UNTHWARTED

UNTHWARTED

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

   Joshua [ESV] 24:15  And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

   Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said: "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

   Psalm 1:1-6 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

   Psalm 103:1 … O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

   2Peter 3:8-9 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. [Mt.18:14]

  Lord God Almighty, the Sovereign Master has a master plan. His master plan has not, will not be altered by anything we or Satan as individual or group do. This includes action or non-action, rebellion or disregard. Our blessed compliance is a matter of choice; a theme throughout Scripture. Queen Esther is an example of opportunity to serve or not. (Est.4:14) Have you not neglected or rejected opportunity and later discovered the blessing you didn’t give or receive? Or even sadly discovered your missed opportunity was a “coulda, woulda, shoulda” event?  I have.

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