In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Friday, January 20, 2012

Promise 19 from Leviticus 23:24-25

Lev. 23:24-25 - "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord.'" - Just imagine, a whole culture that stops at the blow of a horn and rests. I can just see what that would look like today; At the same time all radios, TV's, computers, cellphones, weather warning horns and rams horns would all sound off in unison the same pitch, a mighty horn. Shops that had just been opened would close, people would turn around in their vehicles, horses or camels and go home, schools would shut down, internet services turned off, every business door would be shut and locked. Students would head to their dorm rooms, holidayers to their hotel rooms (or the beach or other place in nature). All would stop and take a day of rest. Can you imagine people taking one day specifically to sit around the fireplace or to camp out in the backyard just to chat, to do absolutely nothing, no games, no reading, no internet, no facebook, no TV, nothing that would separate one from another (except to sleep) and just chat with one another in a relaxing quiet environment. Go one step further and add, offering songs of praise together and praying to the Lord together as family and friends, offering that time up to Him. Can you imagine? This was a commandment to His people by God, so why aren't His people doing this? What a blessing we are missing out on!

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