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Matthew 4:1-8
In part one we looked at Mt. Ararat - the mount of new beginning and sacrifice. I hope that you have settled in your hearts this year to start anew with your spiritual life. It will not be an easy road seeing that Satan has plans of his own for you and I ( 1 Peter 5:8 ).
Realizing that to reach each of these mountain tops we must pass through the valleys of trials, temptation, and testing. As God is on our side ( Romans 8:37 ) let us climb on to the next mountain.
In Exodus 17:5, 6 we come to the "rock" at Horeb - the mountain of refreshing..."...I will stand before thee there upon the "rock" in Horeb;...that the people may drink."
Here, the children of Israel had journeyed from the wilderness of "Sin" and pitched in Reph'-i-dim, where no water was to be found. A fitting name, for surely Sin is a wilderness of wondering, trying one's own ways instead of following God's man. Many people today have spent their lives wondering because they simply will not follow the man of God that has been placed in their lives. My friend there is no refreshing of the soul for those always in contention with other brothers and sisters in Christ, only dry waterless deserts where many die a spiritual death ( no growth ) because of sin.
You say, "How do I quench this thirst?, Where do I find these "refreshing" waters. Thought you'd never ask. There are many verses I could use but one will suffice.
John 7:37, 38..."In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, ( drinks ), as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ( satisfaction )
Friend, today if you've been wondering in a life of sin, why not turn to that "Rock" that is higher than you and I, thirsting after His Word, and find a refreshing drink of "living" water that will never leave you thirsty, but will give you a great renewing of the Spirit of God within you. You see, the "rock" at Horeb was not only the mountain of refreshing...oh my friend, it brings an unending "satisfaction" to that soul right with God and following those who have been placed over them for the protection and growth in the Lord!
Isaiah 43:20..."The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen."
What a challenge this verse has for me and you. My dear Christian friends, if we are to be "waters in the wilderness" for a lost and dying race, and yet on the other hand, "rivers in the desert" for that one who has lost their way and wondered away from God's protection, we must ourselves be first to thirst after that living water and be drinking from the cisterns of God Almighty Himself!...Whew!...Amen!
Realizing that to reach each of these mountain tops we must pass through the valleys of trials, temptation, and testing. As God is on our side ( Romans 8:37 ) let us climb on to the next mountain.
In Exodus 17:5, 6 we come to the "rock" at Horeb - the mountain of refreshing..."...I will stand before thee there upon the "rock" in Horeb;...that the people may drink."
Here, the children of Israel had journeyed from the wilderness of "Sin" and pitched in Reph'-i-dim, where no water was to be found. A fitting name, for surely Sin is a wilderness of wondering, trying one's own ways instead of following God's man. Many people today have spent their lives wondering because they simply will not follow the man of God that has been placed in their lives. My friend there is no refreshing of the soul for those always in contention with other brothers and sisters in Christ, only dry waterless deserts where many die a spiritual death ( no growth ) because of sin.
You say, "How do I quench this thirst?, Where do I find these "refreshing" waters. Thought you'd never ask. There are many verses I could use but one will suffice.
John 7:37, 38..."In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, ( drinks ), as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ( satisfaction )
Friend, today if you've been wondering in a life of sin, why not turn to that "Rock" that is higher than you and I, thirsting after His Word, and find a refreshing drink of "living" water that will never leave you thirsty, but will give you a great renewing of the Spirit of God within you. You see, the "rock" at Horeb was not only the mountain of refreshing...oh my friend, it brings an unending "satisfaction" to that soul right with God and following those who have been placed over them for the protection and growth in the Lord!
Isaiah 43:20..."The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen."
What a challenge this verse has for me and you. My dear Christian friends, if we are to be "waters in the wilderness" for a lost and dying race, and yet on the other hand, "rivers in the desert" for that one who has lost their way and wondered away from God's protection, we must ourselves be first to thirst after that living water and be drinking from the cisterns of God Almighty Himself!...Whew!...Amen!
Hoping that today finds you "In His Grace"
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