DRAW NEAR: WEEK 1 - WEDNESDAY

// WEDNESDAY //

Read - Psalm 96:10-13, Psalm 19:1-3

SOAP - Psalm 96:10-13

The part that stood out right away was in the translation (NLT) I read, Verse 10 says, "The world stands firm and cannot be shaken"... and the thought/revelation came to me that;

👫The 'world' (people) get shaken by the circumstances that come (Ex Covid-19)... but the 🌍 'world' (nature and the creation around us) STANDS FIRM and CANNOT be shaken!! WOW! They KNOW the hand of God is in it! They KNOW He reigns! They KNOW He is FAIR & JUST! The "world" just trusts it's Creator. They shout their praises and testimonies to 'the world' (us/people)!! 👏 Again, I am a music/song person (it's in my blood & a lot of how I learned and still learn Scriptures, etc) and again I started singing the song,

I WILL DO THE SAME!! 🎶 and another song

NEVER BE SHAKEN (Jared Anderson). (Link to Never Be Shaken is below).

My application; Trust in the Lord, He is FAITHFUL, JUST & TRUE.

Do NOT be shaken by circumstances, look to the Lord. See what creation is doing and PRAISE Him with them. Declare He reigns! REJOICE! Sing, Shout, Burst out with JOY! 🌳 Be a TREE planted by the waters! 🏞You will live in joy and peace.

A sidenote verse came, "The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!" 🌳👏

I have always pictured the trees waving their branches and the wind blowing them!

(There is also another song I learned as a young girl by Evie The Tree Song and it reminds me to keep my roots deep and running to the river no matter where I am, whether I am right beside the river or in the middle of a busy city!)

It also came to me the thought that each thing of creation praises in its own way, the skies cannot praise like the seas roar, nor like the trees dance & wave their praises... just like us. It doesn't matter HOW we praise, just that we DO IT! 👏

As I was writing and reading, I have worship music playing in the background, & the words of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" began to play, & it just hit me. The words

"Oh, the peace we often forfeit, O the needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer." IF we humble ourselves and PRAY He WILL HEAR from Heaven, forgive our sins and HEAL our land! PRAYER... I have always known it is important, but don't always do it as DEEP as I should. But WHAT A FRIEND we have in Jesus! God doesn't just want to JUDGE us, He wants to be our CLOSEST FRIEND! AMEN!

Love you ladies! 💕 Sorry not sorry for the long post again! I just perceive that God wants to tell us He is proud of us, His daughters who are taking this time to DRAW NEAR and be reminded that He is our FRIEND! He is ALWAYS there! His Word will not return void... it ALWAYS accomplishes that which He desires and it will prosper everywhere He sends it! (That is through us too!) (Isaiah 55:11) 📖

Here is the song by Jared Anderson if you desire to listen!  Never Be Shaken!!

Draw Near: Week 1 - TUESDAY

TODAY'S READING & SOAP Verse: 

// TUESDAY //

Read - Job 12:7-10, John 1:1-3

SOAP - John 1:1-3

"In the beginning, the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him."

Wow... so many revelations... so many bunny trails through the Scriptures/Word... Job's verses were good of course, but it was the ones in John 1 that hit me...

One main thing I pulled from our SOAP verses was originally nothing new as I have been a Christian forever... so I know and have studied & taught on the verses in John, so I know that Jesus is the Word and that He is God and was at the Beginning... and was at Creation. Everything was made through Him. But it was just made more clearer to me about the ACTS of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son- Jesus and God in Spirit- Holy Spirit. Jesus ONLY did that which He saw the Father doing... and basically SAID what the Father was doing. Holy Spirit is His POWER & WISDOM. (& more)

God is ALWAYS working as we know and has been referred to already a few times in our study notes/revelations... but these verses led me to John 5:16-30 & John 14:10-12... and then to Romans 10:17 & John 10:27...(see my notes or check out the Scriptures yourself if you wish.)

The Word!! Why is 'the' Word and 'THE' Word so important?? Exactly this... our faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Not just 'the' Word (His Bible) but 'THE' Word (Jesus). Do we KNOW His voice? Do we just HEAR it or do we LISTEN to it and OBEY it?? God speaks through HIS WORD (Bible and His Son) which is LOGOS (Ya I love doing word studies too! It's GREEK) but we have Holy Spirit with us to reveal and interpret the Word which is RHEMA (again Greek)! God doesn't just give His Word, He allows us to understand and interpret it and apply it to us.

In this time, my prayer was to OPEN THE EARS OF MY HEART to KNOW, HEAR, LISTEN & OBEY (& now the word RESPOND TO is coming to me)... Jesus SAID/DID what the Father did... and He told His disciples to 'do the work they saw Him do and that they would do greater things than this'... WOW!

SO THANKFUL FOR THE WORD and THE WORD!

Be blessed everyone! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, insights and revelations too! This is a time of GROWTH for us all. Love & Hugs!

DRAW NEAR: Week 1 Monday - The Heavens declare His glory!

     On April 13th, 2020 our Faith Tabernacle Ladies Group started a Women's Online Bible Study Group on Facebook and we are blessed to study along with a devotional created by LOVE GOD GREATLY (visit their website to learn more about them HERE). (Link opens in new window) We are following along together with the Study DRAW NEAR! In this Study we are encouraged to use the SOAP methid oof Bible Study. SOAP being, Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer. Now I added a second page to my SOAPing, and add additional Scriptures or pictures or thoughts that come to mind. For now I have to do it all on the computer as I can't print from home right now. We are now on Week 3, and I am gleaning so much from Holy Spirit and from the other ladies and their revelations, interpretations, wisdom and growth as well.  So I figured I would share my insights here on my blog as well in hopes that others may glean from it too! I do NOT know who sees this blog or who reads it. I haven't been faithfully posting, so my followers have probably dwindled. LOL! But for now, here we go...  I have a lot to copy and paste... LOL! Thanks for reading and feel free to comment below and add your own thoughts and revelations if you read the verses too. Be blessed.

TODAY'S VERSES to READ: Psalm 19:1-3 (our weekly memory verse) and PSALM 33:6-9

SOAP Verse: Psalm 19:1-3

PSALM 19: 1-3 NLT "The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak;  night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard."

PSALM 33:6-9 NLT "The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him. For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command."

Here are some of my notes...

God is soooo good. Well of course when I read the Scripture, the song "I Will Do the Same" came flooding into my head... and as I think of the skies and the heaven (and all of creation really) all consistently doing what they are created to do... and without sound. If "I will do the same"... then I have to display God's craftsmanship (I used the NLT translation)... and as a crafter that word has always stick out to me. The craftsmanship of God...

I am someone who LOVES life application... (and I have used the SOAP method before). Just as I am writing this, I am reminded of an object lesson I learned as a young girl (and have used the same lesson again and again to teach as well) using a needlepoint/embroidery creation. We were shown the beautiful design on the front and how our lives are like this on the hands of the Creator... but sometimes our lives can be "messy" and they flipped it over and showed the back side of the embroidery design full of yarn/thread and knots and mixed up colors. We don't display that side... same as we are to display the handiwork or craftsmanship of God. We still have troubles or trials or storms, but in the hands of the Creator we glorify Him! 

i also LOVE watching sunrises and sunsets... the promise of a new day and the hope for tomorrow... The skies proclaim God's glory and we should too! I WILL DO THE SAME!


BE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING!