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Friday, August 8, 2014

DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  JONAH 2:2-6

(2)  And said,  I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me;  out of the belly of hell cried I,  and thou heardest my voice.
(3)  For thou hadst cast me into the deep in the midst of the seas;  and the floods compassed me about:  all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
(4)  Then I said,  I am cast out of thy sight;  yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
(5)  The waters compassed me about,  even to the soul:  the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
(6)  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;  the earth with her bars was about me for ever:  yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption,  O  LORD my God.


WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

Brethren, the above prayer is taken out of context from Jonah's desperate plea for the Lord's deliverance from distress, danger and despairs when his soul was reduced in the belly of the whale deep down the ocean:  in his distress, he  cried, prayed and trusted in the Lord, for deliverance and restoration, he did not curse but repented from his disobedience and desperately turn his prayers, thoughts and emotions to the Lord, for his forgiveness;  the Lord had mercy on him and delivered his soul from agony into his will again.

Brethren,  this is an example of the Lord's love, his goodness and mercies that never fails;  though we sometimes rebel against his will in our lives and go our own separate ways,  the Lord knows our intentions before we carry them out, and he knows what to do to bring us back on track with him to do his will:   case in point,  when Jonah was in the belly of the fish,  (i)  he did not give up on life but prayed and trusted the Lord to deliver him;  (ii)  he described his situation and emotions in prayers, but did not blame the Lord for treating him unfairly;  (iii)  he  felt deserted, condemned and agonized in the belly of the whale, but he kept his faith in the Lord, stated his needs and pleaded for mercy; (iv)  though he was distressed, yet still he glorified the Lord;  (v)  finally, after three days in the belly of the fish, the Lord had mercy on him, answered his prayers and restored him back safely to dry land to continue his mission.

Brethren,  the Lord knows how to chastise his people when they go astray from him to bring them back again unto himself;  he will take them through fires, waters, hails, storms; distresses and despairs;  to refine and transform their negative attributes into godliness;  (a)  the Lord, knew Jonah's thoughts to disobey him and flea to Tarshish;  therefore, when he paid the fares, got in the ship, to flee to Tarshish, the Lord sent tempest to the sea to trouble the ship and to foil his plans; (b)  prepared a whale in the bottom of the sea to swallow him up, so he does not get devoured by other fishes when tossed out of the ship;  (c)  when he repented and prayed from the belly of the whale,  the Lord delivered him on the third day;  (d)  now Jonah proceeded to Nineveh to preach the gospel of repentance, and his faith in the Lord was strengthen through his predicaments and feared the Lord tremendously.

Brethren,   the Lord is always working on behalf of his people, whether we behave or misbehave ourselves in him, he will still have compassion, and when we seek his forgiveness and restorations he will pardon all our transgressions by his blood forever:  sometimes we ask ourselves why do negative things happen to good people?   take note, not all troubles are because we disobey the Lord;  at times, the enemy the devil will buffer with his evil devises to bring on trails and tribulations into our lives;  but when we pray, the blood of Jesus will deliver us from all evil;  the devil provokes us to destabilize our faith in Lord;  however,  the Lord's hand is not shorten that he cannot deliver us from his evil devises and turn our down castings into blessings forever.

Brethren,  today,  are we in any kind of desperation and agonies?  let us have hope and faith in the righteousness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;  he knows our predicaments, feels our sorrows and pains, hears our prayers and supplications:  let us also pray on behalf of others who are in trails and tribulations, being persecuted for righteousness sake, from  all over the world for the Lord to grant justice and peace to all humanity forever and evermore.  Amen and Amen!


QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  Psalms 86:7  In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:  for thou wilt answer me.

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