The chosen, the called and the desperate

Shabbat, 5 Iyar 5785 / May 3, 2025

Saturday Scriptures

Tazria (She Conceives) / Metzora (Infected One)

Torah: Parshat Tazria-Metzora, 7th Portion (Vayikra (Leviticus) 15:16-15:33)

Haftarah M’tzora: M’lakhim Bet (2 Kings) 7:3–20
B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah M’tzora: Mattityahu (Matthew) 9:20–26; Mark 5:24b–34; Luke 8:42b– 48; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 13:4

WWCF Readings:

1 Chronicles 28-29; 2 Chronicles 1

Bible in A Year

Joshua 23-24; John 3:22-36; Psalm 55:12-23

Observation

In the Torah Study (Study of the Law) Leviticus records specific commands and rules for the clean and unclean groups of food, people and situations. Lepers are unclean and so is anyone who have specimen emissions from or any bodily discharge, male or female, are considered unclean, so female women are unclean during their period and after giving birth, they are not to enter the Camp of Israel for the specific number of days that they are still in their "unclean" period.

In the story of 1 Chronicles 28-29 and 2 Chronicles 1, I read about the life of Solomon and how he was chosen by GOD to be the next ruling King over GOD's people Israel and that as a boy, he had no choice but to heed to the calling of his life. His father David raised him to be the next King, charging him with everything GOD wants done in his life and Kingdom era. His era will be a time of peace and not of war he is the one to build a Temple for the LORD GOD of Israel. At the beginning of Solomon's life, he pleased GOD as he began to reign as King because he asked GOD to give him wisdom and in a dream GOD responded to his request by giving him that and even more. However, because of the pleasures and luxuries in life, Solomon didn't finish well because he probably was too relaxed and this made him complaisant not only in his way of living but in his faithfulness to GOD who called him, he totally forgot about GOD and his heart went astray to serve other gods because of his many wives. Some people can be lucky to have been born into a well to do family or to have started well in life, but many are not born into silver spoons, or even in a good family, however how we live and follow through to be able to finish well in our lives matters most to GOD than how we started. 

In the books of the Gospel, the story highlights of a woman who has been unclean because she had been bleeding for 12 years of her life. In the olden times, the lepers and sickly people considered unclean could not enter the presence of GOD and therefore they were banned from entering the Camp where the Israelites lived, they were to live outside the norm, and so they were the outcasts of the past. 

Comparing these two different and separate lives, Solomon and that of the unnamed woman who had bled for 12 years, who do you think pleased GOD more?

I would say it was the woman! For she moved and touched the heart of GOD even though she really had a bad start in her life, but Solomon though he started so well in life and with GOD, he wasn't able to finish strong. What irony do the stories go and end. That those who are chosen end up falling from grace. Those who are needy end up being chosen because they are left with no choice but to chase  GOD because they need HIM. But GOD is calling everyone in this world to be right with HIM. 

Call to Action: 

So this is my encouragement, to the lost, to the broken, to those fighting to have peace, struggling to live another day because of pain, because of depression, trying to make sense of everything and trying to make things right within themselves and with GOD: I dare you... to run after JESUS!!! YOUR desperate cry for GOD will move His heart to turn around and find you and HE will be everything that YOU ever need. HE will be your peace, your reason, your hope, your joy, your everything. HE wants to be your GOD and HE wants to be our everything, because it is through HIM, for HIM and by HIM that all things were made, and so at the end of our lives, we always come back to HIM. If your life ended today, will you be able to have conficence to face GOD? Or shy away knowing you have fallen from where you used to stand? As long as we are in the world, we are fighting many battles, and losing is not an option because GOD has called us to be more than conquerors. If you feel that you are at a losing end today, it's okay. It is in these painful realizations that GOD is calling and wooing you to come back to HIM! Don't let another day pass without seeking HIS face.

Scripture reference: Colossians 1:15-17

GOD's Passion - June 14, 2014

Scriptures: Ezekiel 31-36

25 You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols,[b] and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?
31 Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money. - Ezekiel 33
4 You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty.
26 I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. 27 The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord. - Ezekiel 34
25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[b] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations. - Ezekiel 36

Message:

GOD's passion goes to both the wicked and the righteous.

Observation:

GOD shows how passionate He is towards people by showering the righteous with abundant blessings and punishing and eliminating the wicked through destruction.

Application:

We ought to chose to live a life that is pleasing to GOD because GOD will always deal with everyone according to what they deserve. There's only two sides to the world, the good and the bad, there's no in between darkness and light. If you are not with GOD then you are certainly against Him. So make a decision today to do what is right and follow after GOD.

Seeing Wisdom - June 12, 2014

Scripture: Proverbs 11-12

25 25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. 

- Proverbs 11

1To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

4 A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

10 10 The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel.

11 1111 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
24 Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.

- Proverbs 12

Message:
Understanding and Enjoying the wisdom of GOD

Observation:
It is true that we ought to do good to people and to always be honest in everything. But so many times we are tempted to lie and be cruel especially to those whom we think that do not deserve our kindness. But GOD sees our hearts and HE judges every thought that comes to our mind even before we act on them. If we do good to others, good will also happen to us. This is the golden rule that everyone knows about. But did you know that if you want to be a learned person we should have a love for discipline? It's true that learning can happen in school but without the discipline to go to school everyday and listen to what the teacher is saying, then it is impossible to learn. Why is it that godly people care even for animals while the wicked never do so? Animals are like secondary being to humans. Godly people are sensitive to everyone's needs around them, even those that are secondary to people which are animals. If you want to be a leader, you have to work hard, hard workers always get promoted and earn leadership positions, while lazy people stay where they are never moving up to progress.

Application:

We ought to meditate on the wisdom of GOD and not just read through them. We become wise when we try to understand a certain proverb and meditate on them in our hearts. There's always a reason behind everything that happens, an effect to a certain cause. If we want to have wisdom, we have to sit down, take in the word of GOD, reflect and try to understand the passages of his proverbs, parables and stories written for us in HIS word. When we value the word of GOD, we begin to see wisdom, we begin to realize what we ought to do, and understand that we have to be effective in what we do and intentional to achieve what GOD wants us to do. We cannot just sit down and dream about things, we will not achieve anything, we become senseless. If we want great things to happen in our lives, we need to feed on GOD's word until we see wisdom. Are you seeing wisdom?

Where is Your Trust? - June 10, 2014

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16-20
9 The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. - 2 Chronicles 16
Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow, march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!”
- 2 Chronicles 20
Message:The LORD will help those who trust Him

Observation:
The LORD searches the whole earth, what is He looking for? He is looking for those who are committed to Him. Meaning those who trust in HIM and depend on Him to help them. Why does the LORD look for those whose hearts are like that? Why does the weak hearted and faint attract HIM? Not because they are weak or faint but because He wants to help those who know and acknowledge their need for HIM. On earth we have many things to rely on, and we can secure about the walls that we may have in our lives to protect us, money,fame, influence, family, career, anything that makes us confident and not making us trust GOD is a competition with GOD.

Application:

We ought to put our trust and faith in GOD alone. Yes we have to work hard, we have to earn money but these things, achievements or earthly treasures and gains should not make us proud and confident that we do not look to GOD for security anymore. We may have all the money, all the wealth, but when we need a miracle more than what money or wealth can buy, there's only one Being who can grant that miracle for us and that is HE who is the maker of Heaven and Earth. When we depend fully on GOD, HE will always be there to take care of us and even fight for us when things are going bad. We can be sure that GOD will come through for us because we trusted HIM, HE will make sure to never fail us. Where is your trust? 

Untied for a Purpose - June 9, 2014

Scripture: Luke 19-20

30 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying that colt?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32 So they went and found the colt, just as Jesus had said.33 And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, “Why are you untying that colt?”
34 And the disciples simply replied, “The Lord needs it.” 35 So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.
38 “Blessings on the King who comes in the name of theLord!
Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!”
39 But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, “Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!”
40 He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!”

Message:
Untied for the purpose of being used for GOD's glory.

Observation:
We are all tied to things in life. Just as this donkey was tied to the fence, never been ridden, his owners thought he would never be ridden for all of his life. But when they untied this donkey for Yeshua to ride on, this donkey's life has changed, it was now a useful donkey that people could ride on.

Application:
Is there something you've never done in your life? Something that is useful to GOD and would give Him glory? If so then maybe it's time to allow change in your life. GOD can change your life in a moment just as GOD has changed this donkey's usefulness in a day. But first we have to be untied from the many things in life that has kept us from being useful to GOD as we ought to be. Just like this donkey we are meant to be used by GOD and to give Him glory.

True Love - May 24, 2014

Scripture: Song of Songs 5-65 

5 Turn your eyes away, for they overpower me.
11 I went down to the grove of walnut trees
and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,
to see whether the grapevines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 Before I realized it,
my strong desires had taken me to the chariot of a noble man.
Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,
as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?

- Song of Songs 6

Message: 

Longing after my true love


Observation/Promise:
There is a human love so strong and powerful. The eyes of their beloved overpowers and weakens them. This love can be compared to the love between the husband and his wife. Romantic but mature love that changes a person. This kind of love is also a love between a GOD and His beloved. We are all meant to find this kind of love and thrive on it.

Application/Command:

Find your true love. You will not know what you were created for until you find your true love. True love has birthed the creation of you. You were created because you are loved. Who could love you first except the one who thought to create you? Is it not GOD above? Seek Him, know Him, enjoy and thrive on the reason why you were created.

Seek GOD - May 10, 2014

Scripture: Isaiah 29-33
22 “My people will no longer be ashamed or turn pale with fear.
23 For when they see their many children and all the blessings I have given them,
they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Israel.
They will stand in awe of the God of Jacob. 24 Then the wayward will gain understanding, and complainers will accept instruction. - Isaiah 29

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.
18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.

21 Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say,“This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.- Isaiah 30

2 But Lord, be merciful to us, for we have waited for you.

Be our strong arm each day and our salvation in times of trouble. 

14“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?” 15 Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—16 these are the ones who will dwell on high.

The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance. - Isaiah 33

Message:

The LORD wants us to depend on Him not on any human or thing else.

Observation/Promise:

When we trust in the LORD He will bless us because we wait and depend on His help and on His power alone. The LORD wants to instruct us, to guide us in everything that we do. 

The LORD wants to provide everything we need, He wants to bless us and shower us with His kindness and love but there is a requirement for those that seek His love and blessing. The LORD will only give His love and blessings to those who are truly seeking Him.

Application/Command:

We have to be dependent on GOD alone. We have to follow the ways of GOD, to be honest and fair in all our dealings, even in the thoughts of our hearts. We have to be righteous not by our own strength but by GOD's grace. We have to seek His will and follow Him diligently. We have to seek justice when there is evil in the land. We need to stand with GOD and His agenda. We cannot seek to live our lives for our own pleasure and benefit but for His pleasure and glory. We have to seek GOD and His righteousness, our lives should cling to Him and not on anything else in this world. 

GOD of Israel - May 2, 2014

Scripture: Psalms 12-145 

5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7 Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation - Psalm 12
5 But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me. - Psalm 13
7 Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel? When the Lord restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice. - Psalm 14

Message:

The Lord hears and acts for the ones that call unto Him! He will not fail on those who seek and trust Him.

Observation/Promise:

The LORD sees, He does not ignore or is not unaware of everything that goes on in the earth. We see violence and injustice all around the world but the presence of Evil does not mean the absence of GOD. He is waiting for the perfect time, to act and be known as the just and righteous GOD. There is assurance and confidence in the word of GOD. Let us trust in Him, let us cling to His word, for perfect peace comes only from knowing who He is and standing firmly in His promises, for HE will never fail. There is no GOD like the GOD of Israel, who comes from Mount Zion to rescue and restore His people, causing them to rejoice and shout with joy!!! 
Application/Command:

If you want to experience the true and living GOD, then you have to seek this GOD of Israel, for He is not only GOD to Israel but the GOD who created everything and loves everyone whom He created. HE is first known to be the GOD of Israel so that there is a distinction between Him and the other false gods. He chose Israel to let Himself be known throughout all the world but He is not an exclusive GOD only to Israel but to all those who believe in Him and seek His face, trusting in His character and strength. 

The struggle - April 27, 2014

Scripture: Job 7-8

1 “Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
2 like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.
17 “What are people, that you should make so much of us,

that you should think of us so often?
18 For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.
19 Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow!
21 Why not just forgive my sin and take away my guilt?
For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.”
Message:
The test and punishments of GOD are the struggle of Humanity.

Observation/Promise:
We are being tested from time to time. GOD wants to form our character and make our faith into gold. Job had the hardest test, GOD was confident in Him, He was going to pass the test. If GOD is confident in you, then He will allow you to go through tough times, because HE knows that you will emerge from the storms of life, stronger, wiser, discerning, and glorifying GOD. GOD is never out of control. Everything that happens in our lives is under the permission of our great and loving GOD.

Application/Command:

We can complain but let us remain faithful to GOD. No matter what happens in life, may the LORD grant us a spirit of perseverance and faith. May our trust for the Lord Almighty deepen as we hold on to His mercies and cling to His love. Let us be humble, may we never think we deserve better than what we have now. Let us learn how to ask GOD to deliver us from every trial winning every battle always in the end.

Confident in GOD - April 25, 2014

Scripture: Psalm 6-8

8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity;

For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. - Psalm 6
1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; 

And deliver me, 2 Lest they tear me like a lion,

Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. - Psalm 7
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor. - Psalm 8

Message:

Putting Confidence in GOD.

Observation/Promise:

We may have troubles in this world but we do not have to fear the troubles that rock us because we have someone to rely on who will save us or end our troubles. He not only saves us from our trials but He is Sovereign over everything that happens in our lives because He is GOD, He allows such things to happen for a purpose and for always for a good reason even when we don't understand it yet. If you are confident in GOD even in times of trouble, you will have peace that surpasses understanding. 

Application/Command:

Trust in the Lord at all times. In troubled times, Cry out to GOD and depend on Him. He will surely hear and listen to every prayer in your heart. He will not turn away, He is merciful and kind, compassionate and loving, HE will not turn you away, just as long as you are humble before Him. Put your confidence in GOD alone. When you are rocked and swayed by troubles, cling and hold on to GOD all the more. Don't be confident in anything at all but in GOD alone. 

I am troubled by the little things in life that concern me but everytime I am swayed I always cling to the LORD

Accountable - April 21, 2014

Scripture: Matthew 5-7

31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a get.’[d] 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and that anyone who marries a divorcee commits adultery.
33 “Again, you have heard that our fathers were told, ‘Do not break your oath,’ and ‘Keep your vows to Adonai.’ - Matthew 5

Message:
Be accountable to GOD with every vow and promise that you make.

Observation/Promise:
When GOD permits you to marry the man or woman you chose, it means that HE has enabled you to vow before HIM to be one with your partner. Marriage is not only vows made between two human beings, it is a vow to GOD to love each other until death. A man is not even allowed to divorce his wife unless she commits adultery. What are the chances of a wife committing adultery compared to the man? If the wife does commit adultery, then a man can get that divorce and is given a chance to marry someone who will be faithful to him. But anything other than the wife committing adultery is not grounds for any divorce.

Application/Command:

Do not divorce or separate from the woman you have chosen to marry. We have to keep our vows before GOD. WE cannot just take them lightly and we cannot just decide to do anything just because we feel like it. A man of character is measured by his integrity and faithfulness to commit to his vows whether he is happy to keep it or not. There is always consequences for the actions we take and the thoughts we allow into our hearts. So before you start to even create an affair, it all starts with your mind, stop right away if those thoughts are wondering you away from the vows you made to GOD. You are not only accountable to the man or woman you are married to, you are more accountable to GOD than anyone else.

Salvation - April 20, 2014

Scripture: Isaiah 12-17
1 In that day you will sing: “I will praise you, O Lord!
You were angry with me, but not any more. Now you comfort me.
2 See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
3 With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!
4 In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the Lord! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is!
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done wonderful things.
Make known his praise around the world.
6 Let all the people of Jerusalem[a] shout his praise with joy!
For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.”

- Isaiah 12

Message:

The Salvation of GOD has been brought to mankind by the person of Jesus Christ.

Observation/Promise:

No matter what situation you are in, GOD's salvation is yours. No matter what problem or trouble a child of GOD is going through, they will always overcome and rise above from it for this is the promise of GOD to those that love Him and belong to Him.

Application/Command:

Sing to the LORD and praise His name You who know GOD and love GOD. Do not be tossed by the problems and trials that you are going through. Trust GOD and His power to Save for He has already saved you through Yeshua Your Mashiach, and He can save you again and again from anything you are going through. He is Your GOD so let His power and works be known to you, experience His greatness. Even if all is not yet well now, you can be sure that in the end you will end up singing and praising GOD for this is GOD's promise to all those that follow and trust Him.

Belong - April 9, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 4-7

5 The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, 5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
- Genesis 4
9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. 22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

- Genesis 6

Message: 
Walking closely with GOD will make others jealous and jealousy or envy will entice even a good man to do evil. Your actions will determine to who do you really belong.

Observation/Promise:
When we walk closely with GOD, we will receive His favor and blessing. When we offer our best to the Lord, others notice it but not everyone will honor us or appreciate our sincere love for GOD instead others are jealous of it and some might even kill us for our devotion to GOD. It is indeed an evil world, ever since the beginning of time. But we can all be saved from letting evil consume us by taking control of our anger and lust. We can take control of it, GOD told Cain before he killed his brother that sin is already crouching at his heart but he can subdue it and be it's master. But Cain didn't listen to GOD so sin controlled him and made him kill his brother. 


Application/Command:
Take control over your desires, anger, feelings and lust. Do not let it control you.
There should only be one master in our lives and that is GOD. It cannot be our feelings or desires, our anger or lust. We have to know the state of our hearts, let GOD search it and be corrected by Him. This is how we can live in a close relationship with GOD.
Walk closely with GOD, desire His truths each day and let the truth set you free from every sin that may take control over you in the future. 
Listen closely to GOD's instructions and do it. It is either we are of GODs, or of the world. We are of GOD when we do everything GOD says, we are of the world when GOD is not our master. To whom do you belong?

Upright Walk - April 4, 2014

Scripture: Isaiah 1-6
15 15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
16 Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
19 19 If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Message:
The LORD He is just, He will only listen to those who walk by His truth and Word.

Observation/Promise:
We have all fallen short of the grace of GOD and now matter how good we try to be, how religious we try to act, how generous we are to give to charity, our sins will not be forgotten unless we ask GOD to cleanse us of our sins by the blood of His Son Yeshua who died to pay for our sins so that when we put our trust and hope in HIM, we become righteous because we have made Him our GOD, our Savior, our Defender. The only way to wash ourselves of our wrongdoings is through the blood of Christ, the Messiah. We cannot do it any other way, we cannot pay for our own debt, only Jesus can pay for our debt because GOD has given Him the authority and power to do so. So no matter how good you feel or righteous you try to be, none of your good works are enough unless you put your trust in the Messiah first.

Application/Command:
Ask for the forgiveness of your sins before doing any good thing, lest it be not accounted for and worthless in GOD's sight. Trust in Yeshua to be your Savior, cleansing you of every sin and He will become your righteousness, because of Jesus we are made righteous. After all this, then we can be able to truly start doing good and our works are recorded in Heaven not as penance but as works of faith. Our good works will not be wasted when we have Yeshua, it will be fruitful and valuable in the eyes of GOD. Our good works will not be in worthless vain, but it will be one that seeks justice, helping the oppressed be free, defending the helpless and needy. We will harvest a great fruits in GOD's eyes when our works are done according to His will not when we try to please other people or try to feel GOD. Pleasing GOD is the only way to earn rewards in Heaven. This is how we live the upright walk.

Faithful GOD - April 3, 2014

Scripture: Job 1-2
6 Adonai said to the Adversary, “Here! He is in your hands, except that you are to spare his life.”
7 Then the Adversary went out from the presence of Adonai and struck Iyov down with horrible infected sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 He took a piece of a broken pot to scratch himself and sat down in the pile of ashes. 9 His wife asked him, “Why do you still hold on to your integrity? Curse God, and die!” 10 But he answered her, “You’re talking like a low-class woman! Are we to receive the good at God’s hands but reject the bad?” In all this Iyov did not say one sinful word.
13 Then they sat down with him on the ground. For seven days and seven nights, no one spoke a word to him; because they saw how much he was suffering.
Message:
HE is GOD and He is a faithful GOD through the good and the bad times.

Obeservation/Promise:
All of GOD's children are in GOD's hands, He protects us from harm and everything that is not good for us. The only time GOD gives us up from His hands is when He is going to test us and so we go through trials, and great sufferings, but this is all with GOD's consent. But the great about Iyov or Job was that he knew GOD and was faithful to him in both the good times and the bad times. The devil thought that he was just like any other man on earth, that will curse GOD when horrible things happen to him, but he was none like the others and GOD was proud of him the Lord even boasted about his servant to the devil and He was right about Job.

Application/Command:
Be faithful to GOD in the good times where we are not troubled by trials and everything to GOD but most especially in the bad times when we are suffering and going through such misery. GOD is always in Control, even when we see that everything is out of control. GOD has a purpose and plan for everything, therefore trust HIM and stay faithful to Him. No matter how hard difficult life is, all the more cling and hold on to GOD. In the end, GOD will prove Himself faithful and true to us and we His servants will end in praise and rejoicing because He is good!!! 

Trust and Faith in GOD - March 30, 2014

Scripture: Ephesians 1-3
7 By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.12 Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence. 13 So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
- Ephesians 3
Message:
Trusting GOD will somehow require some suffering. We cannot endure suffering for GOD unless He has empowered us to do so.

Observation/Promise:
Christ will make His home in our hearts when we chose to rely and depend on GOD for strength and refuge and not on worldly and humanly ways. It gives Him great honor when our trust is completely upon Him. It's very hard to trust GOD especially when all we can hold on and cling to is His word, His promises, when we are used to relying on earthly things that assure us that everything will be alright. We can only live the fullness of life when we have complete trust and faith in GOD more than anything in this world.

Application/Command:
Put your faith and trust in GOD.Do not rely on other things, let your soul and heart find rest in the word of GOD alone. Treasure His promise to you like gold and silver, cling to it as if it were jewelry in your heart. He is able to do far more than we could ever ask or imagine, just believe that HE only has what is best in store for you. Seek and find refuge in His strength, in His loving arms, and be at rest in His word.

Shipwreck - March 29, 2014

Scripture: Acts 27-28
11 It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead. 12 Our first stop was Syracuse, where we stayed three days.13 From there we sailed across to Rhegium. A day later a south wind began blowing, so the following day we sailed up the coast to Puteoli.14 There we found some believers, who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome.
15 The brothers and sisters in Rome had heard we were coming, and they came to meet us at the Forum on the Appian Way. Others joined us at The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and thanked God.
16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to have his own private lodging, though he was guarded by a soldier. - Acts 28

Message:
GOD is faithful even when we go through a Shipwreck

Observation/Promise:
There are times that GOD allows us to go through a time of shipwreck. But is always and only to serve His great and good purpose. Nothing that He allows in this world to His children will be a waste because He is a good GOD most especially to those that belong to Him. Paul went through a shipwreck but he already knew that it was going to happen for GOD had warned him and prepared his heart and mind. He not only was level headed among all those that were with him in the ship, he was the only one who made the most our of his experience after being in a shipwreck where they landed in an island with people they don't even know. He always made every opportunity to share the gospel to others and be a witness to the Lord and Savior Yeshua Ha Mashiach. The journey we go though in life is all planned by GOD. HE knows and sees everything.

Application/Command:
GOD supplies our every need in the journey HE has planned for our lives. GOD will never leave us in need because He is a faithful Father who cares for us. Most especially when we go through hard and difficult times, GOD is still behind everything working out the best for us. We only have to look to Him, cling to Him, hold on to Him especially in times of hardship. GOD knew that Paul needed the encouragement of believers after a time of shipwreck and GOD provided that when Paul arrived in Rome where he was sent to be in trial. If we are true to our faith, and Yeshua is really our GOD, we will find rest even in the times of war and storm. Only the true seekers in GOD will find joy and meaning even during a shipwreck.

The delight of GOD - March 26, 2014

Scripture: Psalms 149-150

2 O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King.
3 Praise his name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp.
4 For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
5 Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. 

Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.
6 Let the praises of God be in their mouths, and a sharp sword in their hands—
7 to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with shackles and their leaders with iron chains,
9 to execute the judgment written against them. 

This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones.3 2 

Message: 
The LORD delights in His People

Observation/Promise:
We delight in many things, we delight in simple things like food and in clothes, cars, and vacations. We delight in our children, our families, our achievement, our plans. But the Lord GOD of the Universe creator of all things, delights in His people. His children, the humble, those that need Him, hearts that seek Him, even broken hearts, He cares with fragility because it is precious to Him. He delights in our love, in our joys, in everything we do for GOD, HE delights in them.

Application/Command: 
Since we know that GOD delights in us, may we always seek GOD with our hearts and when we serve GOD, may we always serve Him with all our strength. Let us not take for granted the love of GOD for us, let us always honor Him with our actions, and thoughts. The delight of GOD is us and no matter what situation we are in life, whether in hardship or in joy, trying or success, GOD is looking after us and HE is actively participating in our lives, whether we know it or not. For He delights in our victory for He is the giver of victory. So Praise the LORD you who belong to the LORD, for He is faithful and He has given you all you need in life to prosper and succeed. He has given you Himself, take Him!!!

At just the right time - March 25, 2014

Scripture: Esther 6-10
2 In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.
3 “What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.
His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 “Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.
9 ‘This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!’”
10 “Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”
Message:
The LORD hears and answers the prayers of His people at just the right time.

Observation/Promise:
We are all undergoing hard times in life but when we are pressed on every side, is the best time to all the more press in on GOD and rely on HIM. When we press in on GOD, we seek GOD, we cling to Him for salvation. Sometimes He doesn't act right away, sometimes it feels like HE doesn't hear, but every prayer and tear that comes out of your heart, are all stored and kept into GOD's heart. HE is moved by every cry, every sigh, offered to Him. He is not slow in action, HE is making everything work at it's perfect time. Just like Mordecai, he wasn't given the credit due him when he saved the kings life, but at just the right time when he was supposedly planned to be killed, the King honored his life by letting his killer do the honoring. The most ironic of all events has happened and it happened at just the right time.

Command/Application:
If you are crying out to GOD and asking Him for something, wait upon the Lord. Be faithful in your prayers and do not give up because at just the right time, HE will do a miraculous thing. When you depend on Him for salvation, when you trust Him for deliverance, He will come for you like a Knight and shining armor, He will save without failing. GOD is perfect, all that we need to do in our part is to endure and pray, pray for breakthrough, believe, and do not stop believing, look up and expect for GOD's salvation. 

HE is who HE is - March 19, 2014

Scripture: Psalms 146-148
3 
3 3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
7 He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.
The Lord loves the godly.
9 The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. - Psalm 146
3 He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
4 He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
5 How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!
6 The Lord supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust.
10 He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might.
11 No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love. - Psalm 147

Message:

Our GOD is great! He is worthy of all Praise! For the many reasons there are, it is because HE is, who HE is!

Observation/Promise:
There is hope and sure assurance when we trust in GOD alone. People may have all the power in the world, but they are limited to the time GOD gave them on earth. He alone has all the power, therefore we should trust and hope only on Him alone. There is much joy for those that hope in GOD, for GOD is perfect, HE will never fail. Even when circumstances are pulling you down, He remains the same and HE is trustworthy of all our hopes and desires. He will fulfill every promise He gave you and even more provides for the needy and poor and those that you don't even care about He cares for them all. He is delighted not on the proud but on the humble, those that fear Him are close to His heart. He will do great things, the miracle that you need can only be found in Him. Your strength in waiting can only be found by Him alone. 

Command/Application:
Trust in GOD, put your hope in the LORD who alone is reliable for everything we have to hope for. HE is worthy of our trust, HE is the unfailing Being. When you have a need, ask this of Him instead of gaining it through human ways. Pray and keep on asking whatever that you need. Hold on to the promise of His word. His word, cling to them. There is no greater assurance in life than the word of GOD and His love for us, for there is no one like HIM. HE is who HE is, forever faithful forever the same. Focus on HIM, do not let circumstances move you, let HiM alone move you, let Him alone have your heart.