Honor God with Your Life

Hello Dear Children of the Most High God

  With faith and love, anything is possible. I hope these two beautiful and inspiring traits are a strong part of your life. When they are, there is no limit to what God can do in your life!

“This is what King Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and upright and faithful before the Lord his God. In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And he prospered.” 2Chronicles 31:20-21

  Good, faithful and upright; these are some of the character traits of a true follower of God. God’s children must walk before Him, and everyone around them in this way. When they do, God will lead them to grow in a deeper relationship with Him. There is no measurement of the depth of God or His wisdom, it is infinite. Let’s desire to live like Jesus did by walking humbly before Him every day. God will take notice.

  He sought his God and worked wholeheartedly -- In everything we do, God desires for each of us to take the time to ask Him what He wants us to do in every situation of our lives. When we understand what He wants of us, we should have a deep desire to do His will; no matter what it is or if it takes us out of our comfort zone. This should bring us confidence not fear, for God will always faithfully lead His children safely down the straight path of their lives. This path is safer and filled with opportunities for spiritual growth. Who doesn’t want that?

  And so he prospered -- Money is not the only definition of prosperous. It also means, “enjoying vigorous and healthy growth.” God deeply desires for all His children to step out in faith and be willing to reach for God and receive all He wants to teach us. This will probably be uncomfortable at first, but the harvest that will be reaped from it will be worth the difficulties. We all know King Hezekiah was prosperous financially and spiritually. The most important thing in life is to, “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5

When we do this faithfully, we will be given the complete desire to seek God’s will in everything we do because we trust God will lead us in everything that is good and upright. This is where the fear of the Lord is practiced. There should be a healthy fear of being outside of God’s will, because we know this is where insecurity, uncertainty, fear and danger lies. Like me, I hope you have a healthy fear of being outside of the Lord’s will. If you do, you are blessed with the gift and desire to follow Jesus in all your ways.

  I am not sure when my fear of the Lord developed, but this is very strong in me and I am most grateful. This is what keeps me on track and walking straight in the path with the Lord. This is what helps me discern what is good and what is evil in this world. Through my healthy fear and obedience to God, I am able to do things that are not really what I want to do, but I know that God has called me to do the task. I will do it faithfully because my God and Savior has called me to do this. He then blesses me with little gifts while doing this task that helps me find the joy that I need at the time. I am so grateful for such a faithful and loving God who loves me, His daughter.

 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your ways to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:4-5

“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. Fear the Lord, you His saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come my children, listen to Me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” Psalm 34:8-11

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” Psalm 1:1-3

  There is a pattern that we can learn about God here. When we desire to walk with God in all His ways, which is a gift from God, then He will take notice of us and He will make a way for us to grow even more for His purposes and for His Kingdom! I don’t know how that makes your heart feel, but that makes my heart jump for joy to be able to serve my King in heaven and to be useful in so many ways!!

  We will now be reading the book of Ezra for three weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia