Trusting In God’s Deliverance. Part [17] 08/13/2025 (Evening thought)

2nd Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

We are living at a time where persons who speak the truth could be targeted in various ways, and the book of Revelation tells us that as the inhabitants of earth become more averse to truth, the risks would also increase to those who preach present truth. The prophecies which predict the soon coming of Christ, and the end of the world as we know it, do not jive with current agendas that are adopted by many persons in high and low places.

Therefore, it will require wisdom and prudence born of God, to preach the truth without watering it down for any self-preservation reason. Most importantly, it may become necessary for The Lord to send His servants into enemy territory, for as was stated before, the preachers must not presume to go, just because the preaching of unadulterated truth is inherently a good thing.

Therefore, the Christian must cultivate the humble and teachable spirit manifested by our brethren in days gone by, meaning that at times, God may tell us to stand our ground, while in other instances, we may be instructed to run and hide. Let earnest prayer for God’s wisdom, guidance, and direction be lifted up often, so that whatsoever we do and wheresoever the preacher might be sent, it would be at God’s command solely.

John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Trusting In God’s Deliverance. Part [16] 08/12/2025 (Morning thought)

1st Kings 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

[Prophets & Kings pp 120>121] At the palace he solicited no admission, nor waited to be formally announced. Clad in the coarse garments usually worn by the prophets of that time, he passed the guards, apparently unnoticed, and stood for a moment before the astonished king. Elijah made no apology for his abrupt appearance. A Greater than the ruler of Israel had commissioned him to speak; and, lifting his hand toward heaven, he solemnly affirmed by the living God that the judgments of the Most-High were about to fall upon Israel.

“As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand,” he declared, “there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. It was only by the exercise of strong faith in the unfailing power of God's word that Elijah delivered his message. Had he not possessed implicit confidence in the One whom he served, he would never have appeared before Ahab. On his way to Samaria, Elijah had passed by ever-flowing streams, hills covered with verdure, and stately forests that seemed beyond the reach of drought.

Everything on which the eye rested was clothed with beauty. The prophet might have wondered how the streams that had never ceased their flow could become dry, or how those hills and valleys could be burned with drought. But he gave no place to unbelief. He fully believed that God would humble apostate Israel, and that through judgments they would be brought to repentance. The fiat of Heaven had gone forth; God's word could not fail; and at the peril of his life Elijah fearlessly fulfilled his commission.

1st Kings 17:8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!