Redeemed

Jeremiah 29:11-14

One of the unique attributes of God is that he is omnipresent.  He is present everywhere at the same time. God observes everything we do.

Psalm 139

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me;

Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

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Jeremiah 23:23-24

Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off?

Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

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Acts 17:28a

…for in Him we live and move and have our being…

It’s all for his glory.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭94:16-19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?

If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

Wisdom

“We are to ask God for wisdom for coping with our trials, not just deliverance from them. Wisdom means the spiritual capacity to see and evaluate life and conduct from God’s point of view. It involves making right choices and doing right things according to both God’s will revealed in his word and the leading of the Spirit. We can receive wisdom by coming to God and asking for it in faith.” - Donald Stamps

James‬ ‭1:5-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.

But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.

Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

You don’t have to wander in the darkness. The world is so very dark. But, we don’t have to wander around because his word is our light.  He will speak to us.

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path (shows me the way).” Psalm‬ ‭119:105‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”Hebrews‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Omnipotent, immortal, infinite!

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭24:7-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!

Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory!

Selah

CH Spurgeon -

Everlasting doors: Heaven’s gates are called everlasting because they will endure forever, or because they are the doors to the life that is everlasting.

The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle: We know Jesus’ might by the battles he fought in the victories he won over sin, death, and hell. We clap our hands as we see him leading captivity captive in the majesty of his strength (Eph 4:8). Oh, for a heart to sing his praises! Mighty hero, be crowned forever King of kings and Lord of lords.

The open gates of heaven invite the weakest believer to enter.

DC Stamps -

King of glory. These verses are messianic; the King of glory is the Lord Jesus (John 1:14). The “generation of those who seek him” must pray that the “King of glory” will come. This prayer for God‘s kingdom to come anticipates Christ’s eternal reign and the final destruction of evil. (see Zec 9:9, Mt 6:10, Rev 19-22)

‭‭John‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Oh, that you would choose life. Oh, that you would choose blessing.

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭30:19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses.

Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:28-31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”

DC Stamps:

“To hope in the Lord is to trust Him fully with our lives; it involves looking to him as our source of help and grace in time of need. Those who hope in the Lord are promised;

1) God‘s strength to revive them in the midst of exhaustion and weakness, of suffering and trial;

2) the ability to rise above their difficulties like an eagle that soars into the sky, and

3) the ability to run spiritually without tiring and to walk steadily forward without fainting at God’s delays.

“My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.”

“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me.

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.

But take heart, because I have overcome the world.””

The heart of repentance… As an individual, as a church, as a nation.

‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3:40-42‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭13:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.” ❤️

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭63:7-8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.