The train of His robe FILLS the temple

I apologise for the lack of blog recently-I have a lot on and generally haven't got round to writing the blog....bleh-I'm going to try and make this one pretty quick as I have 2 saved in the draft section that I did not manage to finish...

I was reminded again by God of something truly wonderful, which God lead me to share on Sunday morning so I've decided to put it out there to share with you all...In Isaiah 6v1 it says:

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

When we were worshipping on Sunday I was reminded of a preach that I heard Duane White speak on this verse and he shared that in the times when this verse would have been written, when a King went to war with another king-whichever King lost-his robe would be cut and would be added to the robe of the victorious King. So do you see?? When the train of his robe fills the temple-He has beaten EVERY enemy, He has been victorious over them ALL and their robes have been added to HIS...he is the victorious one.

So what does that mean for us?? It means Jesus is the ultimate victorious King and He, if He is your King is victorious over all your enemies too, every sickness, every disease, every accusing voice that you tells you that you have no right to enter the kingdom of God or that tells you something that is contradictory to Word of God, you can-in Jesus name disarm and defeat them all because He, our King and Captain already has. By the way-it fills the temple...the Word says our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit...just a thought.

HALLELUJAH!!

Where is your treasure

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also ,"

Matt 6:21, Luke 12:34

This verse came to mind today and I've not been able to stop thinking about it...When I've heard this verse spoken on or when I have thought about it-treasure has been time or talents or skills but actually when you look at the passage it is in the context of finance. The treasure that Jesus is talking about here is money...cash,wages...

I think about money alot more these days than I ever used to - partly because I now work for a debt counselling charity CAP and also because, if I'm honest-I earn less than I have preciously in my post graduation career...

Money is the language everyone in the world understands-whether you have alot of alittle, you know about money-its primarily the thing we understand as having value...which is why Jesus's statement cuts right to the heart, or at least it should for us here in the West because if we are honest its the only thing that we understand the value of. Whilst we know that time and skills are valuable I don't believe we understand their value until they have a price tag on them.

That then begs the question, what do I place value on?where does my money go?if it all goes on food does it mean that's where I am seeking to satisfy myself with that and not trusting in God for my daily bread?If I am spending my money on make-up and clothes, am I looking to spend money to form my identity in the exterior rather being content as a child of God?

Please hear me I am NOT saying we should not spend money on ourselves, on nice food to enjoy what God has given and buying nice clothes, if you can afford it, to show off the creation God has made...but Jesus says what we invest with our 'treasure' in, that's where our heart is...is it in material things, or donations or loving people, social action or the church?

Where is your heart?

Well I thought 1 month was a long time not too blog...

But 6 months of no blog....thats shocking!!I can only apologise for that...
So after 6 months you may wonder what wonderful insight I have to share?what fantastic peral of wisdom do I have up my sleeve?

Well...the way that I'm feeling at the moment, not alot really-since I last wrote I've had some rough times but also some amazing time like New wine and M+M 010 (as always :) ) but there hasn't been any major revealtion, but something that struck me the other day...
I was listening to desert song by Hillsong and refrain, which I've always enjoyed hit me again - it goes like this:

All of my life,
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing,
I have a reason to worship

As I listened I realised whilst major revealtions about God are wonderful and as He reveals more of Himself to us that causes us to worship with a new song, maturity comes when you can, whatever feelings may tell you-God is still worthy of praise, of adoration, worship...

Whether we are walking through a desert or in the middle of the mountain top or we are finding the race abit tricky...He is STILL God and so we ALWAYS have a reason to sing...to worship.

Life is full of ups and downs but Thou on Lord...

I can't believe now long it has been since I wrote an entry...I apologise...

As the title suggests, I've had a fair bit going on recently. Particularly in this past week in the job I do for the debt counselling, CAP, I have experienced the extreme joy of seeing a client have an actual miracle of being debt free, another client and her mother come to church for the first and enjoy it...to the extreme sadness of having a client die and their having to be investigated...and on top of all this, having to work extra hours and take on greater responsibility at work
Previously I will admit that I under lesser circumstances I have broken down, said to God its not fair and slowed down in my walk with him in order to try and sort out the mess on my own...which doesn't work! But Praise God as he tells us in the Word-that when we are in Christ, He changing us from one degree of glory to another (2 Cor 3:18) and I have changed, I realise now-looking back...Yes I cried in both circumstances but not once did I question, did I wonder about the exist of God or His kindness or goodness...those questions never entered my mind-I learnt that I need to surrender and to trust (realising the increase of my faith in Christ!) I did not realise the truth of this until last night when we sang a song at choir last night. Its one we have sung for a long time, but with everything that had happened over the past week-the words had a new meaning to me.The chorus goes like this...

For Thou Oh Lord, are a shield for me. The glory and the lifter of my head.
For Thou Oh Lord, are a shield for me, the glory and lifter of my head.

I understand that these are words of comfort for those in troubled times but if you think about them, they are so much more than that. These words, based on scripture, are a beautiful illustration of what God does for us.

In our circumstances He is our shield, protecting us to make sure that what we face is not too much to bear. He is our protection and guard and with Him I know I can face the battle.

Our glory-in all the good times, when good things seem to rain down-He is the cause, He is the one who made it happen, He is our Glory...He is the only way that we can have any glory, it says in the Word all good things come from Him and therefore any good from us is from Him anyway. He is our glory.

He is also the lifter of our head-in hard times, this calls us to raise our head above the circumstances and focus on Him but in the good times reminds us that a) the best is yet to come and b) that He, as I said, is the only one who can bring our good times anyway-He is the only one who can bring us through. Jesus tells us in JOHN 15, apart from him with can do NOTHING (verse 5)-we can't produce good fruit, which includes patience,kindness,goodness,gentleness...without Him. He is the source of our everything...He has to be...and that is SO liberating knowing He is in control and that ALL He does is good...