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. 

Promise Fulfilled - May 7, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 20-23

1The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me. 7 Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!” - Genesis 21
Message:
Every Promise that comes from GOD shall be fulfilled.

Observation/Promise:
GOD's word is filled with every promise. His Promises can be received by one who is seeking HIM. GOD is word Himself and HE created everything through the breath of His word. And when HE gives you a promise, it shall be fulfilled. HE causes the impossible to be made possible because He is the only GOD and He wants to reveal His glory to all the earth. Even the oldest woman on earth can still bear a son when GOD says she will bear a son, so it will be. He usually works in the impossible for if it was easy and possible, then there won't be any need for GOD to act, miracles come from GOD alone.

Application/Command:

Believe every promise that comes from GOD but how do you begin to believe if you have not received, and how do you receive if you have sought? First you need to seek GOD and His word and there HE will give His promises to you. You can be sure of this that any promise that comes from GOD shall be completed and fulfilled in HIS appointed times.

True Worship - May 6, 2014

Scriptures: Romans 11-13

22 Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off. 23 And if the people of Israel turn from their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, for God has the power to graft them back into the tree. 24 You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong. - Romans 11
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. - Romans 12

Message:

Trusting in GOD and His kindness.

Observation/Promise:

GOD can cut off and graft in the people who pleases Him. Those who rejected Him even though HE chose them has been cut off from the presence and blessing of Almighty GOD. But those who seek GOD and truly worship Him by obeying His commands, not doing religious works to be praised by others, are those that have truly worshiped GOD, they have chosen GOD. It doesn't matter if we are chosen or not, what matters is our choice to obey GOD or not, to really seek Him with all our hearts and trust Him with our lives.

Application/Command:

Do not think like the world thinks or adopt their worldly ways which is contrary to the LORD's commands. When you constantly seek and obey GOD, keeping your mind and body pure, then you have given true worship unto GOD that is acceptable and pleasing before Him. When we set our selves apart from the world's ways, we bring ourselves closer to GOD and GOD can transform and change the way we think until we begin to live differently from the world by understanding His good and perfect will for us. But when we are engaged in the world, we do not allow GOD to change us. He wants to work in you, be holy, set yourself apart from the world and let GOD transform you. Trust in GOD for He is kind to those who obey Him and trust in Him. 

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. 

Righteous - April 23, 2014

Scripture: Genesis 12-15

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[a]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

- Genesis 12

14 After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. 15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[a] as a permanent possession. 16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted! 17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you. - Genesis 13
6 And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith. - Genesis 15

Message:

Counted Righteous because of Faith.

Observation/Promise:

Walking with GOD is not easy. But it is the most amazing experience in life. There is nothing more fulfilling than to be like that of Abraham to know that everything you are doing in life is mandated and decreed by GOD. No matter what challenges may come your way, you can rely on GOD to rescue you and give you the victory because it is HE who has called you to be there in the first place. GOD will see you through no matter what. Taking on an adventure with GOD is wonderful and it is the only endeavor in life that satisfies the human soul more than anything in this world could ever offer. We are righteous in GOD's eyes when we believe everything that HE says. 

Application/Command:

How do we get the promises of GOD when we are not even seeking Him? To seek GOD is to read His word. We are blessed to have all GOD's promises written down for us in a nutshell called the Bible, but what about Abraham during his time? He had to seek GOD on His own with prayers and then he hears GOD speak to him through words, visions and signs. We already have the word, we just need to open the Bible and read. Seeking GOD is not just reading, it's reading with an expectation of receiving GOD's word into our Spirits. And when we receive a promise, believe, believe with all your heart and do not doubt. GOD will count you righteous when you simply believe. Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ can save you and accept this gift from the Father and you are eternally saved.

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. 

Appointed - March 22, 2014

Scripture: Acts 25-26
16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ -Acts 26
Message:
Appointed and sent to do great things for the Lord. Victorious with whatever circumstances.

Observation/Promise:
GOD has appointed each and everyone of His children to do a specific work for a specific purpose. We have different tasks but one Lord, some are called to evangelize, to preach, win souls, others are called to make disciples, plant churches, take on missions, work or do business but whatever GOD has called us to do in life, it is HE who has appointed us. HE will bless our obedience, and faithfulness, but most of all HE will bless us because HE is faithful. GOD has called us for specific tasks because He has created us and He knows that we do best at what HE has called us to do because this is what HE created us to be. 

Command/Application:
Make sure you know what GOD has called you to do and do it. If you don't know find out what it is because what you do in life will determine the success. Seek GOD about His purpose for your life, HE will reveal it because HE loves to reveal and speak to His children. If you are walking in line with GOD, HE will provide for all things, and bless you even if you are in prison like Paul. If you are not walking in line with GOD, you are working against GOD and you will struggle with everything that's going on. Do not fight with GOD as Paul did at first, seek Him and you will find, you will know, you will be blessed. HE has appointed you, be a blessing!

True Love is worth the wait - March 20, 2014

Scripture: Song of Songs 5-6
2 I slept, but my heart was awake, when I heard my lover knocking and calling:
“Open to me, my treasure, my darling, my dove, my perfect one.
My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
13 His eyes sparkle like doves beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels washed in milk.
16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is desirable in every way.
Such, O women of Jerusalem, is my lover, my friend. - Song of Shlomo 5

1 Where has your lover gone, O woman of rare beauty?
Which way did he turn so we can help you find him?
2 My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies.
3 I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine. He browses among the lilies.

12 12 Before I realized it, my strong desires had taken me to the chariot of a noble man. '
- Song of Shlomo 6


Message:
What Love truly is, is worth the wait

Observation/Promise:

Everyone needs true love. We seek it from family and friends, from a partner or soul mate. But among all these, true romantic love is hardest to find. When love is young it is sweet and wild, fresh and promising, because it has no responsibilities just the pleasure of having love. But Love is tested when it has to take on responsibilities and it becomes mature through the test of time. There is a time to wait for love until it becomes full growth. Waiting is hard but it will keep you from getting burned from rushing into love. 

Command/Application:
Know what True love is. You can find true love first in GOD. Desire true love and wait for it. Love between a man and a woman can be deceiving by its newness. Do not rush love but test it through time. Allow love to grow through time. When love lives through time, love is proving to be true. When love sticks together even after bad times, love is maturing. Seek True Love. True romantic love should that be like of GOD's. True love sacrifices for the other to the point of even giving up one's life for the sake of the other. If love comes to this point, then you know that you are ready for the commitment of loving forever.

GOD's good plan

9 God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 ... and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.
- Ephesians 1

GOD has a plan, a great and grandiose plan for each of us and for the whole world at large. Why would HE go through all the trouble of creating a world, being hurt repeatedly by the humans HE intentionally created to love and worship Him? But GOD's heart is always for the good to every human person and creature alike. Therefore God's plans are good, they are to fulfill His own pleasure because His pleasure is always good. Paul explains GOD's plan the one day at the right moment, HE will bring everything together, both male and female, animals and plants, every living creature under the authority in Christ. He works out everything according to His plan. If you are part of this world, then you are part of GOD's plan. GOD's plan is always good, do you want to know what His good plans are for you?

If you want to know GOD's plan for you, you have to understand who GOD is, His greatness - who He is, His goodness - what He is like, His power - what HE can do. To know GOD, first we have to believe that HE exists and that HE is real and that HE is at work in every little thing in this world. You have to understand what He did to show His love for you, what Jesus did on the cross some 2,000 years ago is something that every seeker should take hold in His life - GOD sent His Son to die for you. Why? That's how much He loves you. Jesus is the proof of His love. Jesus was raised to life and right now is seated on the right hand of GOD is proof of GOD's power. Death is something everyone is certain about, but JESUS conquered even death and so will those who truly believe in Him. Do you want to be part of God's good plan? Believe and keep seeking Him.

Trust

23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,[a] and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

- Luke 9

Most of us want to please GOD by following everything HE says. But it is easier thought and said than done. To follow Yeshua requires a lot of sacrifice which includes denying yourself. What do you mean by denying yourself? Denying your identity, your right to have, your dreams? Denying yourself is killing the human sinful nature. Of course we do not know how sinful we are and the fullness thereof unless GOD shows us. But we start by surrendering everything we are and have to GOD. It is very hard but GOD has promised to turn beauty for ashes. We may have achievements in life, things that we are proud of, but this is not who we are for who we are is found in GOD. We are His sons and daughters.

Yes we have many dreams and desires. The world encourages us to pursue those dreams and desires, but not everything is for our benefit, and only GOD truly knows our great destiny for which HE has planned for us ever since the beginning of time. So what do we do to save our lives by losing it? We lose our right to ourselves, our plans and dreams and surrender them all to the LORD and HE will form greater dreams in your heart that you could ever think of. HE has the blue print for your life, but in order for you to follow it, you have to spend time with the Maker, going up to the mountain where He is and seek Him. Keep seeking and asking Him to guide you even when you can't see what HE is trying to do or see the end from it. When things are not going where we want them to, what HE requires of us is trust, complete trust in the Father's heart and love for us, HE loves us beyond our understanding and HE wants the very best for us.

One with Him

6 “‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’
7 But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?

- Jeremiah 47

10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!

A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!"

- Jeremiah 48

The LORD GOD Almighty, Yeshua where by all name is saved is the Prince of Peace. So how can the sword of the LORD cause such harm and destruction among men? People are crying out rest from chaos and war but it does not rest, even when they cry out to GOD. The sword of the Lord does not rest because HE is the one who commanded it to attack and bring destruction. How can He be the Prince of Peace when He is starting the war? Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy... Yes, the GOD of peace has ordained a day to destroy all those that are not in submission to His Lordship. He is a GOD of peace, but how can there be peace when there are lawbreakers in the land? Therefore He has to create destruction first before real peace can begin to take place.

If you know the work of the Lord and what He is doing this very moment, if this day is a day of destruction, then you will not lament with all those who want false and temporary peace. You will not cry out, you will be still in GOD because you are one with His will, one with His thought, one with His heart. And this is what we all should be as followers of Christ. We should know the very state of GOD's thoughts for these are the seasons He brings into our lives and into our surroundings. A curse on anyone who is not aware, who is lax in doing the Lord's work. A curse it is because they will think that the destruction is not of GOD, and they will think opposite from what GOD thinks, and so they will be in a place of hopelessness because they are offended and they ask "How could GOD allow such a thing?" Therefore, know your place in GOD's work and do not relent what HE has called you to do. If GOD has instructed to fight with your sword, then by all means do it. But how can we be instructed if we are not listening in the first place. Everyday seek His will and be one with Him in heart, mind, and in strength.

Unimaginable Things

1 Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. 3 On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” 4 But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.
5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, 6 but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. 7 Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”

- Mark 16

The women who had loved Jesus and had been following Him around town when He was alive was faithful to Him even in death. They wanted to be close to Him as soon as they are able to (after the day of rest) and went to His tomb to anoint Him with burial spices. They were even concerned with how they were going to do it but what a lovely surprise awaited them when they got to the tomb. Their main concern was rolling the stone away from the tomb, since they were all women, who would be able to have such strength to do so? But when they got there they were totally surprised that GOD had already taken cared of their main concern and that an Angel had been waiting for them giving them a message that I'm sure they never would have even imagined. But their hearts became alive and so full, so overwhelmed that their wildest hopes had just become a reality.

It's just the same with ministry. Our first ministry is our hearts before the LORD. This should be our priority, we minister unto GOD first and then we minister to others out of the overflow of our hearts. We may have many concerns when we come before GOD but when we seek  Him in the secret places whole heartedly we will not be disappointed because when HE meets us, we will find Him already waiting for us. Surprising us with His presence and love, we will find that our greatest concerns are already taken cared of. GOD's promises for us are already a yes and amen and it is finished. Whatever concerns you may have as you come before Him, be rest assured that GOD has already provided a solution for these things because HE is more concerned for you than you are for yourself and whatever HE has promised you, consider it finished, it is already done! So come and lay your heart before GOD and HE will honor you with His love and things you can't even dare to ask or imagine.

True Wisdom

23 This is what the Lord says:
“Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.
24 But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the Lord, have spoken!

- Jeremiah 9

Where does the wisdom of the wise come from? or who even created wisdom in itself? 1 Corinthians 1:30 says God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Yeshua is wisdom Himself! So if wisdom is GOD and all the power of the universe has come from GOD, why should anyone boast as if it came from them? If GOD has given you wisdom, power or riches, is that any reason for your heart to be puffed up and become proud? 

But if we should boast, we can only boast in one thing, that we know the LORD. To know GOD is a lifetime process, there is so much to understand who He is, and how He loves is never failing. He never gives up on us until we completely shut off our hearts from Him. He is the great GOD who executes justice without anyone's consent and bring righteousness to this world of wickedness. That is who He is, His very heart and character enjoys doing the things He does. He loves without failing, He justifies whatever has been wronged and He is holy and righteous in all His ways. His ways are far different from Human ways that is why it takes forever to know who GOD is. For those who make it a point each day to seek, know and understand the LORD GOD, they will be amazed as they see HIM for who He is. True wisdom comes from this: the more you know and seek the Lord, the more you gain wisdom.

Seeking His Kingdom

20 “Don’t be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with all your heart, and don’t turn your back on him. 21 Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless! 22 The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.
23 “As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right. 24 But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you. 25 But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be swept away.”

- 1 Samuel 12

The LORD GOD of Israel wants to be the Shepherd of Israel. It is hard for the people to be ruled by an invisible GOD so they asked Samuel for a King. It meant they wanted a human leader more than GOD Himself to be their King. But even when they asked for a visible human King, the LORD gave in to their request and gave to a king to them. Hoping that they will stay faithful to GOD and never worship any other god but him. For GOD is faithful, He will not disown what He has called His own for that will go against His very being and character. He is faithful, He cannot be unfaithful.

Samuel was also a faithful servant and worshipper of GOD. How many of us can continue to pray for others who have already hurt and betrayed us? How many of us can carry on loving others that are stubborn and have wronged us? But those that are called by GOD are given the strength to be faithful to what GOD has called them to do. As long as you stay faithful to GOD, to love and honor Him, then there's nothing that GOD can't do through you. Don't stop praying for others when GOD has assigned them to your care. If you feel responsible to watch over them spiritually, cover them in prayers - this is how we put GOD's Kingdom first.

Seekers Finders...

5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them.“Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

- Matthew 28

Women were the first ones to go to the tomb and just be with the physical body of Jesus. Women are more emotional than men and it is no wonder why it was the women who were the first ones to find out that Yeshua had already resurrected because they decided to visit the tomb of Yeshua. Did they expect to see an Angel? no, they just wanted to be near where they have placed Him. But getting there, they were greeted by an Angel telling them that the one they are seeking for is not there and that He has risen from the dead and will meet His disciples in Galilee. In spite of the angel telling them not to be afraid, they went away scared but they were so happy to hear such great news and suddenly HE was right in front of them and their initial reaction was to worship.

Usually when GOD sends His messengers to tell His people, He will confirm it through His word if that message is truly from Him. But these women must have been so special to Yeshua because He Himself appeared before them confirming what the Angel had spoken earlier. It would have been such a beautiful experience to meet the One you have been seeking for personally, just when you are hurrying to do His instructions. But we cannot find something we are not seeking for in the first place. Are you still seeking Yeshua even on ordinary days? In hard times, we usually do but it doesn't have to be only when it's hard. Seeker's finders, finders keepers, keepers winners....