Sunday, August 17, 2008

When God Considers you wise!!!

JOSHUA 1:6-9


6“Joshua,
you( God gave charge and responsibility to Joshua as well as u in ur daily life)
must be (NO OPTION..... ITS AN ORDER.....Its necessity)
strong and (Strong in the Spirit....Strength comes from the Lord (I can do do everything through Christ who strengthens me" Phil 4:13))
brave!( Do not fear seeing the situations of life but remember the creator is with you.)
You must( No option for u)
lead ( Take charge and lead and as leader you cannot forgo anyone of ur team members)
these people( The people God gave you charge to lead...Ask God to reveal you who are the people you are supposed to lead)
so that ( So if u do all the things above then the below things will happen)
they ( UR people with whom u were entrusted...The people set apart for the Lord)
can ( Have the ability which can be only through the spirit of God WHo only can give ability)
take ( Take...conquer the strongholds of life)
their (What God promised to them)
land.( Your promised future...The future the Creator of this BEautiful nature designed for you)
I ( The Lord God and Almighty)
promised ( The covenant)
their fathers ( with the human race)
that I would ( HE WOULD....tht means he is sure...but under what conditions..lets see)
give them this land.( You will see the future God has designed for you)

But you must((CONDITIONS))
be strong ((Strong in the Lord...Strong enough that u will crush any negative thoughts which take u away from God))
and brave (( Brave enough to do anything the Lord says inspite of not being able to see how God would work things out ))
about obeying the commands ( about listening and doing what the Lord says)
my servant Moses gave you.
If you follow his teachings exactly,(==> Not merely follow teachings BUT EXACTLY WHICH WOULD IMPLY WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL AND STRENGTH AND MIND)
you will be successful ( God is promising us success coz we are on the Behalf of the Lord now)
in everything you do. ( Not just in somethings....but all things)

Always remember(Sure to remember ALWAYS...EVERY MOMENT...Bcoz if you forgot any single moment ...the devil will pounce upon you that very moment)
what is written in that book of law.(( WHAT THE LORD GAVE US AS HIS LAW)
Speak about that book and study it day and night.( HOw much God wants us to be in his words...he wants us to swim in his love bcoz his word just screams out How much he loves)
Then you can be sure to obey what is written there.( Once we have soo much interaction with the Lord...We can obey as we will know the Lord's heart)
If you do this, you will be wise
((((((((((((( THis is the definition of wise in God's terms...whom God calls as the wise...as we can see in Joshua's case)
18So the LORD said to Moses, “Joshua son of
Nun is very wise.cNUMBERS 27:18

27:18 Joshua … is very wise Literally, “Take Joshua
son of Nun. He is a man with a spirit in him.” This
might mean that Joshua was very wise, or it might
mean that God’s Spirit was with him

So this means that Joshua did all these things which God commanded to do as to reading his word day and night) and so God himself called him not just wise but very wise...
Remember the times where you worked very hard to impress your boss...imagine trying to impress the heavenly boss of all things and that he would call you not just wise but very wise)))))))))))))
and
successful in everything you do. ( As Joshua was in the Lord....He gave him many victories)

Remember,(( Again a word of caution implies God knows what we are weak in and Gives special importance by saying words like "Remember")

I commanded you to be strong and brave.
Don’t be afraid, because the LORD your God
will be with you wherever you go.”
((( God said this again because...Joshua was leading an army which was filled with amateurs..
and they were fighting against people with fortified cities like jericho
who had more experience in fighting as well as better equipment...so God is cautioning
Joshua...NOT AND NOT AGAIN TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION BUT LOOK AT THE LORD WHO DELIVERSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!)

God helps me to control my anger

Once a friend of mine has posted a vulgar scrap regarding in my orkut taking the name of the Lord....
I was filled so much anger that i wanted to curse him saying"""I will pray that he will ruined""" and all
sorts of negative and anger filled notions filled my brain.

But i just prayed in that anger and told Lord help me to take the right action as iam urs and help
me to behave in a way that glorifies u...the moment i said this...and opened my eyes...
My eyes exactly fell on the words "KEEP YOUR PATIENCE" which was a part of a scrap someone wrote to him
on his scrapbook on orkut.

So we can see that when we ask he will surely answer!!!!!!!

You dint CHOOSE ME BUT I CHOSE YOU

There are times when we just get soo much worldly with worldly thinking that even though
we knew God and about his Love,BUT because of our worldly influence or indulgence
we loose the understanding of the amazing Love of God we previously knew about.

And we dont even realize that we lost it!!!
Until u just understand that if u knew the Love of God YOU WOULDN'T LOVE THE WORLD OR ANYTHING IN IT.


These days i got so much worldly....... thinking that
i asked God that i cannot be his son coz im unable to keep myself from sinning!!!

And i told that God...Please leave me!!! I cant be ur son!!

And i stubbornly just tried to forgot everything about God
and do things which i wanted to do without restrictions..
Because when we want to live a worldly life with worldly thinking
we cannot do so when we know that God does not accept it...
So we feel like detaching ourselves away from the Lord
so that we can do those things...

For this either.....we blindly ignore what God wants to say!!!
we just keep indulging in more and more worldly things that we can always
see away from God and not towards God!!

But then God suddenly told Me this!!!!!!!

God said
"""""" WAIT A MINUTE!!! Did you say YOU are going to leave me?????
Its Kind of funny bcoz Well you are acting like ****U CHOSE ME*****

Well for ur information son, it was Not you who chose me but I CHOSE U,
And when i choose something...It is mine...irrespective of whether it likes or not!!!
You have to realize that its not an option for you to leave me.

And u will always be mine....u is my slave...
I will do with as i please to do..my slave should do things i want him to do...

The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and
********** they that dwell therein**************
Psalms 24:1 (KJV)
((((((((((God gave me this verse as i accidently clicked over the TDjakes website
where God lead me to a post to which this verse was the heading.)))))

WE ARE HIS AND WE HAVE NO IDENTITY ON OUR OWN!!!!
Suppose there is a tree which is the OLDEST TREE IN THE WORLD!!!!!
And suppose there is a small branch which is a part of it...
It has the glory as long it is the part of the tree once it
is cut off...it will wear off into oblivion.

I want you to serve my interests...Not your own selfish interests!!!!!!
YOU DONT HAVE AN OPTION TO GO AFTER YOUR OWN INTERESTS!!!! U ARE UNDER ME!

For those who Love me...I will give them power to reign with as sons of the All Powerful ME!!!

And for those who dont do as i please...I want to make them remember im also the Chief of the heavenly armies...
with a sword in my hand!!!!!
((((((((((((((((For this refer to Joshua 5:13-14
Joshua 5:13-14
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes
and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn
in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for
our adversaries?

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him,
What saith my Lord unto his servant?
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The Man’s Identity

Verse 14 will tell us that this man came as the “captain of the hosts of the Lord,”
the commander of the Lord’s army. Joshua’s response in verse 14b and the statement
of the captain in verse 15 show this was a theophany, or better, based on the truth
of John 1:1-18, it was a Christophany. A Christophany is a manifestation of the
preincarnate Christ, who, as the Logos, is the one who reveals God. If only a man
or an angel, he would certainly have repelled Joshua’s worshipful response (vs. 14).
Compare the response of Paul in Acts 14:8-20 to those who wanted to make them into
gods and the response of the angel to John in Revelation 19:10.

Here then, the preincarnate Christ appears to Joshua to teach, guard,
and reinforce certain vital truths for God’s people and especially for those
in positions of leadership, which really includes all believers to some degree.

The Angel of the Lord

Joshua stands before Jericho; he is filled with his private doubts, fears, worries,
and concerns. He looks up and sees a man who identifies himself as "commander of the
army of the LORD" (vs 14).

Who is this man, this commander? It is immediately evident he is no mere man. Before
him Joshua falls "facedown to the ground in reverence" and calls him "my Lord" (vs 14).


Who is this man, this commander? His identification becomes positive when he tells
Joshua, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy" (vs 15).
This reminds us of the time the Lord spoke to Moses out of the burning bush (Ex 3).
Like Joshua, Moses was commanded to take off his shoes because he was standing on
holy ground. In the Old Testament holiness always has its basis and origin in God.
So, that is no mere man standing in front of Joshua. Rather, he is the
Angel of the Lord.

The Angel of the Lord. It is he who twice gave aid and encouragement to Hagar,
Sarah's slave girl, in her distress in the wilderness (Gen 16:7ff; 21:17).
It is he who appeared to Abraham and promised that Sarah would have a son
"this time next year" (Gen 18:10).
It is he who stopped Abraham's knife from killing Isaac on Mount Moriah (Gen 22:12ff).
It is he who wrestled with Jacob (Gen 32:24-30).
It is he who guided and guarded the Israelites in their exodus from Egypt (Ex 13:21,22; 14:19).
It is he who talked to Moses on the wilderness journey, and delivered to him
the Ten Commandments (Ex 19,20).
It is he who blocked the road for Balaam and terrified his donkey (Num 22:22).

The Angel of the Lord. Most Bible scholars agree that he is a visible presence
of Jesus before Jesus took on flesh. This is confirmed when Joshua 6:2 identifies
the man speaking to Joshua not as the "commander of the LORD'S army" anymore but
as the LORD Himself. So, it is the Lord Himself Who stands before Joshua.)))))))))))))))))))))

And i hope u can atleast try to understand what if the person who is powerful enough to create everything
which u ever saw and u dint see was holding a sword!!!!!!
I can blot u out for eternity...without any regrets.

But...............SON..................U are My Son!!!!
U will always be, Why dont u wake up dear...and come back to papa...

For You wont be COMPLETE WITHOUT ME, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

U will feel alive only with me.....Everything else is just DEATH!!

I want u to be in my arms...
Dont let me ur own father to put you to misery with my own hands.

For i have created you with a purpose that is JUST TO BE WITH ME!!!!!

For u will be alive with me....come to me and i will put you on my shoulders

and put ur head to my chest and help you have peace!!!!!!!!!!"""""


Well friends...I dont think we can speak anything else after God talks to us like this!!!!!!
Now just concentrate on his Holiness and He will talk with you.

Friends...Just i completed writing this...God led me to this song in
my computer which i had but never listened to it, but suddenly the of
all the songs in that folder i somehow played this song...
Im just speechless....i was running away from Him...But first he talked to me...
And he asked me "Why Do u Run"....where God is asking us why are we running....

I even more speechless coz just yesterday i gave up God and told him to leave me
and behaved so horribly and did everything what i liked!!
Without even caring whether he was there itself!!!!!!

Oh dear God!!!!
Why are u loving me soooooo much!!!!!!
iam just a worm,but u are choosing to care for a fool like me!!!!!


Its a song by KUTLESS called "RUN"
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Why do you run why do you hide oh don't you know I
just, just want to be with you.

Looking down from above as you watch TV
Wondering why, oh you're ignoring me
Do you remember, remember when I came to you
And you loved me
And I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you

Why do you run why do you hide oh don't you know I
just, just want to be with you, to be with you
Hey, why do you run why do you hide oh do't you know
I just, just want to be with you, to be with you...

Whatever happened to the love, the love you had for me
When you first came to me
Don't you know that I died, died so I could be with
you forever.
And I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you

Why do you run why do you hide oh don't you know I
just, just want to be with you, to be with you
Hey, why do you run why do you hid oh don't you know
I just, just want to be with you, to be with you...

Find a place of solitude, and I'll speak to you
As you pray to me
Don't you know I'm waiting here, waiting for you to
read and hear my words
I'm waiting here missing the time the times we shared
oh, please come to me

So, why do you run why do you hide oh don't you know I
just, just want to be with you, to be with you ..
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