Ecclesiastes
3:14 “I know that
whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing
taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.”
This
week, Michael writes: To have a legacy, then do things according to the Word of
God. The things we do and the prayers we pray according to His will
continue on ... they will last into eternity for the Word of God never returns
void. The 1828 Webster’s dictionary defines the word “legacy” as: A bequest; a particular thing, or certain
sum of money given by last will or testament. Good counsel is the best legacy a
father can leave to his child.
Isaiah
55:6-7 “Seek the Lord while
He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, and
He will have mercy on him; And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
Returning
to the Lord means to "turn around." This is the meaning of the
word "repent." He will abundantly pardon when we return to Him. He
is waiting for our repentance so that He can exercise His loving kindness and
tender mercies. The reason is because God doesn't think like we think...
Isaiah
55:8-10 “For My
thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,”
says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your
thoughts. For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not
return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the Sower and bread to the eater.”
God's
divine design has a purpose ... to abundantly bless ...
Isaiah
55:11-12 “So shall My word be
that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall
accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which
I sent it. “For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; The
mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
In
Ezekiel
22:17-22 the prophet says by revelation: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of
man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze,
tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from
silver.Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all
become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As
men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a
furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in
My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. Yes,
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be
melted in its midst. As silver is melted in the midst of a
furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord,
have poured out My fury on you.’”
God is a God of righteous judgment. The fire is for
purifying.
According to 1 Corinthians 3:12-14, the fire will
reveal that which is of lasting value.. The fear, respect, and reverence
of the Lord built upon the firm foundation of Jesus Christ shall be preserved
into eternity.
Let’s
continue Michael message in the next post.
In
Christ, Brian
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