Please Sir can I have some more?

Zechariah 7-9; Luke 13
Luke 13:6-8 ⁶Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. ⁷So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

⁸" 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "

Jesus mainly spoke in parables because just letting the people know everything right away without letting them think about things was too easy. Jesus wanted his people to learn something from each parable, because everyone was able to interpret the parable in their own way so they can relate it to what was going on in their lives.

Every person is going through something different. I am going through things that you, the reader, are not going through. However when we read the scripture we are reading the same thing. When God created us He didn't want us to be desolate and empty. He wanted us to be fruitful and full of life. Jesus, as man, understood depression, emptiness, loneliness, and hurt. Things that God didn't even understand before because even though He created man, he never was man, until Jesus. So when Jesus came he understood second chances. He understood that even if things don't look good right now, they can get better later.

I see things for what they are right now and God could say, ok she's had enough chances, her time is up. Yet Jesus would say wait! there is still more in her to give and I want to invest the time in her to see. God doesn't want me to be lazy. He wants me to work for Him, as an instrument, as His voice. My tree may look empty now but Jesus is saying, i will give you more time because I believe that you are worth it. And knowing that Jesus comes from God and is God only makes things that much better.

Lord,

Thank you for believing in me. Believing that there is more in me that I am worth investing more time. I can think that I am done but you know how much more is left. Father, you are my energy, my love, my life, my God, my everything. You wake me up in the morning and give me breath. I love you eternally

I forever love you always

Amen

He knew

Zechariah 4-6; Luke 12

Luke 12:35-38
³⁵"Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, ³⁶like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. ³⁷It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. ³⁸It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night.

Jesus, even before he was born, knew the world inside and out. He was there when God formed the earth and its people. Jesus was there when God wiped the earth of its perversions. He was there when God was pleased and disappointed. Jesus knew it all. He knew his people and those who were against Him. Jesus also knew the time when He would die and rise again and come back on earth to save his people. He knew.

There are times that i go through seasons that I really can't explain where that particular time in my life started. Seasons can be good and others can bring you down. This particular season in my life hasn't been the best and I forgot that God already knew that this season in my life was coming. He knew that I would be in a slump for some time. But he also knows the time and day that I will get out of it. He knows the joyful season that is coming up. However, I didn't prepare myself in this season.

No matter if it is up or down, we need to be prepared for God. He is our master and He can come knocking on the door any time. And some of us aren't prepared because the time in our lives aren't the best. But i think that's just an excuse. God wants us to praise Him, search for Him, find Him no matter where we are or what we are doing. No matter if things look good or bad...It is He that we need to praise, because when he does come back, we will be ready.

Father,
Thank you for never leaving my side no matter what place in life I was in. You were and always will be there for me and I can never thank you enough. You are my light and I trust in you during the dark days and nights. Forgive my forgetfulness and selfishness by not seeking you enough. I praise you all my days.
I forever love you always
Amen

Desperate?

Jeremiah 42-44; Psalm 48; Revelation 13

Jeremiah 42:5-6 ⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to tell us. ⁶ Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God."
This certain group of men were running for their lives. If they arrived at the wrong place they could've been captured and killed. They escaped death before and knew they needed more guidance. They were desperate.
Jeremiah 43:1-3 ¹ When Jeremiah finished telling the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything the LORD had sent him to tell them- ² Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, 'You must not go to Egypt to settle there.' ³ But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians, ^a]">[a] so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon."

When people become desperate they call on God. Whether they follow God or not, that's the first name that comes out of their mouth. In desperate times, people suddenly want to do things they are not used to because they think those things will get them out of their mess. These men, at first, were willing to do anything that God wanted them to do because they thought they knew what God wanted. But the moment they heard something foreign was when they turned their back on God.

There are many things that I want to do that God doesn't. There are many times when i heard Gods answer to my cry I thought it really wasn't God because than I would have to step out of my comfort zone. God doesn't want you or me to do what we want because God sees bigger and better things. God didn't want these men to get caught and die He wanted them to live and prosper. But when we don't listen to God is when God can't give us His blessings because we're not believing they're there.

Lord,
I ask today for more wisdom and better vision for the things you want to bless me with. I want your eyes and those things that you can give me because I know the world only wants to capture and kill me. But you want to bless and use me for your good. Keep me in your path and hold me close to you.
I forever love you always
Amen

9/7/2010 Agony in Hell

2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 40-41; Revelation 12

Revelation 12:7-9 ⁷And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. ⁸But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. ⁹The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him

In this particular story, John is explaining the vision that he had. The vision of when Jesus comes back and what happens to the people on earth and those that are already in heaven. At this moment, Michael is fighting against the devil and his demons because Satan wants his place back in heaven to corrupt it like he did with earth. Those angels that followed satan lost their places as well and found agony in hell.

Just because John is writing about what happens in the future, this happens everyday in heaven. Angels are fighting for our lives that we remain in the path of the Lord. When I sin, there is a possibility that my soul can be lost forever. But when the angels fight for me against the demons and I trust that the angels will win my soul is regained. My trust in the angels is my faith that everything will be OK after I sin. When I sin and recognize what i did I ask for forgiveness. I go to God and show Him that I don't only feel guilty but I am genuinely sorry for what I did and not do it again. However there are times when I will do it again, but in those repeated offenses I go back and believe that the blood of the lamb will save my spot next to Him in heaven.

Lord,
Thank you for the blood that you shed for me. You're blood and sacrifice has given me a place next to you and has allowed me to know you. My soul, my spirit, my life is in your hands. I place it and give it all to you
I forever love you always
Amen

9/6/2010 He's got the calling card

Ezekiel 29-32; Revelation 11 Revelation 11:16-17 ¹⁶And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.

The Lord is coming soon. No matter how long it takes, there will always be people saying the Lord is coming soon. And its because they are right. Gods timing is significantly different than ours, so when God says I am near and even though we may not feel Him, He is near. At the end of the world and when Jesus comes again, there will be a lot of death, terror, fear, & hate. And when all this happens, not only those who are sitting next to God on the throne need to praise Him, but us too.

In my fear and despair I am praising God. The Lord wants me to run to Him when I have a problem, an issue, if I'm confused, scared, angry, or hurt. I need to go to Him when my heart isn't right and when I've lost touch with Him. Its me that's holding the calling card and the phone because God wants to answer but I just need to call.

Lord,
Thank you for taking my call. Thank you for listening and helping me get right back up from the floor. There are times when I just want to give up but your light helps me through it all and knowing that your time is near that your face is near and that your love is with me, helps me go on.
I forever love you always
Amen

It is You

Ezekial 15-16; Psalm 70; Revelation 6

Psalm 70:4-5 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "Let God be exalted!"

⁵ Yet I am poor and needy;
come quickly to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay.

There are men that are out for blood. They don't care about others and would rather see others suffer because that's what they seek.

Than there are others that seek happiness within. Whether its through themselves or through God. When man searches happiness within himself he will always be disappointed because something will always be missing. However when man seeks for God, he will always find the greatest joy because God never comes up short.

There are times when I don't want to seek God because I feel like i don't deserve Him. And than I read a scripture like this and ask God for more help. Lord I am poor and needy! Lord I am a sinner! Lord I make the dumbest mistakes! What is wrong with me?! But the only thing I can tell God is "You are my help and my deliverer" God is the only one that can take me out of certain things to be able to walk the right path.

Lord,
You are my help and my deliverer. You are my Saviour and God. You are my redemption and holiness. You are strength when i am weak. You are mindful when I am forgetful. You are faithful when I can care less. You are all I want to be and all I want to be with. It is You.
I forever love you always
Amen