From the
Desk of “God’s Precious Pearls
April 4th 2014
Psalm 145:17 “The LORD
is righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works.”
Most of us if not all, are always looking for comfort zones
in our lives….places of rest and comfort, whatever the need may be……a place of
comfort, rest and trust. Whatever the
comfort zones, or the deep longing of our souls for satisfaction and
contentment. This may be looking for a
desired job, school, home, friendship, or a place of worship; whatever the deep
longing of our soul is…..we are always on the lookout and pursuit for this. Sometimes we are so hot on our pursuit that we are sometimes
misled by overlooking obvious signs or “red flags.”
For sure, one person sees and knows the desires of our
hearts and the longing of our souls, He knows the beginning and the end. He knows the doors that are obstacles and
closes them and He also knows the open doors which are His and He leads us to
them. I can personally testify of those
many GOD ordained opened doors. We know
they are His, because in the natural it would have been impossible and
difficult to go through them. I also know of the outcome of ignoring the “red
flags.” Sometimes He puts the desires in
our hearts and prepares us, and then He opens the doors for us….and that is our
Heavenly Father.
One such example was, while walking home from work, where I
worked as a Nurse in my home town in Jamaica, I clearly heard in my spirit,
that I was to return to England to pursue a course in Psychiatry, with plans to
come to the USA. That was the last and
least in my thoughts. As far as I was
concerned, I had returned home for good.
The LORD went before me and opened the impossible door for training and
even prepared me for the interview.
The first questions I was asked, I heard them in my spirit
the day before the interview. My friend
Deb with whom I was staying also heard those words and together we discussed
the answers with caution to not disclose my plans to travel to the USA. The outcome was, I was immediately accepted
to do this course. Had the interviewer
known I was preparing to travel to the USA, I would not have been accepted.
It is not wise for us to trust the arms of flesh to open
those doors for us, unless the LORD chooses such individuals for His glory.
We serve and belong to GOD our Father who, “is righteous
in all His ways and Holy in all His works” and all that He does for us is
all together perfect, because “His ways
are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts.” See Psalm 55:8-8.
It is amazing that man will see potentials in us and put up
road blocks of different sorts. He
chooses ways to discourage, accuse, hinder….whatever unrighteous or unholy ways
the enemy plants in him or her to use, but GOD, is the director and restorer of
all things and as long as we look to Him, the all wise and Holy GOD, He will
restore all that the locusts have eaten.
As long as we anchor our souls in Him He will never fail us.
The beautiful outcome is daily experiencing joy and peace
because of His Holiness and Righteousness.
These go before us always and walk behind to protect us. This also gives us a confidence that we have
never known before because, He alone is our confidence. “For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from
being taken.” Proverbs 3:26
“The LORD is nigh unto
all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear
Him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them. The LORD preserved all them that love Him:
but all the wicked will He destroy.” Psalm 145:18-20
Do not fret or lose sleep over those who have opposed
you. Forgive and release them to Him and
He will repay.
The harvest of the bad seed sown has to be harvested
somewhere and as long as we have peace in our souls, we are not the
harvester. It is returning seven fold to
the sower. Hence we are advised to
always dig two pit if we want to see our enemies fall into it….One of course is
for the sower….See Proverbs 26:27
The other beautiful outcome is entering into GOD’s rest,
where our faith and confidence is in Him.
We are confident of the fact that He is leading us and directing
us. We do not lack any good thing,
because, “no good thing will He with hold for those that walk uprightly.” As the Good Shepherd, He gently “leads us to green pastures and beside still
waters.”Psalm 23:2. Here we are fed
and our thirsty souls quenched….we are refreshed. He does not bring doubt nor confusion into
our lives, but joy, peace and rest.
Like the Psalmist, we will not, nor cannot be silent, but
will always praise the Name of the LORD forever and ever and tell of His
marvelous deeds. “My mouth shall speak
the praise of the LORD; and let all flesh bless His Holy name forever and ever.”Psalm
145:21
Let us enter that place of rest and ponder on the goodness
of the LORD. Let us recall all His
mighty acts to us and with all His glorious promises and that, He “will be with us to the end of the age.” Let us remember that no matter what the
situation or circumstance may be, as long as we entrust it to Him, He will make
all things new and beautiful.
We desire the best for our own children….How can we compare
GOD’s best towards and for us?
May your souls be richly encouraged and refreshed, today and
always.
Pearlene,
(God’s Precious Pearls.”)
