Daughters for His Glory

Greetings godly women!

Hopefully this finds you seeking hard after the Lord!

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalm 63:8

Let's keep trusting in Him in this world! In Him being the key words...looking to Him and knowing in the end it only matters what He thinks of us. It matters not what any human thinks or says. Let us 'do the truth' no matter what!

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 3:21

Godly women, daughters of the most High, have and want nothing to hide. Nothing is hidden from the Lord and we have nothing to hide before man either. We are to let our lights shine! Everything we do has a reason and that is because we are obeying Him. Many scriptures can come into needing to be obeyed all at once and we just do the best we can as it's all good!

My one hearts desire is to be a godly woman pleasing to Him. And one day at a time through whatever trials the Lord allows in our lives we grow in being even better in that!

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Titus 2:12

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Peter 2:9

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30

May He be all our rest and hope and peace and joy!

I saw this scripture and it's a good one to ponder what women of the faith have gone through before us.

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Ruth 1:20-21

She even wanted her name changed because of it...interesting.

We know it is consistent with the life of a saint all through the Word. So we shouldn't be surprised at any level of it! But rejoice in the Lord and that His grace is sufficient! And be prepared for greater to come...even the tribulation just before His return.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 34:19

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Corinthians 2:4

The less you have that you value on this earth...the more you value the eternal including His written Word! That's what He's actually written to us...how awesome that we can have it in our hands and read and obey it! He is good to allow us that opportunity and we don't want to take it lightly. We know there are places on earth with none or where it is illegal.

Yeah that's the rock I was sitting on to read scriptures to you sometimes. In the middle of a dry thirsty land. That's how we feel in this world. This is not our home and we are just pilgrims. The things around us are dry and dead to us also, having no appeal to us. One day we shall be with the Lamb and He will lead us to living fountains of waters!

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation 7:17

He will satisfy us! We walk by faith today not sight but may we be running after Him now as He is our only hope and He is with His own!

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:19

Let us not forget to ponder the love of Christ for us...while we were yet sinners. And what He has for us, His daughters, right now and is preparing a place for us! He is too good to us. Let us abide in His love lest we come under His wrath through disobedience. Let us yield to any chastisement that comes because of His love.

I was thinking how God Himself came into this world as a man...and they received Him not. Man pushes God off and we know God doesn't force Himself on anyone. He wants those who diligently seek Him. We know man has free will. And our wills must submit to His will.

I was starting to copy scriptures into here about the will of God but decided to do an audio instead:-) There's a lot of scriptures on it to ponder.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15

Amen...I will serve the Lord too!

God is God. He does what He does and we are just His little creatures aren't we. We don't want to dare question anything He does. Let us be in our right place and submit ourselves to Him always.

I wrote a lot of this post as I was travelling back home in the car with the four children and their parents (hint: it wasn't quiet). But I love focusing on the things of the Lord where there is no fellowship to be had amongst the world. We have so little in common with this world that has such a different mindset. A phone is a blessing to do good works on wherever we are and helps redeem the time. Even if you're crammed in a car with the world around you, we know it doesn't defile us even if the music can get beat into you a bit. We are in the world but not of it. Different but not better. And I just go where my serving works take me...looking past it all to the Lord the best I can and yet trying to do my best in my duties. You do the best in yours too sisters...whatever callings you have! God sees us!

I'm thankful for safe travels again too. And a blessing to be back in my little home, which I like to think is my ministry headquarters:-) Be more gospel emails going out and garden work I'm sure. Well if the Lord permits.

Had to deal with this first though...

I showed dominion over them with a vacuum cleaner which reminded me of this...

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:3

Sudden destruction. We want to be ready for the Lord at all times.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:28-29

Today's Edification (27 February 2024)