Deliver from enemies

 

 

 

People expected to be protected by Yahuah as they confess to believe in Him but still were involved with sin.  They thought there would not be any consequences for practicing sin.

This is what King Zedekiah of Judah thought when he asked Jeremiah to inquire of Yahuah to deliver them from their enemy when Babylon was preparing to attack Jerusalem.

 

Jeremiah 21:2 Please inquire of Yahuah for us. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonis warring against us. Perhaps Yahuah will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that he may go up from us.

Perhaps the King of Judah thought that all Yahuah’s threatening would not be executed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But Jeremiah informs them that Yahuah has removed His protection from Jerusalem and that the city and its people will be punished. Remember Yahuah sent all the prophets long before to warn the people to turn away from their sin.

They ignored these warnings. This needs to be an eye opener for us today that Yahuah will punish His people who live in sin.

Jeremiah 21:4-6 So says Yahuah, the Elohim of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war in your hand, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall. And I will gather them together in the middle of the city. And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched arm and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. And I will strike the people of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great plague.

This prophesy of punishment on Jerusalem happened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before the punishment happened, Yahuah gave the people of Judah an opportunity of grace when He said this to Jeremiah in chapter 22:1-4.

So, says Yahuah, go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this Word there, and say, Hear the Word of Yahuah, O king of Judah who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates. So, says Yahuah, do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one robbed from the oppressor's hand. And do not oppress the foreigner, the widow, or the orphan, and do not do violence nor shed innocent blood in this place. For if you indeed do this thing, then there shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History shows the people of Judah (Yahudah) did not hear the Word of Yahuah.

Will we hear the Word of Yahuah?

 

Labour and sorrow for Jeremiah

 

 

Jeremiah was born to see hardship in his life. Yahuah choose Jeremiah to be His prophet and he had a difficult task as his prophesy included the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem.

Read Jeremiah chapter 19 to see what destruction was prophesied on the nation of Yahudah (Judah) due to their continues sin.

Jeremiah expresses his turmoil in the midst of his persecution by the people because of his repeating prophesy on the destruction of Jerusalem and the people of Yahudah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hear his words in Jeremiah 20:7-18 and imagine yourself being in his shoes. You have to feel sorry for what he went through but in this turmoil, Jeremiah still praises Yahuah.

Verse 7-8 O Yahuah, You enticed me, and I was enticed. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have been ridiculed all day long, everyone mocks me. For when I speak, I cry out, proclaiming violence and ruin. Because the word of Yahuah was made to me a reproach and a derision daily.

Verse 9 Whenever I said, “Let me not mention Him, nor speak in His Name again,” it was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones. And I became weary of holding it back, and was helpless.

Jeremiah tried to keep quiet and not prophesy but his heart was on fire to speak the truth. With the Ruach (Spirit) we too should be on fire.

 

Verse 10-11 For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.” But Yahuah is with me like a mighty, awesome one. Therefore, my persecutors shall stumble, and not prevail. They shall be greatly ashamed, for they have notacted wisely – an everlasting reproach never to be forgotten.

People were talking about persecuting Jeremiah but he knew Yahuah would protect him.

In the verses below Jeremiah feels sorry for himself (Don’t we sometimes do the same). I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow.

 

 

Verses 14-18 Cursed be the day in which I was born! Let the day not be blessed in which my mother bore me! Let the man be cursed who brought news to my father, saying, “A male child has been born to you,” making him very glad. And let that man be like the cities which Yahuah over threw, and repented not. Let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noon, because I was not slain from the womb, so that my mother should have been my grave and her womb forever great. Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a believer, we must trust Yahuah’s Ruach presence in us no matter what we go through. Jeremiah expressed himself in sorrow but he still trusted Yahuah.

Jeremiah 20: 13 Sing to Yahuah. Praise Yahuah. For He has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

 

 

Walk in our own plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do we speak to Yahuah about our plans and will He bless us with the plans we come to Him?  Jeremiah 4 in various  verses Yahuah says the people walk according to their own plans with stubbornness.

 

Jeremiah 18:12 But they shall say, “It is no use! For we walk according to our own plans, and we do each one the stubbornness of his evil heart.”

Jeremiah 7:24 “But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

 

Jeremiah 16:12 ‘And you have done more evil than your fathers, for look, each one walks according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 “The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it? “I, Yahuah, search the heart, I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Jeremiah 23:17 “They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘Yahuah has said you shall have peace.’ And to all who walk according to the stubbornness of their own heart they say, ‘No evil comes upon you.’ ”

 

Jeremiah 7:25-26 “From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. “But they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did evil, more than their fathers.

1 Samuel 15:23 “For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahuah, He also does reject you as sovereign.”

 

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!

 

Revelation 2:23 “And I shall slay her children with death. And all the assemblies shall know that I am the One searching the kidneys and hearts. And I shall give to each one of you according to your works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These verses tells us everything we need to know so we do not have any excess not know what truth is.

You and I decide what path we want to follow, it is a choice.

 

Man joining to his wife

 

 

 

I recently was honoured to witness my daughter getting married to a wonderful man. When it was known that they were going to get married, I took every opportunity during our visiting time to share my thoughts on marriage life and adult life in general.

My parents never spoke to me about marriage and adult life which I believe would have made an impact on me and my siblings if they took the time to speak to us. I saw romance and marriage through movies, through friends which I realize today are not realistic but just fairy-tale stories.

I had the opportunity to speak at their wedding reception and my message to both of them was from a biblical perspective with a trust that it would be a blessing. Below was my speech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marriage between a man and a woman is a beautiful union installed from the beginning of our existence. Without marriage there will be no family and no nation. The God of the Bible, created a man and woman to become a family and a nation of families.

The scripture (bible) talks about a man leaving his parents’ house and joining to his wife as they become one. There is a much deeper meaning to when a man and woman join together and became one but in short it is the sexual union between a husband and wife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly, there is a wicked force that will take no time to attack this marriage with attacks been continues throughout their life. Married couples should be prepared at all times and as a team of one fight these forces of attacks.

A marriage should be a closed quarter with nobody allowed to enter unless a partner or both allow it to be opened. Partners need to listen to each other’s concerns, one or both will notice something is going astray and then act on it immediately.

Being locked together as one union will have a stronger chance of overcoming these bad forces of attacks.

 

 

 

 

 

A husband and wife can be even stronger together if they have this force with them been in union as one.

This force is so strong that when both husband and wife have this equally their marriage will be rock solid making attacks on the marriage difficult.

That force is known as Love.

There are two types of love. Let me briefly explain the two types of love I have noticed over my life span and how I came to understand love at the age I’m now.

The first love is the worldly love. I call this the bubble gum love; starting off with a gum full of flavour, chewing the gum until the flavour is gone and the jaw is sore of chewing, the gum is spit out and replaced with a new one. This type of love is mostly found in movies, love story books etc. This love is generally expressed through worldly gifts etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second love is to me “true love”. This type of love cannot be bought, as it comes from deep within a person. Many will say it’s from your heart but it’s much deeper than that and I can only express it as coming from your inner soul.

This is how I came to understand this true love but for others it may be in a different manner. Yahuah asks us to love Him with all of our heart, soul and mind. How is it possible to love someone that you cannot see and then on top of this He says ‘If you love Me, do My will.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Took me a long time to understand this love but eventually after committing my life to His will was I able to grasp this love He asked from me. This revelation changed my life and my love for my children was expressed differently than before.

It’s a love that does not fade over time, in fact the longer you two are together the stronger the love becomes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the love our Heavenly Father speaks about when a man joins to his wife and they become one. This love hurts when there is a separation. It is like a part of you is torn from you and you don’t complete recover.

This is the love we need to have for Yahuah and then we can enjoy this love for our wife or husband and children; its true love…..