Proverbwise

Because of His great love He came to earth, He died, and He rose again to give us eternal life. (John 3:16) And with that life comes many promises from His Word. The promise for every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3)…The promise that He will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5)…The promise that is preparing a place for us and will come again…very soon! (John 14:2-3)

This month, we will focus on Living By Faith in His Promises. I hope you will join us as we continue our journey seeking Wisdom, Living By Faith in His Name, in the fear of the Lord, finding hope, joy, peace, and strength, every day as we journey through this life with him – believing His promises, “For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are YES!” (II Corinthians 1:20)

May you be blessed today as you walk in wisdom, trusting in His name & basking in His promises!

Living By Faith in His Name – The LORD Who Sanctifies (YHWH-m’kaddesh) – What does this mean??? (see below)

C.S. Lewis in his book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, provides a great illustration of how God comes, and sometimes painfully, removes the scales of sin, cleansing us and sanctifying us. Unless we become set apart” from the things of this world – (not set apart in the sense that think of ourselves as “better” than others…but “set apart” in the sense that the world is not drawing us into her clutches of darkness. Instead God is drawing us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son, into light!) – and set apart to GOD, we will be useless as instruments for His glory in this life. Eternal sanctification occurs at salvation, but daily sanctification is a process. (White, Bill. C.S. Lewis Gives Picture of Sanctification. www.preachingtoday.comRetrieved from on February 19, 2017).

In Lewis’s story, Eustace becomes a dragon with layers of scales covering his body, because of thievery and greed. He does not even realize what is causing his excruciating pain. He doesn’t realize that the armband he desired more than anything and now wears is the very thing that is binding him. The Lion comes and helps Eustace to wash away the multiple layers of scales. The Lion rescues him and turns him back into who he really is: a boy!

YHWY-m’kaddesh, The LORD Who Sanctifies, will do the same for us! He washes us in the blood of the Lamb and makes us who we were meant to be!

In just two months, we plan to be in this place – The City of David, just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. David was the king of Israel when he spoke these words. Today the city stands as a testimony to the truth of the words of David. His greatness as king of Israel was insignificant to the future King of Kings and Lord of Lords Who will reign over Israel and all creation forever! One day the precious people of Israel will know their Messiah and every single prophesy of Scripture will come to pass. This city still stands, but one day the New Jerusalem in this place will become the throne of the One Who is a descendant of king David, the Promised One, the One Whose Kingdom will never end!