Malachi 4:2
I
know that it’s very difficult to comprehend; at times it may feel as though you
will not be able to make it or overcome, the verse taken from the book of
Malachi teaches us today that God will show up and show out… You may feel like
your life is fruitless and without accolades; however, we are reminded today to
keep our faith and trust in the Lord for a breakthrough is coming your way… When
people appear to be moving faster than your faith, keep revering His name… When
you feel dejected and ready to throw in the towel, just know that “the sun of righteousness will rise with
healing in its wings…” Jesus was persecuted and appeared to lose; however
the death on the cross produced His greatest ministry… Today, know that you
will be persecuted, but in your most troubling days your ministry will be that
much more intense and exalted… God knows that walking under His guidelines
subject you to many obstacles and hardships that are thrust upon you or in your
path by the ways of this world… The Lord realizes that every time you
choose to follow Him you run the risk of losing friends and having sleepless
nights; however He wants us to find encouragement in today’s study verse
knowing that we will run free in victory and overcome the storms we face… This
first starts by saying, “But for you who revere my name…” We must stay
the course and revere (honor, respect and admire) the name of the Lord…
Proverbs 18:10 says, “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous
run to it and are safe.” No matter what you face or what opposition comes
before you, stand upon the promises of God and trust Him knowing that when you
revere His name He will protect and keep you… Malachi goes on to inform us that
the sun of righteousness will rise again, there is a day marked on the eternal
calendar, an hour when the clouds will part and Jesus will return unto this
earth… When the sun goes down darkness covers the earth; this very principle is
one that we must apply today knowing that dark has covered the earth… If we understand that He will rise again we
must understand that things must appear to have fallen first; situations must
seem to be insurmountable, trials must seem unconquerable, sin must feel too
tempting and Satan must appear to be winning… During the days of Noah there
were many who walked by him mocking him while he built the ark, their were many
laughing and being merry while he appeared loony and out of his right mind, but
when the floods came upon the earth we know who survived and who perished;
likewise, in Christ we appear to be loony from time to time, we appear to
people of this world to not know “how to
have a good time,” but we eagerly await the sun’s rise knowing that we will
be victorious and exalted…
Understand
that our hope may not be evident in the present sufferings that we may be
encountering right now; see Malachi reminds us today that in revering God we
patiently await His return and our rescue from this world of sin… We all have
been enslaved at one point in time in our lives… We have been imprisoned by our
bad choices, locked up behind our fleshly desires, and hindered by our own transgressions…
We have been scared by yesterday, and
our light has grown dim when looking into the future. It seems that nothing can
come of a positive in our lives. There is good news today for those who
revere the Lord, those who serve Him in spirit (within) and in truth (through
circumstances)… That good news is that through Christ death we no longer are
captives to sin. We have the key to our destiny, the choice is up to us and we
can choose to learn from our mistakes instead of allowing our mistakes to
control us. The sun of
righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. Christ has risen with all
power on earth and in heaven; He has everything that you stand in need up. He
is your shield through the fiery darts; He’s your comforter in times of loneliness,
He’s your healer in times of sickness, and your deliverer in times of confusion
and chaos. Christ came first to pave the way to God and when He left he went to
prepare a place for us… When He returns (rises again) He will escort us into
His kingdom and Sabbath will have no end… We revere Him because He first loved
us, we revere Him because He looked beyond our faults, and we revere Him
because He has deposited Grace and Mercy into our lives… It is because of Christ healing that we are even alive and reading this
message, it’s because of His sacrifice that we will be able to leap like calves
released from the stall. The stall is your current circumstance, your stall
is the way you feel when you don’t think things can get better, your stall is
the ceiling that has been placed in your life when you think that you can’t go
any higher… Your stall is limitations, but when you know the one and only true
God, when you understand who is the author and finisher of your faith, you will
be able to hold to God’s hand, you will be able to keep your joy through sorrow
and suffering! For there is healing in His wings, He has heard your cry, He has understood your moans and He will
deliver you from your current bondage (stall) unto the eternal Promise Land!
BE BLESSED!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment