Exodus 14:14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Oh mih Friends, the pan was sweet! The ole fella took in the Caribana Pan Alive Competition last night and the music was excellent. I even had to eat mih words after ‘dissing’ the Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra re their not warranting a spot in the competition. Then they came up and threw dirt in mih face with some wonderful music that left me feeling they should come second to the reigning champions, the Sala Academy Band from Montreal. Oh Uncle John, you’d LOVE them, for they beat pan as it was meant to be, rich and harmonious. One older lady put it all in perspective by calling it, ‘sweet pan;’ the kind that just gets into your soul and has you automatically rocking and swaying. I didn’t stay for the results, but I’m sure there’ll be controversy as usual. It was also a Michael Jackson tribute day, for almost every side beat one of his songs as their tune of choice. One side even beat two Michael songs. Any way mih people, in some other good news; the T.O garbage strike is over. Hurrah! Praise the Lord! So all you fearful believers and otherwise, who listened to the propaganda machine, the foolish American media with the untruths about T.O overwhelmed with garbage, oonoo can come back now. And Today’s Bit is a continuation of what Moses told the Israelites when the Egyptians had them cornered at the Red Sea. After commanding them to ‘Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today…’ he continued: ‘The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.’ Oh Friends, there are so many instances of the Lord fighting for His people in the Old Testament that I can only quote a few. But first, hear this quote the Lord provided for today. Hn, Hn! I got so taken up in the pan that I almost forgot it, and it’s rather appropriate since it’s a Jewish Proverb. ‘From happiness to suffering is a step; from suffering to happiness is an eternity.’ And isn’t that the gospel truth mih people? It only takes a minute to go from joy to sorrow, but it seems to take forever to turn it around. And this is what the Israelites were then undergoing. After coming to Egypt and living the good life for a while, they ended up suffering ages of inhumane oppression, and even when it seemed they would get away from it all, the Egyptians refused to allow them to go peacefully. But we know that our most faithful God keeps all His promises, and so He did that momentous day. I like how He asked Moses: ‘Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak to the children of Israel that they go forward: But lift thou thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.’ (Ex.14:15-16) Wow mih Friends! Only someone with the utmost faith could have even contemplated the Lord’s command, much less tell the frightened multitude, then go and attempt it. But that’s the kind of faith, trust and courage the Lord inspires in His lieutenants. It was nothing hard for Him to do, but He needed people to believe that He was indeed the One and Only True God in the universe, to glorify His Name, so He had to put on a big show for their simple minds. And He tells Moses that clearly. ‘And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.’ (Ex.14:17-18) But would you believe it Friends, that after a million and one miracles, over eons of time, the Lord our God is still fighting to get honour and glory amongst men? Talk about a stupid, stubborn, hardheaded lot of humanity! After all this time, and so much outstanding work on our behalf, we shouldn’t be struggling to glorify His Holy Name today. But sadly, we are. Like the Israelites planted the seeds of the saying; ‘what have you done for me lately?’ and we are reaping the sad effects of doubt, disbelief, disobedience, greed and not believing until we see. But Friends, by the time we see, it’s usually too late. And let me also remind us that the Most High God Jehovah doesn’t really need anything from us. He’s sitting quite comfortably on His throne in heaven on high and nothing that happens on earth will affect His Sovereign Lordship. Yes, He would like us to LOVE, honour and obey Him, though that’s not for His sake, but for ours. If we don’t, nothing’s going to happen to Him, except He’ll be heartbroken, but we’ll end up in Hades with Lucifer and his evil cronies, suffering death, damnation and eternal darkness. He was already overly nice to send His only son Jesus to die for us, to pay our sin death. What else do we want eh? He doesn’t have any more sons to send. That’s it; matter closed. If we don’t believe on Jesus, then crapaud smoke we pipe! I’m just trying to point out here that we sometimes mistakenly and arrogantly believe that we’re doing God a favour by worshipping and adoring Him. But please forget, discard and throw away that silly notion immediately mih people. We’re not doing God any favours. We’re doing ourselves a great kindness, filled with much wisdom and common sense when we believe on Jesus, try to be like Him, and praise His Name. It’s essential we remember that. Ah mih people, I have to laugh yes, cause it seems I’ve gotten up on my soap box and the Spirit just led me on to proclaim whatever I’ve proclaimed. But note that I’m just the lowly messenger, so please don’t shoot me (smile) because it’s a rather important message I’m bringing; one the whole world needs to hear, believe and adopt. So please help me spread it by listening, then checking it out yourselves in the Good Book, and finally talking to our Father in Heaven about it. He’s waiting patiently for your call. All the lines are open, for busy signals don’t exist in heaven. And doh worry, we’ll continue the story tomorrow, once we don’t read our names in the obits. So till then, please, let’s just joyfully LOVE our God, and truly LIVE our Faith! It’s not that hard to do and it will be all to our ultimate benefit. Much LOVE!…we can either grow with God’s help…or suffer endlessly without it…our choice…
Oh mih Friends, the pan was sweet! The ole fella took in the Caribana Pan Alive Competition last night and the music was excellent. I even had to eat mih words after ‘dissing’ the Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra re their not warranting a spot in the competition. Then they came up and threw dirt in mih face with some wonderful music that left me feeling they should come second to the reigning champions, the Sala Academy Band from Montreal. Oh Uncle John, you’d LOVE them, for they beat pan as it was meant to be, rich and harmonious. One older lady put it all in perspective by calling it, ‘sweet pan;’ the kind that just gets into your soul and has you automatically rocking and swaying. I didn’t stay for the results, but I’m sure there’ll be controversy as usual. It was also a Michael Jackson tribute day, for almost every side beat one of his songs as their tune of choice. One side even beat two Michael songs. Any way mih people, in some other good news; the T.O garbage strike is over. Hurrah! Praise the Lord! So all you fearful believers and otherwise, who listened to the propaganda machine, the foolish American media with the untruths about T.O overwhelmed with garbage, oonoo can come back now. And Today’s Bit is a continuation of what Moses told the Israelites when the Egyptians had them cornered at the Red Sea. After commanding them to ‘Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today…’ he continued: ‘The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.’ Oh Friends, there are so many instances of the Lord fighting for His people in the Old Testament that I can only quote a few. But first, hear this quote the Lord provided for today. Hn, Hn! I got so taken up in the pan that I almost forgot it, and it’s rather appropriate since it’s a Jewish Proverb. ‘From happiness to suffering is a step; from suffering to happiness is an eternity.’ And isn’t that the gospel truth mih people? It only takes a minute to go from joy to sorrow, but it seems to take forever to turn it around. And this is what the Israelites were then undergoing. After coming to Egypt and living the good life for a while, they ended up suffering ages of inhumane oppression, and even when it seemed they would get away from it all, the Egyptians refused to allow them to go peacefully. But we know that our most faithful God keeps all His promises, and so He did that momentous day. I like how He asked Moses: ‘Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak to the children of Israel that they go forward: But lift thou thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.’ (Ex.14:15-16) Wow mih Friends! Only someone with the utmost faith could have even contemplated the Lord’s command, much less tell the frightened multitude, then go and attempt it. But that’s the kind of faith, trust and courage the Lord inspires in His lieutenants. It was nothing hard for Him to do, but He needed people to believe that He was indeed the One and Only True God in the universe, to glorify His Name, so He had to put on a big show for their simple minds. And He tells Moses that clearly. ‘And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.’ (Ex.14:17-18) But would you believe it Friends, that after a million and one miracles, over eons of time, the Lord our God is still fighting to get honour and glory amongst men? Talk about a stupid, stubborn, hardheaded lot of humanity! After all this time, and so much outstanding work on our behalf, we shouldn’t be struggling to glorify His Holy Name today. But sadly, we are. Like the Israelites planted the seeds of the saying; ‘what have you done for me lately?’ and we are reaping the sad effects of doubt, disbelief, disobedience, greed and not believing until we see. But Friends, by the time we see, it’s usually too late. And let me also remind us that the Most High God Jehovah doesn’t really need anything from us. He’s sitting quite comfortably on His throne in heaven on high and nothing that happens on earth will affect His Sovereign Lordship. Yes, He would like us to LOVE, honour and obey Him, though that’s not for His sake, but for ours. If we don’t, nothing’s going to happen to Him, except He’ll be heartbroken, but we’ll end up in Hades with Lucifer and his evil cronies, suffering death, damnation and eternal darkness. He was already overly nice to send His only son Jesus to die for us, to pay our sin death. What else do we want eh? He doesn’t have any more sons to send. That’s it; matter closed. If we don’t believe on Jesus, then crapaud smoke we pipe! I’m just trying to point out here that we sometimes mistakenly and arrogantly believe that we’re doing God a favour by worshipping and adoring Him. But please forget, discard and throw away that silly notion immediately mih people. We’re not doing God any favours. We’re doing ourselves a great kindness, filled with much wisdom and common sense when we believe on Jesus, try to be like Him, and praise His Name. It’s essential we remember that. Ah mih people, I have to laugh yes, cause it seems I’ve gotten up on my soap box and the Spirit just led me on to proclaim whatever I’ve proclaimed. But note that I’m just the lowly messenger, so please don’t shoot me (smile) because it’s a rather important message I’m bringing; one the whole world needs to hear, believe and adopt. So please help me spread it by listening, then checking it out yourselves in the Good Book, and finally talking to our Father in Heaven about it. He’s waiting patiently for your call. All the lines are open, for busy signals don’t exist in heaven. And doh worry, we’ll continue the story tomorrow, once we don’t read our names in the obits. So till then, please, let’s just joyfully LOVE our God, and truly LIVE our Faith! It’s not that hard to do and it will be all to our ultimate benefit. Much LOVE!…we can either grow with God’s help…or suffer endlessly without it…our choice…
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