Who can apprehend the favor of God!

We are almost ready to say goodbye to Liviticus! Hopefully, you are continuing on in reading. I have been impressed with how important the law is to God. How serious He is with obedience way back then and now! God spoke to Moses and Aaron, they instructed the people and the people made choices to obey or not obey. I am so thrilled to know that we serve a God Who has a plan and who speaks!

In reading Leviticus 26 there is a beautiful confirmation that God blesses obedience. I am so thrilled to be living on this side of the cross knowing more fully the grace of God! "Trust and Obey there is no other way to be happy (blessed, favored) in Jesus but to trust and obey." It is by grace that we trust in Jesus. The walk of faith is by grace. The filling of the Spirit is by grace through faith. I am very grateful to be favored by God.

"I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers and I will keep my covenant with you. You will be eating last years harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. I will put My dwelling place among you. I will not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high." Leviticus26: 9-13

Are you experiencing the favor of God? Be grateful! If not, seek the Lord while He may be found. His grace and favor are just a prayer of faith away. His blessings to you and your. These verses are grand to pray for yourself and your dear ones!

Discipline AND Creativity

Good morning! As we plow through Liviticus let's take heart believing that "no discipline is pleasant but afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness." Today I read in "Slice of Infinity" a piece on the value of routine and discipline.
I thought it might interest and encourage those of you who are continuing. Press on!

http://www.rzim.org/resources/read/asliceofinfinity/todaysslice.aspx?aid=10807

Singing with Moses

This week our pastor called Liviticus "the graveyard of the one year bible readers! May I encourage you to hang in there pursuing God and His Word for it is able to bring such joy to our hearts. Jeremiah 15:16 says, "Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts." Spend an extra few minutes and take a look back. Sing with Moses today when he had crossed the Red Sea in Exodus 15. It is often helpful in a desert place to remember passed victories. What was your greatest battle won by the Lord? You may even want to write your own song of deliverance and sing it to the Lord.

• What God has done
• Who He is
• What I will do in response to Him

In discussing enemies it is important to note who our real enemies are (The devil, our flesh, etc.) and focus on what God has done and will continue to do to give us victories in the battles of life.

In verse 13 Moses begins looking toward the future focusing on what God will do. What was he expecting God to do? What are you expecting God to do in your future? What is your hope? It has been said that biblical hope is faith focused on the future or confident expectation. These verses are wonderful to pray over for ourselves and for others we care about who are facing life's challenges.

Elizabeth Elliot relates in her book Through Gates of Splendor of a band of men traveling into the jungles of Ecuador to share God's Word with the Auca Indians. As they went they sang a song.


We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender!
We go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.

Yes, in Thy Name, O Captain of salvation!
In Thy dear Name, all other names above;
Jesus our Righteousness, our sure Foundation,
Our Prince of glory and our King of love.

We go in faith, our own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Thy grace to know:
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
“We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.”

We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender!
Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise;
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.

More later on Liviticus but sing today and enjoy our Savior!

A Great Faith Builder!

As you read through the bible this year consider underlining with a wavy line everything God is or does. It is an amazing exercise. This is my second year to so mark and I am finding more and more that I am discovering how really big our God is! It is thrilling to look back at the end of each day to my "wavy lines" and praise God for all He is and does! Wonderful to confirm that nothing is too hard for God!

On the Journey with Moses

Some of the things we learn about God from the account of the travels of Moses -

• God has a plan for nations, families, individuals and generations and His plan works together for good for His people and His glory.


• God wants to make a distinction between His people and others.


• God is the ultimate Deliverer but will call people into leadership in the process.


• God will use signs and wonders to show Himself to hard hearts and strengthen the faith of His people.


• God sometimes gives detailed plans (The Tabernacle).


• God gives promises and guidance in the fulfilling of His promise. (cloud and fire)


• God gives His presence to go with His people.

* A project for the future and an extra blessing

An interesting way to study the account of Moses is to mark the conversations of Moses and God and then think about how his kind of praying can be incorporated into your prayer life. (to get you started look at Exodus 3:1-21, 4:1-17,5:22, 32:11-14, 33:7-21, 34:8-9 and many more)