DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  ST. LUKE 3:4-6

(4)  As it is written in the book of the words of E-sa'ias the prophet, saying,  THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,  PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.
(5)  EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH;
(6)  AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.


SALVATION OF GOD IS GIVEN!

Brethren, our salvation, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior is here with us on planet earth; therefore let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad; he will redeem our lives from bondage of the enemy, forgive all our iniquities by his blood and grant grace and life everlasting to all humanity,

Case in point, in the above text, Apostle Luke gives an account of prophesies given by E-sa'ias the prophet regarding the birth and expectations of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior;  let us study the text together,  (4)  As it is written in the book of the words of E-sa'ias the prophet, saying,  THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,  PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.  in this verse, there are three points that we need to analyze, (i) THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,  who is the one crying in the wilderness? the word of God came to John the baptist, son of Zach-a-ri'as in the wilderness and he came out of the wilderness to all the country about Jor'dan, and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, and as he preached; the revelation came, saying (ii) PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, that is to be ready to receive Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who will introduce the Kingdom of Heaven to earth and take away the sins of the world, grant salvation, grace and life everlasting; at the time, John the baptist was introducing Jesus Christ and his ministry to the people;  (iii)  MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. that is, we are to prepare our hearts to receive his words in good faith without rebelling against his teachings, hindering him with degrading and hateful words or putting ourselves as obstacles on his ways of righteousness by falsely accusing him to higher authorities as radical and evil to his own people.


WORDS OF INSPIRATION:

Points to ponder,  the following verse entails parts that will tell us exactly what types of benefits will manifest in our lives if we receive him and his words into our hearts;  (5)   EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH.  let us study it together, (a)   EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, a valley is an area of low land between hills or mountains; but the text metamorphic to human lives, that is lowermost state of our lives, setbacks, struggles and troubles of this world; Christ will filled our valleys smooth with peace and joy with no fears, worries or condemnations, if we receive him and his words into our hearts;  (b)  AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; not only will our valleys be filled back up to levels designed in our blueprints but also, anything high above our human imaginations arrogating themselves against us to hinder our progress and destines of life, Jesus will bring them down to earth with his authority and we will overcome all mountains of difficulties by his blood forevermore;  (c)  AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, anything crooked is not straight and difficult to see the end results; if we receive Jesus Christ and his words in our hearts, he will smooth out our road maps of life and make them straight forward with his words, and the Holy Spirit will remove curves, bends or angles out of our ways, and we will see life paths clearly in his righteousness;  (d)  AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH.  at times, life pathways seems difficult, doors are not opening and we feel like failures in life; however, we are not failures and cannot fail, that is a lie from the enemy; we are more than conquerors, we just have to open the doors of our hearts and accept Jesus Christ, and surrender everything into his arms of redemption and trust him to take control of our lives; for he will do miracles and change all setbacks around for success, and all uneven surfaces of our lives will be iron out with smoothness without bumps or lumps and we will receive peace, joy and eternity.

Fruit of thoughts,  lastly,  (6)  AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.  Jesus Christ, is part of the Father of all creation, made manifest in the flesh with good tidings of great joy for humanity to see with their naked eyes, the forgiver of all iniquities, the redeemer of the whole world and the advocate for all forevermore.


CONCLUSION:

Brethren,  today, let us continue to be joyful with great expectations, knowing that our redeemer lives among us now and forevermore he will reign on planet earth and heavenly places; from now on, we are no longer children of perdition going about our own different ways; Jesus Christ who loves us all is still waiting to receive us into his arms of love, peace and life everlasting;  at times, we believe that life is better on the other side of the fence without Jesus Christ but that is wrong; there is more benefits on  his side, we just have to cross the bridge over to his side and receive him and his words into our hearts and experience benefits of the true light of the world; Jesus is the only way to the Father and life everlasting,  Amen and Amen!
 

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  St. John 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.