THE HOLY LAND CONNECTION- PART V

When God Gets the Glory We Are Blessed

Most everyone knows that ice cream should be eaten when it is frozen and not melted! I don’t think anyone would prefer to eat ice cream that is melted in the bowl and luke warm. Frozen and ice cold is the best. Otherwise there is no point. I know this is a funny analogy to make a point, but as a result of experiencing ice cream correctly, on a regular basis, it is a hot item in the aisle of every grocery store. Another way to put that is, ice cream gets the glory in at least one aisle of every grocery store in the world, and it is restocked every night! You are blessed when ice cream is delivered properly and eaten when its frozen and ice cold. As a result, you keep going back to it not only because it tastes good but because it is eaten correctly! With that said, think about these verses: Psalm 34:8, “O taste and see that the LORD is good: BLESSED is the man that trusts in him.” Psalm 119:103, “How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Jeremiah 15:16, “Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.” Job 23:12, “I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” These are verses of life! I believe that if the Bride of Christ begins to taste the Lord correctly and begins to eat the word of the Lord properly and depends on the words of the Lord more then her necessary food, the real BLESSING will come. That BLESSING is, God will be truly glorified and the masses will want more of him! People will desire that the shelves of their hearts be restocked every day with the Good Word and a healthy relationship with Jesus Christ! A true blessing from the Lord is one that ultimately settles in your heart and brings God glory in your life. The blessing to you is that God is praised and proclaimed above all else and you are satisfied with that, and all the while you are becoming truly healthy and full of the Holy Spirit’s power. When scripture is understood and taught correctly it can be digested and benefited from. Just like when food is prepared and cooked correctly, it can be digested and its nutrition brought out. Following the rationale of these points, what do you think will happen to the world when man and woman become one in marriage as God intends…according to scripture? Or what will happen to this world when Jew and Gentile become one in Christ as God intends…according to scripture? There will be an incredible glory of God that is revealed and a blessing that overflows from our lives. So much so that an attractiveness and sweetness of God will be revealed that will unite those things that are divided in us and among us.

God is inviting those who would come to enjoy the fruit of fellowship, worship and giving through ministries that manifest the truth of scripture. Two ministries in particular that will produce in you a blessing that gives God glory are Paul Wilbur’s Music Ministry and Joel Rosenberg’s The Joshua Fund. Both of these ministries have the heart of God beating loudly through them and are blessing Israel and the Church in many ways. They are ministries that are uniting the Bride of Christ powerfully. If you experience these ministries and those like them, you will taste and see that the Lord is truly good!