Ashes-Capsule(ps 84:11)

Psalm 84:11: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

 

Thought 1: The Psalmist gets a great vision of who the Lord God is. At one point He notes the Lord God as the sun, from where we derive all benefits He specifically states the “rays” of grace and glory that comes from Him. Child of God, Our Lord is a sun to us. As earth cannot have existence without the sun, we too frail humans cant exist without God as our sun. He bestows grace and glory. In His light we glow, In His grace we live. But are we deriving the rays falling on us? As the plants exhibit photomorphism,do we “intentionally” protrude to get the rays from the Lord through prayer and feeding His word? Do we grow because of the rays from HIM???

 

Thought 2:The second revelation, Psalmist gets from the Lord is that He is a shield. A shield who blocks the evil rays from the devil. Child of God, do you recognize that you are in a battlefield and constantly being targeted by the devil,who wants to threaten your finance,job,family.Yet you are alive and safe.Its because of the Lord being our shield. Shout a big hallelujah to your shield.He is for us.He is our shield. He acts a s filter also. He filters wat comes to you. He blocks the evil designs and plans and acts of the enemy, but will not withhold any Good thing from you.He will not! hallelujahI!Iwhen you walk uprightly,no good thing will He withhold.

 

Introspection

1)Did you receive the rays of grace and glory from the Lord your God ,your sun??

2)Do you exhibit the growth as required when He is your sun and shield??

 

Application

1)Understand what it is to walk uprightly and mend our lifestyle

2)take steps on how to constantly be under the light of the sun and His shield

 

 

Ashes-Mourning to Morning

That night Mordecai must have gone to sleep with a burdened heart,I amgine he would have sung with David" I will both lie down in peace and sleep;for you alone,O Lord make me dwell in safety".The thoughts of His people and Him being killed by the enemy must have put him in lot of pain.Next morning,something unusual happened,Haman was knocking his doors,he must havepinched himself ot see whether he was dreaming or not.At the entrace stood the Royal Horse on which the emperor rode,he was asked by haman to put the ROYAL GARMENTS and also the Royal crown.He could not believe what was happening.He was escorted through the streets by Haman tellng"This would be done to the man whom the Kings wishes to honor".The reason was when Mordecai was resting at night,his keeper was not sleeping!!

 

The Israelites were in anguish,they murmured to Moses asking him why he brought them from Egypt while they were near the bowls of meat and had so much to feast on.They were perplexed by the sight of Pharoah and his army chasing them and the red sea was roaring in front of them.They could not do much during the night,but their  keeper could.He drove an east wind over the red sea all through the night.At the morning watch,they could see a new way paved for them.

 

King Hezekiah also will not forget to narrate His experience.He faced a strong enemy who threatened him for days.The enmy breathed out heaps of insults and demoralized the people of God.They were silent because that was the order from hezekiah.The king rent His garments and went to the presence of God with the cruel inhumane threatenings from the enemy.With a heavy heart they went to rest at night.Morning they saw 1,85,000 dead bodies lying around them.One angel of God went through the enemy's camp.

 

CHild of God,are you facing a difficult situation in your life,be careful not to sin against God by your words.Allow Him to work.Though the weeping  may last for a night JOY comes in the morning.Your morning is coming!!Hold on!!