Today I found fresh revelation from God.  It was tucked away in an Old Testament book with seemingly never ending chapters and dry reading.

In the book of Ezekiel, God’s people were forced to leave their home and were exiled into Babylon because their sin toward God was so great. But God told them through Ezekiel He would restore their prosperity.  He would lift them up from their lowly and humiliating state.

God gave His people a message of restoration.

Ezekiel 16:

53 “But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.

Then He used this comparison to help them better understand.

Ezekiel 17:

22 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take a branch from the top of a tall cedar, and I will plant it on the top of Israel’s highest mountain. 23 It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches. 24 And all the trees will know that it is I, the Lord, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”

Rejoice in God.  He takes care of His own.

Psalm 106:4-5

4 Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
5 Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.
Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;
let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

God provided in many ways for the Israelites when they left Egypt and headed toward the Promised Land. They were descendants of Abraham and He kept the promise He made to Abraham with them.  Christians are descendants of Abraham.  In our life’s journey for God, He amply provides.

It’s interesting to read through these verses and count the variety of ways God abundantly provided.

Psalm 105:

The Lord brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold;
and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they were gone,
for they feared them greatly.
39 The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering
and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail;
he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
41 He split open a rock, and water gushed out
to form a river through the dry wasteland.
42 For he remembered his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.
43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,
his chosen ones with rejoicing.
44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
and they harvested crops that others had planted.
45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees
and obey his instructions.
Praise the Lord!

This National Geographic video gives the details of the big struggle an eagle goes through around the age of 40.  It must choose putting forth the effort to live or give up and die.

It’s greatly within me. It drives me. The more I get of it, the more I want!  It’s the powerful, matchless Word of God!  The Bible’s words never return void! They will fully accomplish all God intends for them to do!  I’m 100% convinced. They convict all, including myself as I put them on social media! I love and need God’s Word always!

The great passion of God is that every person would truly follow Him.

God doesn’t forget the enduring actions of His own. God promises and gives an oath that we will be apart of the promises He gave Abraham. And those promises deal with prospering and being leaders so that the Gospel of Christ will continue to spread throughout the world.

Hebrews 6:

10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,[a] as you still do. 11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. 12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.

God’s Promises Bring Hope
13 For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:

14 “I will certainly bless you,
and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”[b]
15 Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

16 Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. 17 God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. 18 So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. 19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.

Christians should be growing in the things of God. Learning and applying.  It’s ridiculous to need baby’s milk, the basics of God’s Word, if you’ve been a Christian for awhile. We should be sinking our teeth into the meatier truths of the Bible and then making the truth alive in our actions.

Hebrews 5:

12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.  You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

God’s promised renewed youth~

Psalm 103 was originally written by David.  It’s filled with amazing promises that God has for those who are faithful.

Psalm 103:

1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
3 He forgives all my sins
and heals all my diseases.
4 He redeems me from death
and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
5 He fills my life with good things.
My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
6 The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
7 He revealed his character to Moses
and his deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
10 He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
12 He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
13 The Lord is like a father to his children,
tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
14 For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
15 Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
16 The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
17 But the love of the Lord remains forever
with those who fear him.
His salvation extends to the children’s children
18 of those who are faithful to his covenant,
of those who obey his commandments!
19 The Lord has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.
20 Praise the Lord, you angels,
you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
listening for each of his commands.
21 Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels
who serve him and do his will!
22 Praise the Lord, everything he has created,
everything in all his kingdom.
Let all that I am praise the Lord.