Tag: be my people

12.e. “He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

Zechariah 2:10   “Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord. “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Leviticus 26:12   And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

Ezekiel 37:27    My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Zephaniah 3:17   The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

John 1:14     And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Revelation 21:3    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Some would say that they think God does not exist or that if He does, He is absent and not active in His creation.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  He knows the cattle on a thousand hills and every hair on our head.  A bird does not fall from the sky without Him knowing.  He knows our thoughts and actions.  He knew of our birth before time began.  He knows our beginning and ending.  He is the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last.   He has sent His Holy Spirit to indwell those who listened and acted (repented, turned away from their sinful nature, and trusted in the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse their crimson sinful heart to white as snow) on salvation through Jesus Christ.  Upon this act of faith, the Holy Spirit indwells the believer and is forever there to guide,  convict, encourage, and lead, the believer in what humble service to Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.  This indwelling of the Spirit of God is a foretaste of what is to come, God dwelling with mankind.  The words to “I can only imagine”

I can only imagine what it will be like

When I walk, by your side

I can only imagine what my eyes will see

When you face is before me

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

Surrounded by You glory

What will my heart feel

Will I dance for you Jesus

Or in awe of You be still

Will I stand in your presence

Or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing hallelujah

Will I be able to speak at all

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

I can only imagine when that day comes

When I find myself standing in the Son

I can only imagine when all I would do is forever

Forever worship You

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your glory

What will my heart feel

Will I dance for You, Jesus

Or in awe of you be still

Will I stand in your presence

Or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing hallelujah

Will I be able to speak at all

I can only imagine

I can only imagine hey ya ah

Surrounded by Your glory

What will my heart feel

Will I dance for You, Jesus

Or in awe of you be still

Will I stand in Your presence

Or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing hallelujah

Will I be able to speak at all

I can only imagine

I can only imagine when all I will do

Is forever, forever worship You

I can only imagine

3.q. For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind

Ezra 7:27  Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

Nehemiah 2:12     Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 7:5    Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy.

2 Corinthians 8:16   But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

Hebrews 8:10     For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

James 1:17     Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”

Revelation 17:17    for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind

Have you ever reflected back on something that you have been compelled to do and know without a doubt that it was from God stirring in your heart to do it?  When we are seeking and desiring God with all our heart, mind, and soul is when I think we see the hand of God working and directing us.  Do you ever wonder about those who God uses who are apart from Him and they have to wonder why they are spurred to think and do something?

It is so powerful and encouraging to know it is God leading us.  We don’t have to have any worries or anxious thoughts.  We just need to obey continue with what He has given us to do.  I wonder if we are able to discern and know it is of His leading if we are lukewarm and complacent in our commitment and service to Him.  I wonder how our faith grows when we do not have an ability to see and hear His leading in our life.  I wonder how we mature into leaders, teachers, and parents if we are not intentionally choosing to seek and desire Him.  I wonder what is leading our thought life.  I wonder what is leading our decisions and actions.  Certainly if it is not God’s word it comes from the world and culture we live in.  I wonder if we are believing lies of this world and thinking they are the truth.

Choose to stay fully committed and close to Him.  Study His word and be an active tool for His plans and purposes.