Let it Be

Scripture: Exd 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Observation: "I AM" is the Hebrew word Hayah, which means to exist: Past, present, future. The best English equivalent is the forms of the word "Be", of which "I AM" is the present tense. All tenses are implied here, I Am, I was, I will be. In fact in the book of Revelations God uses all three tenses to say his name. In Revelations 1:8 God says "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty"

Application: God is eternity, he exists in the eternal. His ways don't always translate well into the past, or the present, or the future exclusively. In fact we can look at what he did in the past, without considering what he will do in the future, and it wont make any sense. Or we can look at prophesy in the future without looking at what he did in the past or present and that wont make any sense. Our brains dont process eternal existence well, we are time based creatures, but our destiny is eternity.

Prayer: Dearest Jesus, we love you Lord. I know that you have only good in your heart for me, and I trust you, even when I don't understand what you are doing. Help me to understand your works, and yet be wary of the devil who seeks to destroy your works.

Scripture: Gen 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be]. Gen 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

Observation: The prophesies of Jesus Christ are amazing, they extend back to the very beginning of the Bible, and throughout its many books. This prophesy is of Judah, who was the ancestor of Jesus. One of its meanings is that Jesus will be with us until the end (Shiloh, a time of peace).

Application: We can have assurance that Jesus will never leave us, he will always be with us until he takes us to that place of peace, which is ours for a possession... a gift from him.

Prayer: Thank You Jesus, that your blood secured eternal peace for us. I pray that none would refuse you, and the eternal destiny that you have secured for us.

Commitment

Scripture: Gen 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. Gen 17:24 And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Gen 17:25 And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Observation: Can you imagine grown men being circumcised? Can you imagine what it would take to convince a grown man to allow himself to be circumcised? But that is what they did, the same day that God told Abraham to do it! THAT is Commitment!

Application: How committed are we to our God? If he asked us to do something so painful, would we do it?

Prayer: Dearest Jesus, we love you Lord. Thank you that you first loved us. You know our hearts, you know our minds, you know our sin. Thank you that you have forgiven us and cleansed us. It is by you that we pray that we would have the commitment of Abraham, that our faith would be as strong as Abraham's through you.