not equal to that one name, Jehovah, for He is a host in Himself.  When God is with you, He is not there asleep, negligent, or indifferent.  He is there intensely sympathizing, bearing the trouble, helping and sustaining the sufferer.  And in due time, His good time, He will deliver you in triumph.  Precious word!  Heartening promise!  Plunge into it, for it is a sea without a bottom.  “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  Thus, be content with such things as you have.  For among them is Christ, if you have asked Him into your heart and life as Lord and personal Savior.

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