Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 Nisan 5768

"So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes....Be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, and her people a joy,  I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people; the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying." (From Isaiah 65:16-19)

"Jews are not wanted here."  This was Germany in the 1930s.  This was all Europe for centuries.  This is today.  One of the most sad realities on this Holocaust Remembrance Day is that for many centuries people who called themselves Christians were participators with the anti-Semites, the Jew baiters.  They were like the people in the US who went to church services on Sunday mornings and lynched Black people on Sunday evenings.  Any people who attempt to eliminate Jesus Christ from any area of their life will stand before the Great White Throne Judgment of God.  

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.  How many remember and stand with the Jews?  Even our own US Government does not understand what "standing with" someone really means.  On May 8, we leave for the Land of the Jews to help them remember, remember the faithfulness of the Living Triune God from the beginning, remember His faithfulness in keeping them alive as a people group, coming to them in Jesus, the Messiah, though most still are rejecting Him, and to pray in the Land, the Land to which the Messiah will return to set up His Kingdom on earth and reign from Jerusalem. 

There are friends of mine who do not hold to this eschatology.  There are many in the Christian Church who are "replacement theology" people.  Some look at Daniel and Revelation as allegory.  Some believe that the references to Jerusalem refer prophetically only to "The New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven."  Regardless, take a moment today to do what the Jews in Israel do.  At a certain time today, there will be sirens all over the country.  People will stop what they are doing, some who are driving will stop their vehicle and get out to stand in silent remembrance.  It could all happen again. 

Please pray for health and prosperity in body, soul, and spirit.  Pray especially for our time at "The Wall."  In the past, I have had powerful encounters with the Jews there.

Father, in Jesus' Name, none of us know as much as we think.  Whatever I need to know, I know you will let me know.  Amen.

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"It's All Right--We Have Eternity Together" (Jesus)

"But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head."  (Psalm 3:3-- RSV)

 

I first heard a song taken from our text back in the early 1990's-- simple, powerful, encouraging, affirming.  I have not been feeling well for the past couple of weeks, but this "simple" verse, this simple confession of faith, this "God-Breathed" Word this morning has been a great encouragement and comfort.  You know, when you have walked with our Lord Jesus for as long as you can remember, "through many dangers, toils, and snares," it really doesn't take much to lift your head.

 

If you opened this devotional today looking for some deep, new revelation, you may have overlooked that fact that The Blessed Trinity is right there with you and in you saying, "Child, never, never forget, 'I am a shield about you.  I am your Glory, and the Lifter of your head.  'Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away,' and that means, You and I will never pass away."  It's going to be all right.  We have Eternity together.

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, You are dearer each day.  Amen.

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How Do You Deal With the "Zigzaggings" of Life?

"But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another."

(Psalm 75:7)

 

I read earlier about the vicious tornadoes which went through southeast Virginia.  One photo showed a tornado going right between two houses, leaving them unscathed.  The one directly in its path was leveled.  One writer said that the tornado "zigzagged" it's way for miles. 

 

How do you deal with the "zigzaggings" of life?  Why one "house" and not the other?  Be very, very, careful not to conclude that the reason the "storm" passed your house and not your neighbors' was that you were "better" than they.  I have heard these questions over the years:  "Why do some Believers in Jesus Christ die so young, while so many wicked live into their 90's; why do the wicked prosper and live in health, while so many Believers in Jesus are poor and sick?"

 

You might as well put away that "manual" which has the answers for everything.  And, while you are at it, stay away from the person who always has an answer for everything.  The Bible doesn't do that!  In fact, a lot of people in the Gospels went away from Jesus with more questions than answers.  The "peace of God which passes all understanding" does not "keep your hearts and minds" in answered questions, but "in Christ Jesus."  I highly recommend more time in the Words of Jesus than in the words of........................................................................................................................... 

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, please be with that family I saw today, standing in the midst of what used to be their house.  Thank You that they still have their home.  Amen.

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The Love of Jesus Christ-- Remedy Against Failure

"Love never fails." (1 Corinthians 13:8)

 

The word for, "love," in our text is translated, "Charity," in the KJV.  In my opinion, it is the best description of love.  Charity gives, as Jesus said, "expecting nothing in return."  My Dad once said, "Love is doing loving things."  Maybe that is where so many fail--- "Love is doing...."  The best translation of John 3:16 is, "For God loved the world this way------------- He gave...."  There you have it.  Giving, doing what is best for others, "expecting nothing in return," resisting the opposite of charity, which is selfishness, this will "never fail!"

 

If you consider our text in context, the conclusion is that everything but this Love of the Father, revealed solely in Jesus Christ, "fails."  If we have failed, others have failed us, if our homes, businesses, churches, schools, steel mills, etc., etc., have failed, then love must not have been involved.  I have no doubt that if that which has failed in our lives would have been immersed in the Love which is Jesus Christ, failures would have been replaced with great success stories.  Just give this "radical" concept a try.    

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, let me never forget that Your Word applies to everything--------------- everything!  Amen.

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