Greetings sister saints!
God granted us another day of life on this earth! The days and the nights keep rolling by one after the other as eternity draws nearer for us all. Many have already passed into eternity with no chance to redo anything or change one's mind. Some are with the Lord and most, as Jesus said the road is broad, are perishing, cast away from Him.
Speaking of night, I peeked out my window around 3am when I couldn't sleep and saw beautiful stars so share them with you too here! So peaceful looking...so still and calm. Our God reigns!
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?Job 38:31-32
That little blue star cluster on the left in my picture is Pleiades and I think the bright object in the middle is the planet Jupiter and you can see the constellation Orion on the top right too. Interesting that even way back then in the book of Job they're mentioned. And that is the Lord speaking to Job and asking him what he can do.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:Amos 5:8
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.Genesis 15:5-6
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?Psalm 8:3-4
Indeed we are nothing compared to His vastly huge creation of the whole universe which He Himself is greater than! Let us be in our place as lowly and humble before Him.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Isaiah 66:1-2
That's amazing isn't it!
This scripture is good too as we know everything we are and have and can do is from the Lord! So it's foolish to think we are anything at all!
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
1 Corinthians 4:6-7
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.2 Corinthians 10:17-18
Let us boast in the Lord!
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.Galatians 6:14
What a great God we serve! He is the one and only God! The living God and the just and righteous holy Judge who all will give account of their deeds to one day. Let us sisters be ready to stand in Christ on that great day when the books are opened.
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:11-12
I'm glad God told us this so we can be preparing to meet our God. It would have to be the most wonderful thing in the whole universe to be under God's approval and in His love rather than under His displeasure and wrath. I want God to be pleased with me and you too sisters not because we are anything or anyone but we want to have willing hearts single for Him and humbly doing our best while in these mortal bodies.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.1 John 3:22
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:Genesis 3:4
I was pondering on the lie satan told Eve that they wouldn't surely die if she ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If that's not the biggest lie when we look at the horrendous suffering that leads to death on this earth. Some may die instantly and some endure horrible deaths but it's all part of what went on back then in the beginning isn't it...the consequences and who was right and who was wrong. God had told both Adam and Eve this would happen.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.Genesis 2:16-17
Yes God was right. He spoke the truth, "You will surely die". And so it is.
This sums it up about our adversary...
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.John 8:44
I'm glad God told us what happened and why the world is like this. But praise God for a Saviour!
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.Romans 5:19
Pondering on what we learn from past examples which are written for us.
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Matthew 11:23-24
It's hard to believe that people don't see that sin leads to death...still today. God's wrath is over them, being stored up. But He is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish but that they may repent. What more can He do for people? Nothing. His ways are perfect but man is so wicked and love darkness. These things that happened in the past are examples for us today. If only more would be wise and heed. I don't want any of my sisters deceived or any woman who reads here either. We know there's lies around that sin doesn't matter or doesn't lead to death today but His Word says otherwise. And God will not be mocked.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.Jude 1:7
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;2 Peter 2:6
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 10:5-6,11-12
Yes let us take heed lest we fall. None of us have attained have we sisters nor finished our race. We must keep up our guard and have our armour on and keep fighting not giving up to compromise. I'm here to encourage you on to not grow weary in well doing! Keep searching the scriptures to see what God commands of us sisters! Hold fast!
Much love to my sisters in Christ,
Sister Chayil
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