Daily Bread - NOV/26/07

Psalms 84:11 - For Yahweh God is a son and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; He will not withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly.

Our God is our protector and provider, so we have nothing to fear. Just as He told Abraham not to fear, we should hear the same reassuring voice of God telling us that He is our shield (Genesis 15:1; 1 John 4:17-18). If we will set the purposes of God first in our lives then God will give to us all the things that men spend their lives seeking after (Matthew 6:33; Mark 10:28-30; Philippians 4:19; Hebrews 11:6). God's grace is the means by which we are empowered to do everything that He has purposed us to do. In the realms of His grace are wisdom and understanding and the ability to accomplish every task. God's glory carries with it every attribute of His power and wealth. If we are willing to walk uprightly we will discover that God has set us in a place of honor so that He can do the immeasurable riches of His grace that He has given to us through Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:6-7; 1:3; Proverbs 22:4; 1 Chronicles 16:27; 2 Peter 1:3).

The most important thing is the manifest presence of Jesus that is brought to us by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13-15; 1 John 3:24). The Holy Spirit has come to help us and to teach us how to increase with the increase of God (Colossians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; Ephesians 4:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Peter 1:8, 11). It is the soul prosperity and the increase in the manifest presence of God that must lead the way in our lives (3 John 2; 2 Peter 1:3; Ephesians 1:18). As the anointing of His presence increases so will everything else in our lives. We will prosper and be in health in direct proportion to the way that our souls prosper. We must recognize that God has a fast track for increase so that we can see thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and even one hundredfold increase in our lives, but the way is obedience to His word and being yielded to the Holy Spirit so that we may walk uprightly (Matthew 13:23). We cannot allow hard and stony places in our lives. We must beware that we do not allow thorns to grow up and choke the word of God that would otherwise bring forth the fruits of this abundant life. We have to see sin as a thief and a robber that is come to steal, kill, and destroy all the blessings that God has intended for our lives (John 10:10; Jeremiah 5:25). Those who walk uprightly and seek God will discover that God rewards those who seek Him and no good thing will He withhold from them (Hebrews 11:6)

Be blessed,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org